Affecting relevance scoring with proximity¶

A simple match query within a bool query¶

GET /proximity/_search
{
  "query": {
    "bool": {
      "must": [
        {
          "match": {
            "title": {
              "query": "spicy sauce"
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Boosting relevance based on proximity¶

GET /proximity/_search
{
  "query": {
    "bool": {
      "must": [
        {
          "match": {
            "title": {
              "query": "spicy sauce"
            }
          }
        }
      ],
      "should": [
        {
          "match_phrase": {
            "title": {
              "query": "spicy sauce"
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Adding the slop parameter¶

GET /proximity/_search
{
  "query": {
    "bool": {
      "must": [
        {
          "match": {
            "title": {
              "query": "spicy sauce"
            }
          }
        }
      ],
      "should": [
        {
          "match_phrase": {
            "title": {
              "query": "spicy sauce",
              "slop": 5
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}