Index a doc which contains a JSON-encoded string

# [Wed Jan 18 05:03:23 2012] Protocol: http, Server: 192.168.5.10:9200
curl -XPOST 'http://127.0.0.1:9200/test/foo?pretty=1'  -d '
{
   "title" : "Main title",
   "json" : "{\"count\":10,\"date\":\"2012-01-18\",\"title\":\"Test me\"}"
}
'

# [Wed Jan 18 05:03:23 2012] Response:
# {
#    "ok" : true,
#    "_index" : "test",
#    "_id" : "cqIxGQ-7SYuw3FMvRbxkeQ",
#    "_type" : "foo",
#    "_version" : 1
# }

Search within the JSON string

# [Wed Jan 18 05:03:44 2012] Protocol: http, Server: 192.168.5.10:9200
curl -XGET 'http://127.0.0.1:9200/test/_search?pretty=1'  -d '
{
   "query" : {
      "text" : {
         "json" : "test"
      }
   }
}
'

# [Wed Jan 18 05:03:44 2012] Response:
# {
#    "hits" : {
#       "hits" : [
#          {
#             "_source" : {
#                "title" : "Main title",
#                "json" : "{\"count\":10,\"date\":\"2012-01-18\",\"title\":\"Test me\"}"
#             },
#             "_score" : 0.095891505,
#             "_index" : "test",
#             "_id" : "cqIxGQ-7SYuw3FMvRbxkeQ",
#             "_type" : "foo"
#          }
#       ],
#       "max_score" : 0.095891505,
#       "total" : 1
#    },
#    "timed_out" : false,
#    "_shards" : {
#       "failed" : 0,
#       "successful" : 5,
#       "total" : 5
#    },
#    "took" : 54
# }

See all terms stored in the JSON field

# [Wed Jan 18 05:06:50 2012] Protocol: http, Server: 192.168.5.10:9200
curl -XGET 'http://127.0.0.1:9200/test/_search?pretty=1'  -d '
{
   "facets" : {
      "json" : {
         "terms" : {
            "field" : "json"
         }
      }
   },
   "size" : 0
}
'

# [Wed Jan 18 05:06:50 2012] Response:
# {
#    "hits" : {
#       "hits" : [],
#       "max_score" : 1,
#       "total" : 1
#    },
#    "timed_out" : false,
#    "_shards" : {
#       "failed" : 0,
#       "successful" : 5,
#       "total" : 5
#    },
#    "facets" : {
#       "json" : {
#          "other" : 0,
#          "terms" : [
#             {
#                "count" : 1,
#                "term" : "title"
#             },
#             {
#                "count" : 1,
#                "term" : "test"
#             },
#             {
#                "count" : 1,
#                "term" : "me"
#             },
#             {
#                "count" : 1,
#                "term" : "date"
#             },
#             {
#                "count" : 1,
#                "term" : "count"
#             },
#             {
#                "count" : 1,
#                "term" : "2012"
#             },
#             {
#                "count" : 1,
#                "term" : "18"
#             },
#             {
#                "count" : 1,
#                "term" : "10"
#             },
#             {
#                "count" : 1,
#                "term" : "01"
#             }
#          ],
#          "missing" : 0,
#          "_type" : "terms",
#          "total" : 9
#       }
#    },
#    "took" : 2
# }