gistfile1.txt

curl -XDELETE http://localhost:9200/test?pretty
curl -XPOST http://localhost:9200/test/my_type/1?pretty -d '
{
    "foo": {
        "bar": "this is bar"
    }
}'
# give es some time:
sleep 1

# works as expected:
curl http://localhost:9200/test/_search?pretty -XPOST -d '{
    "query": {"query_string": {"query":"bar"}},
    "highlight": {"fields": {"foo.bar":{}}}
}'


# does not highlight:
curl http://localhost:9200/test/_search?pretty -XPOST -d '{
    "query": {
        "boosting": {
            "positive": {
                "query_string": {
                    "query":"bar"
                }
            },
            "negative": {"term": {"foo.bar": "baz"}},
            "negative_boost": 0.9
        }
    },
    "highlight": {"fields": {"foo.bar":{}}}
}'


# does not highlight either:
curl http://localhost:9200/test/_search?pretty -XPOST -d '{
    "query": {
        "custom_score": {
            "query": {
                "query_string": {
                    "query":"bar"
                }
            },
            "script": "_score"
        }
    },
    "highlight": {"fields": {"foo.bar":{}}}
}'