EalsticSearch synonym configuration

elasticsearch.yml

# The cluster name
cluster.name: media

# Path Settings
#path.conf: /path/to/conf
#path.data: /path/to/data
#path.work: /path/to/work
#path.logs: /path/to/logs

# Gateway Settings
#   Controls when to start the initial recovery process when starting a new cluster
#gateway.recover_after_nodes: 1
#gateway.recover_after_time: 5m
#gateway.expected_nodes: 2

# Force all memory to be locked, forcing JVM to never swap
#   (make sure to set MIN and MAX mem to the same value)
#   In order to see if this works or not, set the `common.jna` logging to DEBUG level.
#   A solution to “Unknown mlockall error 0” can be to set ulimit -l unlimited.
#bootstrap.mlockall: true

# Controls the minimum number of master eligible nodes this node should "see"
# in order to operate within the cluster.
#   Set this to a higher value (2-4) when running more than 2 nodes in the cluster
#discovery.zen.minimum_master_nodes: 1

# The time to wait for ping responses from other nodes when doing node discovery
#discovery.zen.ping.timeout: 3s

# Unicast Discovery (disable multicast)
#discovery.zen.ping.multicast.enabled: false
#discovery.zen.ping.unicast.hosts: ["host1", "host2"]
cluster:
  name: media-manager

path:
  logs: /usr/local/var/log
  data: /usr/local/var/data
  
# index config
index :
    analysis :
        analyzer : 
            standard : 
                type : standard            
                
        tokenizer :
            myTokenizer1 :
                type : standard
                
        filter :                
            myTokenFilter1 :
                type : synonym
                synonyms_path : synonym.txt 

get from ES

curl -XGET http://localhost:9200/test/records/_search?q=uff | python -m json.tool
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100   122  100   122    0     0  16776      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 40666
{
    "_shards": {
        "failed": 0, 
        "successful": 5, 
        "total": 5
    }, 
    "hits": {
        "hits": [], 
        "max_score": null, 
        "total": 0
    }, 
    "timed_out": false, 
    "took": 2
}

push to ES

curl -XPUT http://localhost:9200/test/records/1 -d '{
> "field type": "upper field first"
> }'

> {"ok":true,"_index":"test","_type":"records","_id":"1","_version":1}

synonym.txt

# http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/index-modules/analysis/synonym-tokenfilter.html

# video synonyms
scan-type, scan type, scantype, field-type, field type, fieldtype, field-order, field order fieldorder, interlacement, field-dominance, field dominance

frame-rate, framerate, frame rate

bit-depth, bit depth, bitdepth

par, pixel-aspect-ratio, pixel aspect ratio, aspect ratio

upper field first, uff, tff
lower field first, lff, bff
time code, timecode

# audio synonyms
sample-rate, sample rate, samplerate

stereo, two-channel, two channel, 2-channel, 2 channel, 2
mono, one-channel, one channel, 1-channel, 1 channel, 1
5.1, surround, surround sound, 6-channel, 6 channel, six-channel, six channel
nchannel, n-channel, multichannel, surround, panning, channelized, multi mono

See my demo at https://gist.github.com/4193a7d63af534d3b0ef