multifield-boost.json

//note yuo can replace documents created below with these to make it even more obvious
//the difference is that i do not supply non-multifield "key" property to influence scores

curl -XPOST "http://localhost:9200/test/ht/" -d'
{"name":"john", "junk":"doug"}'
curl -XPOST "http://localhost:9200/test/ht/" -d'
{"name":"alex", "junk":"john"}'
curl -XPOST "http://localhost:9200/test/ht/" -d'
{"name":"bob", "junk":"john"}'
curl -XPOST "http://localhost:9200/test/ht/" -d'
{"name":"sean", "junk":"john"}'
curl -XPOST "http://localhost:9200/test/ht/" -d'
{"name":"matt", "junk":"john"}'

curl  -XDELETE http://localhost:9200/test

curl -XPOST "http://localhost:9200/test/ht/" -d'{
  "settings": {
    "number_of_shards": 1,
    "number_of_replicas": 0
  },
  "mappings": {
    "ht": {
      "properties": {
        "key": {
          "type": "string",
          "index_options": "offsets",
          "boost": 1
        },
        "name": {
          "type": "multi_field",
          "path": "just_name",
          "fields": {
            "name": {
              "type": "string",
              "index_options": "offsets",
              "boost": 10
            },
            "all": {
              "type": "string",
              "index_options": "offsets",
              "boost": 10
            }
          }
        },
        "junk": {
          "type": "multi_field",
          "path": "just_name",
          "fields": {
            "junk": {
              "type": "string",
              "index_options": "offsets",
              "boost": 0.1
            },
            "all": {
              "type": "string",
              "index_options": "offsets",
              "boost": 0.1
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}'

curl -XPOST "http://localhost:9200/test/ht/" -d'
{"key":"drew", "name":"john", "junk":"doug"}'
curl -XPOST "http://localhost:9200/test/ht/" -d'
{"key":"john", "name":"alex", "junk":"john"}'
curl -XPOST "http://localhost:9200/test/ht/" -d'
{"key":"stanley", "name":"bob", "junk":"john"}'
curl -XPOST "http://localhost:9200/test/ht/" -d'
{"key":"ted", "name":"sean", "junk":"john"}'
curl -XPOST "http://localhost:9200/test/ht/" -d'
{"key":"jim", "name":"matt", "junk":"john"}'

curl -XPOST "http://localhost:9200/test/ht/_search/" -d'
{
   "query": {
      "match": {
         "_all": {
            "query": "john"
         }
      }
   }
}'

{
   "took": 1,
   "timed_out": false,
   "_shards": {
      "total": 1,
      "successful": 1,
      "failed": 0
   },
   "hits": {
      "total": 5,
      "max_score": 2.89093,
      "hits": [
         {
            "_index": "test",
            "_type": "ht",
            "_id": "gnLCXQrSQfWQ4E0fr9nqcQ",
            "_score": 2.89093,
            "_source": {
               "key": "drew",
               "name": "john",
               "junk": "doug"
            }
         },
         {
            "_index": "test",
            "_type": "ht",
            "_id": "GojxlJ-fS5e3CTekBNFwYQ",
            "_score": 0.040883925,
            "_source": {
               "key": "john",
               "name": "alex",
               "junk": "john"
            }
         },
         {
            "_index": "test",
            "_type": "ht",
            "_id": "43mXeR3uQDawmvSDUhpcuA",
            "_score": 0.0289093,
            "_source": {
               "key": "stanley",
               "name": "bob",
               "junk": "john"
            }
         },
         {
            "_index": "test",
            "_type": "ht",
            "_id": "1jn46e6xRZaPkz4-AHCdPw",
            "_score": 0.0289093,
            "_source": {
               "key": "ted",
               "name": "sean",
               "junk": "john"
            }
         },
         {
            "_index": "test",
            "_type": "ht",
            "_id": "n7_8dpx5SRaoEHFwNU9Org",
            "_score": 0.0289093,
            "_source": {
               "key": "jim",
               "name": "matt",
               "junk": "john"
            }
         }
      ]
   }
}

curl -XPOST "http://localhost:9200/test/ht/_search/" -d'
{
   "query": {
      "match": {
         "all": {
            "query": "john"
         }
      }
   }
}'

{
   "took": 1,
   "timed_out": false,
   "_shards": {
      "total": 1,
      "successful": 1,
      "failed": 0
   },
   "hits": {
      "total": 5,
      "max_score": 0.51104903,
      "hits": [
         {
            "_index": "test",
            "_type": "ht",
            "_id": "gnLCXQrSQfWQ4E0fr9nqcQ",
            "_score": 0.51104903,
            "_source": {
               "key": "drew",
               "name": "john",
               "junk": "doug"
            }
         },
         {
            "_index": "test",
            "_type": "ht",
            "_id": "GojxlJ-fS5e3CTekBNFwYQ",
            "_score": 0.51104903,
            "_source": {
               "key": "john",
               "name": "alex",
               "junk": "john"
            }
         },
         {
            "_index": "test",
            "_type": "ht",
            "_id": "43mXeR3uQDawmvSDUhpcuA",
            "_score": 0.51104903,
            "_source": {
               "key": "stanley",
               "name": "bob",
               "junk": "john"
            }
         },
         {
            "_index": "test",
            "_type": "ht",
            "_id": "1jn46e6xRZaPkz4-AHCdPw",
            "_score": 0.51104903,
            "_source": {
               "key": "ted",
               "name": "sean",
               "junk": "john"
            }
         },
         {
            "_index": "test",
            "_type": "ht",
            "_id": "n7_8dpx5SRaoEHFwNU9Org",
            "_score": 0.51104903,
            "_source": {
               "key": "jim",
               "name": "matt",
               "junk": "john"
            }
         }
      ]
   }
}