Search in specific document in Bleve?

[Wolfe]

Hey there!

Is it possible to search in a specific document mapping in Bleve? I see no options to do that with Search Request! 

[Abhi Dangeti]

Setting a field is the only way for the search request to obtain pertinent data - and unfortunately this field needs to be a leaf of the mapping hierarchy.

If you do not set the field, the query will be directly to a composite field - `_all` where a copy of the indexed content will be held if specified in your mapping.

There is one way I can think of to do what you need -

- Let's say this is your document structure ..

```

{

    "name": ...,

    "xyz": ...,

    "address": {

        "country": ...,

        "city": ...,

        "county": ...,

        "state": ...,

    },

    ...

}

```

- You can explicitly index address.country, address.city, address.county, address.state and also include them all to the composite field `_all`. Like I mentioned earlier - this composite field is where your query will be directed to if you don't specify the field in the request.

- To achieve what you're intending for - you'll want to to do this maneuver for ONLY fields that fall within that document mapping.