Elasticsearch Query Generator

The Elasticsearch Query Generator is a Spring Boot application to simplify the creation of Elasticsearch queries. It is based on picturesafe-search and the picturesafe-search Spring Boot starter modules. To visualize the creation of Elasticsearch queries, it uses the vaadin UI framework.

Requirements

• Java 11

• Maven 3.x

Building the application

In the project root directory run the following command:

mvn package

Running the application

In the project root directory run the following command:

mvn spring-boot:run

OR

If you built the application via mvn package, change to the target directory and start the application using the following command:

java -jar elasticsearch-querygenerator-<VERSION>.jar

Usage

1. Open http://localhost:8080 in your Browser.

2. Enter the Elasticsearch cluster to connect to in the format host:port (localhost:9200) is pre-selected.

3. Click the connect button.

4. Choose the index/alias you want to query.

5. Choose fields expressions and values for your query. Use the arrow up ^ button for add or remove actions.

6. Click the Query button to create the Elasticsearch query JSON.