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Master Spring Boot 2.3 with Elasticsearch 7.8: Full CRUD and Advanced Queries

This guide demonstrates how to integrate Spring Boot 2.3.10 with Elasticsearch 7.8 using the high‑level REST client, covering required Maven dependencies, index creation, retrieval, deletion, document CRUD operations, bulk processing, and a variety of advanced search techniques such as paging, sorting, filtering, range, highlighting, aggregations, and grouping.

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Master Spring Boot 2.3 with Elasticsearch 7.8: Full CRUD and Advanced Queries

Dependencies

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.elasticsearch</groupId>
  <artifactId>elasticsearch</artifactId>
  <version>7.8.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.elasticsearch.client</groupId>
  <artifactId>elasticsearch-rest-high-level-client</artifactId>
  <version>7.8.0</version>
</dependency>

Index Operations

private static RestHighLevelClient client = new RestHighLevelClient(
    RestClient.builder(new HttpHost("localhost", 9200, "http")));

public static void createIndex(String index) throws Exception {
    CreateIndexRequest request = new CreateIndexRequest(index);
    CreateIndexResponse response = client.indices().create(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
    boolean ack = response.isAcknowledged();
    System.out.println("ack = " + ack);
}

public static void viewIndex(String index) throws Exception {
    GetIndexRequest request = new GetIndexRequest(index);
    GetIndexResponse response = client.indices().get(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
    System.out.println("aliases: " + response.getAliases() + "
"
        + "mappings: " + response.getMappings() + "
"
        + "settings: " + response.getSettings());
}

public static void deleteIndex(String index) throws Exception {
    DeleteIndexRequest request = new DeleteIndexRequest(index);
    AcknowledgedResponse response = client.indices().delete(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
    System.out.println("ack: " + response.isAcknowledged());
}

Document Operations

public static void createDoc(String index, Users users) throws Exception {
    IndexRequest request = new IndexRequest();
    request.index(index).id("1001");
    ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
    String jsonString = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(users);
    request.source(jsonString, XContentType.JSON);
    IndexResponse response = client.index(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
    System.out.println("_index: " + response.getIndex() + "
"
        + "_id: " + response.getId() + "
"
        + "_result: " + response.getResult());
}

public static void updateDoc(String index, String id) throws Exception {
    UpdateRequest request = new UpdateRequest();
    request.index(index).id(id);
    Map<String, Object> source = new HashMap<>();
    source.put("sex", "女");
    request.doc(source, XContentType.JSON);
    UpdateResponse response = client.update(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
    System.out.println("_index: " + response.getIndex() + "
"
        + "_id: " + response.getId() + "
"
        + "_result: " + response.getResult());
}

public static void viewDoc(String index, String id) throws Exception {
    GetRequest request = new GetRequest().index(index).id(id);
    GetResponse response = client.get(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
    System.out.println("_index: " + response.getIndex() + "
"
        + "_type: " + response.getType() + "
"
        + "_id: " + response.getId() + "
"
        + "source: " + response.getSourceAsString());
}

public static void deleteDoc(String index, String id) throws Exception {
    DeleteRequest request = new DeleteRequest().index(index).id(id);
    DeleteResponse response = client.delete(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
    System.out.println(response.toString());
}

public static void batchOperator(String index) throws Exception {
    BulkRequest request = new BulkRequest();
    request.add(new IndexRequest().index(index).id("1002").source(XContentType.JSON, "name", "老六", "sex", "男", "age", 20));
    request.add(new IndexRequest().index(index).id("1003").source(XContentType.JSON, "name", "外网", "sex", "女", "age", 10));
    request.add(new IndexRequest().index(index).id("1004").source(XContentType.JSON, "name", "莉莉", "sex", "女", "age", 35));
    BulkResponse response = client.bulk(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
    System.out.println("took: " + response.getTook() + "
"
        + "items: " + new ObjectMapper().writeValueAsString(response.getItems()));
}

public static void highSearch(String index) throws Exception {
    SearchRequest request = new SearchRequest().indices(index);
    SearchSourceBuilder builder = new SearchSourceBuilder();
    builder.query(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery());
    request.source(builder);
    SearchResponse response = client.search(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
    SearchHits hits = response.getHits();
    System.out.println("took: " + response.getTook() + "
"
        + "timeout: " + response.isTimedOut() + "
"
        + "total: " + hits.getTotalHits() + "
"
        + "MaxScore: " + hits.getMaxScore());
    for (SearchHit hit : hits) {
        System.out.println(hit.getSourceAsString());
    }
}

public static void highTermSearch(String index) throws Exception {
    SearchRequest request = new SearchRequest().indices(index);
    SearchSourceBuilder builder = new SearchSourceBuilder();
    builder.query(QueryBuilders.termQuery("age", "20"));
    request.source(builder);
    SearchResponse response = client.search(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
    SearchHits hits = response.getHits();
    System.out.println("took: " + response.getTook() + "
"
        + "timeout: " + response.isTimedOut() + "
"
        + "total: " + hits.getTotalHits() + "
"
        + "MaxScore: " + hits.getMaxScore());
    for (SearchHit hit : hits) {
        System.out.println(hit.getSourceAsString());
    }
}

public static void highPagingSearch(String index) throws Exception {
    SearchRequest request = new SearchRequest().indices(index);
    SearchSourceBuilder builder = new SearchSourceBuilder();
    builder.query(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery());
    builder.from(1);
    builder.size(2);
    request.source(builder);
    SearchResponse response = client.search(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
    SearchHits hits = response.getHits();
    System.out.println("took: " + response.getTook() + "
"
        + "timeout: " + response.isTimedOut() + "
"
        + "total: " + hits.getTotalHits() + "
"
        + "MaxScore: " + hits.getMaxScore());
    for (SearchHit hit : hits) {
        System.out.println(hit.getSourceAsString());
    }
}

public static void highPagingAndSortSearch(String index) throws Exception {
    SearchRequest request = new SearchRequest().indices(index);
    SearchSourceBuilder builder = new SearchSourceBuilder();
    builder.query(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery());
    builder.from(0);
    builder.size(20);
    builder.sort("age", SortOrder.ASC);
    request.source(builder);
    SearchResponse response = client.search(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
    SearchHits hits = response.getHits();
    System.out.println("took: " + response.getTook() + "
"
        + "timeout: " + response.isTimedOut() + "
"
        + "total: " + hits.getTotalHits() + "
"
        + "MaxScore: " + hits.getMaxScore());
    for (SearchHit hit : hits) {
        System.out.println(hit.getSourceAsString());
    }
}

public static void highPagingAndSortAndFilterFieldSearch(String index) throws Exception {
    SearchRequest request = new SearchRequest().indices(index);
    SearchSourceBuilder builder = new SearchSourceBuilder();
    builder.query(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery());
    builder.from(0);
    builder.size(20);
    builder.sort("age", SortOrder.ASC);
    String[] includes = {"name"};
    String[] excludes = {};
    builder.fetchSource(includes, excludes);
    request.source(builder);
    SearchResponse response = client.search(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
    SearchHits hits = response.getHits();
    System.out.println("took: " + response.getTook() + "
"
        + "timeout: " + response.isTimedOut() + "
"
        + "total: " + hits.getTotalHits() + "
"
        + "MaxScore: " + hits.getMaxScore());
    for (SearchHit hit : hits) {
        System.out.println(hit.getSourceAsString());
    }
}

public static void highBoolSearch(String index) throws Exception {
    SearchRequest request = new SearchRequest().indices(index);
    SearchSourceBuilder builder = new SearchSourceBuilder();
    builder.query(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery());
    builder.from(0);
    builder.size(20);
    builder.sort("age", SortOrder.ASC);
    RangeQueryBuilder rangeBuilder = QueryBuilders.rangeQuery("age");
    rangeBuilder.gte(15);
    rangeBuilder.lte(30);
    builder.query(rangeBuilder);
    request.source(builder);
    SearchResponse response = client.search(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
    SearchHits hits = response.getHits();
    System.out.println("took: " + response.getTook() + "
"
        + "timeout: " + response.isTimedOut() + "
"
        + "total: " + hits.getTotalHits() + "
"
        + "MaxScore: " + hits.getMaxScore());
    for (SearchHit hit : hits) {
        System.out.println(hit.getSourceAsString());
    }
}

public static void highHighLightSearch(String index) throws Exception {
    SearchRequest request = new SearchRequest().indices(index);
    SearchSourceBuilder builder = new SearchSourceBuilder();
    builder.query(QueryBuilders.matchQuery("name", "莉莉"));
    HighlightBuilder highLightBuilder = new HighlightBuilder();
    highLightBuilder.preTags("<font color='red'>");
    highLightBuilder.postTags("</font>");
    highLightBuilder.field("name");
    builder.highlighter(highLightBuilder);
    request.source(builder);
    SearchResponse response = client.search(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
    SearchHits hits = response.getHits();
    System.out.println("took: " + response.getTook() + "
"
        + "timeout: " + response.isTimedOut() + "
"
        + "total: " + hits.getTotalHits() + "
"
        + "MaxScore: " + hits.getMaxScore());
    for (SearchHit hit : hits) {
        System.out.println(hit.getSourceAsString() + "
" + "highlight: " + hit.getHighlightFields());
    }
}

public static void highAggsSearch(String index) throws Exception {
    SearchRequest request = new SearchRequest().indices(index);
    SearchSourceBuilder builder = new SearchSourceBuilder();
    builder.aggregation(AggregationBuilders.avg("avg_age").field("age"));
    request.source(builder);
    SearchResponse response = client.search(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
    SearchHits hits = response.getHits();
    System.out.println("took: " + response.getTook() + "
"
        + "timeout: " + response.isTimedOut() + "
"
        + "total: " + hits.getTotalHits() + "
"
        + "MaxScore: " + hits.getMaxScore());
    for (SearchHit hit : hits) {
        System.out.println(hit.getSourceAsString());
    }
    System.out.println(((ParsedAvg)response.getAggregations().iterator().next()).getValue());
}

public static void highGroupSearch(String index) throws Exception {
    SearchRequest request = new SearchRequest().indices(index);
    SearchSourceBuilder builder = new SearchSourceBuilder();
    builder.aggregation(AggregationBuilders.terms("age_groupby").field("age"));
    request.source(builder);
    SearchResponse response = client.search(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
    SearchHits hits = response.getHits();
    System.out.println("took: " + response.getTook() + "
"
        + "timeout: " + response.isTimedOut() + "
"
        + "total: " + hits.getTotalHits() + "
"
        + "MaxScore: " + hits.getMaxScore());
    for (SearchHit hit : hits) {
        System.out.println(hit.getSourceAsString());
    }
    System.out.println(response);
}

End of tutorial.

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