Documentation / Elasticsearch query endpoint - query samples

docs/manual/docs/api/search.md

@@ -1,9 +1,162 @@
 # Search Service
 
-## Elasticsearch 
-
-GeoNetwork provides a full Elasticsearch end-point: ``/srv/api/search/records/_search``
+GeoNetwork provides a access to ***Elasticsearch*** `/srv/api/search/records/_search` and `/srv/api/search/records/_msearch` end-points. These endpoints accept `POST` requests, with request body containing an Elasticsearch JSON query.
 
 Reference
 
--   [Search API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-search.html) (Elasticsearch)
+-   [Search API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-search.html) ( Elasticsearch Guide )
+-   [Multi search API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-multi-search.html) (Elasticsearch Guide)
+
+## Search API examples
+
+This section provides some query `POST` examples of `/srv/api/search/records/_search` end-point:
+
+1.  To test examples navigate Swagger API documentation at `/srv/api/index.html`
+
+2.  Locate the *search* heading, and the `/search/records/_search` `POST` end-point
+
+3.  Use the *Try it out* button with:
+
+     * **bucket**: `metadata`
+     * **relatedType**: 
+     * **Request body**: Chosen from the examples below
+
+4.  Press **Execute** to run the example.
+
+     ![](img/swagger-search-endpoint.png)
+
+### Text search query
+
+Query with any field for metadata containing the string `infrastructure`, using a query with Lucene syntax and excluding metadata templates:
+
+```json
+{
+  "query": {
+    "bool": {
+      "must": [
+        {
+          "query_string": {
+            "query": "+anytext:infrastructure "
+          }
+        }
+      ],
+      "filter": [
+        {
+          "term": {
+            "isTemplate": {
+              "value": "n"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+### Subset results
+
+Query with any field for metadata containing the string `infrastructure`, using a query with Lucene syntax and excluding metadata templates, returning a subset of the information:
+
+```json
+{
+  "query": {
+    "bool": {
+      "must": [
+        {
+          "query_string": {
+            "query": "+anytext:infrastructure "
+          }
+        }
+      ],
+      "filter": [
+        {
+          "term": {
+            "isTemplate": {
+              "value": "n"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "_source": {
+    "includes": [
+      "uuid",
+      "id",
+      "resourceType",
+      "resourceTitle*",
+      "resourceAbstract*"
+    ]
+  }
+}
+```
+
+### Dataset query
+
+Query datasets with title containing the string `infrastructure`, using a query with Lucene syntax and excluding metadata templates:
+
+```json
+{
+  "query": {
+    "bool": {
+      "must": [
+        {
+          "query_string": {
+            "query": "+anytext:infrastructure +resourceType:dataset"
+          }
+        }
+      ],
+      "filter": [
+        {
+          "term": {
+            "isTemplate": {
+              "value": "n"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+### Revision date query
+
+Query datasets with a revision date in June 2019 and excluding metadata templates:
+
+```json
+{
+  "query": {
+    "bool": {
+      "must": [
+        {
+          "term": {
+            "resourceType": {
+              "value": "dataset"
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          "range": {
+            "resourceTemporalDateRange": {
+              "gte": "2019-06-01",
+              "lte": "2019-06-30",
+              "relation": "intersects"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      ],
+      "filter": [
+        {
+          "term": {
+            "isTemplate": {
+              "value": "n"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
+```