sendynl/opensearch-query-builder

Build and execute an OpenSearch search query using a fluent PHP API

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This package is a lightweight query builder for OpenSearch. It is forked from the spatie/elasticsearch-query-builder library and modified to support OpenSearch. We're always open for PRs if you need anything specific!

use Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Aggregations\MaxAggregation;
use Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Builder;
use Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Queries\MatchQuery;

$transport = (new \OpenSearch\TransportFactory())->create();

$client = new \OpenSearch\Client($transport);

$companies = (new Builder($client))
    ->index('companies')
    ->addQuery(MatchQuery::create('name', 'sendy', fuzziness: 3))
    ->addAggregation(MaxAggregation::create('score'))
    ->search();

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require sendynl/opensearch-query-builder

Basic usage

The only class you really need to interact with is the Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Builder class. It requires an \OpenSearch\Client passed in the constructor. Take a look at the OpenSearch SDK docs to learn more about connecting to your OpenSearch cluster.

The Builder class contains some methods to add queries, aggregations, sorts, fields and some extras for pagination. You can read more about these methods below. Once you've fully built-up the query you can use $builder->search() to execute the query or $builder->getPayload() to get the raw payload for OpenSearch.

use Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Queries\RangeQuery;
use Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Builder;

$transport = (new \OpenSearch\TransportFactory())->create();

$client = new \OpenSearch\Client($transport);

$builder = new Builder($client);

$builder->addQuery(RangeQuery::create('age')->gte(18));

$results = $builder->search(); // raw response from OpenSearch

Multi-Search Queries

Multi-Search queries are also available using the MultiBuilder class.

Adding queries

The $builder->addQuery() method can be used to add any of the available Query types to the builder. The available query types can be found below or in the src/Queries directory of this repo. Every Query has a static create() method to pass its most important parameters.

The following query types are available:

ExistsQuery

https://docs.opensearch.org/docs/latest/query-dsl/term/exists/

\Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Queries\ExistsQuery::create('terms_and_conditions');

GeoshapeQuery

https://docs.opensearch.org/docs/latest/query-dsl/geo-and-xy/geoshape/

\Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Queries\GeoshapeQuery::create(
  'location',
  \Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Queries\GeoshapeQuery::TYPE_POLYGON,
  [[1.0, 2.0]],
  \Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Queries\GeoShapeQuery::RELATION_INTERSECTS,
);

MatchQuery

https://docs.opensearch.org/docs/latest/query-dsl/full-text/match/

\Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Queries\MatchQuery::create('name', 'john doe', fuzziness: 2, boost: 5.0);

MatchPhraseQuery

https://docs.opensearch.org/docs/latest/query-dsl/full-text/match-phrase/

\Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Queries\MatchPhraseQuery::create('name', 'john doe', slop: 2,zeroTermsQuery: "none",analyzer: "my_analyzer");

MultiMatchQuery

https://docs.opensearch.org/docs/latest/query-dsl/full-text/multi-match/

\Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Queries\MultiMatchQuery::create('john', ['email', 'email'], fuzziness: 'auto');

NestedQuery

https://docs.opensearch.org/docs/latest/query-dsl/joining/nested/

\Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Queries\NestedQuery::create(
    'user',
    new \Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Queries\MatchQuery('name', 'john')
);
NestedQuery InnerHits

https://docs.opensearch.org/docs/latest/search-plugins/searching-data/inner-hits/

$nestedQuery = \Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Queries\NestedQuery::create(
    'comments',
    \Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Queries\TermsQuery::create('comments.published', true)
);

$nestedQuery->innerHits(
    \Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Queries\NestedQuery\InnerHits::create('top_three_liked_comments')
        ->size(3)
        ->addSort(
            \Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Sorts\Sort::create(
                'comments.likes',
                \Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Sorts\Sort::DESC
            )
        )
        ->fields(['comments.content', 'comments.author', 'comments.likes'])
);

RangeQuery

https://docs.opensearch.org/docs/latest/query-dsl/term/range/

\Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Queries\RangeQuery::create('age')
    ->gte(18)
    ->lte(1337);

TermQuery

https://docs.opensearch.org/docs/latest/query-dsl/term/term/

\Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Queries\TermQuery::create('user.id', 'flx');

TermsQuery

https://docs.opensearch.org/docs/latest/query-dsl/term/terms/

\Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Queries\TermsQuery::create('user.id', ['flx', 'fly'], boost: 5.0);

WildcardQuery

https://docs.opensearch.org/docs/latest/query-dsl/term/wildcard/

\Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Queries\WildcardQuery::create('user.id', '*doe');

PercolateQuery

https://docs.opensearch.org/docs/latest/field-types/supported-field-types/percolator/

\Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Queries\PercolateQuery::create('query', ['title' => 'foo', 'body' => 'bar']);

BoolQuery

https://docs.opensearch.org/docs/latest/query-dsl/compound/bool/

\Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Queries\BoolQuery::create()
    ->add($matchQuery, 'must_not')
    ->add($existsQuery, 'must_not');

collapse

The collapse feature allows grouping search results by a specific field while retrieving top documents from each group using inner_hits. This is useful for avoiding duplicate entities in search results while still accessing grouped data.

https://docs.opensearch.org/docs/latest/search-plugins/collapse-search/

use Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Sorts\Sort;
use Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Builder;

// Initialize ExtendedBuilder with an OpenSearch client
$builder = new Builder($client);

// Apply collapse to group by 'user_id'
$builder->collapse(
    'user_id', // Field to collapse on
    [
        'name' => 'top_three_liked_posts',
        'size' => 3, // Retrieve top 3 posts per user
        'sort' => [
            Sort::create('post.likes', Sort::DESC), // Sort posts by likes (descending)
        ],
        'fields' => ['post.title', 'post.content', 'post.likes'], // Select specific fields
    ],
    10, // Max concurrent group searches
);

// Execute the search
$response = $builder->search();

Chaining multiple queries

Multiple addQuery() calls can be chained on one Builder. Under the hood they'll be added to a BoolQuery with occurrence type must. By passing a second argument to the addQuery() method you can select a different occurrence type:

$builder
    ->addQuery(
        MatchQuery::create('name', 'billie'),
        'must_not' // available types: must, must_not, should, filter
    )
    ->addQuery(
        MatchQuery::create('team', 'eillish')
    );

More information on the boolean query and its occurrence types can be found in the OpenSearch docs.

Adding aggregations

The $builder->addAggregation() method can be used to add any of the available Aggregations to the builder. The available aggregation types can be found below or in the src/Aggregations directory of this repo. Every Aggregation has a static create() method to pass its most important parameters and sometimes some extra methods.

use Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Aggregations\TermsAggregation;
use Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Builder;

$transport = (new \OpenSearch\TransportFactory())->create();

$client = new \OpenSearch\Client($transport);

$results = (new Builder($client))
    ->addAggregation(TermsAggregation::create('genres', 'genre'))
    ->search();

$genres = $results['aggregations']['genres']['buckets'];

The following query types are available:

CardinalityAggregation

\Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Aggregations\CardinalityAggregation::create('team_agg', 'team_name');

FilterAggregation

https://docs.opensearch.org/docs/latest/aggregations/bucket/filter/

\Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Aggregations\FilterAggregation::create(
    'tshirts',
    \Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Queries\TermQuery::create('type', 'tshirt'),
    \Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Aggregations\MaxAggregation::create('max_price', 'price')
);

MaxAggregation

https://docs.opensearch.org/docs/latest/aggregations/metric/maximum/

\Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Aggregations\MaxAggregation::create('max_price', 'price');

MinAggregation

https://docs.opensearch.org/docs/latest/aggregations/metric/minimum/

\Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Aggregations\MinAggregation::create('min_price', 'price');

SumAggregation

https://docs.opensearch.org/docs/latest/aggregations/metric/sum/

\Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Aggregations\SumAggregation::create('sum_price', 'price');

NestedAggregation

https://docs.opensearch.org/docs/latest/aggregations/bucket/nested/

\Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Aggregations\NestedAggregation::create(
    'resellers',
    'resellers',
    \Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Aggregations\MinAggregation::create('min_price', 'resellers.price'),
    \Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Aggregations\MaxAggregation::create('max_price', 'resellers.price'),
);

ReverseNestedAggregation

https://docs.opensearch.org/docs/latest/aggregations/bucket/reverse-nested/

\Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Aggregations\ReverseNestedAggregation::create(
    'name',
    ...$aggregations
);

TermsAggregation

https://docs.opensearch.org/docs/latest/aggregations/bucket/terms/

\Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Aggregations\TermsAggregation::create(
    'genres',
    'genre'
)
    ->size(10)
    ->order(['_count' => 'asc'])
    ->missing('N/A')
    ->aggregation(/* $subAggregation */);

TopHitsAggregation

https://docs.opensearch.org/docs/latest/aggregations/metric/top-hits/

\Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Aggregations\TopHitsAggregation::create(
    'top_sales_hits',
    size: 10,
);

DateHistogramAggregation

https://docs.opensearch.org/docs/latest/aggregations/bucket/date-histogram/

\Sendynl\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Aggregations\DateHistogramAggregation::create(
    'name',
    '@timestamp'
    '1h',
)
    ->aggregation(/* $subAggregation */);

Adding sorts

The Builder (and some aggregations) has a addSort() method that takes a Sort instance to sort the results. You can read more about how sorting works in the OpenSearch docs.

use Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Sorts\Sort;

$builder
    ->addSort(Sort::create('age', Sort::DESC))
    ->addSort(
        Sort::create('score', Sort::ASC)
            ->unmappedType('long')
            ->missing(0)
    );

Nested sort

https://docs.opensearch.org/docs/latest/search-plugins/searching-data/sort/#sorting-nested-objects

use Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Sorts\NestedSort;

$builder
    ->addSort(
        NestedSort::create('books', 'books.rating', NestedSort::ASC)
    );

Nested sort with filter

use Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Sorts\NestedSort;
use Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Queries\BoolQuery;
use Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Queries\TermQuery;

$builder
    ->addSort(
        NestedSort::create(
            'books',
            'books.rating',
            NestedSort::ASC
        )->filter(BoolQuery::create()->add(TermQuery::create('books.category', 'comedy'))
    );

Retrieve specific fields

The fields() method can be used to request specific fields from the resulting documents without returning the entire _source entry. You can read more about the specifics of the fields parameter in the OpenSearch docs.

$builder->fields('user.id', 'http.*.status');

Highlighting

The highlight() method can be used to add a highlight section to your query along the rules in the OpenSearch docs.

$highlightSettings = [
    'pre_tags' => ['<em>'],
    'post_tags' => ['</em>'],
    'fields' => [
        '*' => (object) []
    ]
];

$builder->highlight($highlightSettings);

Post filter

The addPostFilterQuery() method can be used to add a post_filter BoolQuery to your query along the rules in the OpenSearch docs.

use Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Queries\TermsQuery;

$builder->addPostFilterQuery(TermsQuery::create('user.id', ['flx', 'fly']));

Pagination

Finally the Builder also features a size() and from() method for the corresponding OpenSearch search parameters. These can be used to build a paginated search. Take a look the following example to get a rough idea:

use Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Builder;

$pageSize = 100;
$pageNumber = $_GET['page'] ?? 1;

$transport = (new \OpenSearch\TransportFactory())->create();

$client = new \OpenSearch\Client($transport);

$pageResults = (new Builder($client))
    ->size($pageSize)
    ->from(($pageNumber - 1) * $pageSize)
    ->search();

Multi-Search Query Builder

OpenSearch provides a "multi-search" API that allows for multiple query bodies to be included in a single request.

Use the MultiBuilder class and add builders to add builders to your query request. The response will include a responses array of the query results, in the same order the requests are added. Use the $multiBuilder->search() to execute the queries, or $multiBuilder->getPayload() for the raw request payload.

use Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\MultiBuilder;
use Sendy\OpenSearchQueryBuilder\Builder;

$transport = (new \OpenSearch\TransportFactory())->create();

$client = new \OpenSearch\Client($transport);

$multiBuilder = (new MultiBuilder($client));

$multiBuilder->addBuilder(
    (new Builder($client))->index('custom_index')->size(10)
);
// you can pass the index name to the addBuilder method second param
$multiBuilder->addBuilder(
    (new Builder($client))->size(10)
    'different_index'
);

$multiResults = $multiBuilder->search();

Returns the following response JSON shape:

{
    "took": 2,
    "responses": [
        {... first query result ...},
        {... second query result ...},
    ]
}

Testing

composer test

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security Vulnerabilities

If you've found a bug regarding security please mail security@sendy.nl instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.