[Question] Is there a way to convert ES queries to bodybuilder implementation?

[lucianopf]

I've been trying to convert complex ES queries to bodybuilder but it's quite hard to figure it out without much knowledge of the library.
Maybe it would be nice to have a converter from query to bodybuilder to help newcomers to learn how does the lib works 😬

[danpaz]

I've thought for a while that something like this would be useful, but I think implementing it would be pretty difficult since the api is so flexible.

Have you tried using https://bodybuilder.js.org to try to recreate your queries using bodybuilder? You can also ask here if you have a specific complex query, I or someone else may be able to help you along.

[tx0c]

reverse convert is so hard, is @danpaz able to convert this back to bodybuilder js code ?

{
  "query": {
    "function_score": {
      "query": {
        "bool": {
          "should": [
            {
              "term": {
                "content.keyword": {
                  "value": "小說",
                  "boost": 2
                }
              }
            },
            {
              "match": {
                "content": "小說"
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "functions": [
        {
          "field_value_factor": {
            "field": "numAuthors",
            "factor": 1.2,
            "modifier": "log2p",
            "missing": 1
          }
        },
        {
          "field_value_factor": {
            "field": "numArticles",
            "modifier": "log2p",
            "missing": 1
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "size": 20
}

[danpaz]

@tx0c the function_score query could be expressed in bodybuilder syntax pretty easily, but the functions array is probably best handled separately. Give this a try:

let body = bodybuilder()
  .query('function_score', b => {
    return b
      .orQuery('term', 'content.keyword', { value: '小說', boost: 2 })
      .orQuery('match', 'content', '小說')
  })
  .build()

body.query.function_score.functions = [
  {
    "field_value_factor": {
      "field": "numAuthors",
      "factor": 1.2,
      "modifier": "log2p",
      "missing": 1
    }
  },
  {
    "field_value_factor": {
      "field": "numArticles",
      "modifier": "log2p",
      "missing": 1
    }
  }
]

return body