Retrieving a More-Like-This template

This API returns the content of a MoreLikeThis template.

Requirement: OpenSearchServer v1.5.3

Call parameters

URL: /services/rest/index/{index_name}/morelikethis/template/{template_name}

Method: GET

URL parameters:

  • index_name (required): The name of the index.
  • template_name (required): The name of the MoreLikeThis template.

Header (optional returned type):

  • Accept: application/json or application/xml

Success response

The field is returned either in JSON format or in XML format.

HTTP code:
200

Content (application/json):

{
"successful":true,
"query":{
"likeText":"open search server",
"lang":"ENGLISH",
"analyzerName":"StandardAnalyzer",
"fields":[
"contentExact",
"titleExact"
],
"minWordLen":1,
"maxWordLen":100,
"minDocFreq":5,
"minTermFreq":2,
"maxNumTokensParsed":5000,
"maxQueryTerms":25,
"boost":true,
"stopWords":
"English stop words",
"returnedFields":[
"contentExact",
"titleExact"
],
"filters":[
{
"type":"QueryFilter",
"negative":false,
"type":"QueryFilter",
"query":"lang:en"
}
],
"start":0,
"rows":10
}
}

Error response

The MoreLikeThis template was not returned. The reason is provided in the content.

HTTP code:
500, 404 (other than 200)

Content (text/plain):

Template not found: my_mlt

Sample call

Using CURL:

curl -XGET http://localhost:9090/services/rest/index/my_index/morelikethis/template/my_mlt

Using jQuery:

$.ajax({
type: "GET",
dataType: "json",
url: "http://localhost:9090/services/rest/index/my_index/morelikethis/template/my_mlt"
}).done(function (data) {
console.log(data);
});

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