Have you tried setting no fields to be returned or the explicit setNoFields() method?
http://jenkins.elasticsearch.org/job/Elasticsearch%20Master%20Branch%20Javadoc/Elasticsearch_API_Documentation/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchRequestBuilder.html#setNoFields() -- Ivan On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 2:45 AM, Ilija Subasic <subasic.il...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is there a way in elasticsearch using JAVA API to get only the ids of the > documents returned for a give query. > > SearchResponse sr = > esClient.prepareSearch(index).setSize(resultSize).setQuery(q).setScroll(new > TimeValue(10000)).setQuery(fqb).setFetchSource(false).get(); > > but I get empty hits (`sr.getHits().hits[].length == 0`) althouh the total > count of returned hits is 0 (`sr.getHits().getTotalHits == 2`). I > understand that nothing is returned by elasticsearch because I set fetch > source to false, but the ids should somehow be available. My current > solution is: > > SearchResponse sr = > esClient.prepareSearch(index).setSize(resultSize).setQuery(q).setScroll(new > TimeValue(10000)).setQuery(fqb).srb.setFetchSource("_id", null).get(); > > However I think that gets the _id field from source, and for speed I would > like to avoid this if possible. > > Thanks, > Ilija > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to elasticsearch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/089b670f-763c-4795-859a-720767d24a81%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/089b670f-763c-4795-859a-720767d24a81%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to elasticsearch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CALY%3DcQCYskSm7WyTDX5LVCrcL%2BR5y%2B2e9fUBTH0Z8iamu06OBg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.