# elasticsearch-editdistance-scoring
ElasticSearch script for scoring by edit distance (Levenstein). Molto alpha!
## Install
First, make sure ES_HOME is set. If not, export it, something like this:
export ES_HOME="/usr/share/elasticsearch"
Then, run the following commands after having cloned the repo:
make package
make install
## Sample usage
query = {
"query": {
"custom_score": {
"query": {
"match": {
"_all": {
"query": "my search string",
"analyzer": "ixxisearch",
"operator": "and"
}
}
},
"script": "editdistance",
"lang": "native",
"params": {
"field": "name", # field to use for editdistance computing against
"search": "my search string"
}
}
}
}