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What's New in V3.8/V3.9

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The centerpiece of this update, the query engine, has been completely rebuilt. This transformation shifts away from reliance on query strings to a direct integration with Elasticsearch’s DSL (Domain Specific Language), unlocking a broader range of querying capabilities and a more profound integration with Elasticsearch’s advanced features.

Nested Queries and Sorting

  • Nested Object Queries: Deep dive into your nested data structures with comprehensive querying support.
  • Order By Nested: Enhanced sorting capabilities allow you to order search results based on fields within nested objects.
  • Filter Nested Values: Apply query filters to nested data elements returning the desired matches for the data in a nested field.

New where type clauses

  • Phrase Matching: Boost your search precision with enhanced phrase matching, enabling the targeting of exact sequences within text fields.
  • Phrase Prefix Matching: Refine your searches with prefix matching, allowing for flexible queries that can match the beginning of phrases.
  • Exact Matching: Strengthen your search with improved exact matching capabilities, ensuring only documents that exactly match specified criteria are retrieved.
  • whereTimestamp() - convenience clause to help sanitize timestamp values - docs

Sorting Enhancements

  • Advanced Sorting Features: Leverage Elasticsearch’s native sorting features, including various sorting modes and handling of missing values.
  • Geo-Distance Sorting: Sort data with geographical considerations, enabling spatially-aware application features.

Saving Enhancements

Querying Enhancements

  • highlight() - This package now dials into Elaticsearch’s highlight feature - docs
  • rawAggregation() - similar to rawSearch(), passing in aggregation DSL queries will be processed and formatted- docs