ElasticSearch sorting by nested field value - php

Question

I need to sort result in next order:
Users, that I following
Users, that follows me
All other users
I have users which look like this:
{
"username": "admin"
"followers": [
{
"id": 2,
"username": "kiehn.nicola2"
},
{
"id": 3,
"username": "adaline253"
},
{
"id": 4,
"username": "skuhic4"
}
],
"following": [
{
"id": 2,
"username": "kiehn.nicola2"
},
{
"id": 3,
"username": "adaline253"
},
{
"id": 4,
"username": "skuhic4"
},
{
"id": 5,
"username": "heaney.garth5"
}
]
}
Is it possible?
Of course, I know current user id and username.
I write this query, but it doesn't work (for example, user id is 1):
{
"query": {
"bool": {
"must": [
{
"wildcard": {
"username": {
"value": "*a*",
"boost": 1
}
}
}
]
}
},
"sort": [
{
"following.username": {
"order": "asc",
"nested_path": "following",
"nested_filter": {
"term": {
"following.id": 1
}
}
},
"followers.username": {
"order": "asc",
"nested_path": "followers",
"nested_filter": {
"term": {
"followers.id": 1
}
}
}
}
],
"size": 40
}

Answer 1

I would do this by boosting; boost the hits that have the searchers id in their followers by an amount, then boost by a lower value the hits that have the searcher in their 'following' field:
NOTE: the searcher's id is 55 in this example
"query": {
"bool": {
"should": [
{
"nested": {
"path": "followers",
"query": {
"term" : { "followers.id": { "value": 55, "boost": 3.0 } }
}
}
},
{
"nested": {
"path": "following",
"query": {
"term" : { "following.id": { "value": 55, "boost": 2.0 } }
}
}
},
{
"match_all": { "boost": 1.0 }
}
]
}
}
If the searcher is in the hit's followers field, then the searcher is following that hit and so the boost is highest, etc...
You said you wanted all other users, hence the "match_all: {} query at the end.