Lowercase token filter
The lowercase token filter is used to convert all characters in the token stream to lowercase, making searches case insensitive.
Parameters
The lowercase token filter can be configured with the following parameter.
| Parameter | Required/Optional | Description |
|---|---|---|
language | Optional | Specifies a language-specific token filter. Valid values are: - greek - irish - turkish. Default is the Lucene LowerCaseFilter. |
Example
The following example request creates a new index named custom_lowercase_example. It configures an analyzer with a lowercase filter and specifies greek as the language:
PUT /custom_lowercase_example
{
"settings": {
"analysis": {
"analyzer": {
"greek_lowercase_example": {
"type": "custom",
"tokenizer": "standard",
"filter": ["greek_lowercase"]
}
},
"filter": {
"greek_lowercase": {
"type": "lowercase",
"language": "greek"
}
}
}
}
}
Generated tokens
Use the following request to examine the tokens generated using the analyzer:
GET /custom_lowercase_example/_analyze
{
"analyzer": "greek_lowercase_example",
"text": "Αθήνα ΕΛΛΑΔΑ"
}
The response contains the generated tokens:
{
"tokens": [
{
"token": "αθηνα",
"start_offset": 0,
"end_offset": 5,
"type": "<ALPHANUM>",
"position": 0
},
{
"token": "ελλαδα",
"start_offset": 6,
"end_offset": 12,
"type": "<ALPHANUM>",
"position": 1
}
]
}