Question

Consider following schema for document { user_name : string, tweet : string }. Now when search query is fired result should be sorted in such a way that tweets of certain user_name should appear on top while rest of the tweets at bottom.

Best use-case would of Soundcloud. When a user starts searching, sounds or users which he/she follows appear at top while rest of the content at bottom.

Is there any way to do this in elasticsearch?

Note: If you are able to answer it using tire gem then it would be great otherwise only logic is also acceptable.

Answer 1

You can push certain results to the top using Custom Filters Score query. Just add user_name:certain_name as a filter with high enough boost.