Enable count (or other search types)

[kurtado]

Currently, we can only get the results of a query as returned in the hits array. It would be convenient to at least be able to specify just a count, or possibly other search types.

[jordansissel]

+1

[gmoskovicz]

@jsvd is there a way to do this now? All i can think of is creating an aggregation so then we can access the total buckets. Which is a workaround that requires more work from an Elasticsearch standpoint.

[gmoskovicz]

This seems to be related to https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-elasticsearch/issues/89 as the count is just another search type.

[woodchalk]

+1

[sethyes]

+1

[gjelenc]

+1

[PieroValdebenito]

+1