elasticsearch/docs/java-rest/high-level/textstructure/find-structure.asciidoc

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:api: find-structure
:request: FindStructureRequest
:response: FindStructureResponse
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=== Find structure API

Determines the structure of text and other information that will be
useful to import its contents to an {es} index. It accepts a +{request}+ object
and responds with a +{response}+ object.

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==== Find structure request

A sample of the text to analyze must be added to the +{request}+
object using the `FindStructureRequest#setSample` method.

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request]
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<1> Create a new `FindStructureRequest` object
<2> Add the contents of `anInterestingFile` to the request

==== Optional arguments

The following arguments are optional:

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request-options]
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<1> Set the maximum number of lines to sample (the entire sample will be
    used if it contains fewer lines)
<2> Request that an explanation of the analysis be returned in the response

include::../execution.asciidoc[]

[id="{upid}-{api}-response"]
==== Find structure response

A +{response}+ contains information about the text structure,
as well as mappings and an ingest pipeline that could be used
to index the contents into {es}.

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-response]
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<1> The `TextStructure` object contains the structure information