es-query-builder

A simple, user-friendly, and streamlined library for programmatically building Elasticsearch DSL queries in Go, designed for low overhead and minimal memory usage.

Install

With Go's module support, go [build|run|test] automatically fetches the necessary dependencies when you add the import in your code:

import "github.com/Trendyol/es-query-builder"

Alternatively, use go get:

go get -u github.com/Trendyol/es-query-builder

Example

{
  "query": {
    "bool": {
      "must": [
        {
          "term": {
            "author": "George Orwell"
          }
        }
      ],
      "must_not": [
        {
          "terms": {
            "genre": [
              "Fantasy",
              "Science Fiction"
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "exists": {
            "field": "out_of_print"
          }
        }
      ],
      "should": [
        {
          "terms": {
            "title": [
              "1984",
              "Animal Farm"
            ]
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "aggs": {
    "genres_count": {
      "terms": {
        "field": "genre"
      }
    },
    "authors_and_genres": {
      "terms": {
        "field": "author"
      },
      "aggs": {
        "genres": {
          "terms": {
            "field": "genre"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

With es-query-builder

query := es.NewQuery(
    es.Bool().
        Must(
            es.Term("author", "George Orwell"),
        ).
        MustNot(
            es.Terms("genre", "Fantasy", "Science Fiction"),
            es.Exists("out_of_print"),
        ).
        Should(
            es.Terms("title", "1984", "Animal Farm"),
        )).
	Aggs(
            es.Agg("genres_count", es.TermsAgg("genre")), 
            es.Agg("authors_and_genres", es.TermsAgg("author").
                Aggs(es.Agg("genres", es.TermsAgg("genre"))),
            ),
        )

With vanilla Go

query := map[string]interface{}{
  "query": map[string]interface{}{
    "bool": map[string]interface{}{
      "must": []map[string]interface{}{
        {
          "term": map[string]interface{}{
            "author": "George Orwell",
          },
        },
      },
      "must_not": []map[string]interface{}{
        {
          "terms": map[string]interface{}{
            "genre": []string{
              "Fantasy",
              "Science Fiction",
            },
          },
        },
        {
          "exists": map[string]interface{}{
            "field": "out_of_print",
          },
        },
      },
      "should": []map[string]interface{}{
        {
          "terms": map[string]interface{}{
            "title": []string{
              "1984",
              "Animal Farm",
            },
          },
        },
      },
    },
  },
  "aggs": map[string]interface{}{
    "genres_count": map[string]interface{}{
      "terms": map[string]interface{}{
        "field": "genre",
      },
    },
    "authors_and_genres": map[string]interface{}{
      "terms": map[string]interface{}{
        "field": "author",
      },
      "aggs": map[string]interface{}{
        "genres": map[string]interface{}{
          "terms": map[string]interface{}{
            "field": "genre",
          },
        },
      },
    },
  },
}

Benchmarks

You can check and run benchmarks on your machine.

ARM64

• Device: MacBook Pro 16" 2021
• OS: macOS Tahoe 26.2
• CPU: Apple Silicon M1 Pro 10 Core
• Arch: ARM64
• Memory: 32GB LPDDR5
• Go Version: go1.25.1
• es-query-builder Version: v1.0.3
• Benchmark Date: 16/01/2026

ARM64 Detailed Benchmark Results

• es-query-builder is 32% less efficient than vanilla Go.
• aquasecurity/esquery is 82% less efficient than es-query-builder.
• defensestation/osquery is 83% less efficient than es-query-builder.

Benchmark test file at simple query benchmark

---

• es-query-builder is 20% less efficient than vanilla Go.
• aquasecurity/esquery is 74% less efficient than es-query-builder.
• defensestation/osquery is 76% less efficient than es-query-builder.

Benchmark test file at intermediate query benchmark

---

• es-query-builder is 26% less efficient than vanilla Go.
• aquasecurity/esquery is 70% less efficient than es-query-builder.
• defensestation/osquery is 73% less efficient than es-query-builder.

Benchmark test file at complex query benchmark

---

• es-query-builder is 12% less efficient than vanilla Go.
• aquasecurity/esquery is 58% less efficient than es-query-builder.
• defensestation/osquery is 61% less efficient than es-query-builder.

Benchmark test file at mixed query benchmark

---

• es-query-builder is 25% less efficient than vanilla Go.
• aquasecurity/esquery is 70% less efficient than es-query-builder.
• defensestation/osquery is 71% less efficient than es-query-builder.

Benchmark test file at conditional query benchmark

---

• es-query-builder is 23% less efficient than vanilla Go.
• aquasecurity/esquery is 71% less efficient than es-query-builder.
• defensestation/osquery is 72% less efficient than es-query-builder.

Benchmark test file at multi filter query benchmark

---

• es-query-builder is 18% less efficient than vanilla Go.
• aquasecurity/esquery is 64% less efficient than es-query-builder.
• defensestation/osquery is 66% less efficient than es-query-builder.

Benchmark test file at aggs query benchmark

---

MacBook M1 Pro 10 Core Benchmark Result Table

Benchmark Name	vanilla go score	vanilla go ns/op	aquasecurity/esquery score	aquasecurity/esquery ns/op	defensestation/osquery score	defensestation/osquery ns/op	es-query-builder score	es-query-builder ns/op
simple	7136586	335,7	910437	2627	810501	2934	4922604	474,6
simple	7047357	338,7	909422	2635	816651	2949	4899026	480,4
simple	7112192	333,1	915338	2626	792463	2927	4735447	475,4
simple	7095946	339,1	903325	2621	816793	2984	4868560	484,3
simple	7126017	338,3	902650	2630	819847	2929	4911927	483,6
simple	7145269	339,9	894154	2635	823344	2933	4817287	483,4
simple	7138833	336,1	912168	2629	800422	2931	4846564	476,6
simple	7110584	337,3	905252	2626	809718	2920	4804375	475,4
simple	7126405	337,8	914166	2627	813373	2933	5006870	478,7
simple	6878625	352	888853	2678	811065	2991	4775053	501,4
simple	7199766	335,3	917606	2621	821077	2928	4980991	475,8
simple	7179116	343,5	822660	2780	815586	2927	4947879	477,1
simple	7119448	338	898772	2628	817172	2925	4888240	477,2
simple	7096699	364,6	756648	2803	811969	2989	4635244	508,6
simple	6877939	348,4	897672	2676	808742	2969	4422966	498,4
simple	7191384	336,9	900682	2626	818016	2930	4926795	476,3
simple	7130270	336,6	916179	2773	812930	2993	4911207	475,2
simple	7231214	336,5	912652	2629	806228	2923	4871220	475
simple	7133586	339,6	839488	2803	811442	2929	4778890	476,2
simple	7199564	336,6	912165	2630	811531	2926	4908123	474,6
simple	7063579	338,8	887763	2630	808515	2932	4947600	478,6
simple	7154626	336,7	897507	2620	821241	2926	4962855	475,3
simple	7184446	336,2	909108	2621	819040	2920	4812297	475,4
simple	6938464	340,3	913638	2661	810810	2963	4818706	490,2
simple	6945331	343,7	911082	2668	808646	2952	4773291	481
simple avg	7102529,84	339,99	893975,48	2660,12	812684,88	2942,52	4846960,68	481,15
simple median	7126405	338	905252	2630	811969	2931	4871220	477,1
simple stddev	96406,57	6,59	36346,88	60,35	6808,04	24,15	123134,43	9,13
complex	1000000	2345	220923	10774	200908	11993	750070	3190
complex	1000000	2365	221221	10763	201042	11989	750168	3410
complex	972150	2364	221136	10775	198964	12014	749394	3174
complex	983293	2354	219159	10735	199822	11956	685695	3436
complex	998304	2373	223593	10815	200030	12122	697144	3203
complex	1000000	2347	221875	10760	199878	12012	748706	3197
complex	973760	2543	222940	10775	199466	11956	633584	3169
complex	1000000	2348	222703	10728	200450	11948	752290	3193
complex	1000000	2444	191391	10984	201798	12051	741266	3245
complex	1000000	2397	222880	10750	201038	12054	747745	3192
complex	1000000	3502	181063	11646	199801	12075	745404	3176
complex	1000000	2345	221311	10733	200516	11957	751840	3185
complex	1000000	2355	223248	10765	202176	11954	754708	3184
complex	1000000	2368	223058	10739	200386	11950	748453	3187
complex	945394	2413	216142	10996	200929	12329	739760	3251
complex	1000000	2345	225157	10730	200350	11954	753710	3168
complex	1000000	2357	222384	10761	201603	12001	748792	3207
complex	1000000	2374	222255	10775	199756	11972	751460	3191
complex	1000000	2360	222795	10759	198070	11984	760131	3184
complex	1000000	2362	222974	10744	200458	11967	655891	3179
complex	1000000	2360	223491	10735	198692	12018	741771	3192
complex	1000000	2356	221150	10725	201123	11969	752702	3187
complex	1000000	2358	221970	10725	200338	12006	748818	3190
complex	1000000	2458	221637	10883	201889	12095	754812	3242
complex	973845	2387	219902	10843	198200	12197	754618	3187
complex avg	993869,84	2423,2	219054,32	10816,72	200307,32	12020,92	736757,28	3212,76
complex median	1000000	2362	221970	10761	200386	11993	748818	3190
complex stddev	13651,29	229,21	10140,31	187,48	1082,08	89,04	32555,94	66,95
conditional	1761163	1357	401946	5939	383113	6261	1326986	1796
conditional	1771482	1354	401154	5946	381466	6256	1333767	1798
conditional	1787192	1355	401908	5946	385698	6255	1342350	1784
conditional	1707636	1359	400123	5955	381170	6274	1337961	1795
conditional	1754228	1358	406419	5934	378148	6260	1348107	1781
conditional	1762357	1356	406225	5960	379110	6289	1337082	1810
conditional	1770903	1354	401331	5953	379926	6268	1335477	1810
conditional	1789513	1355	402715	5925	373424	6247	1340494	1802
conditional	1685074	1380	405048	5995	382274	6288	1341414	1807
conditional	1776829	1425	374980	6093	384249	6245	1345015	1787
conditional	1766887	1353	406766	5927	386780	6252	1344804	1793
conditional	1773517	1366	404851	5941	382365	6254	1302368	1797
conditional	1772199	1353	403869	5941	381678	6246	1336604	1790
conditional	1766043	1359	403119	6183	385885	6383	1282988	1785
conditional	1745331	1369	392877	6016	379905	6431	1315065	1807
conditional	1775966	1353	404760	5936	379540	6252	1319792	1803
conditional	1673844	1382	406208	5936	376844	6251	1193227	1794
conditional	1758682	1361	400184	6003	380378	6270	1326451	1797
conditional	1778167	1358	400514	5943	380977	6283	1321360	1797
conditional	1765039	1377	399458	5948	384547	6258	1339388	1803
conditional	1759484	1361	399762	5925	385018	6248	1330646	1798
conditional	1760367	1357	399334	5933	384848	6235	1342532	1787
conditional	1763613	1354	405427	5922	382321	6255	1329721	1797
conditional	1749752	1364	392264	6072	361263	6319	1332295	1800
conditional	1750826	1372	402261	6000	379243	6326	1332682	1807
conditional avg	1757043,76	1363,68	400940,12	5970,88	380806,8	6276,24	1325543,04	1797
conditional median	1763613	1358	401946	5946	381466	6258	1333767	1797
conditional stddev	28277,06	15,39	6546,95	62,72	5110,37	45,55	31112,94	8,15
intermediate	1967211	1257	364634	6193	370027	6439	1539102	1534
intermediate	1964376	1236	409650	5841	370682	6449	1572568	1528
intermediate	1949232	1352	410047	5844	374745	6436	1565110	1524
intermediate	1939333	1251	407359	5853	369106	6465	1580144	1532
intermediate	1914984	1248	380869	6215	371192	6452	1564984	1541
intermediate	1947264	1350	356775	5979	369568	6448	1564012	1533
intermediate	1945606	1225	410191	5841	372290	6468	1560674	1523
intermediate	1963743	1249	407761	5839	371035	6909	1566199	1529
intermediate	1937840	1242	405748	5911	366315	6492	1550152	1521
intermediate	1939778	1239	405986	6264	367609	6460	1551794	1535
intermediate	1960746	1224	409324	5841	375855	6454	1574971	1530
intermediate	1951579	1231	408160	5845	367803	6452	1551181	1539
intermediate	1962092	1226	409024	5834	333604	6597	1571673	1519
intermediate	1877978	1274	401834	6000	368730	6610	1530961	1559
intermediate	1899608	1268	407286	5928	364371	6699	1545860	1551
intermediate	1960666	1232	407598	5829	372921	6459	1565779	1526
intermediate	1937190	1232	413080	5843	372584	6451	1566754	1534
intermediate	1934011	1244	411706	5854	366188	6469	1566883	1529
intermediate	1959883	1232	408008	5841	372967	6472	1571113	1524
intermediate	1949336	1224	407044	5845	373170	6439	1563824	1532
intermediate	1943166	1233	413164	5847	372246	6457	1381070	1537
intermediate	1951704	1233	407367	5842	370960	6450	1564404	1526
intermediate	1944936	1248	410502	5853	366796	6462	1531525	1639
intermediate	1907518	1257	412392	5910	355419	6558	1562833	1540
intermediate	1764538	1282	407710	5913	364524	6520	1546740	1649
intermediate avg	1934972,72	1251,56	403728,76	5912,2	368028,28	6502,68	1552412,4	1541,36
intermediate median	1945606	1242	407761	5847	370027	6460	1564012	1532
intermediate stddev	41615,49	33,7	14347,76	126,4	8312,39	106,28	37973,3	32,2
mixed	1491925	1610	530078	4457	502545	4772	1285450	1855
mixed	1490300	1605	531625	4460	504578	5002	1283505	1862
mixed	1470877	1615	539704	4472	500138	4770	1279606	1869
mixed	1370437	1627	534024	4447	505645	4791	1292632	1862
mixed	1488138	1620	534123	4463	494505	4805	1287218	1861
mixed	1481264	1615	533299	4466	497670	4784	1274191	1863
mixed	1492581	1619	543978	4448	507468	4758	1284162	1864
mixed	1489264	1612	536594	4449	505935	4769	1275082	1871
mixed	1482362	1616	533193	4559	465102	4834	1280503	1877
mixed	1478761	1631	533559	4470	503614	4894	1281306	1856
mixed	1475074	1621	543597	4448	496706	4774	1286600	2052
mixed	1470812	1620	532965	4447	503172	4756	1276438	1878
mixed	1481493	1612	545342	4450	502586	4763	1278556	2058
mixed	1416348	1673	520384	4556	466088	4909	1232283	1924
mixed	1446158	1666	529260	4540	500601	4912	1233720	2093
mixed	1367568	1623	531343	4460	502404	4793	1278543	1944
mixed	1488856	1610	524438	4462	505186	4915	1275585	1876
mixed	1484791	1622	531183	4455	497931	4776	1286622	2058
mixed	1482290	1616	534446	4447	503613	4758	1291989	1861
mixed	1279209	1619	532794	4455	501841	4775	1294134	1869
mixed	1495063	1692	533358	4446	497517	4776	1288670	2011
mixed	1495306	1605	537343	4441	498868	4767	1299070	1870
mixed	1481564	1627	538863	4463	490764	4783	1288177	1876
mixed	1468518	1631	542824	4509	492010	4820	1281916	1881
mixed	1459990	1646	538268	4498	502053	4818	1269405	1909
mixed avg	1461157,96	1626,12	534663,4	4470,72	497941,6	4810,96	1279414,52	1912
mixed median	1481493	1620	533559	4460	501841	4783	1281916	1876
mixed stddev	51294,61	21,47	5842,63	34,35	10612,75	64,51	15585,96	76,47
multifilter	1785645	1349	405847	5929	385944	6249	1367917	1746
multifilter	1775078	1355	407239	6304	369632	6254	1366550	1750
multifilter	1765948	1347	397543	5956	376857	6255	1361536	1747
multifilter	1770699	1373	372030	6026	385699	6630	1366354	1749
multifilter	1765532	1365	404883	5932	382356	6250	1367367	1749
multifilter	1772985	1352	405282	5928	373760	6250	1366009	1744
multifilter	1779619	1348	404727	5911	381897	6245	1364995	1764
multifilter	1779584	1356	402487	5931	382945	6235	1361892	1749
multifilter	1797445	1347	403706	5946	375079	6304	1364300	1744
multifilter	1741188	1375	395217	6093	357421	6425	1341567	1784
multifilter	1759147	1348	399774	5935	382672	6235	1370491	1752
multifilter	1783940	1350	401028	5931	382639	6259	1369666	1750
multifilter	1772955	1340	403993	5920	381873	6249	1376023	1747
multifilter	1726716	1381	398599	6078	355581	6406	1341860	1784
multifilter	1759033	1368	395697	6034	380331	6364	1357093	1766
multifilter	1768196	1345	403572	5926	382366	6250	1357777	1749
multifilter	1786311	1345	401508	5954	379269	6240	1351516	1758
multifilter	1776760	1345	404756	5918	382744	6250	1356824	1754
multifilter	1780686	1346	402231	5934	381162	6246	1366863	1749
multifilter	1783516	1337	401127	5930	385303	6241	1374058	1745
multifilter	1790011	1352	402717	5923	383881	6263	1379800	1747
multifilter	1574276	1359	399538	5930	385738	6250	1367830	1752
multifilter	1782702	1339	404448	5912	377984	6238	1370560	1746
multifilter	1609984	1372	400779	5977	375669	6315	1316362	1757
multifilter	1773374	1354	402198	6005	383467	6343	1371200	1775
multifilter avg	1758453,2	1353,92	400837,04	5970,52	378890,76	6289,84	1362256,4	1754,28
multifilter median	1773374	1350	402231	5932	381897	6250	1366354	1749
multifilter stddev	52505,37	11,97	6734,75	86,05	7866,55	88,88	13263,76	11,6
aggs	1107342	2152	294852	8214	280825	8528	816226	2908
aggs	1107857	2151	290728	8213	281715	8578	819967	2921
aggs	1100693	2165	291958	8215	281131	8542	825214	2907
aggs	1111474	2144	289671	8190	282400	8522	828920	2898
aggs	1102730	2161	289561	8246	279996	8555	811369	2890
aggs	1109921	2147	291009	8177	283255	8512	829220	2905
aggs	1107857	2151	291703	8182	282865	8523	823189	2897
aggs	1109921	2147	290378	8198	279508	8508	819733	2903
aggs	1109921	2147	293406	8189	280531	8528	823610	2895
aggs	1108372	2150	290304	8223	282766	8556	816241	2893
aggs	1098663	2169	292372	8203	282356	8540	824234	2902
aggs	1112512	2142	290540	8198	280502	8559	823286	2900
aggs	1103752	2159	290900	8279	257852	8565	827701	2910
aggs	1109404	2148	291739	8179	280419	8526	821042	2901
aggs	1067174	2233	291428	8364	279945	8767	805053	2961
aggs	1105800	2155	291122	8181	284082	8496	804098	2902
aggs	1098663	2169	290558	8222	282330	8532	833383	2898
aggs	1107342	2152	289677	8195	280248	8507	826546	2886
aggs	1108888	2149	289767	8197	278280	8522	829855	2889
aggs	1110956	2145	291128	8235	279548	8529	819082	2898
aggs	1088128	2190	292560	8213	283500	8514	759892	3109
aggs	1114593	2138	292746	8196	281385	9107	825134	2901
aggs	1106828	2153	294103	8208	281836	8518	817861	2889
aggs	1107342	2152	286256	8247	280830	9103	825268	2893
aggs	1072940	2221	290528	8271	281358	8607	821478	2903
aggs avg	1103563	2159,6	291159,76	8217,4	280378,52	8589,76	819104,08	2910,36
aggs median	1107342	2152	291009	8208	281131	8529	823189	2901
aggs stddev	11507,89175	23,03	1712,12	40,79	4898,81	163,69	14225,85	43,83

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   • Create a new branch
   • Make your changes
   • Open a Pull Request (PR)

We’re excited to see your contributions. Thanks for helping make this project better!

License

MIT - Please check the LICENSE file for full text.