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Commands: Querying: How to work with MoreLikeThis query?

To find similar or related documents use the MoreLikeThis method from the commands.

Syntax​

MultiLoadResult MoreLikeThis(MoreLikeThisQuery query);
Parameters
queryMoreLikeThisQueryA more like this query definition that will be executed
Return Value
MultiLoadResultInstance of MultiLoadResult containing query Results and Includes (if any).

Example I​

// Search for similar documents to 'articles/1'
// using 'Articles/MoreLikeThis' index and search only field 'Body'
MultiLoadResult result = store
.DatabaseCommands
.MoreLikeThis(
	new MoreLikeThisQuery
		{
			IndexName = "Articles/MoreLikeThis",
			DocumentId = "articles/1",
			Fields = new[] { "Body" }
		});

Example II​

// Search for similar documents to 'articles/1'
// using 'Articles/MoreLikeThis' index and search only field 'Body'
// where article category is 'IT'
MultiLoadResult result = store
.DatabaseCommands
.MoreLikeThis(
	new MoreLikeThisQuery
	{
		IndexName = "Articles/MoreLikeThis",
		DocumentId = "articles/1",
		Fields = new[] { "Body" },
		AdditionalQuery = "Category:IT"
	});