# Term Match

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The term query is used to search for documents that contain a specific exact value in a particular field. It is designed for exact matches and is commonly used for fields that are not analyzed, such as keyword fields.

You can match either keywords or keywords or lists . For keywords, match requires exact match between the keywords and for lists of keywords, it requires an exact match between any two keywords in the two lists. 

**Example 1**:

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```json
{
  "query": {
    "term": {
      "Continent": "Asia"
    }
  }
}

```

{% endcode %}

In the above example, Candidates must include the field 'Continent' and contain the value "Asia" under the field 'Continent' will be returned

**Example 2**:

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```json
{
  "query": {
    "term": {
      "Continent": ["Asia", "Europe", "Africa"]
    }
  }
}

```

{% endcode %}

In the above example, candidates must include the field 'Continent' with any of the following values - "Asia", "Europe", "Africa" under the field 'Continent' will be returned


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Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.hyper-space.io/hyperspace-docs/api-documentation/dsl-query-framework/candidate-generation-and-metadata-filtering/term-match.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
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Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.