using ^n on a field is only valid syntax for lycene. This caused the name field to never be search which resulted in channels not being searchable. I added the boost parameter which is what is supposed to be used. I made the weight 5 based tests around "super" which is a query that returns 1800 hits. The intention is to make sure that channels show up first in the results.

server/controllers/lighthouse.js

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ const eclient = new elasticsearch.Client({
   },
 });
 
-
 function getResults (input) {
   if (input.size === undefined) input.size = 10;
   if (input.from === undefined) input.from = 0;
@@ -31,7 +30,10 @@ function getResults (input) {
           'should': [
             {
               'match': {
-                'name^100': '*' + input.s.trim() + '*',
+                'name': {
+                  'query': '*' + input.s.trim() + '*',
+                  'boost': 100,
+                },
               },
             },
             {
@@ -89,12 +91,12 @@ function getResults (input) {
 function getIndex () {
   // ideally, data is inserted into elastic search with an index that helps us query it faster/better results
   // A simple start is to default queries to be within the n months, and to make a new index each month.
-  return;
+
 }
 
 function getRoutingKey () {
   // This is the most important field for performance. Being able to route the queries ahead of time can make typedowns insanely good.
-  return;
+
 }
 
 function getAutoCompleteQuery (query) {
@@ -108,16 +110,16 @@ function getAutoCompleteQuery(query) {
         'name',
         'value.stream.metadata.author',
         'value.stream.metadata.title',
-        'value.stream.metadata.description'
-      ]
-    }
+        'value.stream.metadata.description',
+      ],
+    },
   };
 }
 
 function getFilter (query) {
   // this is the best place for putting things like filtering on the type of content
   // Perhaps we can add search param that will filter on how people have categorized / tagged their content
-  return;
+
 }
 
 function getAutoComplete (query) {
@@ -131,9 +133,9 @@ function getAutoComplete(query) {
       query: {
         bool: {
           must  : getAutoCompleteQuery(query),
-          filter: getFilter(query)
-        }
-      }
+          filter: getFilter(query),
+        },
+      },
     },
     size: query.size,
     from: query.from,
@@ -191,7 +193,7 @@ class LighthouseControllers {
         }
       }
 
-      var clean = new Array();
+      var clean = [];
       for (var i = 0; i < cResults.length; i++) {
         if (cResults[i] && cResults[i].length > 3 && clean.indexOf(cResults[i]) === -1) {
           clean.push(cResults[i]);