1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fuzzycat/utils.py b/fuzzycat/utils.py
index 24e103a..dadfa5c 100644
--- a/fuzzycat/utils.py
+++ b/fuzzycat/utils.py
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ def es_compat_hits_total(resp):
     """
     try:
         return resp["hits"]["total"]["value"]  # ES7
+    except KeyError:
+        # with track_total_hits set to False, we observed missing "total" keys,
+        # es returns: {'_shards': {'failed': 0, 'skipped': 0, 'successful': 6,
+        # 'total': 6}, 'hits': {'hits': [{'_id': 'yvqtz2zvkzcbpj4jxrp7b...ons':
+        # [], 'any_abstract': False, 'ark_id': None, ...}, ...}],
+        # 'max_score': 108.32384}, 'timed_out': False, 'took': 921}
+        return len(resp["hits"]["hits"])
     except TypeError:
         return resp["hits"]["total"]  # ES6