Is it possible to get the exact number of hits?

[dkalpakchi]

Hi everyone!

I want to get a total number of documents for each query (not the estimate of 10000). Normally I achieved this by using setting "track_total_hits" to true, but this doesn't seem to work for Searchkit? I've tried to redefine getQuery as follows:

getQuery: (query, search_attributes) => {
  return [
    "query": {
       "multi_match" : {
          "query":     query,
          "type":       "phrase",
          "fields":     search_attributes
        }
      },
      "track_total_hits": true
    }
  ];
},

This didn't work for me though, am I missing something or is it impossible currently?

Thank you in advance for your help!

[joemcelroy]

hi there!

Its possible but you need to use beforeSearch request hook instead to pass in track_total_hits to each request.

The difference between getQuery and beforeSearch hooks is that beforeSearch allows you to modify the whole request. getQuery` is for those who want to adjust only the relevance of the organic query.

https://www.searchkit.co/docs/api-documentation/searchkit#beforesearch-hook-function

Something like

client = SearchkitInstantsearchClient(sk, {
    hooks: {
        beforeSearch: async (searchRequests) => {

            return searchRequests.map((sr) => {
                return {
                  ...sr,
                  body: {
                    ...sr.body,
                    track_total_hits: true
                 }
              }
           })

        }
    }
})