README.md

R bindings for Xapian search engine library.

Please make sure that you have Xapian installed. (Xapian can be installed in Ububtu with command: sudo apt-get install libxapian-dev)

Installing RXapian

install.packages("devtools")
library(devtools)
install_github("amandaJayanetti/RXapian")

Indexing a data frame with RXapian

# Example I
# preparing arguments for xapian_index
  ID_NUMBER <-c("1974-100",
                "1938-371",
                "1985-438")
  
  ITEM_NAME <-c("Pocket horizontal sundial",
                "diptych sundial",
                "Spring driven pendulum clock")
  
  TITLE<-c("Ansonia Sunwatch",
           "Ivory diptych dial",
           "Copy  of a Dwerrihouse skeleton clock ")
  
  data<-data.frame(ID_NUMBER,ITEM_NAME,TITLE)
  db<- tempfile(pattern="RXapianEx-")
  id<-c(0)
  indexFields<-list(list(index=2,prefix="S"))
  
  library('RXapian')
  xapian_index(dbpath = db,dataFrame = data,idColumn = id,indexFields = indexFields, stemmer = "en")
  

# Example II
# preparing arguments for xapian_index
ID_NUMBER <-c("1974-100",
              "1938-371",
              "1985-438")

ITEM_NAME <-c("Pocket horizontal sundial",
              "diptych sundial",
              "Spring driven pendulum clock")

TITLE<-c("Ansonia Sunwatch",
         "Ivory diptych dial",
         "Copy  of a Dwerrihouse skeleton clock ")

MATERIALS <-c("brass (copper, zinc alloy); silvered; glass",
              "brass (copper, zinc alloy); steel (metal); cardboard; wood (unidentified)",
              "brass (copper, zinc alloy); steel (metal); wood (unidentified)")

data<-data.frame(ID_NUMBER,ITEM_NAME,TITLE,MATERIALS)
db<- tempfile(pattern="RXapianEx-")
id<-c(0)
indexFields<-list(list(index=2,prefix="S"))
filterFields<-list(list(index=3,prefix="XM",separator=";"))

xapian_index(db,data,id,indexFields,filterFields,"en")

For more examples refer package demo