Consistent random sorting

[barrychc]

Hi @ankane,

I come up with a requirement of consistent random sorting and found that it is available in elasticsearch with the function_score query. May I know if this can be achieved with searchkick? Thanks.

Ref: http://www.elasticsearch.org/blog/0-90-4-released/

[ankane]

You'll need to modify the query Searchkick generates.

query = Product.search "test", execute: false
query.body[:query] = # your code here
products = query.execute

[barrychc]

Thank @ankane. However, I am currently getting stuck in v0.5.3 as I failed to update to v0.6.x due to failure to install a dependency "patron (0.4.18)" in windows machine. I am currently working on that and will keep you updated. Thanks again.

[ankane]

Yikes, I didn't realize Patron's stance was "Windows users are on your own. Good luck with that." I'm going to remove that dependency on master.

[barrychc]

Hi @ankane, thanks for removing Patron. It works well after updating to v0.6.3 with a sample code below:

irb(main):039:0> s = DateTime.now.to_i
=> 1397033506

query = Product.search "*", execute: false

irb(main):040:0> query.body[:query] = {function_score:{ random_score: { seed: s } } }
=> {:function_score=>{:random_score=>{:seed=>1397033506}}}

product = query.execute

Your help is highly appreciated.