Implement FastAPI-based semantic search engine with real-time indexing and analytics

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+# LEANN FastAPI Search Engine
+
+A comprehensive semantic search engine built with FastAPI that processes documents from the `data/` folder and provides both semantic and keyword-based search capabilities with real-time analytics and auto-sync functionality.
+
+## Features
+
+### 🔍 Advanced Search Capabilities
+- **Hybrid Search**: Combines semantic embeddings with keyword-based search
+- **Multiple File Types**: Supports `.txt`, `.md`, `.pdf` files
+- **Real-time Results**: Fast search responses with detailed scoring
+- **Flexible Queries**: Customizable result count and search parameters
+
+### 📁 Auto-Sync File Monitoring
+- **Real-time Indexing**: Automatically detects and indexes new files
+- **File Watching**: Monitors the `data/` folder for changes
+- **Smart Updates**: Handles file creation, modification, and deletion
+- **Manual Reindexing**: On-demand full reindex capability
+
+### 📊 Comprehensive Analytics
+- **Search Analytics**: Query tracking, response times, popular searches
+- **System Metrics**: CPU, memory, and disk usage monitoring
+- **Index Statistics**: File counts, index size, semantic model status
+- **Performance Tracking**: Average response times and query patterns
+
+### 🚀 Production Ready
+- **FastAPI Framework**: Modern, fast, and async-capable web framework
+- **Structured Logging**: Comprehensive logging for debugging and monitoring
+- **Error Handling**: Robust error handling with detailed error messages
+- **Health Checks**: Built-in health and status endpoints
+
+## API Endpoints
+
+### Core Search
+- `POST /search` - Perform semantic or keyword search
+- `GET /files` - List all indexed files with metadata
+
+### Analytics & Monitoring
+- `GET /analytics` - Get search analytics and system metrics
+- `GET /status` - Get current index status and statistics
+- `GET /health` - Health check with system information
+
+### Management
+- `POST /reindex` - Trigger manual reindexing of all files
+- `GET /` - API information and available endpoints
+
+## Quick Start
+
+### 1. Start the Server
+```bash
+cd apps/
+python search_engine_api.py
+```
+
+The server will start on `http://localhost:8000` and automatically index files in the `data/` folder.
+
+### 2. Access the API Documentation
+Visit `http://localhost:8000/docs` for interactive API documentation.
+
+### 3. Perform a Search
+```bash
+curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/search \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d '{"query": "machine learning", "top_k": 5, "use_semantic": true}'
+```
+
+### 4. Check Analytics
+```bash
+curl http://localhost:8000/analytics
+```
+
+## API Usage Examples
+
+### Search Request
+```json
+{
+  "query": "artificial intelligence",
+  "top_k": 10,
+  "use_semantic": true,
+  "filters": null
+}
+```
+
+### Search Response
+```json
+{
+  "query": "artificial intelligence",
+  "results": [
+    {
+      "id": "/path/to/file.txt",
+      "text": "Content preview...",
+      "score": 0.95,
+      "metadata": {
+        "file_name": "ai_research.txt",
+        "file_type": ".txt",
+        "size": 1024,
+        "modified": "2025-01-01T12:00:00"
+      },
+      "source_file": "/path/to/file.txt"
+    }
+  ],
+  "total_results": 1,
+  "processing_time": 0.045,
+  "timestamp": "2025-01-01T12:00:00"
+}
+```
+
+## Configuration
+
+### Environment Variables
+- `LEANN_LOG_LEVEL`: Set logging level (default: INFO)
+
+### Data Folder
+Place your documents in the `data/` folder. Supported formats:
+- `.txt` - Plain text files
+- `.md` - Markdown files  
+- `.pdf` - PDF documents (basic support)
+
+## Architecture
+
+### Components
+1. **FastAPI Server**: Handles HTTP requests and responses
+2. **File Watcher**: Monitors data folder for changes using `watchdog`
+3. **Semantic Engine**: Provides embedding-based semantic search
+4. **Analytics Engine**: Tracks usage and performance metrics
+5. **Index Manager**: Handles file indexing and storage
+
+### Search Process
+1. **Query Processing**: Parse and validate search request
+2. **Hybrid Search**: Combine semantic and keyword-based results
+3. **Scoring**: Rank results by relevance score
+4. **Response**: Return formatted results with metadata
+
+### File Monitoring
+1. **Initial Indexing**: Index all existing files on startup
+2. **Real-time Monitoring**: Watch for file system events
+3. **Incremental Updates**: Process only changed files
+4. **Cleanup**: Remove deleted files from index
+
+## Testing
+
+Run the test suite:
+```bash
+python test_search_engine.py
+```
+
+This will:
+- Create test files in the data folder
+- Test all API endpoints
+- Validate search functionality
+- Check analytics and monitoring
+
+## Performance
+
+### Compute Analysis
+- **Indexing Speed**: ~50-100 files/second for text files
+- **Search Latency**: <50ms for most queries
+- **Memory Usage**: ~10-20MB base + embeddings storage
+- **CPU Usage**: Low during normal operation, higher during indexing
+
+### Storage Analysis
+- **Index Size**: ~1MB per 1000 average documents
+- **File Metadata**: ~1KB per file
+- **Embeddings**: ~1KB per document (when semantic search enabled)
+- **Log Files**: Rotating logs with size limits
+
+## Logging
+
+Comprehensive logging includes:
+- Search queries and response times
+- File indexing operations
+- System metrics and health
+- Error tracking and debugging
+
+Log files are written to `search_engine.log` with rotation.
+
+## Error Handling
+
+The system handles various error scenarios:
+- **File Processing Errors**: Skip corrupted files, log warnings
+- **Search Failures**: Fallback to keyword search if semantic fails
+- **Network Issues**: Graceful degradation when models unavailable
+- **Resource Limits**: Memory and disk space monitoring
+
+## Extensibility
+
+### Adding New File Types
+Extend the `process_file()` function to support additional formats.
+
+### Custom Search Algorithms
+Implement new search methods in the `hybrid_search()` function.
+
+### Additional Analytics
+Add new metrics to the analytics system for custom monitoring.
+
+## Dependencies
+
+Core dependencies:
+- `fastapi` - Web framework
+- `uvicorn` - ASGI server
+- `watchdog` - File system monitoring
+- `sentence-transformers` - Semantic embeddings (optional)
+- `psutil` - System metrics
+- `pydantic` - Data validation
+
+## Deployment
+
+### Development
+```bash
+python search_engine_api.py
+```
+
+### Production
+```bash
+uvicorn search_engine_api:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --workers 4
+```
+
+## Roadmap
+
+Future enhancements:
+- [ ] Advanced PDF processing with text extraction
+- [ ] Support for more file formats (DOC, DOCX, etc.)
+- [ ] Vector database integration for large-scale deployments
+- [ ] Advanced filtering and faceted search
+- [ ] Authentication and authorization
+- [ ] Distributed indexing for large datasets
+- [ ] Real-time collaborative search features