Searching persons on file is not compatible with fulltextsearch

[DrRSatzteil]

Sorry if this has been answered somewhere else but I could not find it:

Expected behaviour

Searching in the files app is supposed to find pictures of tagged faces (as stated in README: "In the file application the user can search by typing your friend's name, and it will show all the photos.")

Actual behaviour

No pictures are found when searching for peoples names

Steps to reproduce

1. Open Files app
2. Search for a name that has been assigned to a face cluster
3. Find nothing

Server configuration

• Operating system:
  Ubuntu 18.04

• Pdlib version:
  php7.0-pdlib

• How is DLib installed: Make sure it is working correctly with this tool
  As described in https://github.com/matiasdelellis/facerecognition/wiki/Installation "The Easy Way - Ubuntu Bionic"

• How is PDlib installed: Make sure it is working correctly with this tool
  As described in https://github.com/matiasdelellis/facerecognition/wiki/Installation "The Easy Way - Ubuntu Bionic"

• PHP version:
  7.2

• Web server:
  Apache2

• Database:
  MariaDB

• Nextcloud version:
  18.0.3

Client configuration

• Browser:
  Chrome

• Operating system:
  Windows & Android

Logs

nothing of interest

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[matiasdelellis]

Absolutely nothing strange y these logs.. 😕

Another test.. In the Network tab of the browser, look for a transfer like core/search?query=matias&inApps%5B%5D=files&page=1&size=30 while search..

[DrRSatzteil]

No I cannot see a transfer like that. I only see (XXXXXXXXXXXXXX is the actual domain name):
https://XXXXXXXXXXXXXX/index.php/apps/fulltextsearch/v1/search?request=%7B%22providers%22%3A%22files%22%2C%22search%22%3A%22schepers%22%2C%22page%22%3A1%2C%22options%22%3A%7B%22files_within_dir%22%3A%22%22%2C%22files_local%22%3A%22%22%2C%22files_group_folders%22%3A%22%22%2C%22files_extension%22%3A%22%22%7D%2C%22size%22%3A20%7D

[matiasdelellis]

Ohh.. Please try momentarily disabling the fulltextsearch application

[DrRSatzteil]

Looks better now:
https://XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/index.php/core/search?query=Schepers&inApps%5B%5D=files&page=1&size=30

And it found the correct results! It took quite a while though but there are about 18.000 pictures on my instance atm.

So apparently searching is not compatible with fulltextsearch!?

[matiasdelellis]

And it found the correct results!

Wow good 😄

It took quite a while though but there are about 18.000 pictures on my instance atm.

Maybe need need to see how to paginate the results. Since now it tries to return all the results ..

So apparently searching is not compatible with fulltextsearch!?

No.. Until now it is something I have never considered.. 😅 😞

Well .. I rename the Issue to reflect the real problem.

Thank you very much for for report and the feedback.. 😉

[jacotec]

Hi

is there any update or workaround for this issue? After my server took 4 days to analyze our pictures with impressive results I've spent some hours looking why I can't find any pix by person's names ... before I found this thread.

Fulltextsearch is the #1 must for my servers ... how can I find pictures by name then?

[matiasdelellis]

is there any update or workaround for this issue?

Not yet .. Honestly, I would like to implement it, but I have no experience in it.
It's going to take time, unless someone else tries. Sorry.. 😞

After my server took 4 days to analyze our pictures with impressive results..

Great. Thanks. 😃

[jacotec]

Maybe it'll be an idea to have an option that the person's names could be maintained as a normal file tag, instead or in addition to the new "persons" field? With the names as a normal file tag I could at least filter for names ... right now I have no tool to find photos with persons as I don't have any ability to search for them.

[matiasdelellis]

Hi @jacotec
The tags were discussed here. #292 It is relatively easy to implement, but it degrades server performance fairly quickly. However the main reason for not implement it yet, is that I can't do it right. There is no way to give tags context. In any case, we discussed it there.

About this issue (Implement fulltextsearch), as I said, still dont did it because I have no experience with this application. I honestly never test it because beyond the original announcement, Nextcloud never gave it much importance, and now they are changing the search framework, but again I think compatible with fulltextsearch.

• Enh/unified search nextcloud/server#21971

[matiasdelellis]

Hello everyone,
With the introduction of Unified Search I think we can close this ticket .. Thank you very much !! 😄