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A first-party Node.JS client for building excellent, relevant search experiences with Elastic App Search.

Contents

• Getting started
• Usage
• Running tests
• FAQ
• Contribute
• License

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Getting started 🐣

To install this package, run:

npm install swiftype-app-search-node

Usage

Setup: Configuring the client and authentication

Using this client assumes that you have already created an App Search account, and subsequently created an Engine. You'll need to configure the client with the name of your Engine and your authentication credentials.

• hostIdentifier -> Your Host Identifier, should start with host-
• apiKey -> Your API Key. You can use any key type with the client, however each has a different scope. For more information on keys, check out the documentation.

const SwiftypeAppSearchClient = require('swiftype-app-search-node')
const hostIdentifier = 'host-c5s2mj'
const apiKey = 'private-mu75psc5egt9ppzuycnc2mc3'
const client = new SwiftypeAppSearchClient(hostIdentifier, apiKey)

Using with App Search Managed Deploys

The client can be configured to use a managed deploy by using the baseUrlFn parameter. Since managed deploys do not rely on a hostIdentifier, it can be omitted.

const apiKey = 'private-mu75psc5egt9ppzuycnc2mc3'
const baseUrlFn = () => 'http://localhost:3002/api/as/v1/'
const client = new SwiftypeAppSearchClient(undefined, apiKey, baseUrlFn)

API Methods

Indexing: Creating and updating Documents

const engineName = 'favorite-videos'
const documents = [
  {
    id: 'INscMGmhmX4',
    url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INscMGmhmX4',
    title: 'The Original Grumpy Cat',
    body: 'A wonderful video of a magnificent cat.'
  },
  {
    id: 'JNDFojsd02',
    url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ',
    title: 'Another Grumpy Cat',
    body: 'A great video of another cool cat.'
  }
]

client
  .indexDocuments(engineName, documents)
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(error => console.log(error))

Retrieving Documents

const engineName = 'favorite-videos'
const documentIds = ['INscMGmhmX4', 'JNDFojsd02']

client
  .getDocuments(engineName, documentIds)
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(error => console.log(error.errorMessages))

Destroying Documents

const engineName = 'favorite-videos'
const documentIds = ['INscMGmhmX4', 'JNDFojsd02']

client
  .destroyDocuments(engineName, documentIds)
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(error => console.log(error.errorMessages))

Listing Engines

client
  .listEngines({ page: { size: 10, current: 1 } })
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(error => console.log(error.errorMessages))

Retrieving Engines

const engineName = 'favorite-videos'

client
  .getEngine(engineName)
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(error => console.log(error.errorMessages))

Creating Engines

const engineName = 'favorite-videos'

client
  .createEngine(engineName)
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(error => console.log(error.errorMessages))

Destroying Engines

const engineName = 'favorite-videos'

client
  .destroyEngine(engineName)
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(error => console.log(error.errorMessages))

Searching

const engineName = 'favorite-videos'
const query = 'cat'
const searchFields = { title: {} }
const resultFields = { title: { raw: {} } }
const options = { search_fields: searchFields, result_fields: resultFields }

client
  .search(engineName, query, options)
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(error => console.log(error.errorMessages))

Multi-Search

const engineName = 'favorite-videos'
const searches = [
  { query: 'cat', options: {
      search_fields: { title: {} },
      result_fields: { title: { raw: {} } }
  } },
  { query: 'grumpy', options: {} }
]

client
  .multiSearch(engineName, searches)
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(error => console.log(error.errorMessages))

Query Suggestion

const engineName = 'favorite-videos'
const options = {
  size: 3,
  types: {
    documents: {
      fields: ['title']
    }
  }
}

client
  .querySuggestion(engineName, 'cat', options)
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(error => console.log(error.errorMessages))

Listing Curations

const engineName = 'favorite-videos'

client
  .listCurations(engineName) 
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(error => console.log(error.errorMessages))
  
// Pagination details are optional  
const paginationDetails = {
        page: {
          current: 2,
          size: 10
        }
      }

client
  .listCurations(engineName, paginationDetails) 
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(error => console.log(error.errorMessages))

Retrieving Curations

const engineName = 'favorite-videos'
const curationId = 'cur-7438290'

client
  .getCuration(engineName, curationId) 
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(error => console.log(error.errorMessages))

Creating Curations

const engineName = 'favorite-videos'
const newCuration = {
  queries: ['cat blop'], 
  promoted: ['Jdas78932'], 
  hidden: ['INscMGmhmX4', 'JNDFojsd02']
}

client
  .createCuration(engineName, newCuration) 
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(error => console.log(error.errorMessages))

Updating Curations

const engineName = 'favorite-videos'
const curationId = 'cur-7438290'
// "queries" is required, either "promoted" or "hidden" is required. 
// Values sent for all fields will overwrite existing values. 
const newDetails = {
  queries: ['cat blop'], 
  promoted: ['Jdas78932', 'JFayf782']
}

client
  .updateCuration(engineName, curationId, newDetails) 
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(error => console.log(error.errorMessages))

Deleting Curations

const engineName = 'favorite-videos'
const curationId = 'cur-7438290'

client
  .destroyCuration(engineName, curationId) 
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(error => console.log(error.errorMessages))

Running tests

The specs in this project use node-replay to capture responses.

To capture new responses, run tests with the following commands:

nvm use
REPLAY=record npm test

Otherwise:

npm test

FAQ 🔮

Where do I report issues with the client?

If something is not working as expected, please open an issue.

Where can I learn more about App Search?

Your best bet is to read the documentation.

Where else can I go to get help?

You can checkout the Elastic App Search community discuss forums.

Contribute 🚀

We welcome contributors to the project. Before you begin, a couple notes...

• Prior to opening a pull request, please create an issue to discuss the scope of your proposal.
• Please write simple code and concise documentation, when appropriate.

License 📗

MIT © Elastic

Thank you to all the contributors!