Using & Extending Search API With Plugins - DrupalCamp London 2019

Code https://github.com/mohit-rocks/drupal8-umami-search

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1. 1 axelerant.com Using & Extending Search API With Plugins Mohit Aghera (mohit_aghera)
2. 2 axelerant.com Mohit Aghera Drupal developer @Axelerant Drupal.org: mohit_aghera Twitter: @mohit_rocks
3. 3 axelerant.com Content is the reason Search began in first place - @leeodden
4. 4 axelerant.com Search API Ecosystem • Search API • Solr Search • Database Search • Facets API • Search Autocomplete • Search API Ranges
5. 5 axelerant.com Search API Architecture Holds storage mechanism What to search and how to Search API Server Central configuration to hold field and related index data Backend Independant Search API Index Views, Facets Backend independant Consumers Tells what to index and How to index Uses to render search results
6. 6 axelerant.com Search API Backend • Specify type of server • Specifies how data will be indexed and used • Solr servers, Mongo DB servers, Xapian servers
7. 7 axelerant.com Other Important aspects • Indexes • Field • Property • Datatype • Processor
8. 8 axelerant.com Search API Indexes Data Source • Types of items • Nodes, users etc. Fields Processors Indexes • Properties to be searchable • Full text, filtering, sorting • Modify indexing and searching Process
9. 9 axelerant.com Demo
10. 10 axelerant.com Facets • Dynamically filtering results • Provides widgets and types • Range widgets • Checkbox widgets • And many more..
11. 11 axelerant.com Demo
12. 12 axelerant.com Facet API and widgets • Use cases like where we need to provide custom ranges • Provide text field to filter results
13. 13 axelerant.com Building custom Facet widgets • Extends “WidgetPluginBase” • Override “build()” method • Take care of “getQueryType()”
14. 14 axelerant.com Code !!!
15. 15 axelerant.com Demo
16. 16 axelerant.com DIY https://github.com/mohit-rocks/drupal8-um ami-search
17. 17 axelerant.com Thank you!!