ElasticSearch with Ruby

An introductory talk about using ElasticSearch with Ruby (and Rails).

Transcript

1. ElasticSearch with Ruby
2. Oriol Hi, I ‘m
3. Me • github.com/oriolgual • twitter.com/oriolgual • codegram.com
6. ElasticSearch • OpenSource search engine • Speaks JSON over HTTP • RESTFul • WebScaleReady™
7. Basics • Indexs • Types • Documents • Mapping • Analyzing • Boosting
8. Examples curl -XPUT 'http://localhost:9200/twitter/' curl -XPUT 'http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/1' -d '{ "user" : "kimchy", "post_date" : "2009-11-15T14:12:12", "message" : "trying out Elastic Search" }' curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/1' curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/_search?q=user:kimchy'
9. + Ruby ElasticSearch
10. Clients • Tire • Elastictastic • Rubberband • Net::HTTP (nah, just kidding)
11. Tire
13. Tire • ActiveRecord/ActiveModel integration • Custom DSL • Indexing, mapping, analyzing, auto-loading • Searching
14. Elastictastic • Object Document Mapper • Define fields at the model • has_many and belongs_to support • Better search DSL (than Tire)
15. Rubberband • Lightweight Ruby client • Different transports • Index admin, indexing and searching.
17. Our approach • Rubberband • Indexer objects triggered by an observer • ElasticSearch only as search engine • Custom service objects to search
18. Examples • Observer • Indexer • Service object
19. • filters • custom_score • custom_filter_score • boosting • geo-stuff ElasticSearch goodies
20. • Elastomer.com • Bonsai.io • Found.no • Searchbox.io ElasticSearch SaaS
21. Further reading • http://www.elasticsearch.org/ • http://lucene.apache.org/ • https://github.com/karmi/tire • https://github.com/grantr/rubberband • https://github.com/brewster/elastictastic • https://github.com/sonian/elasticsearch-jetty • http://getelastomer.com/blog/ • http://jontai.me/blog/
22. Thanks!