This document discusses the state of the Search API module in Drupal 8. It provides an overview of Search API, Search API Solr, Facets, and related modules. It describes the architecture of Search API in Drupal 8, including the search index, server, and display components. It also demonstrates Search API and Facets functionality and discusses open issues, like improving documentation, tests, and the administration UI.

1. DRUPALCAMP GHENT
2016
GROW SOME IDEAS
The state of Search API in Drupal 8
Joris Vercammen | @borisson | @dazzletheweb

3. http://drupalcamp.be/node/86

5. • Search API
• Search API Solr
• Facets
• More addon modules
• Custom code

10. • Search API
• Search API Solr
• Facets
• More addon modules
• Custom code

11. • Introduction
• The big merge
• Influences
• Architecture
• Demo
• Open issues

12. • Introduction
• The big merge
• Influences
• Architecture
• Demo
• Open issues

13. • 2010 (d7)
• Generic and flexible search tools
• Different data
• Different search engines
• Different types of user interfaces

14. • Build Views of your entities including advanced
features like
• Keywords
• Facets
• Filters
• Sorts

15. • Introduction
• The big merge
• Influences
• Architecture
• Demo
• Open issues

16. • 3+ years in the making
• Crowdfunding campaign
• Drupal Dev Days & Drupalcon sprints
• Dedicated Sprint
• Google Summer of Code

20. • Apache Solr for Drupal 7 stays
• Apache Solr for Drupal 6 is dead

21. • Introduction
• The big merge
• Influences
• Architecture
• Demo
• Open issues

22. drupal.org
• Issue queues are powered with Search API Drupal
7 using the MySQL backend.

23. Community
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25. • Introduction
• The big merge
• Influences
• Architecture
• Demo
• Open issues

26. • Search index
• Search server
• Views / Search API Pages
• Search Display?

27. • Introduction
• The big merge
• Influences
• Architecture
• Demo
• Open issues

29. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA1N6Xggth8

30. • Introduction
• The big merge
• Influences
• Architecture
• Demo
• Open issues

31. • Documentation and tests
• Hierchical entity [#2625152]
• Overhaul / Improve administration UI [#2387893]
• Improve Fields UI [#2641388]
• Config overrides for search entities [#2682369]
• Fix test fails on php5.x [#2784849]

32. • Search API
• Search API Solr
• Facets
• More addon modules
• Custom code

33. • Introduction
• Demo

34. • Introduction
• Demo

35. • solarium/solarium

36. • Introduction
• Demo

41. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAbnMCA2utI

42. • Search API
• Search API Solr
• Facets
• More addon modules
• Custom code

43. • Architecture
• Demo
• Todo

44. • Architecture
• Demo
• Todo

45. • FacetManager
• ::initFacets
• ::alterQuery
• ::build

46. • Processor
• Widget
• Url processor

47. • Architecture
• Demo
• Todo

49. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31p77ka8Tws

50. • Architecture
• Demo
• Todo

51. • Implement pretty paths [#2677728]
• Hierarchy [#2598304]
• FacetSerializer has a hidden dependency on REST
module [#2775963]
• Bring facets up to date with Search API’s beta 1
[#2794745]
• Documentation + tests

52. • Search API
• Search API Solr
• Facets
• More addon modules
• Custom code

53. • Search API
• Beta 1
• Search API Page
• Alpha 11
• Search API Solr
• Alpha 6
• Search API Sorts
• Alpha 1
• Elastic Search
• Development version
• Search API Autocomplete
• Development version
• Search API attachments
• Alpha 4
• Search API Exclude Entity
• Development version

54. • Facets
• Alpha 4
• Facets pretty paths
• Sandbox module available

56. • Search API
• Search API Solr
• Facets
• More addon modules
• Custom code

58. • Search API Processor.
• Drupalsearch_apiProcessorProcessorInterface
• Settings
• “ | ignore”

59. <?php
namespace Drupalcustom_codePluginsearch_apiprocessor;
use DrupalnodeNodeInterface;
use Drupalsearch_apiIndexInterface;
use Drupalsearch_apiProcessorProcessorPluginBase;
/**
* Excludes unpublished nodes from node indexes.
*
* @SearchApiProcessor(
* id = "ignore_nodes",
* label = @Translation("Ignore nodes for custom rules"),
* description = @Translation("Don't index nodes according to our custom rules."),
* stages = {
* "preprocess_index" = -50
* }
* )
*/
class IgnoreNodes extends ProcessorPluginBase {
/**
* {@inheritdoc}
*/
public static function supportsIndex(IndexInterface $index) {
// Make sure that this processor only works on processors that have nodes
// indexed.
foreach ($index->getDatasources() as $datasource) {
if ($datasource->getEntityTypeId() == 'node') {
return TRUE;
}
}
return FALSE;
}
/**
* {@inheritdoc}
*/
public function preprocessIndexItems(array &$items) {
foreach ($items as $item_id => $item) {
$object = $item->getOriginalObject()->getValue();
// Our nodes have " | ignore" in the title when they should be ignored and
// not indexed, this is hardcoded information because of the import from
// the external datasource.
if ($object instanceof NodeInterface) {
if (strpos($object->getTitle(), ' | ignore') !== FALSE) {
unset($items[$item_id]);
}
}
}
}
}

60. <?php
namespace Drupalcustom_codePluginsearch_apiprocessor;
use DrupalnodeNodeInterface;
use Drupalsearch_apiIndexInterface;
use Drupalsearch_apiProcessorProcessorPluginBase;
/**
* Excludes based on custom rule.
*
* @SearchApiProcessor(
* id = "ignore_nodes",
* label = @Translation("Ignore nodes for custom rules"),
* description = @Translation("Don't index nodes
according to our custom rules."),
* stages = {
* "preprocess_index" = -50
* }
* ) */
class IgnoreNodes extends ProcessorPluginBase {
/**
* {@inheritdoc}
*/
public static function supportsIndex(IndexInterface $index) {
// Make sure that this processor only works on processors that have nodes
// indexed.
foreach ($index->getDatasources() as $datasource) {
if ($datasource->getEntityTypeId() == 'node') {
return TRUE;
}
}
return FALSE;
}
/**
* {@inheritdoc}
*/
public function preprocessIndexItems(array &$items) {
foreach ($items as $item_id => $item) {
$object = $item->getOriginalObject()->getValue();
// Our nodes have " | ignore" in the title when they should be ignored and
// not indexed, this is hardcoded information because of the import from
// the external datasource.
if ($object instanceof NodeInterface) {
if (strpos($object->getTitle(), ' | ignore') !== FALSE) {
unset($items[$item_id]);
}
}
}
}
}

61. <?php
namespace Drupalcustom_codePluginsearch_apiprocessor;
use DrupalnodeNodeInterface;
use Drupalsearch_apiIndexInterface;
use Drupalsearch_apiProcessorProcessorPluginBase;
/**
* Excludes unpublished nodes from node indexes.
*
* @SearchApiProcessor(
* id = "ignore_nodes",
* label = @Translation("Ignore nodes for custom rules"),
* description = @Translation("Don't index nodes according to our custom rules."),
* stages = {
* "preprocess_index" = -50
* }
* )
*/
class IgnoreNodes extends ProcessorPluginBase {
/**
* {@inheritdoc}
*/
public static function supportsIndex(IndexInterface $index){
// Make sure that this processor only works on processors
// that have nodes indexed.
foreach ($index->getDatasources() as $datasource) {
if ($datasource->getEntityTypeId() == 'node') {
return TRUE;
}
}
return FALSE;
}
/**
* {@inheritdoc}
*/
public function preprocessIndexItems(array &$items) {
foreach ($items as $item_id => $item) {
$object = $item->getOriginalObject()->getValue();
// Our nodes have " | ignore" in the title when they should be ignored and
// not indexed, this is hardcoded information because of the import from
// the external datasource.
if ($object instanceof NodeInterface) {
if (strpos($object->getTitle(), ' | ignore') !== FALSE) {
unset($items[$item_id]);
}
}
}
}
}

62. <?php
namespace Drupalcustom_codePluginsearch_apiprocessor;
use DrupalnodeNodeInterface;
use Drupalsearch_apiIndexInterface;
use Drupalsearch_apiProcessorProcessorPluginBase;
/**
* Excludes unpublished nodes from node indexes.
*
* @SearchApiProcessor(
* id = "ignore_nodes",
* label = @Translation("Ignore nodes for custom rules"),
* description = @Translation("Don't index nodes according to our custom rules."),
* stages = {
* "preprocess_index" = -50
* }
* )
*/
class IgnoreNodes extends ProcessorPluginBase {
/**
* {@inheritdoc}
*/
public static function supportsIndex(IndexInterface $index) {
// Make sure that this processor only works on processors that have nodes
// indexed.
foreach ($index->getDatasources() as $datasource) {
if ($datasource->getEntityTypeId() == 'node') {
return TRUE;
}
}
return FALSE;
}
/**
* {@inheritdoc}
*/
public function preprocessIndexItems(array &$items) {
foreach ($items as $item_id => $item) {
$object = $item->getOriginalObject()->getValue();
if ($object instanceof NodeInterface) {
if (strpos($object->getTitle(), ' | ignore') !==
FALSE) {
unset($items[$item_id]);
}
}
}
} }

63. Questions?

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2016
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