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State of Search, Solr and Facets in Drupal 8 - Drupalcamp Belgium 2015
The document discusses the evolution and current state of the Search API in Drupal 8, highlighting key contributions from the community and major architectural changes from earlier versions. It emphasizes the integration of various search engines, such as Solr, and improvements in performance and usability. Future developments include a simplified user interface, enhanced indexing performance, and ongoing community collaboration.
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- 1. State of Searchin Drupal 8 Nick Veenhof & Joris Vercammen
- 2. Nick Veenhof Ghent Barcelona Boston Lisbon +8 Yearsin Drupal Search++ 4 years at Acquia Principal Software Engineer @Nick_vh
- 3. Joris Vercammen Mechelen +7 yearsPHP 61 core commits +3 years Drupal Facet Api Tech Lead Freelancer @borisson
- 4. Overview • Created 2010(for Drupal 7) • Based on suggestions for Core Search • Generic and flexible search tools • Different data • Different search engines • Different types of user interfaces
- 5. The Big Merge •3 years in the making • Crowdfunding campaign • Drupal Dev Days & Drupalcon sprints • Dedicated Sprint • Google Summer of Code • Lots and lots of tests • Apache Solr for Drupal 7 stays • Apache Solr for Drupal 6 is dead
- 6. The Drupal.org influence •Issue queues in Drupal 8 are powered with Search API Drupal 7 using the MySQL backend. • Lots of optimizations happened due to this adoption • MySQL Backend more stable
- 7. The Community influence •drunkenmonkey • Thomas Seidl • mollux • Matthias Michaux • berdir • Sascha Grossenbacher • amateescu • Andrei Mateescu • ekes • Ekes • alarcombe • Andrew Larcombe • aspilicious • Bram Goffings • freblasty • Frédéric Hennequin • And Many many more! …
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- 9. Basic Architecture • Searchindex • Generic information • Search what? • Search server • Actual storage/retrieval • Can use database, Solr, etc. • Search how? • Views / Search API Pages • Search Display?
- 10. Index items immediately •Pro • No stale data • Security concerns • User experience • Contra • Performance. Batch updating is messy. • Not using tracking table. • Takes longer before result is searchable. • Inconsistent data with Solr Replication vs Solrcloud.
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- 12. Solr • Search APISolr with Solr 5 • Works natively with Search API. • Tip: Use index Rendered Item with a view mode
- 13. Basic Usage ofSearch API Solr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRM_RWHpqHw
- 14. What still needsto happen? • Simplified UI • More Views-like UI for “Fields” • Wizard for easy search creation (Think Views) • Indexing performance • Caching • Operators • Solr • Multi-site searching proof of concept across Drupal 7 and Drupal 8 (Apachesolr + Search API)
- 15. What’s more? • SearchAPI • Alpha 9 Release • Facet API • Working Development version • Search API Page • Alpha Release • Search API Solr • Working Development Release • Elastic Search • Working Development version
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- 18. Overview • Architecture changes •Custom processor • Context system • Demo • Todo • Community
- 19. Overview • Architecture changes •Custom processor • Context system • Demo • Todo • Community
- 20. Architecture changes • d7:Facets (hook_facetapi_facet_info) • d8: Facet (entity) @ConfigEntityType( id = "facetapi_facet", label = @Translation(“Facet”) );
- 21. Architecture changes • d7:Searchers (hook_facetapi_searcher_info) • d8: FacetSource (Plugin)
- 22. Architecture changes • d7:Realms (hook_facetapi_realm_info) • d8: Gone
- 23. Architecture changes • d7:Facet adapter (hook_facetapi_adapters) • d8: Facet manager service
- 24. Architecture changes • d7:Query types (hook_facetapi_query_types) • d8: Query types plugins
- 25. Architecture changes • d7:widget (hook_facetapi_widgets) • d8: Widget plugin
- 26. Architecture changes • d7:Filters (hook_facetapi_filters) • d8: Processors (plugin)
- 27. Architecture changes • d7:Sort widget (hook_facetapi_sort_info) • d8: Processors (plugin)
- 28. Architecture changes • d7:url processor (hook_facetapi_url_processors) • d8: Processors (plugin)
- 29. Overview • Architecture changes •Custom processor • Context system • Demo • Todo • Community
- 30. Custom processors • “FacetApiProcessor” •Implement a processor interface • Implement the required method • Optionally provide a form and a schema definition
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- 34. Overview • Architecture changes •Custom processor • Context system • Demo • Todo • Community
- 35. Context • Core contextsystem
- 36. Overview • Architecture changes •Custom processor • Context system • Demo • Todo • Community
- 37. Demo - CreateFacet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlA6KkH-Kto
- 38. Demo - Placeblock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L5ucTCR94Y
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- 40. Overview • Architecture changes •Custom processor • Context system • Demo • Todo • Community
- 41. Todo • Finish SearchAPI integration • Integration with core • Porting all the processors • Polish UI • Integration & Unit Tests
- 42. Overview • Architecture changes •Custom processor • Context system • Demo • Todo • Community
- 43. Community • #drupal-search-api • Weeklyhangouts (Monday @ 20:00) • https://www.drupal.org/node/2580917 • Novice issues
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- 46. Thank you AlkaKumari amateescu Andrew Larcombe arla ArtyomMiroshnik berdir borisson_ Bram Goffings ChristianAdamski daspeter dmitrii dmulindwa dragos.dumitrescu drunkenmonkey ekes el22or Frédéric Hennequin Frederico Taramaschi Jasper Lammens JeroenT Joris Vercammen joshi.rohit100 jsacksick jurcello Kevin Van Ransbeeck lhangea LKS90 LukyLuke_ch m1r1k marcvangend Martin Micuch Mattias Michaux mkalkbrenner mollux nickvh p-neyens Peter Philipp Pieter Frenssen pjonckiere pravin.ajaaz prics rashid_786 rpayanm sdstyles swentel tstoeckler Y.sa