#278 Search with Sunspot

Aug 08, 2011 | 10 minutes | Plugins, Search

Sunspot makes it easy to do full text searching through Solr. Here I show how to search on various attributes and add facets for filtering the search further.

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          bash
        
bundle
rails g sunspot_rails:install
rake sunspot:solr:start
rake sunspot:reindex

          Gemfile
        
gem 'sunspot_rails'

          models/article.rb
        
searchable do
  text :name, :boost => 5
  text :content, :publish_month
  text :comments do
    comments.map(&:content)
  end
  time :published_at
  string :publish_month
end

def publish_month
  published_at.strftime("%B %Y")
end

          articles_controller.rb
        
def index
  @search = Article.search do
    fulltext params[:search]
    with(:published_at).less_than(Time.zone.now)
    facet(:publish_month)
    with(:publish_month, params[:month]) if params[:month].present?
  end
  @articles = @search.results
end

          articles/index.html.erb
        
<%= form_tag articles_path, :method => :get do %>
  <p>
    <%= text_field_tag :search, params[:search] %>
    <%= submit_tag "Search", :name => nil %>
  </p>
<% end %>

<div id="facets">
  <h3>Published</h3>
  <ul>
    <% for row in @search.facet(:publish_month).rows %>
      <li>
        <% if params[:month].blank? %>
          <%= link_to row.value, :month => row.value %> (<%= row.count %>)
        <% else %>
          <strong><%= row.value %></strong> (<%= link_to "remove", :month => nil %>)
        <% end %>
      </li>
    <% end %>
  </ul>
</div>