#306 ElasticSearch Part 1

Dec 12, 2011 | 9 minutes | Plugins, Search

Add full text searching using ElasticSearch and Tire. Here I will show the steps involved in adding this search to an existing application. This is the first part in a two part series.

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          bash
        
brew install elasticsearch
elasticsearch -f -D es.config=/usr/local/Cellar/elasticsearch/0.18.5/config/elasticsearch.yml
rake db:setup

          Gemfile
        
gem 'tire'

          articles_controller.rb
        
def index
  @articles = Article.search(params)
end

          models/article.rb
        
include Tire::Model::Search
include Tire::Model::Callbacks

def self.search(params)
  tire.search(load: true) do
    query { string params[:query], default_operator: "AND" } if params[:query].present?
    filter :range, published_at: {lte: Time.zone.now}
  end
end

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