Search plugin 1.0.0-alpha.1

Get started with fast content search by installing this strapi search plugin! 🔍

Index your contet

Configure each index and the fields

Search provider system

This plugin is still in development. 🚧

Installation

Add @mattie/strapi-plugin-search as dependency to your project with:

yarn add @mattie/strapi-plugin-search

npm install @mattie/strapi-plugin-search

After installing the plugin, rebuild your Strapi admin panel.

yarn build --clean

npm run build -- --clean

Configuration

File based

The plugin can be configured by file (./config/plugins.js). The file configuration uses the Strapi plugin configuration ^v4.

Property	Description	Type	Default value
`provider`	Name of the provider.	`String` (required)
`providerOptions`	Provider specific options, checkout the provider configuration for the required options.	`Object`
`prefix`	Set a prefix on all indexes.	`String`	`strapi.config. environment + '_'`
`excludedFields`	Fields that are not indexed on all indexes.	`Array<String>`	`['created_by', 'updated_by']`
`debug`	Enable or disable the debug logs.	`Boolean`	`false`
`contentTypes`	List op indexes content types.	`Array<Object>`
`contentTypes.name`	UID of the content type.	`String` (required)
`contentTypes.index`	Name of the index.	`String`	`contentTypes.name`
`contentTypes.fields`	Fields that are indexed.	`Array<String>`	All fields.

Use yarn strapi content-types:list to list all existing content type UIDs with the Strapi CLI. ^v4

Configuration examples

./config/plugins.jsmodule.exports = ({ env }) => ({
  settings: {
    search: {
      enabled: true,
      config: {
        provider: 'algolia',
        providerOptions: {
          apiKey: env('ALGOLIA_PROVIDER_ADMIN_API_KEY'),
          applicationId: env('ALGOLIA_PROVIDER_APPLICATION_ID'),
        },
        contentTypes: [{ name: 'api::podcast.podcast' }, { name: 'api::episode.episode' }, { name: 'api::category.category' }],
      },
    },
  },
});

./config/plugins.jsmodule.exports = ({ env }) => ({
  settings: {
    search: {
      enabled: true,
      config: {
        // ..
        contentTypes: [
          {
            name: 'api::podcast.podcast',
            index: 'global-search',
          },
          {
            name: 'api::episode.episode',
            index: 'global-search',
          },
        ],
      },
    },
  },
});

./config/plugins.jsmodule.exports = ({ env }) => ({
  search: {
    enabled: env.bool('SEARCH_PLUGIN', false),
    config: {
      provider: 'algolia',
      providerOptions: {
        apiKey: env('ALGOLIA_PROVIDER_ADMIN_API_KEY'),
        applicationId: env('ALGOLIA_PROVIDER_APPLICATION_ID'),
      },
      prefix: 'custom-prefix_',
      excludedFields: ['createdAt', 'createdBy', 'updatedBy'],
      debug: true,
      contentTypes: [
        {
          name: 'api::podcast.podcast',
          index: 'podcast',
        },
        {
          name: 'api::episode.episode',
          index: 'episode',
          fields: ['id', 'title', 'subtitle', 'description', 'duration', 'type', 'keyWords', 'showNotes', 'podcast', 'hosts', 'quests'],
        },
        {
          name: 'api::category.category',
        },
      ],
    },
  },
});

Admin panel

Configuration by admin panel is coming soon! ✨

Future features

Multiple indexes

Before save/update/delete methods/lifecycles

Index conditions

Multiple providers support

Manage indexes from Admin panel (e.g. View or Delete indexed objects)

Global search bar in Strapi admin panel (e.g. InstantSearch.js)