Ruby client for the Swiftype App Search API

Installation

To install the gem, execute:

gem install swiftype-app-search

Or place gem 'swiftype-app-search', '~> 0.4.4 in your Gemfile and run bundle install.

Usage

Setup: Configuring the client and authentication

Create a new instance of the Swiftype App Search Client. This requires your [HOST_IDENTIFIER], which identifies the unique hostname of the Swiftype API that is associated with your Swiftype account. It also requires a valid [API_KEY], which authenticates requests to the API. You can use any key type with the client, however each has a different scope. For more information on keys, check out the documentation.

You can find your [API_KEY] and your [HOST_IDENTIFIER] within the Credentials menu:

client = SwiftypeAppSearch::Client.new(:host_identifier => 'host-c5s2mj', :api_key => 'api-mu75psc5egt9ppzuycnc2mc3')

API Methods

This client is a thin interface to the Swiftype App Search Api. Additional details for requests and responses can be found in the documentation.

Indexing: Creating or Updating a Single Document

engine_name = 'favorite-videos'
document = {
  :id => 'INscMGmhmX4',
  :url => 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INscMGmhmX4',
  :title => 'The Original Grumpy Cat',
  :body => 'A wonderful video of a magnificent cat.'
}

client.index_document(engine_name, document)

Indexing: Creating or Replacing Documents

engine_name = 'favorite-videos'
documents = [
  {
    :id => 'INscMGmhmX4',
    :url => 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INscMGmhmX4',
    :title => 'The Original Grumpy Cat',
    :body => 'A wonderful video of a magnificent cat.'
  },
  {
    :id => 'JNDFojsd02',
    :url => 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ',
    :title => 'Another Grumpy Cat',
    :body => 'A great video of another cool cat.'
  }
]

client.index_documents(engine_name, documents)

Indexing: Updating Documents (Partial Updates)

engine_name = 'favorite-videos'
documents = [
  {
    :id => 'INscMGmhmX4',
    :title => 'Updated title'
  }
]

client.update_documents(engine_name, documents)

Retrieving Documents

engine_name = 'favorite-videos'
document_ids = ['INscMGmhmX4', 'JNDFojsd02']

client.get_documents(engine_name, document_ids)

Listing Documents

engine_name = 'favorite-videos'

client.list_documents(engine_name)

Destroying Documents

engine_name = 'favorite-videos'
document_ids = ['INscMGmhmX4', 'JNDFojsd02']

client.destroy_documents(engine_name, document_ids)

Listing Engines

client.list_engines

Retrieving Engines

engine_name = 'favorite-videos'

client.get_engine(engine_name)

Creating Engines

engine_name = 'favorite-videos'

client.create_engine(engine_name)

Destroying Engines

engine_name = 'favorite-videos'

client.destroy_engine(engine_name)

Searching

engine_name = 'favorite-videos'
query = 'cat'
search_fields = { :title => {} }
result_fields = { :title => { :raw => {} } }
options = { :search_fields => search_fields, :result_fields => result_fields }

client.search(engine_name, query, options)

Multi-Search

engine_name = 'favorite-videos'

queries = [{
  :query => 'cat',
  :options => { :search_fields => { :title => {} }}
},{
  :query => 'dog',
  :options => { :search_fields => { :body => {} }}
}]

client.multi_search(engine_name, queries)

Running Tests

export AS_API_KEY="[API_KEY]"
export AS_HOST_IDENTIFIER="[HOST_IDENTIFIER]"
bundle exec rspec

You can also run tests against a local environment by passing a AS_API_ENDPOINT environment variable

export AS_API_KEY="[API_KEY]"
export AS_API_ENDPOINT="http://[HOST_IDENTIFIER].api.127.0.0.1.ip.es.io:3002/api/as/v1"
bundle exec rspec

Debugging API calls

If you need to debug an API call made by the client, there are a few things you could do:

1. Setting AS_DEBUG environment variable to true would enable HTTP-level debugging and you would see all requests generated by the client on your console.

2. You could use our API logs feature in App Search console to see your requests and responses live.

3. In your debug logs you could find a X-Request-Id header value. That could be used when talking to Swiftype Customer Support to help us quickly find your API request and help you troubleshoot your issues.

Contributions

To contribute code, please fork the repository and submit a pull request.