@elastic/search-ui-site-search-connector NPM

search-ui-site-search-connector

Part of the Search UI project.

This Connector is used to connect Search UI to Elastic's Site Search API.

While Site Search supports multiple document types, Search UI will only support a single document type, and it must be provided up front when creating the connector.

Note that Site Search does not support certain features of Search UI:

disjunctiveFacets or disjunctiveFacetsAnalyticsTags configuration options
Only value facets are allowed, no range facet support.
sort option is not supported on facets.
size option is not supported on facets.
Does not support multiple filters applied to a single field.
Cannot apply more than 1 range filter on a single field.
Analytics tags are not supported in click.
suggestions are not supported in autocomplete, only results
The none filter type is not supported.

Usage

npm install --save @elastic/search-ui-site-search-connector

import SiteSearchAPIConnector from "@elastic/search-ui-site-search-connector";

const connector = new SiteSearchAPIConnector({
  documentType: "national-parks",
  engineKey: "Z41R5U3Hi4s5gp1aw7kA"
});

Classes

Typedefs

SiteSearchAPIConnector

Kind: global class

new SiteSearchAPIConnector(options)

Param	Type
options	Options

next : function

Kind: global typedef

Param	Type	Description
updatedQueryOptions	Object	The options to send to the API

hook : function

Kind: global typedef

Param	Type	Description
queryOptions	Object	The options that are about to be sent to the API
next	next	The options that are about to be sent to the API

Options

Kind: global typedef

Param	Type	Default	Description
documentType	string		Document Type found in your Site Search Dashboard
engineKey	string		Credential found in your Site Search Dashboard
beforeSearchCall	hook	(queryOptions,next)=>next(queryOptions)	A hook to amend query options before the request is sent to the API in a query on an "onSearch" event.
beforeAutocompleteResultsCall	hook	(queryOptions,next)=>next(queryOptions)	A hook to amend query options before the request is sent to the API in a "results" query on an "onAutocomplete" event.