ankitai07/search_as_you_type

Demo for search_as_you_type in Elasticsearch

Search As You Type (Elasticsearch)

Demo code and sample employees data to implement the "Search as you type" feature on elasticsearch.

Written the middleware API in python using flask. Used JQuery for javascript operations.

Installation

Assuming you have successfully installed Elasticsearch and Kibana on your machine and it is working perfectly. Kindly refer respective installation document.

OR

You can run Elasticsearch on the cloud with a few clicks.

Install Python3 & pip3

1. Refer Document to install python3 & pip3 on your system.
2. Install flask

pip3 install flask

3. Install elasticsearch package

pip3 install elasticsearch

git Clone

git clone https://github.com/ashishtiwari1993/search_as_you_type.git
cd search_as_you_type

Create Index and load data

Make sure Elasticsearch and kibana are up and running fine on your machine.

Create Index

PUT /sayt?pretty
{
  "mappings": {
    "properties": {
      "first_name": {
        "type": "search_as_you_type"
      },
      "last_name": {
        "type": "search_as_you_type"
      },
      "street_address": {
        "type": "search_as_you_type"
      },
      "company": {
        "type": "search_as_you_type"
      },
      "email": {
        "type": "search_as_you_type"
      }
    }
  }
}

Load sample data

Sample data.json file is given which need to load with the help of bulk API.

curl -s -H "Content-Type: application/x-ndjson" --cacert /path/to/http_ca.crt  -u "username:password" -XPOST "https://localhost:9200/_bulk" --data-binary "@data.json"

Do not forget to change the elasticsearch's endpoint.

Run api.py & test

Open api.py and change elasticsearch endpoint accordingly.

es = Elasticsearch(
    "https://localhost:9200",
    ca_certs = "path/to/ca_certificate",
    basic_auth = ("username", "password")
)

Start API Server

python3 api.py

This will start the API service on port 5001.

Open index.html on your browser.

Template files in the correct location

myproject/
    api.py
    templates/
        index.html