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pmarreddy
pmarreddy

Reputation: 281

how to customise search results of apachesolr (drupal 6)

can somebody help me how to customize the search result of a apache solr search. i was only able to access these variables [comment_count] => [created] => [id] => [name] => [nid] => [title] => [type] => [uid] => [url] => [score] => [body].

how can i access other variable like status, vote .... from the index ( i don't want to access the database for retrieving these values, i want to get it from the index itself)

i need to display no of votes for that specific node in the result snippet

i need to understand 1. how to index votes field 2. how to show the vote, status... in result snippet.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 4459

Answers (4)

chichilatte
chichilatte

Reputation: 1808

Here's a video by the makers of the Solr Search Integration module with an overview on how to customise what nodes and fields are indexed, and what Solr spits out as a search result...

For Drupal 6: http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/apache-solr-search-mastery.html

And Drupal 7: http://www.acquia.com/resources/acquia-tv/conference/apache-solr-search-mastery

It all looks very customisable!

Upvotes: 0

32i
32i

Reputation: 626

Below is example of code to add fields for sorting, and for output.

/**
 * Implementation of hook_apachesolr_update_index()
 * Here we're adding custom fields to index, so that they available for sorting. To make this work, it's required to re-index content.
 */
function somemodule_apachesolr_update_index(&$document, $node) {
  if ($node->type == 'product') {
    $document->addField('sm_default_qty', $node->default_qty);
    $document->addField('sm_sell_price', $node->sell_price);
    $document->addField('sm_model', $node->model);
    foreach ($node->field_images AS $image) {
      //$imagecached_filepath = imagecache_create_path('product', $image['filepath']);
      $document->addField('sm_field_images', $image['filepath']);
    }
  }
}

/**
 * Implementation of hook_apachesolr_modify_query()
 * Here we point what additional fields we need to get from solr
 */
function somemodule_apachesolr_modify_query(&$query, &$params, $caller) {
  $params['fl'] .= ',sm_default_qty,sm_field_images,sm_sell_price,sm_model';
}

If you want to totally customize output, you should do following: 1) Copy search-results.tpl.php and search-result.tpl.php from /modules/search to your theme's folder. 2) Use the $result object as needed within search-result.tpl.php 3) Don't forget to clear the theme registry by visiting admin/build/themes

Or as mentioned about, you can override using preprocessor hooks.

Regards, Slava

Upvotes: 2

incaic
incaic

Reputation: 11

Another option is to create a view(s) of your liking with input argument nid, then create the following preprocess in your template.php file:

function MYTHEME_preprocess_search_result(&$vars) {

$vars['myView'] = views_embed_view('myView', 'default', $vars['result']['node']->nid);

}

Matching the view name 'myView' with the variable name makes sense to me. Then you can use the variable $myView in your search-results.tpl.php file.

Upvotes: 1

John Fiala
John Fiala

Reputation: 4581

Votes are a poor choice for indexing for a couple of reasons:

  • Votes can change quickly
  • When a vote is made, the node is not updated. As such, apachesolr won't know to re-index the node to pick up the change.

If by 'status' you mean the node->status value, then the answer is that it will always be 1. Unpublished nodes are never indexed.

Now, if you want to add something else to the index, you want hook_apachesolr_update_index(&$document, $node) - this hook gets called as each node is being indexed, and you can add fields to $document from $node to get the values into the solr index. However, you want to use the pre-defined field prefixes - look at schema.xml to find the list.

Upvotes: 2

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