#134 - Async loading of minisearch cache

Using a custom build of minisearch

esbuild.config.mjs

@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ build({
         to: ['./'],
       },
     }),
+    {
+      name: 'resolve-minisearch',
+      setup(build) {
+        build.onResolve({ filter: /^minisearch$/ }, () => {
+          return { path: path.resolve('node_modules/minisearch/src/MiniSearch.ts') };
+        });
+      },
+    },
   ],
   format: 'cjs',
   watch: !prod,

package.json

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     "dexie": "^3.2.7",
     "lodash-es": "4.17.21",
     "markdown-link-extractor": "^4.0.2",
-    "minisearch": "^6.3.0",
+    "minisearch": "github:scambier/minisearch#async-load-json",
     "pure-md5": "^0.1.14",
     "search-query-parser": "^1.6.0"
   },

src/search/omnisearch.ts

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ export class Omnisearch {
       }
     },
   }
+
   private minisearch: MiniSearch
   /** Map<path, mtime> */
   private indexedDocuments: Map<string, number> = new Map()
@@ -75,8 +76,7 @@ export class Omnisearch {
   async loadCache(): Promise<boolean> {
     const cache = await cacheManager.getMinisearchCache()
     if (cache) {
-      // console.log('Omnisearch - Cache', cache)
-      this.minisearch = MiniSearch.loadJS(cache.data, Omnisearch.options)
+      this.minisearch = await MiniSearch.loadJSAsync(cache.data, Omnisearch.options)
       this.indexedDocuments = new Map(cache.paths.map(o => [o.path, o.mtime]))
       return true
     }

tsconfig.json

@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@
     "lib": [
       "DOM",
       "ES2021"
-    ]
+    ],
+    "paths": {
+      "minisearch": ["node_modules/minisearch/src/MiniSearch.ts"] 
+    }
   },
   "include": [
     "**/*.ts",