Return search results directly from the server

apiserver/reindex.py

@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
             story = database.get_story(sid)
             print('Indexing {}/{} id: {} title: {}'.format(count, num_stories, sid[0], story.title))
             story_obj = json.loads(story.meta_json)
-            to_add = dict(title=story_obj['title'], id=story_obj['id'], date=story_obj['date'])
+            stories.append(story_obj)
-            stories.append(to_add)
             count += 1
 
         res = put_stories(stories)

apiserver/search.py

@@ -8,12 +8,15 @@ import settings
 
 SEARCH_ENABLED = bool(settings.MEILI_URL)
 
-def meili_api(method, route, json=None, params=None):
+def meili_api(method, route, json=None, params=None, parse_json=True):
     try:
         r = method(settings.MEILI_URL + route, json=json, params=params, timeout=4)
         if r.status_code > 299:
             raise Exception('Bad response code ' + str(r.status_code))
+        if parse_json:
             return r.json()
+        else:
+            return r.text
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         raise
     except BaseException as e:
@@ -29,9 +32,9 @@ def update_rankings():
     return meili_api(requests.post, 'indexes/qotnews/settings/ranking-rules', json=json)
 
 def update_attributes():
-    json = ['title']
+    json = ['title', 'url', 'author']
     r = meili_api(requests.post, 'indexes/qotnews/settings/searchable-attributes', json=json)
-    json = ['id']
+    json = ['id', 'ref', 'source', 'author', 'author_link', 'score', 'date', 'title', 'link', 'url', 'num_comments']
     r = meili_api(requests.post, 'indexes/qotnews/settings/displayed-attributes', json=json)
     return r
 
@@ -45,18 +48,17 @@ def init():
 
 def put_story(story):
     if not SEARCH_ENABLED: return
-    to_add = dict(title=story['title'], id=story['id'], date=story['date'])
+    return meili_api(requests.post, 'indexes/qotnews/documents', [story])
-    return meili_api(requests.post, 'indexes/qotnews/documents', [to_add])
 
 def search(q):
     if not SEARCH_ENABLED: return []
     params = dict(q=q, limit=250)
-    r = meili_api(requests.get, 'indexes/qotnews/search', params=params)
+    r = meili_api(requests.get, 'indexes/qotnews/search', params=params, parse_json=False)
-    return r['hits']
+    return r
     
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     init()
 
     print(update_rankings())
 
-    print(search('qot'))
+    print(search('facebook'))

apiserver/server.py

@@ -56,10 +56,8 @@ def apisearch():
     if len(q) >= 3:
         results = search.search(q)
     else:
-        results = []
+        results = '[]'
-    story_metas = [database.get_story(x['id']).meta_json for x in results]
+    res = Response(results)
-    # hacky nested json
-    res = Response('{"results":[' + ','.join(story_metas) + ']}')
     res.headers['content-type'] = 'application/json'
     return res
 

webclient/src/Results.js

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class Results extends React.Component {
 			.then(res => res.json())
 			.then(
 				(result) => {
-					this.setState({ stories: result.results });
+					this.setState({ stories: result.hits });
 				},
 				(error) => {
 					if (error.message !== 'The operation was aborted. ') {

webclient/src/Search.js

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class Search extends Component {
 			<span className='search'>
 				<form onSubmit={this.searchAgain}>
 					<input
-						placeholder='Search... (fixed)'
+						placeholder='Search...'
 						value={search}
 						onChange={this.searchArticles}
 						ref={this.inputRef}