From db6e41177bd00d9ed7bfd145d98aded6e90bb26c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tanner <git@tanner.vc>
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2026 20:03:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Upgrade meilisearch to v1.56.2

---
 apiserver/scripts/reindex.py | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
 apiserver/search.py          | 16 ++++++++--------
 searchserver/README.md       |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apiserver/scripts/reindex.py b/apiserver/scripts/reindex.py
index ee1334c..f93927e 100644
--- a/apiserver/scripts/reindex.py
+++ b/apiserver/scripts/reindex.py
@@ -49,10 +49,26 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
             count += 1
 
         res = put_stories(stories)
-        update_id = res['uid']
+        if not isinstance(res, dict):
+            raise RuntimeError('Meilisearch failed to enqueue documents: {}'.format(res))
+
+        # Meilisearch task responses expose the asynchronous task ID as taskUid.
+        update_id = res.get('taskUid') or res.get('uid')
+        if update_id is None:
+            raise RuntimeError('Meilisearch response did not include a task ID: {}'.format(res))
 
         print('Waiting for processing', end='')
-        while get_update(update_id)['status'] != 'succeeded':
+        while True:
+            task = get_update(update_id)
+            if not isinstance(task, dict):
+                raise RuntimeError('Could not retrieve Meilisearch task {}: {}'.format(update_id, task))
+
+            status = task.get('status')
+            if status == 'succeeded':
+                break
+            if status in ('failed', 'canceled'):
+                raise RuntimeError('Meilisearch task {} {}: {}'.format(update_id, status, task))
+
             time.sleep(0.5)
             print('.', end='', flush=True)
 
diff --git a/apiserver/search.py b/apiserver/search.py
index f3bee36..6c4f3aa 100644
--- a/apiserver/search.py
+++ b/apiserver/search.py
@@ -25,17 +25,17 @@ def meili_api(method, route, json=None, params=None, parse_json=True):
         logging.error('Problem with MeiliSearch api route: %s: %s', route, str(e))
         return False
 
-def create_index():
-    json = dict(uid='qotnews', primaryKey='id')
+def create_index(index_uid='qotnews'):
+    json = dict(uid=index_uid, primaryKey='id')
     return meili_api(requests.post, 'indexes', json=json)
 
-def update_settings():
+def update_settings(index_uid='qotnews'):
     json = {
         'rankingRules': ['typo', 'words', 'proximity', 'date:desc', 'exactness'],
         'searchableAttributes': ['title', 'url', 'author'],
         'displayedAttributes': ['id', 'ref', 'source', 'author', 'author_link', 'score', 'date', 'title', 'link', 'url', 'num_comments'],
     }
-    return meili_api(requests.post, 'indexes/qotnews/settings', json=json)
+    return meili_api(requests.patch, 'indexes/{}/settings'.format(index_uid), json=json)
 
 def init():
     if not SEARCH_ENABLED:
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ def init():
     print(create_index())
     update_settings()
 
-def put_story(story):
+def put_story(story, index_uid='qotnews'):
     if not SEARCH_ENABLED: return
-    return meili_api(requests.post, 'indexes/qotnews/documents', [story])
+    return meili_api(requests.post, 'indexes/{}/documents'.format(index_uid), [story])
 
-def search(q):
+def search(q, index_uid='qotnews'):
     if not SEARCH_ENABLED: return []
     json = dict(q=q, limit=settings.FEED_LENGTH)
-    r = meili_api(requests.post, 'indexes/qotnews/search', json=json, parse_json=False)
+    r = meili_api(requests.post, 'indexes/{}/search'.format(index_uid), json=json, parse_json=False)
     return r
     
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/searchserver/README.md b/searchserver/README.md
index 0bbeded..ac137ea 100644
--- a/searchserver/README.md
+++ b/searchserver/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Download MeiliSearch with:
 
 ```
-wget https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch/releases/download/v0.27.0/meilisearch-linux-amd64
+wget https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch/releases/download/v1.56.2/meilisearch-linux-amd64
 chmod +x meilisearch-linux-amd64
 ```