stacks-search-engine

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Use when implementing search in Stacks — full-text search with Meilisearch or Algolia backends, document indexing, search settings management, the useSearch model trait for automatic indexing, or search driver configuration. Covers @stacksjs/search-engine and config/search-engine.ts.

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Stacks Search Engine

Full-text search integration with Meilisearch and Algolia drivers.

Key Paths

Core package: storage/framework/core/search-engine/src/
Configuration: config/search-engine.ts

Search Driver Factory

import { useSearchEngine, useAlgolia, useMeilisearch } from '@stacksjs/search-engine'

const search = useSearchEngine()       // default driver
const algolia = useAlgolia()            // Algolia client
const meili = useMeilisearch()          // Meilisearch client

Document Operations

// Index documents
await search.addDocuments('products', [
  { id: 1, name: 'Widget', description: 'A useful widget', price: 29.99 },
  { id: 2, name: 'Gadget', description: 'A cool gadget', price: 49.99 }
])

// Search
const results = await search.search('products', 'widget')

// List indexes
const indexes = await search.listIndexes()

// Get/update settings
const settings = await search.getSettings('products')
await search.updateSettings('products', {
  searchableAttributes: ['name', 'description'],
  filterableAttributes: ['price', 'category'],
  sortableAttributes: ['price', 'created_at']
})

// Flush all documents
await search.flush('products')

Model Integration (useSearch Trait)

Models with useSearch trait are automatically indexed:

defineModel({
  name: 'Product',
  traits: {
    useSearch: {
      displayable: ['name', 'description', 'price'],
      searchable: ['name', 'description'],
      sortable: ['name', 'price', 'created_at'],
      filterable: ['category', 'status', 'price']
    }
  }
})

CLI Commands

buddy search-engine:update                    # index all searchable models
buddy search-engine:update --model Product    # index specific model
buddy search-engine:update --flush            # flush before re-indexing
buddy search-engine:update --settings         # update search settings only
buddy search-engine:settings                  # list current settings
buddy search-engine:settings --model Product  # settings for specific model

Driver Comparison

Feature	Meilisearch	Algolia
Self-hosted	Yes	No (cloud)
Pricing	Free (self-hosted)	Per-search pricing
Typo tolerance	Built-in	Built-in
Faceted search	Yes	Yes
Geo search	Yes	Yes
Speed	Very fast	Very fast

config/search-engine.ts

{ driver: 'opensearch' }  // 'meilisearch' | 'algolia' | 'opensearch'

Environment variables: MEILISEARCH_HOST, MEILISEARCH_KEY, SEARCH_ENGINE_DRIVER

Gotchas

Default driver is opensearch — configure in config or env
useSearch trait determines which model fields are indexed
displayable controls which fields appear in search results
searchable controls which fields are queried during search
filterable enables faceted filtering on those fields
sortable enables sorting by those fields
Use buddy search-engine:update --flush for full re-index
Meilisearch requires a running Meilisearch server
Algolia requires API keys from your Algolia dashboard
Settings updates don't re-index — run search-engine:update after changes