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App Search Connector

This Connector is used to connect Search UI to Elastic's App Search API.

Usage

npm install --save @elastic/search-ui-app-search-connector
import AppSearchAPIConnector from "@elastic/search-ui-app-search-connector";

const connector = new AppSearchAPIConnector({
  searchKey: "search-371auk61r2bwqtdzocdgutmg",
  engineName: "search-ui-examples",
  endpointBase: "http://127.0.0.1:3002"
});

Additional options

Additional options will be passed through to the underlying APIclient. Any valid parameter of the client can be used.

const connector = new AppSearchAPIConnector({
  searchKey: "search-371auk61r2bwqtdzocdgutmg",
  engineName: "search-ui-examples",
  endpointBase: "http://127.0.0.1:3002",
  cacheResponses: false
});

Options

ParamDescription
searchKey
Required. String. Credential found in your App Search Dashboard
engineName
Required. String. Engine to query, found in your App Search Dashboard
endpointBase
Required. String. Endpoint path, found in your App Search Dashboard
cacheResponses
Optional. Boolean. Default is true. By default, connector will keep an in browser memory result cache of previous requests.
hostIdentifier
Optional. Useful when proxying the Swiftype API or developing against a local API server.
beforeSearchCall
Optional. A hook to amend query options before the request is sent to the API in a query on an "onSearch" event.
beforeAutocompleteResultsCall
Optional. A hook to amend query options before the request is sent to the API in a "results" query on an "onAutocomplete" event.
beforeAutocompleteSuggestionsCall
Optional. A hook to amend query options before the request is sent to the API in a "suggestions" query on an "onAutocomplete" event.

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