Creating a Custom Search Engine with TypeSense
TLDR Tim asked if TypeSense could be used to make a custom search engine. Jason explained that it's possible for JSON-documents, but they'd need a separate crawler. They suggested a Gatsby plugin as a potential solution.
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May 16, 2021 (30 months ago)
Tim
12:21 AMJason
01:23 AMJason
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Tim
01:33 AMJason
01:34 AMBut given that it's a Gatsby plugin, it goes off of a local build directory of static HTML files.
It could be used to build a more generic crawling use case on top
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