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Multi-index Search Feature in Typesense

TLDR A asked about multi-index search in Typesense. Jason confirmed its presence and provided relevant links for more info.

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May 17, 2021 (28 months ago)

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A

05:21 AM

does typesense offer multi-index search within one interface? for example, if i want to search for Ice Creams along with Cookies in one place?

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Jason

05:29 AM

Yes, it does! It's called multi-search or federated search: https://typesense.org/docs/0.20.0/api/documents.html#federated-multi-search

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Jason

05:31 AM

Support for multi-index search in the Typesense InstantSearch adapter is in a pre-release version. More info here on how to use it: https://github.com/typesense/typesense-instantsearch-adapter/issues/38#issuecomment-823752445

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