Handling Empty Searches in Typesense
TLDR Ahmed inquired about Typesense's handling of empty searches. Jason explained the default behavior and suggested controlling the ranking using sort_by.
Jason
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 16:51:52 UTCBy default, for `*` queries, Typesense will sort by the default sorting field if one is mentioned in the collection, otherwise it will fall back to the document insertion order
Jason
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 16:52:00 UTCYou can control the ranking using sort_by
Jason
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 16:52:15 UTCMore info here:
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Ahmed
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 16:48:56 UTCHello, how does Typesense with empty searches? Does it simply return the entire collection sorted by date added? Is there any way I can alter how it deals with empty searches?