How to Add Random Sort to Typesense Search Results
TLDR Fulvio inquired about the possibility of random sorting in Typesense search results. Kishore Nallan suggested a workaround involving geo fields, and Bruno recommended client-side sorting if pagination isn't involved.
Kishore Nallan
Wed, 18 Aug 2021 15:24:45 UTC:wave: Can you please elaborate what you mean by "result are always the same"? I don't follow you.
Fulvio
Wed, 18 Aug 2021 15:26:58 UTCHi Kishore Nallan, is using the api call to get results from typesense, but the order of the itens is always the same, i would like to find out if we can add random sort.
Kishore Nallan
Wed, 18 Aug 2021 15:27:37 UTCSo a wildcard query is made with just filters?
Fulvio
Wed, 18 Aug 2021 15:27:45 UTCyep
Fulvio
Wed, 18 Aug 2021 15:28:03 UTC1. filters: “NOT image = ‘noimage’ AND relevance = 1 AND elected = ‘Ar Livre’” 2. limit: 10
Kishore Nallan
Wed, 18 Aug 2021 15:29:03 UTCOkay, in that case, the documents are sorted by their internal IDs (which are ascending and auto incrementing in nature). There is no way to sort randomly, because I have never seen a use case where a random order helps :slightly_smiling_face:
Fulvio
Wed, 18 Aug 2021 15:29:04 UTCim using right now with another seach engine, but moving to typesense after the tests are concluded..
Fulvio
Wed, 18 Aug 2021 15:29:44 UTCthats what o thought.
Fulvio
Wed, 18 Aug 2021 15:30:32 UTCThey found out the calling typesense is faster then quering the DB :smile:
Kishore Nallan
Wed, 18 Aug 2021 15:31:23 UTCOne way to "generate" randomness if you really want it. But it's one giant hack: 1. Add a geo field with a random value. 2. During sort_by pass a random geo point as reference value. This would sort results on "distance" from the reference point, but since the geo point is random, the computed distance will always change!
Fulvio
Wed, 18 Aug 2021 15:43:17 UTCHumm nice hack :smile:
Bruno
Wed, 18 Aug 2021 18:24:19 UTCIf pagination isn't involved, you can always sort the results randomly client-side
Fulvio
Wed, 18 Aug 2021 18:36:41 UTCThat could be a trick..
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Fulvio
Wed, 18 Aug 2021 15:23:56 UTCI there i know typesense is an search engine, but my client is also using it as filter for frontend items, but the result are always the same, does typesense have random sort?