Resolving Typesense Query Issues
TLDR Todd had queries regarding Typesense operation. Jason clarified Typesense's default behavior and provided a recommendation to enhance results ranking based on relevance and recency.
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Oct 10, 2023 (1 month ago)
Todd
09:33 PM• I noticed when we search for two words with a space separated, only the first word is highlighted. Any way to highlight both words?
• Is it possible to wrap both words in a quote or similar to only specify them together?
• Is it possible to weight results higher where the second word also matches?
Thank you as always, and sorry if I’ve asked any of these questions before already! 😬 :facepalm:
Jason
10:12 PMThat doesn't sound like the default settings... For eg, here's one of our demos showing both words highlighted with the default settings. Could you share a curl command with all the query params you're using, minus the API key that shows this issue on your dataset?
Jason
10:12 PMIs it possible to wrap both words in a quote or similar to only specify them together?Yup, this is called phrase search, and is supported in Typesense, when you surround terms with "double quotes"
Jason
10:12 PMthis is the default behavior as well. Could you share a curl command that shows a different behavior?
Todd
10:13 PMJason
10:13 PMTodd
10:14 PM{
filter_by: `...`,
q: 'One two',
query_by: '...',
sort_by: 'timestamp:desc',
per_page: PAGE_SIZE,
page,
}Todd
10:15 PMJason
10:16 PMsort_by: 'timestamp:desc' will strictly order the results by timestamp... and could potentially rank results with higher relevancy further down, if they are more recent.I'd recommend changing that to:
sort_by: '_text_match(buckets: 10):desc,timestamp:desc'to interview relevance with recency
Jason
10:16 PMTodd
10:18 PM1
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