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Stream Form TypeSense to Flutter: Possible Solutions

TLDR Shane looked for update guidance on stream form TypeSense to Flutter. Jason advised that TypeSense does not offer streaming updates, suggesting polling as a workaround.

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Nov 02, 2023 (3 weeks ago)

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Shane

12:31 AM

is there any updated guidance on stream form TypeSense to Flutter? I've been working on this for a while and the search works great, but when i edit a record, i always need to wait and refresh after a few seconds. I'm using FireStore with the extension on the backend. I've not found an elegant way to do this.

12:32

Shane

12:32 AM

a nice thing about FireStore is the streaming updates, so you don't need to do anything at all to have updates/adds automatically reflected.

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Jason

04:35 PM

Typesense doesn't have the concept of streaming updates like Firestore...

Shane

04:38 PM

what is best option, polling?

Jason

04:54 PM

Yup

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