There are a number of ways you can use it. Must straight-forward is to use built-in views with a customized template: http://django-haystack.readthedocs.org/en/latest/tutorial.html#setting-up-the-views
You can get a bit more advanced by using the various search forms with your own view: http://django-haystack.readthedocs.org/en/latest/views_and_forms.html Or, you can use the basic components (SearchQuerySet) and do everything else yourself: http://django-haystack.readthedocs.org/en/latest/searchqueryset_api.html Even the last case is pretty easy to use. Connecting it to a search form is as easy as getting the query string from GET or POST data. E.g.: def my_view(request): results = SearchQuerySet().filter(content=AutoQuery(results.GET['q'])) _Nik On 6/18/2012 11:46 AM, DF wrote: > Does it provide instructions on connecting it to a search form? Dumb > question, but sometimes documentation can be lacking. > > On Monday, June 18, 2012 2:40:58 PM UTC-4, Nikolas Stevenson-Molnar > wrote: > > I've used Haystack with Whoosh: http://haystacksearch.org/. It's > straight-forward, well documented, and mimics the Django ORM. No > need to > parse the query yourself or anything like that, just pass the raw > input > to Haystack and enjoy delicious search results :) > > _Nik > > On 6/18/2012 11:23 AM, DF wrote: > > I'm working on my first project and I'm attempting to implement a > > basic search function where users can search for a specific terms. > > > > There are many options available, most a bit too heavy for what I > > require. I found this posting which illustrates how to implement a > > basic search function that sounds ideal: > > > > > > http://julienphalip.com/post/2825034077/adding-search-to-a-django-site-in-a-snap#disqus_thread > > <http://julienphalip.com/post/2825034077/adding-search-to-a-django-site-in-a-snap#disqus_thread> > > > > > The problem: the documentation is a bit incomplete, especially > for a > > newbie. And I could use some help from those with experience on > how to > > implement this. > > > > The first action is to create a file within the project � say > > search.py � with the following code: > > > > import re > > > > from django.db.models import Q > > > > def normalize_query(query_string, > > > findterms=re.compile(r'"([^"]+)"|(\S+)').findall, > > normspace=re.compile(r'\s{2,}').sub): > > ''' Splits the query string in invidual keywords, getting > rid of > > unecessary spaces > > and grouping quoted words together. > > Example: > > > > >>> normalize_query(' some random words "with quotes " > > and spaces') > > ['some', 'random', 'words', 'with quotes', 'and', 'spaces'] > > > > ''' > > return [normspace(' ', (t[0] or t[1]).strip()) for t in > > findterms(query_string)] > > > > def get_query(query_string, search_fields): > > ''' Returns a query, that is a combination of Q objects. That > > combination > > aims to search keywords within a model by testing the given > > search fields. > > > > ''' > > query = None # Query to search for every search term > > terms = normalize_query(query_string) > > for term in terms: > > or_query = None # Query to search for a given term in > each field > > for field_name in search_fields: > > q = Q(**{"%s__icontains" % field_name: term}) > > if or_query is None: > > or_query = q > > else: > > or_query = or_query | q > > if query is None: > > query = or_query > > else: > > query = query & or_query > > return query > > > > Then the next step would be to import this file into the views � > > import search (not sure if the app name should proceed this). > Then add > > this view, with the object detail changed to match my model: > > > > def search(request): > > query_string = '' > > found_entries = None > > if ('q' in request.GET) and request.GET['q'].strip(): > > query_string = request.GET['q'] > > > > entry_query = get_query(query_string, ['title', 'body',]) > > > > found_entries = > > Entry.objects.filter(entry_query).order_by('-pub_date') > > > > return render_to_response('search/search_results.html', > > { 'query_string': query_string, > > 'found_entries': found_entries }, > > context_instance=RequestContext(request)) > > > > After this, I'm a bit stumped. > > > > I assume this requires a basic url for the urls.py file, which > seems > > straightforward enough. But I'm not sure how to place this within a > > template, what tags to use, etc. I have a search bar form on my > main > > template page to which I would like to attach this. But > returning the > > search/search_results.html template with the appropriate tags is > a bit > > head scratching. > > > > This is a fairly long post but if anyone could provide some > insight on > > implementing this search function, it would be much appreciated. > Thanks. > > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Django users" group. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/6jWgePRRzQYJ > <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/6jWgePRRzQYJ>. > > To post to this group, send email to > django-users@googlegroups.com <mailto:django-users@googlegroups.com>. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:django-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en > <http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en>. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Django users" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/B-DUxhwUwhAJ. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. 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