Search Plugin

Full-text search powered by MeiliSearch. Index your PostgreSQL data and expose a fast, typo-tolerant search API to your app — with nSelf managing the MeiliSearch instance for you.

Overview

• Typo Tolerance — MeiliSearch handles misspellings and fuzzy matching
• Faceted Filtering — filter results by category, tag, date range
• Auto-Sync — database triggers keep search index in sync with PostgreSQL
• Custom Ranking — configure ranking rules per index
• Instant Results — results returned as you type, typically under 50ms
• Multi-Index — separate indexes per content type (posts, users, products)

Installation

# Enable the Search service first
nself start --search

# Then install the plugin
nself plugin install search
nself plugin status search

Create an Index

# Create an index from a PostgreSQL table
nself plugin run search index create   --name posts   --table np_posts   --fields title,body,tags

# Trigger a full re-index
nself plugin run search index sync --name posts

Search API

GET /api/search?index=posts&q=nself+plugins&limit=10

# Response
{
  "hits": [...],
  "estimatedTotalHits": 42,
  "processingTimeMs": 3,
  "query": "nself plugins"
}