Create a Search page using Search API in Drupal 8

Using Drupal 8's Search API, we'll quickly run through the steps for building a search page.

Grab and enable the Fire Search module

1. https://github.com/skycatchfire/fire-modules/tree/master/fire_search
2. drush en fire_search
3. Update $valid_bundles array on line 31 of fire_search.module to the content types you want to add the Search aggregate field to

Create a Search Keywords taxonomy

Add new fields to content types you will be indexing

1. Add a Search Aggregate field (Text, (plain, long))

• Help Text: Automatically populated when saving a node. Used for search.

2. Add a Search Keywords field (Entity reference) that pull from the Search Keywords taxonomy that you added to each content types that you

• Should be autocomplete
• Should allow multiple values
• Reference Type: Search Keywords
• Check Create referenced entities if they don't already exist
• Help Text: A comma-separated list of keywords that will make this content appear in search form suggestions.

3. Add a Search Description field (Text (formatted, long))
   • This will be displayed on the search page for each result
   • Help Text: Displayed on the search results page.

Enable Database Search and Search API modules

Click Add Server button

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3. Save

Navigate to Search API page

/admin/config/search/search-api

Click Add Index button

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4. Choose which server the indexes should use

Navigate to Fields tab for datasource

1. /admin/config/search/search-api/index/content/fields
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3. Click Add fields
   1. Add the fields that should be indexed
   2. Configure Type
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4. Click Save changes

Click Processors tab

1. /admin/config/search/search-api/index/content/processors
2. Enable HTML filter and Ignore case processors

Click View tab

1. Click the Index now button

Create a view

1. Name it Search
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4. Click Save and edit

Once on the Search View page, add fields to display and configure

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   Update Filter/Sort Criteria

   

   

   Create templates, output selected fields, style 😃