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CirrusSearch search in text files

9 comments • 05:15, 22 April 2019 4 years ago

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I use documentation versioning to show pages based on different versions.So some text files are not being stored in database is there any way by which I can search text file's content using cirrussearch extension as it searches only data present in database. Please let me know the way to do it.

Reply Edited 12:59, 9 April 2019 5 years ago

DTankersley (WMF) (talkcontribs)

Can you give an explicit sample url that you're using?

Thanks!

Reply 12:39, 9 April 2019 5 years ago

PushpendraJadaun12 (talkcontribs)

@DTankersley (WMF) Sorry the question has been modified with some more detail. Please have a look at it.

Reply 07:11, 10 April 2019 5 years ago

DCausse (WMF) (talkcontribs)

CirrusSearch can search file content as long as a MediaHandler extension supporting the file types you want is installed. As far as I know only Pdf are currently supported this way, this is handled by Extension:PdfHandler.

Reply 16:25, 10 April 2019 5 years ago

Ksfield (talkcontribs)

@DCausse (WMF) can you elaborate on what Extension:PdfHandler is doing that allows for the pdfs to be indexed by CirrusSearch? I am interested in add capability for other types of files to be indexed but am having a hard time figuring out what is needed. Thanks!

Reply 00:34, 18 April 2019 5 years ago

DCausse (WMF) (talkcontribs)

You just need to install CirrusSearch and PdfHandler to be able to index and search pdf and djvu content (please see their respective documentations). Other types of files are not supported (MS office/libreoffice docs) are not supported as far as I know.

Reply 09:28, 18 April 2019 4 years ago

PushpendraJadaun12 (talkcontribs)

Below mentioned commands are supposed to rebuild the search index from scratch: 1) php updateSearchIndexConfig.php --startOver 2) php forceSearchIndex.php

But it seems like they doesn't work either as I have tried them so they index my text files and let me allow to search in text file content but though these commands run successfully it doesn't search.

Note : When I add a new text file and search its content then new file's content get displayed in search results.

Please let me know if anyone can help me out as soon as possible.

Reply Edited 10:32, 18 April 2019 4 years ago

DCausse (WMF) (talkcontribs)

Please read the documentation at Extension:PdfHandler esp. the "Debugging" part. You may have to run other commands before rebuilding the index from scratch.

Reply 08:09, 19 April 2019 4 years ago

PushpendraJadaun12 (talkcontribs)

@DCausse (WMF) My search is on txt files.Can you please let me know whether Extension:PdfHandler will work for search in txt files ?

Reply 05:15, 22 April 2019 4 years ago

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