How to configure meilisearch index settings

[preetamslot]

Hi,
how could I pass search configurations like searchableAttributes to an index?
https://docs.meilisearch.com/learn/core_concepts/indexes.html#index-settings

[donni106]

same question, found this issue. sadly no answers. did you find out a way @preetamslot?

[preetamslot]

@donni106 In the end I created a function for this. something like:

const { MeiliSearch } = require("meilisearch");

const client = new MeiliSearch({
  host: "https://URL",
  apiKey: "KEY",
});

exports.main = async (args) => {

client.index("MY_COLLECTION").resetSettings();

const response = await client.index("MY_COLLECTION").updateSettings({
      rankingRules: [
        "words",
        "typo",
        "proximity",
        "attribute",
        "sort",
        "exactness",
        "priority:desc",
      ],
      distinctAttribute: "slug",
      searchableAttributes: [
        "title",
        "intro",
        ....
      ],
      filterableAttributes: [
        "id",
        "_geo",
        ...
      ],
      displayedAttributes: [
        'title',
        'overview',
        'genres',
        'release_date'
    ], 
      stopWords: ["the", "a", "an"],
      sortableAttributes: ["title"],
       synonyms: {
        'wolverine': ['xmen', 'logan'],
        'logan': ['wolverine']
    }, 
      typoTolerance: {
        'minWordSizeForTypos': {
            'oneTypo': 8,
            'twoTypos': 10
        },
        'disableOnAttributes': [
            'title'
        ]
    },
      pagination: {
        maxTotalHits: 500,
      },
       faceting: {
        maxValuesPerFacet: 200
    } 
    });
    
return { body: JSON.stringify(response) };

}

[donni106]

where do you place it and when do you call it?

[preetamslot]

@donni106 I host this on Digital Ocean functions, but you could also host it on netlify, vercel, heroku or google cloud. It is just a node function. If you prefer other languages Meilisearch has the SDk for it:
https://docs.meilisearch.com/learn/what_is_meilisearch/sdks.html

[donni106]

Ah I understand, it is for running it whenever needed somewhere. True, this is nothing that an application needs on a regular base.

[preetamslot]

@donni106 Yes! I only have to run the function when I have to reset the meilisearch or when I want to tweak the meilisearch settings.