Elasticsearch-rails: Callbacks when updating associated record?

[bcackerman]

So in your example https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-rails/blob/templates/elasticsearch-rails/lib/rails/templates/searchable.rb#L60 if Authors is updated, how would the original model's index get updated? Running into this issue locally.

[bcackerman]

To clarify, is it possible to hit the callback method using include Elasticsearch::Model::Callbacks when a touched record was updated?

[bcackerman]

To further clarify, I have a model Orders which belongs to a Customer. I've added after_touch() { __elasticsearch__.index_document } to my Searchable concern as well. This is my mapping

    mapping do
      indexes :production_notes, type: 'string', analyzer: 'snowball'
      indexes :order_nickname, type: 'string', analyzer: 'keyword'
      indexes :visual_id, type: 'integer'
      indexes :paid, type: 'boolean'
      indexes :orderstatus_id, type: 'integer'
      indexes :customer,
        type: 'object',
        properties: {
            first_name: { type: 'string' },
            last_name: { type: 'string' },
            company: { type: 'string' }
        }
    end

Is there another method to reindex after touch that I'm not seeing?

[karmi]

Depends on how you define the associations -- have a look e.g. here: https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-rails/blob/master/elasticsearch-model/examples/activerecord_associations.rb

[karmi]

Aye, this was missing, see this: e8a7f49aea479cd335e3afd62d15f52ab8ed6b6d

[bcackerman]

Ah ok so include Elasticsearch::Model::Callbacks will know if an associated record is changed when you use touch: true then I'm assuming? Just having trouble getting that working, will have to play with it more.

[bcackerman]

Ok, what if an Article belongs_to :author?

In that case if you had belongs_to :author, touch: true in Article, would the Article index get updated if Author changed?

[karmi]

@bcackerman So what happens when you try it out?

[bcackerman]

Specifically I have an index like this:

def as_indexed_json(options={})
      hash = self.as_json(
        include: { 
          orderstatus: { only: [:color, :name] },
          customer: { methods: [:full_name], only: [:full_name, :company] }
        }
      )
      hash
end

Where an Order belongs to a Customer and an Orderstatus. If I update the order's customer, the index's include isn't updated.

[karmi]

@bcackerman Have you actually tried your suggestion? Why are you asking me what happens?

[bcackerman]

Oh, I am trying it :) I'm just letting you know it doesn't seem that the Callbacks class works to reindex the record when there's an include in my as_indexed_json method.

[bcackerman]

Figured it out, thanks!

[bcackerman]

To follow up on this, associated records that the updated record belongs_to, are not reindexed using just belongs_to :model, touch: true