Searchkick: Fuzzy Searching with searchkick

[JensDebergh]

Hey there!

I'm having a hard time finding out how I'm able to create fuzzysearch with searchkick and could use some advice.

1) I have a Client model on which I'll perform a search on.
2) I receive a query param from an API which I use in Client.search query, fields: [:name]

Everything works fine if I feed it enough characters but what I want to do is the following.

# Clients
Testingbot
Thoughtbot
Botfly

Client.search "est" -> should return Testingbot
Client.search "bot" -> should return all clients with bot in its name

The search either works with following matches:

:word # default
:word_start
:word_middle
:word_end
:text_start
:text_middle
:text_end

I'm unable to provide multiple options to fuzzy search the names of clients.
Any advice on how to tackle this problem with searchkick if possible?

Any advice

Kind regards

[ankane]

Hey @JensDebergh, please use Stack Overflow for questions, as mentioned in the Contributing Guide.

[Jellyfishboy]

@ankane Surely it would be more beneficial if the Searchkick documentation defined whether or not it can perform fuzzy queries, and if so, how?

[JensDebergh]

@Jellyfishboy I've tried several configuration options with searchkick. Fuzzy search can be achieved by using:

  searchkick word_middle: [:property_to_fuzzy_search]

The documentation lacks explanation but it works.

Hope this helps

[Jellyfishboy]

Thanks for the tip @JensDebergh 👍