Page Comparison

In this article you will find:

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Building a Custom Search Service

1. Create a custom search service class and inherit from HawksearchService.

2. Change the Search Service implementation from Sitefinity’s Advanced Settings (your-website-domain/Sitefinity/Administration/Settings/Advanced) -

   Navigate to:
   Administration → Settings → Advanced Settings → Search → Search Services → Hawksearch In TypeName field enter your custom search service type name (the namespace plus the name of the class e.g. SitefinityWebApp.Search.CustomSearchService).

   Make sure you have created at least one content item (e.g. News)

3. Open Administration → Search indexes and create a new index CustomTestIndex

4. Open it and make sure that News items or the content item you have created is selected

5. Create a page and add the Hawksearch box and Hawksearch results widgets

6. Select from the widget designer of both widgets to search in your CustomTestIndex

Register Custom Search Service

In order to use your custom search service instead of the built-in one you need to register it in the backend.

Add External Data to the Index

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using Hawksearch.Search;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Telerik.Sitefinity.Services.Search.Data;
using Telerik.Sitefinity.Services.Search.Model;
using Telerik.Sitefinity.Services.Search.Publishing;

namespace SitefinityWebApp.Search
{
    public class CustomSearchService : HawksearchService
    {
        public override void UpdateIndex(string name, IEnumerable<IDocument> documents)
        {
            var documentList = new List<IDocument>();

            foreach (var document in documents)
            {
                var fields = new List<IField>();
                fields.AddRange(document.Fields);

                var newField = new Field
                {
                    Name = "your-custom-field-name",
                    Value = "your-custom-field-value"
                };

                fields.Add(newField);

                var modifiedDocument = new Document(fields, document.IdentityField.Name);

                documentList.Add(modifiedDocument);
            }

            base.UpdateIndex(name, documentList);
        }
    }
}