HawksearchClient

Goal

This article contains information about the functionalities and construction of the HawksearchClient class.

 

Functionalities

The HawksearchClient class exposes an API for searching and indexing for example methods related to the creation of an index, adding document to it and executing search request.

You can find more information regarding the searching and indexing functionalities in the following sections Indexing operations ,Searching operations

 

Prerequisite

Installed .NET SDK NuGet package

 

Construction

The HawksearchClient has two constructor overloads.

The first one haw the following signature:

HawksearchClient(string baseFieldUrl, string baseIndexingUrl, string baseSearchUrl, string autocompleteUrl, string clientId, string apiKey, double documentSizeLimitInMB = 4, double batchSizeLimitInMB = 4, int maxBatchCapacity = 125)

 

Parameters:

  • string baseFieldUrl - mandatory

This is the Hawksearch Base API URL.

  • string baseIndexingUrl- mandatory

This is the Hawksearch Indexing API URL.

  • string baseSearchUrl- mandatory

This is the Hawksearch Searching API URL.

  • string autocompleteUrl- mandatory

This is the Hawksearch Searching API autocomplete endpoint URL.

  • string clientId- mandatory

This is the unique client ID.

  • string apiKey- mandatory

This is the unique API key.

  • double documentSizeLimitInMB - optional

This parameter controls the maximum size of the documents that can be indexed. The default value is 4 MB.

  • double batchSizeLimitInMB - optional

This parameter controls the maximum size of the batches of documents which are sent for indexing. The default value is 4MB.

  • int maxBatchCapacity - optional

This parameter controls the maximum number of documents that a batch can contain. The default value is 125.


The second one has the following signature:

HawksearchClient(string baseFieldUrl, string baseIndexingUrl, string baseSearchUrl, string autocompleteUrl, string clientId, string apiKey, bool enableIndexTraceLog, bool enableSearchTraceLog, Action<HttpRequestMessage> requestLog, Action<HttpResponseMessage> responseLog, double documentSizeLimitInMB = 4, double batchSizeLimitInMB = 4, int maxBatchCapacity = 125)

 

Parameters:

  • string baseFieldUrl - mandatory

This is the Hawksearch Base API URL.

  • string baseIndexingUrl- mandatory

This is the Hawksearch Indexing API URL.

  • string baseSearchUrl- mandatory

This is the Hawksearch Searching API URL.

  • string autocompleteUrl- mandatory

This is the Hawksearch Searching API autocomplete endpoint URL.

  • string clientId - mandatory

This is the unique client ID.

  • string apiKey - mandatory

This is the unique API key.

  • bool enableIndexTraceLog - mandatory

Controls whether index trace logging should be active.

  • bool enableSearchTraceLog - mandatory

Controls whether search trace logging should be active.

  • Action<HttpRequestMessage> requestLog - mandatory

A delegate which controls how request logs are made.

  • Action<HttpResponseMessage> responseLog - mandatory

A delegate which controls how response logs are made.

  • double documentSizeLimitInMB - optional

This parameter controls the maximum size of the documents that can be indexed. The default value is 4 MB.

  • double batchSizeLimitInMB - optional

This parameter controls the maximum size of the batches of documents which are sent for indexing. The default value is 4MB.

  • int maxBatchCapacity - optional

This parameter controls the maximum number of documents that a batch can contain. The default value is 125.