Create a Search page using Search API in Drupal 8

Using Drupal 8's Search API, we'll quickly run through the steps for building a search page.

Grab and enable the Fire Search module

1. https://github.com/skycatchfire/fire-modules/tree/master/fire_search
2. drush en fire_search
3. Update $valid_bundles array on line 31 of fire_search.module to the content types you want to add the Search aggregate field to

Create a Search Keywords taxonomy

Add new fields to content types you will be indexing

1. Add a Search Aggregate field (Text, (plain, long))

• Help Text: Automatically populated when saving a node. Used for search.

2. Add a Search Keywords field (Entity reference) that pull from the Search Keywords taxonomy that you added to each content types that you

• Should be autocomplete
• Should allow multiple values
• Reference Type: Search Keywords
• Check Create referenced entities if they don't already exist
• Help Text: A comma-separated list of keywords that will make this content appear in search form suggestions.

3. Add a Search Description field (Text (formatted, long))
   • This will be displayed on the search page for each result
   • Help Text: Displayed on the search results page.

Enable Database Search and Search API modules

Click Add Server button

2. Fill in fields
3. Save

Navigate to Search API page

/admin/config/search/search-api

Click Add Index button

1. 
2. Fill in fields and select datasources you want to index
3. Scroll down and configure the datasources you selected
4. Choose which server the indexes should use

5. Click the Save and add fields button

Navigate to Fields tab for datasource

1. /admin/config/search/search-api/index/content/fields
2. 
3. Click Add fields
   1. Add the fields that should be indexed
   2. Configure Type
   3. Configure Boost to desired value if applicable
4. Click Save changes

Click Processors tab

1. /admin/config/search/search-api/index/content/processors
2. Enable HTML filter and Ignore case processors

3. Scroll down and update Processor settings for HTML filter

4. Update Processor settings for Ignore case

5. Click Save

Click View tab

1. Click the Index now button

Create a view

1. Name it Search
2. In View Settings, choose Index Content
3. Click the Create a page checkbox and configure
4. Click Save and edit

Once on the Search View page, add fields to display and configure

1. /admin/structure/views/view/search

   Update Filter/Sort Criteria

   

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