Node.js client for OSS

A Node.js client for Open Search Server.

See also parent module oss-odm.

Install

npm install node-oss-client

Example

var oss = require('node-oss-client'),
  client = oss.createClient();
 
client.search('my_index', {
  query: 'my query'
}, function (err, res) {
  // ...
});

See the examples directory in this repo for more examples.

Usage

Client

oss.createClient(options)

Create a new client. Available options are

• hostname
• port
• protocol
• login
• key

var client = oss.createClient({
  hostname: 'my.host.com',
  port: 8080,
  protocol: 'http'
});

Search

client.search(index, options, callback)

Search in a custom index, you can specify search type with options.type (field or pattern). Others options are avalaible in OSS Documentation.

client.search('my_index', {
  query: 'my_query'
}, function (err, res) { });

More like this

client.moreLikeThis(index, options, callback)

Request a more like this query on a custom index. Available options can be found in OSS Documentation.

client.moreLikeThis('my_index', {
  likeText: 'Text to search for similarity'
}, function (err, res) { });

Autocompletion

client.autocompletion(index, item, options, callback)

Request autocompletion on an auto-completion item of a custom index. Available options can be found in OSS Documentation.

client.autocompletion('my_index', 'autocomplete_item', {
  prefix: 'Text to complete'
}, function (err, res) { });

Indexes

client.indexes.create(index, [options], callback)

Create a new index, you can specify a template with options.template.

client.indexes.create('my_index', [options], function (err, res) { });

client.indexes.exists(index, callback)

Test if an index exists.

client.indexes.exists('my_index', function (err, res) { });

client.indexes.destroy(index, callback)

Destroy an existing index.

client.indexes.destroy('my_index', function (err, res) { });

Fields

client.fields.createOrUpdate(index, options, callback)

Create or update a new field on an existing index. Options are avalaible in OSS Documentation.

Aliases: client.fields.update, client.fields.create.

client.fields.create('my_index', {
  name: 'my_field'
}, function (err, res) { });

client.fields.list(index, callback)

List all index fields.

client.fields.list('my_index', function (err, res) { });

client.fields.destroy(index, field, callback)

Destroy an existing field on an existing index.

client.fields.destroy('my_index', 'my_field', function (err, res) { });

client.fields.setUniqueDefault(index, options, callback)

Specify a default and unique index.

client.fields.setUniqueDefault('my_index', { unique: 'my_unique_field', default: 'my_default_field' }, function (err, res) { });

Search templates

client.templates.createOrUpdate(index, name, options, callback)

Create or update a search template. Options are avalaible in OSS Documentation.

Aliases: client.templates.update, client.templates.create.

client.templates.create('my_index', 'my_template', { returnedFields: ['my_field'] }, function (err, res) { });

client.templates.list(index, callback)

List all search templates associated to the specified index.

client.templates.list('my_index', function (err, res) { });

client.templates.get(index, name, callback)

Get a search template.

client.templates.get('my_index', 'my_template', function (err, res) { });

client.templates.destroy(index, name, callback)

Destroy a search template.

client.templates.destroy('my_index', 'my_template', function (err, res) { });

Documents

client.documents.createOrUpdate(index, options, callback)

Create or update documents on an existing index. Options are avalaible in OSS Documentation.

Aliases: client.documents.update, client.documents.create.

client.documents.create('my_index', [
  {
    lang: 'FRENCH',
    fields: [
      {name: 'id', value: 1},
      {name: 'content', value: 'Hello world!'}
    ]
  },
  {
    lang: 'FRENCH',
    fields: [
      {name: 'id', value: 2},
      {name: 'content', value: 'Hello world 2!'}
    ]
  }
], function (err, res) { });

client.documents.destroy(index, options, callback)

Destroy existing documents on an existing index. You must specify a field (options.field) and some values (options.values).

client.documents.destroy('my_index', {
  field: 'id',
  values: [1, 2]
}, function (err, res) { });

Replication

client.replication.createIndexReplication(index, searcher, callback)

Creates an index of replication on an OSS server. You must specify an object searcher with 3 keys : hostname, port and an optional protocol (http by default).

client.replication.createIndexReplication('my_index', {
  hostname: 'searcher-oss.com',
  port: 8080,
  protocol: 'http'
}, function (err, res) { });

client.replication.replicate(index, searcher, callback)

Starts a replication of the index passed as argument on an other OSS server passed as argument. You must specify an object searcher with 3 keys : hostname, port and an optional protocol (http by default).

client.replication.replicate('my_index', {
  hostname: 'searcher-oss.com',
  port: 8080,
  protocol: 'http'
}, function (err, res) { });

License

MIT