I am trying to implement Smart Search Engine Here is the Tutorial link
https://github.com/msurguy/laravel-smart-search.
I know this Tutorial for Laravel 4 and I am trying to implement in Laravel 5.2.
Now I'm stuck.
I can't get JSON format of api/search.
Here is my route:
Route::get('api/search', 'ApiSearchController@index');
Here is controller which I create with the helper of artisan in App/http/controller. I did try to create like tutorial api/searchcontroller but it won't work; always getting error:
"ApiSearchController@index Not found"
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Input;
use App\Http\Requests;
use App\Product;
use Response;
class ApiSearchController extends Controller
{
public function appendValue($data, $type, $element)
{
// operate on the item passed by reference, adding the element and type
foreach ($data as $key => & $item) {
$item[$element] = $type;
}
return $data;
}
public function appendURL($data, $prefix)
{
// operate on the item passed by reference, adding the url based on slug
foreach ($data as $key => & $item) {
$item['url'] = url($prefix.'/'.$item['slug']);
}
return $data;
}
public function index()
{
$query = e(Input::get('q',''));
if(!$query && $query == '') return Response::json(array(), 400);
$products = Product::where('published', true)
->where('name','like','%'.$query.'%')
->orderBy('name','asc')
->take(5)
->get(array('slug','name','icon'))->toArray();
$categories = Category::where('name','like','%'.$query.'%')
->has('products')
->take(5)
->get(array('slug', 'name'))
->toArray();
// Data normalization
$categories = $this->appendValue($categories, url('img/icons/category-icon.png'),'icon');
$products = $this->appendURL($products, 'products');
$categories = $this->appendURL($categories, 'categories');
// Add type of data to each item of each set of results
$products = $this->appendValue($products, 'product', 'class');
$categories = $this->appendValue($categories, 'category', 'class');
// Merge all data into one array
$data = array_merge($products, $categories);
return Response::json(array(
'data'=>$data
));
}
}
When I open http://localhost/search/public/api/search I should be get all data from database like tutorial, but can't get; other thing is same. Please show me what's wrong.
Your search isn't working as it is expecting to be provided with a query to search for as part of a query string or request.
Input::get('q')
is saying to retrieve q
from your query string or request and use it for the search.
When you go to the page http://localhost/search/public/api/search
you are doing so as a GET
request and so would need to provide your query like so http://localhost/search/public/api/search?q=example
.
The example in the tutorial is using AJAX to run a GET
request which does the above for you.
Try adding ?q=xxxx
on to the end of your URL and it should work if you have set it up appropriately following that tutorial.