How to search for pages of base type with EPiServer built-in sear

How to search for pages of base type with EPiServer built-in search

Marija Jemuovic

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Can't I use this?

//Search for pages using the provided language
var pageTypeQuery = new GroupQuery(LuceneOperator.AND);
pageTypeQuery.QueryExpressions.Add(new ContentQuery<SearchableSitePageData>());
pageTypeQuery.QueryExpressions.Add(new FieldQuery(languageBranch, Field.Culture));

//Search for blocks using the provided language
var blockTypeQuery = new GroupQuery(LuceneOperator.AND);
blockTypeQuery.QueryExpressions.Add(new ContentQuery<SearchableSiteBlockData>());
blockTypeQuery.QueryExpressions.Add(new FieldQuery(languageBranch, Field.Culture));

where SearchableSitePageData is

    public abstract class SearchableSitePageData : SitePageData, IShowInSearchResults
    {
    }

and SitePageData inherits from PageData.

#86515

May 22, 2014 18:59

Johan Petersson

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Similar code works for me:

var typeQuery = new ContentTypesQuery();

foreach (string type in SearchPage.ContentTypesCategories)
{
    typeQuery.AddContentType(type);
}

var accessQuery = new AccessControlListQuery();
accessQuery.AddAclForUser(PrincipalInfo.Current, HttpContext.Current);

var query = new GroupQuery(LuceneOperator.AND);
query.QueryExpressions.Add(typeQuery);
query.QueryExpressions.Add(accessQuery);
query.QueryExpressions.Add(new FieldQuery(searchText));

#86518

May 22, 2014 22:15

Marija Jemuovic

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Hey, but is ContentTypesQuery a class of your own?

#86533

May 23, 2014 9:08

Johan Petersson

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Haha, sorry. Sure it was. But it's a really simple class.

using EPiServer.Search.Queries.Lucene;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;

public class ContentTypesQuery : CollectionQueryBase
{
    private readonly string AssemblyName;

    public ContentTypesQuery()
        : base("EPISERVER_SEARCH_TYPE", LuceneOperator.OR)
    {
        var assembly = this.GetType().Assembly;

        AssemblyName = assembly.GetName().Name;
    }

    public void AddContentType(string name)
    {
        base.Items.Add(string.Format("{0},{1}", name, AssemblyName));
    }
}

#86570

May 23, 2014 19:22

Johan Petersson

Vote:

And the reason was that we wanted the editors to be able to chose which types that should be searchable.

I guess ContentQuery<SearchableSitePageData>() is implemented in a similar way.

#86571

May 23, 2014 19:26