Exclude a collection from search

[iloveip]

Hi there,

Is it possible to exclude a whole collection from search instead of individual files?

[pixelastic]

Hello,

You should be able to use the custom_hook_each(item) hook to exclude some items based on the attributes of item.

The v1 of the plugin (not yet officially published on RubyGems) adds an attribute collection_name to the collection items. I'll do my best to release the v1 shortly.

[iloveip]

Thank you very much for your reply! I will be looking forward to v1.

[iloveip]

Hi there,

Are there any news on releasing v1?

[pixelastic]

Hello,

I've fallen behind on the schedule of releasing v1 officially, but you can find it here: https://rubygems.org/gems/algoliasearch-jekyll/versions/1.0.0.beta.pre.1

In your Gemfile, specify the version as 1.0.0.beta.pre.1 and you will have the feature discussed above

[iloveip]

Hello,

Thank you very much for your reply. I upgraded to version 1.0.0.beta.pre.1, but then had to go back to the previous version. In version 1.0.0.beta.pre.1 there is missing some information about the records. For example, for each page I have a label, page views and a date. They were displayed in the search results like this:

{% raw %}
  <article class="algolia__result">
    <div class="category-label post-meta label-blue">{{ label }}</div>
    <a class="algolia__result-link" href="{{ full_url }}">
      <h2>
        {{{ _highlightResult.title.value }}}
      </h2>
      <p class="algolia__result-text">{{{ _highlightResult.text.value }}}</p>
    </a>
    <p class="post-meta summary">
      {{#posted_at}}
        <span class="date">{{ posted_at_month }} <span class="spaced">{{ posted_at_year }}</span></span>
      {{/posted_at}}
      <span class="octicon octicon-eye"></span><span class="spaced">{{ views }}</span>
    </p>
  </article>
{% endraw %}

If I use version 1.0.0.beta.pre.1, instead of this information there is only blank space.

[pixelastic]

I'll focus on releasing the official v1 first week of November. I'll handle this issue at that time, sorry about the delay but don't worry, we'll get that fixed :)

[iloveip]

@pixelastic Ok, thank you very much, I will be looking forward to it. And when v1 is released, would this code be correct to exclude a collection from search?

class AlgoliaSearchRecordExtractor
  def custom_hook_each(item, node)
    if node.attr('collection_name') == 'some-title'
      return nil
    end
    item
  end
end

[pixelastic]

I'll have to check, but I think it will more be something like:

class AlgoliaSearchRecordExtractor
  def custom_hook_each(item, node)
    if item.collection_name == 'some-title'
      return nil
    end
    item
  end
end

[iloveip]

@pixelastic Ok, thank you very much!

[pixelastic]

@iloveip I'm sorry I haven't been able to find the time to work on it as I said. I'll do my best but can't really give an ETA. Sorry about that.

[iloveip]

Hi there,

Do you have any updates on releasing v1?

[pixelastic]

Unfortunatly no, I have currently no ETA visibility so I'd rather not say anything as I might not be able to be true to my word :(

Do you have a specific issue that is blocking you?

[iloveip]

@pixelastic ok, I understand.

I have several collections on my site, and I would like to exclude one of them from search. When I tried to upgrade to v.1.0.0.beta.pre.1, I faced an issue, where some information about the records is missing. I described it here https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-jekyll/issues/38#issuecomment-254969213. So I had to roll back to the previous version and delete the items from the collection manually. I haven't updated the search records since then, and as I understand I will have to do it manually again.

[iloveip]

Hi there, Do you have any updates on v1?

[pixelastic]

I'd love to be able to give you more news, but so far it hasn't moved. I still want to resurect it, but still don't have an ETA. Sorry I can't tell you more :/