censusreporter / census-api

The home for the API that powers the Census Reporter project.
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Full text search #46

Closed Joonpark13 closed 8 years ago

Joonpark13 commented 8 years ago

The API has been updated to support full text search. The most notable change is the addition of a new function in census_extractomatic/api.py called full_text_search(), which contains all of the functionality needed to perform such a search. The API is a superset of the original result format, staying faithful for existing fields and adding some new information.

It is necessary to build a search table before using the API; instructions to do so are written in setup.md, with further detail provided in full-text-guide.md. A Python script (query_script.py) is included for local testing of the search.

Addresses #43