django_haystack_whoosh_fulltext_search_index_setup.py

1# 1. settings.py configuration
2import os
3
4INSTALLED_APPS = [
5    'django.contrib.admin',
6    'django.contrib.auth',
7    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
8    'django.contrib.sessions',
9    'django.contrib.sites',
10    'haystack',
11    # Your app here
12    'myapp',
13]
14
15HAYSTACK_CONNECTIONS = {
16    'default': {
17        'ENGINE': 'haystack.backends.whoosh_backend.WhooshEngine',
18        'PATH': os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'whoosh_index'),
19    },
20}
21
22# 2. myapp/models.py
23from django.db import models
24from django.contrib.auth.models import User
25
26class Note(models.Model):
27    user = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
28    pub_date = models.DateTimeField()
29    title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
30    body = models.TextField()
31
32    def __str__(self):
33        return self.title
34
35# 3. myapp/search_indexes.py
36import datetime
37from haystack import indexes
38from myapp.models import Note
39
40class NoteIndex(indexes.SearchIndex, indexes.Indexable):
41    text = indexes.CharField(document=True, use_template=True)
42    author = indexes.CharField(model_attr='user')
43    pub_date = indexes.DateTimeField(model_attr='pub_date')
44
45    def get_model(self):
46        return Note
47
48    def index_queryset(self, using=None):
49        """Used when the entire index for model is updated."""
50        return self.get_model().objects.filter(pub_date__lte=datetime.datetime.now())
51
52# 4. urls.py
53from django.urls import path, include
54
55urlpatterns = [
56    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
57    path('search/', include('haystack.urls')),
58]
59
60# 5. Templates (myapp/templates/search/indexes/myapp/note_text.txt)
61# {{ object.title }}
62# {{ object.user.get_full_name }}
63# {{ object.body }}