Recipe: search from Twig

This searches the news index from Recipe: index entries. It uses a q query parameter, filters to one category, and renders pagination.

{% set query = craft.app.request.getParam('q', '') %}
{% set search = craft.meilisearch.search('news', query, {
    hitsPerPage: 12,
    filter: 'category = "Press"',
    sort: ['postDate:desc'],
}) %}

{% if search.error is defined %}
  <p>Search is unavailable. Try again shortly.</p>
{% else %}
  <p>{{ search.pagination.total }} results</p>

  {% for result in search.results %}
    <article>
      <h2><a href="{{ result.url }}">{{ result.title }}</a></h2>
      <p>{{ result.summary }}</p>
    </article>
  {% endfor %}

  {% if search.pagination.prevUrl %}
    <a href="{{ search.pagination.prevUrl }}">Previous</a>
  {% endif %}

  {% if search.pagination.nextUrl %}
    <a href="{{ search.pagination.nextUrl }}">Next</a>
  {% endif %}
{% endif %}

The Twig variable adds the current Craft page number to the Meilisearch request. It returns:

• results: Meilisearch hits.
• facetDistribution: facet counts.
• processingTimeMs: request time reported by Meilisearch.
• pagination: Craft Paginate object.
• error: present only when Meilisearch returns an API error.

search() takes four arguments: the index handle, query, search parameters, and options.

The third argument contains Meilisearch search parameters, such as filter, sort, and hitsPerPage. The fourth argument contains options passed to meilisearch-php.