#SearchAPI

@adwaitx.bsky.social

3 days ago

Perplexity Search API: Real-Time Web Retrieval That Outperforms Closed Search Systems Search APIs have not fundamentally changed how they surface content for AI systems until now. Perplexity has opened access to the same retrieval infrastructure that powers its public answer engine, and the architecture is built differently from the ground up.

Perplexity Search API processes 200M queries daily at 358ms latency. Subdocument retrieval cuts AI preprocessing costs. AdwaitX tested it across 12 real-world scenarios. Here is what developers need to know before building. #AdwaitX #SearchAPI #AISearch

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The Drop Times

@thedroptimes.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

Tag1 Publishes AI Search Framework Without Vector Infrastructure Jeremy Andrews, Founding Partner and CEO of Tag1, has published a guide outlining an AI-enhanced site search architecture that avoids vector databases and embedding pipelines. The approach layers query expansion, summaries, and conversational follow-...

Do you need vector databases for AI search?

Jeremy Andrews outlines a staged model that layers AI query expansion and summarisation on top of keyword search tools like Solr or Elasticsearch.

Read:
https://bit.ly/4tWGln0

#Drupal #AISearch #SearchAPI #OpenSource

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The Drop Times

@thedroptimes.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

Making PDF Content Searchable in Drupal 11 with Solr and Tika Ron Ferguson of Drupal Odyssey demonstrates how to index PDF content in Drupal 11 using Solr and Tika. The post explains how extracted text, field boosting, and Search API configuration enable deep-text search within large document collections. For d...

Ron Ferguson explains how to make PDF content searchable in Drupal 11.

Using Search API with Solr and Tika, he indexes extracted PDF text, applies weighted boosts, and enables operator-based full-text queries.

Read more:
https://bit.ly/3MQvLgr

#Drupal #Drupal11 #Solr #SearchAPI

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The Drop Times

@thedroptimes.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

Legacy Solr to Solr 9 Migration Completed Without Downtime A production Drupal site indexing millions of records migrated from a legacy Solr environment to Solr 9 after application-level reindexing proved too slow at scale. Instead of rebuilding the index through Drupal, the team replicated documents directl...

Steven Jones of ComputerMinds shares a zero-downtime Solr 9 upgrade strategy.

When Search API Solr reindexing proved too slow at scale, the team cloned the index directly between Solr cores and switched configuration with writes paused but reads live.

https://bit.ly/4azlk8S

#Solr #SearchAPI

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Drupal Odyssey

@drupalodyssey.bsky.social

1 month ago

The Automated Librarian: Part 3 - Indexing PDF Content with Solr & Tika in Drupal 11 Stop searching for filenames and start searching inside your data. Learn how to use Apache Solr and Tika to index PDF content in Drupal 11, configure weighted search boosts, and unlock the "Black Box"...

Part 3 of the 'Automated Librarian' is live! 🚀
We’re building an "X-Ray Machine" for #Drupal11 using Solr & Tika to index deep-text in PDFs.
Thanks to @ivanzugec.com for the search setup inspo!
Check it out: drupalodyssey.com/go/Ea5iuWwUi...
#Drupal #AI #SearchAPI #WebDev

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The Drop Times

@thedroptimes.bsky.social

1 month ago

Make Drupal Search Smarter Search API Date Boost module boosts upcoming and recent content using date logic—no code needed. Ideal for events and time-sensitive sites.

Vivek P R has released Search API Date Boost for Drupal.

The contrib module boosts search results using configurable date fields.

Useful for event-driven and time-sensitive Drupal 10 and 11 sites.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4qosC5e

#Drupal #SearchAPI #Drupal11 #SiteBuilding

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Drupal Odyssey

@drupalodyssey.bsky.social

1 month ago

Honored to see the 'Automated Librarian' featured in @thedroptimes.bsky.social! 🚀

Check out the feature here: www.thedroptimes.com/66074/ron-ferguson-build...

#Drupal11 #AI #SearchAPI #WebDev

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The Drop Times

@thedroptimes.bsky.social

1 month ago

How to Use Conditional Date Sorting in Drupal Views with Search API Capellic explores a scalable method for sorting Drupal Views with mixed date fields across content types, using a custom Search API processor for consistent and efficient display results.

🧠 Smart sorting for Drupal Views → Combine date fields across content types!

Ivan Mendoza of @capellic.bsky.social shows how to build a custom Search API processor to unify mixed date logic during indexing.

More: https://bit.ly/4a6h80c

#Drupal #SearchAPI #Views #DevTips #OpenSource

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The Drop Times

@thedroptimes.bsky.social

2 months ago

Philip Norton Explains How to Theme Search API Forms with SVG Buttons in Drupal 11 Philip Norton, writing for Hashbangcode, has published a practical guide for theming Search API forms in Drupal 11 by replacing the standard submit input with a button containing an inline SVG. The approach enhances accessibility and flexibility whil...

Want SVG icons in your Search API forms on Drupal 11?

Philip Norton shows how with hook_form_alter and custom template suggestions for accessible UI.

TDT recap: https://bit.ly/49rInSq

#Drupal11 #SearchAPI #SVG #DrupalThemes

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The Drop Times

@thedroptimes.bsky.social

2 months ago

How to Index PDF and Word Docs in Drupal with Search API and Solr Learn how to extract, index, and search content from PDF and Word documents in Drupal using Search API, Solr, and Search API Attachments. This guide walks through setting up document thumbnails, configuring Solr, and building a powerful faceted searc...

📄 Want to search PDF + Word docs in Drupal?

Ivan Zugec’s @ivanzugec.com WebWash @webwash.net tutorial walks through Solr, Search API Attachments, and faceted Views.

Useful for document-heavy Drupal sites.
https://bit.ly/3LyYTrV

#DrupalSearch #SearchAPI #Solr #DrupalDev

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The Drop Times

@thedroptimes.bsky.social

2 months ago

Getting Started with Search API in Drupal: A Practical Site Builder’s Guide Ivan Zugec walks through setting up Drupal’s Search API module, from basic configuration to Solr integration. This detailed guide covers index setup, processor tuning, faceting, and Views integration, giving site builders the tools to implement scala...

Want better search in Drupal? Ivan Zugec @ivanzugec.com of @webwash.net shows how to use Search API with Solr and DDEV.

Boost fields, add facets, and scale as you grow—all in the admin UI.

Watch and read: https://bit.ly/4aA48li

#Drupal #SearchAPI #Solr #SiteBuilding

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The Drop Times

@thedroptimes.bsky.social

3 months ago

Unifying Search in Drupal: How to Use UNION Aggregated Fields with Search API Capellic explores a practical method to solve one of the most common Drupal search challenges: combining fields across content types and entities into a unified index. Using the UNION operator in Search API’s aggregated fields, they demonstrate how t...

🔎 Tired of messy search filters in Drupal? Capellic @capellic.bsky.social shares how to use UNION in Search API.

Unify date fields across entities without writing custom code. Works on all backends.

🔗 https://bit.ly/4oMvdFo

#Drupal #SearchAPI #DevTips #ContentModeling

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The Drop Times

@thedroptimes.bsky.social

4 months ago

Search API Typesense Module Gains Momentum with Community Planning After DrupalCon Europe 2025

After a BoF at DrupalCon Europe 2025, the Search API Typesense module is getting community-led upgrades.

Planned: schema recipes, secure JS proxy, and maybe Views integration.

Full story 👉 https://bit.ly/43r9xqm

#DrupalSearch #Typesense #SearchAPI #DrupalModules

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The Drop Times

@thedroptimes.bsky.social

4 months ago

Legacy Search API Habits Undermine Drupal AI: Vector Search Pitfalls Explained Classic Search API processors like Ignore case or Highlight may silently sabotage your Drupal AI chatbot. This in-depth post from Agora Design explains how legacy preprocessing can distort vector embeddings and break RAG-based search pipelines — and ...

Legacy Search API habits can quietly sabotage your Drupal AI setup.

Agora Design explains how processors like “Ignore case” and “Highlight” distort embeddings in vector search.

Learn why minimal preprocessing is key for accurate RAG results:

🔗 https://bit.ly/4n3ELe9

#Drupal #SearchAPI #AI #RAG

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The Drop Times

@thedroptimes.bsky.social

5 months ago

📊 Tuning Drupal search? Murray Woodman (Morpht) suggests starting with a confusion matrix.

Measure recall, reduce false negatives, and iteratively improve using Drupal Search API + Solr.

🔗 https://bit.ly/3W1XYC3
#Drupal #SearchAPI #Solr #SiteSearch

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The Drop Times

@thedroptimes.bsky.social

5 months ago

Conditioning Search via “Regimes”: Towards More Context‑Aware Search Experiences The article by Murray Woodman on Morpht builds on a previous discussion about improving search accuracy by reducing false positives through confusion matrices. It extends the concept by introducing “regimes” as a way to improve search results through...

Based on Murray Woodman’s piece for Morpht, regimes offer a smarter way to personalize search in Drupal. Explicit (facets) and implicit (behavioral) regimes can boost relevance. Semantic search and prompt conditioning are next.

🔗 https://bit.ly/492uV8Z

#Drupal #SearchAPI

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The Drop Times

@thedroptimes.bsky.social

5 months ago

Enhancing Drupal Search with Semantic and Hybrid AI Using Typesense Colorfield’s Christophe Jossart details how to implement semantic and hybrid search in Drupal using Typesense and Search API. His guide compares keyword, vector, and hybrid search methods, and walks through configuring Drupal for Retrieval-Augmented ...

🤖 Christophe Jossart dives into semantic & hybrid AI search for #Drupal using Typesense.

Learn how vector-based search boosts context-aware results and supports RAG workflows.

Full breakdown via @TheDropTimes: https://bit.ly/48RCak3

#Drupal #AI #SearchAPI #Typesense

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Julian Goldie

@juliangoldie.bsky.social

5 months ago

Comment "API" to get this New Perplexity Search API

🚀 Perplexity just changed the game for developers with their NEW Search API!

Access billions of webpages in milliseconds and build AI apps that actually deliver accurate, real-time information.

#PerplexityAI #SearchAPI #AIDevelopment

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PPC Land

@ppc.land

5 months ago

SerpApi's workaround blocked: Google restricts Light Fast API to three results Search API provider faces renewed setback after Google blocks workaround that retrieved 100 organic results, limiting Light Fast API to three results instead.

SerpApi's workaround blocked: Google restricts Light Fast API to three results #SerpApi #GoogleUpdates #SEO #SearchAPI #DigitalMarketing

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Marketing News

@marketingnews.bsky.social

5 months ago

SerpApi's workaround blocked: Google restricts Light Fast API to three results Search API provider faces renewed setback after Google blocks workaround that retrieved 100 organic results, limiting Light Fast API to three results instead.

SerpApi's workaround blocked: Google restricts Light Fast API to three results #SerpApi #GoogleUpdates #SEO #SearchAPI #DigitalMarketing

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Naoya

@naoyacreates.bsky.social

5 months ago

Perplexity Launches Search API for Developers | AI News Perplexity's new Search API gives devs access to billions of web pages. Build faster, better AI apps with real-time data.

AIMindUpdate News!
Developers, level up your AI projects! Perplexity's new Search API offers access to real-time web data, solving the problem of stale search results. #Perplexity #SearchAPI #AIDevelopment

Click here↓↓↓
aimindupdate.com/2025/09/29/p...

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WealthWise

@wealthwise-dca.bsky.social

5 months ago

Perplexity unveiled its new Search API, giving developers access to the same real-time, global-scale infrastructure that powers its public answer engine.

#PerplexityAI #PerplexitySearch #GoogleSearch #GOOGStock #GOOGLNews #GoogleStockNews #SearchAPI #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
$GOOG $GOOGL

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Winbuzzer

@winbuzzer.com

5 months ago

Perplexity Launches Search API to Challenge Google’s Dominance - WinBuzzer Perplexity launches its public Search API, giving developers a powerful new tool to challenge Google's search infrastructure and build AI apps.

Perplexity Launches Search API to Challenge Google’s Dominance

#AI #Perplexity #SearchAPI #Developer #Google #BigTech #API #SearchEngines #Web

winbuzzer.com/2025/09/26/p...

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Metadrop

@metadrop.bsky.social

6 months ago

Actualización de Solr9 en Acquia Descubre cómo realizar una actualización self-service a Solr 9 en entornos Acquia. Esta guía cubre los cambios clave, la configuración en Drupal con configsets personalizado y el proceso paso a paso…

También en español: si estás usando Solr en Acquia, este artículo de nuestro compañero Fran Rouco te ayudará a conocer todos los detalles técnicos y como hacer el cambio sin problemas:

metadrop.net/es/articulos...

#Drupal #Solr9 #SearchAPI

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Metadrop

@metadrop.bsky.social

6 months ago

Solr9 upgrade on Acquia Discover how to perform a self-service upgrade to Solr 9 in Acquia environments. This guide covers key changes, Drupal configuration with custom configsets, and the step-by-step process to ensure a…

Using Solr with Acquia? Acquia's platform upgrade to Solr 9 for prod envs is scheduled for this month. In this article, our colleague Fran Rouco explains all the technical details to ensure a smooth transition. Check it out!

metadrop.net/en/articles/...

#Drupal #Solr9 #SearchAPI

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The Drop Times

@thedroptimes.bsky.social

8 months ago

Tag1 Brings Apache Solr 8.x and 9.x Support to Drupal 7 with D7ES Update Tag1 Consulting updates its D7ES service to support Apache Solr 8.x and 9.x for Drupal 7. This upgrade ensures improved security, scalability, and continued search functionality beyond Solr 7.x end-of-life.

Tag1 brings #ApacheSolr 8.x and 9.x support to #Drupal7 via its D7ES service, upgrading key modules and ending reliance on obsolete Solr versions. A vital move for search security and infrastructure health. via @tag1consulting.com‬
🔗 https://bit.ly/4l8NOdK
#Drupal #Solr #SearchAPI #OpenSource

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Algolia

@algolia.bsky.social

1 year ago

Release react-instantsearch@7.14.0 · algolia/instantsearch 7.14.0 (2025-01-14) Features support for React 19 (#6520) (3283795)

✨NEW✨ release alert! 🚨 The latest Algolia InstantSearch libraries are here, now with support for Next.js 15 & React 19! 🎉 Upgrade your search game with blazing-fast integrations.

👉 Check it out: bit.ly/4g41Ud5

#ReactJS #NextJS #SearchAPI

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Pablo Lara H.

@pablolarah.bsky.social

2 years ago

Green text on peach color background: How to create your own search API for a static website with JavaScript and PHP (part 3)

🔍 How to create your own search API for a static website with JavaScript and PHP (part 3)
by Chris Ferdinandi @cferdinandi@mastodon.social @ChrisFerdinandi
#SearchAPI #API #js #php #webdev

gomakethings.com/how-to-creat...

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Pablo Lara H.

@pablolarah.bsky.social

2 years ago

Green text on yellow background: How to create your own search API for a static website with JavaScript and PHP (part 2)

🔍 How to create your own search API for a static website with JavaScript and PHP (part 2)
by Chris Ferdinandi @cferdinandi@mastodon.social @ChrisFerdinandi
#SearchAPI #API #js #php #webdev
gomakethings.com/how-to-creat...

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Pablo Lara H.

@pablolarah.bsky.social

2 years ago

Dark blue text on peach orange background: How to create your own search API for a static website with JavaScript and PHP

🔍 How to create your own search API for a static website with JavaScript and PHP
by Chris Ferdinandi @cferdinandi@mastodon.social @ChrisFerdinandi
#SearchAPI #API #js #php #webdev

gomakethings.com/how-to-creat...

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