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[](https://travis-ci.org/quickwit-inc/tantivy-py)
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[](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
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tantivy-py
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==========
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Python bindings for Tantivy.
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# Installation
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The bindings can be installed using from pypi using pip:
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pip install tantivy
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If no binary wheel is present for your operating system the bindings will be
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build from source, this means that Rust needs to be installed before building
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can succeed.
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Note that the bindings are using [PyO3](https://github.com/PyO3/pyo3), which
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only supports python3.
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# Development
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Setting up a development environment can be done in a virtual environment using
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[`nox`](https://nox.thea.codes) or using local packages using the provided `Makefile`.
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For the `nox` setup install the virtual environment and build the bindings using:
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python3 -m pip install nox
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nox
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For the `Makefile` based setup run:
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make
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Running the tests is done using:
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make test
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# Usage
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The Python bindings have a similar API to Tantivy. To create a index first a schema
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needs to be built. After that documents can be added to the index and a reader
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can be created to search the index.
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## Building an index and populating it
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```python
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import tantivy
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# Declaring our schema.
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schema_builder = tantivy.SchemaBuilder()
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schema_builder.add_text_field("title", stored=True)
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schema_builder.add_text_field("body", stored=True)
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schema_builder.add_integer_field("doc_id",stored=True)
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schema = schema_builder.build()
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# Creating our index (in memory)
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index = tantivy.Index(schema)
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```
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To have a persistent index, use the path
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parameter to store the index on the disk, e.g:
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```python
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index = tantivy.Index(schema, path=os.getcwd() + '/index')
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```
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By default, tantivy offers the following tokenizers
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which can be used in tantivy-py:
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- `default`
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`default` is the tokenizer that will be used if you do not
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assign a specific tokenizer to your text field.
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It will chop your text on punctuation and whitespaces,
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removes tokens that are longer than 40 chars, and lowercase your text.
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- `raw`
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Does not actual tokenizer your text. It keeps it entirely unprocessed.
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It can be useful to index uuids, or urls for instance.
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- `en_stem`
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In addition to what `default` does, the `en_stem` tokenizer also
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apply stemming to your tokens. Stemming consists in trimming words to
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remove their inflection. This tokenizer is slower than the default one,
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but is recommended to improve recall.
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to use the above tokenizers, simply provide them as a parameter to `add_text_field`. e.g.
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```python
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schema_builder.add_text_field("body", stored=True, tokenizer_name='en_stem')
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```
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### Adding one document.
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```python
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writer = index.writer()
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writer.add_document(tantivy.Document(
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doc_id=1,
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title=["The Old Man and the Sea"],
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body=["""He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish."""],
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))
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# ... and committing
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writer.commit()
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```
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## Building and Executing Queries
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First you need to get a searcher for the index
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```python
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# Reload the index to ensure it points to the last commit.
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index.reload()
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searcher = index.searcher()
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```
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Then you need to get a valid query object by parsing your query on the index.
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```python
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query = index.parse_query("fish days", ["title", "body"])
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(best_score, best_doc_address) = searcher.search(query, 3).hits[0]
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best_doc = searcher.doc(best_doc_address)
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assert best_doc["title"] == ["The Old Man and the Sea"]
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print(best_doc)
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```
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### Valid Query Formats
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tantivy-py supports the query language used in tantivy.
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Some basic query Formats.
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- AND and OR conjunctions.
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```python
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query = index.parse_query('(Old AND Man) OR Stream', ["title", "body"])
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(best_score, best_doc_address) = searcher.search(query, 3).hits[0]
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best_doc = searcher.doc(best_doc_address)
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```
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- +(includes) and -(excludes) operators.
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```python
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query = index.parse_query('+Old +Man chef -fished', ["title", "body"])
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(best_score, best_doc_address) = searcher.search(query, 3).hits[0]
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best_doc = searcher.doc(best_doc_address)
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```
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Note: in a query like above, a word with no +/- acts like an OR.
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- phrase search.
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```python
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query = index.parse_query('"eighty-four days"', ["title", "body"])
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(best_score, best_doc_address) = searcher.search(query, 3).hits[0]
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best_doc = searcher.doc(best_doc_address)
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```
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- integer search
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```python
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query = index.parse_query('"eighty-four days"', ["doc_id"])
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(best_score, best_doc_address) = searcher.search(query, 3).hits[0]
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best_doc = searcher.doc(best_doc_address)
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```
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Note: for integer search, the integer field should be indexed.
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For more possible query formats and possible query options, see [Tantivy Query Parser Docs.](https://docs.rs/tantivy/latest/tantivy/query/struct.QueryParser.html) |