Save Rule
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$index->saveRule(array Rule) $index->saveRule(array Rule, [ // All the following parameters are optional 'forwardToReplicas' => boolean ])
About this method
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Create or update a single Rule.
Examples
Save a Rule
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$rule = array(
'objectID' => 'a-rule-id',
'conditions' => array(array(
'pattern' => 'smartphone',
'anchoring' => 'contains',
)),
'consequence' => array(
'params' => array(
'filters' => 'category = 1',
)
)
);
// Optionally, to disable the rule
$rule['enabled'] = false;
// Optionally, to add validity time ranges
$rule['validity'] = array(
array(
'from' => time(),
'until' => time() + 10*24*60*60,
)
);
$index->saveRule($rule);
Save a Rule with alternatives enabled
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$rule = array(
'objectID' => 'a-rule-id',
'conditions' => array(array(
'pattern' => 'smartphone',
'anchoring' => 'contains',
'alternatives' => true
)),
'consequence' => array(
'params' => array(
'filters' => 'category = 1',
)
)
);
$index->saveRule($rule);
Save a Rule with a context based condition
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$rule = array(
'objectID' => 'a-rule-id',
'conditions' => array(array(
'context' => 'mobile',
)),
'consequence' => array(
'params' => array(
'filters' => 'release_date >= 1568498400',
)
)
);
$index->saveRule($rule);
Parameters
objectID
|
type: string
Required
Unique identifier for the Rule (format: Note that for some languages, the objectID is duplicated in the Rule. |
Rule
|
type: rule
Required
The rule object, its condition(s) and consequence(s). { objectID: objectID, conditions: conditions, consequence: consequence } |
forwardToReplicas
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type: boolean
default: false
Optional
By default, this method applies only to the specified index.
By making this |
Rule ➔ rule
objectID
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type: string
Required
Must contain the same value as the objectID above. |
condition
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type: condition
Optional
This parameter is deprecated in favor of conditions. Condition of the Rule, expressed using the following variables:
When the condition is not provided or is empty, the Rule is active for all queries to the relevant index. { "pattern": pattern, "anchoring": anchoring, "alternatives": alternatives, "context": context } |
conditions
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type: list of condition
Optional
A list of conditions that should apply to activate a Rule. You can use up to 25 conditions per Rule. [ { "pattern": pattern, "anchoring": anchoring, "alternatives": alternatives, "context": context } ] |
consequence
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type: consequence
Required
Consequence of the Rule. At least one of the following object must be used: |
description
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type: string
Optional
This field is intended for Rule management purposes, in particular to ease searching for Rules and presenting them to human readers. It is not interpreted by the API. |
enabled
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type: boolean
default: true
Optional
Whether the Rule is enabled. Disabled Rules remain in the index, but are not applied at query time. |
validity
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type: list of timeRange
Optional
By default, Rules are permanently valid. When validity periods are specified, the Rule applies only during those periods; it is ignored the rest of the time. The list must not be empty. |
Rule ➔ rule ➔ condition
pattern
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type: string
Optional
Query pattern syntax Query patterns are expressed as a string with a specific syntax. A pattern is a sequence of tokens, which can be either:
Special characters ( This parameter goes hand in hand with the Otherwise, you can omit both. |
anchoring
|
type: string, enum
Optional
{ This parameter goes hand in hand with the Otherwise, you can omit both. |
alternatives
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type: boolean
default: false
Optional
Whether the This parameter goes hand in hand with the |
context
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type: string
Optional
Rule context (format: |
Rule ➔ rule ➔ consequence
params
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type: params
Optional
Additional search parameters. Any valid search parameter is allowed.
Specific treatment is applied to these fields:
{ "query": query, "automaticFacetFilters": automaticFacetFilters, "automaticOptionalFacetFilters": automaticOptionalFacetFilters } |
promote
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type: list
Optional
Objects to promote as hits. Each object must contain the following fields:
{ "objectID": objectID, "objectIDs": objectIDs, "position": position } |
filterPromotes
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type: boolean
default: false
Optional
Only use in combination with the { "promote": [ { "objectID": objectID, "position": position } ], "filterPromotes": true } |
hide
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type: list
Optional
Objects to hide from hits. Each object must contain an { "objectID": objectID } |
userData
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type: object
Optional
Custom JSON object that will be appended to the |
Rule ➔ rule ➔ consequence ➔ params
query
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type: string or query
Optional
When providing a string, it replaces the entire query string. When providing an object, it describes incremental edits to be made to the query string (but you can’t do both). { "edits": list of edit } |
automaticFacetFilters
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type: list of automaticFacetFilter
Optional
Names of facets to which automatic filtering must be applied;
they must match the facet name of a facet value placeholder in the query pattern.
Ex. |
automaticOptionalFacetFilters
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type: object
Optional
Same syntax as |
Rule ➔ rule ➔ consequence ➔ promote-params
objectID
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type: string
true (unless using objectIDs)
Unique identifier of the object to promote. |
objectIDs
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type: string[]
true (unless using objectID)
Array of unique identifiers of the objects to promote. |
position
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type: integer
Required
The position to promote the object(s) to (zero-based). If you pass |
Rule ➔ rule ➔ consequence ➔ hide
objectID
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type: string
Required
Unique identifier of the object to hide. |
Rule ➔ rule ➔ validity ➔ timeRange
from
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type: integer
Required
Lower bound of the time range (Unix timestamp). |
until
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type: integer
Required
Upper bound of the time range (Unix timestamp). |
Rule ➔ rule ➔ consequence ➔ params ➔ automaticFacetFilter
facet
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type: string
Required
Attribute to filter on. This must match a facet placeholder in the Rule’s pattern. |
score
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type: integer
default: 1
Optional
Score for the filter. Typically used for optional or disjunctive filters. |
disjunctive
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type: boolean
default: false
Optional
Whether the filter is disjunctive (true) or conjunctive (false).
If the filter applies multiple times, e.g. because the query string contains multiple values of the
same facet, the multiple occurrences are combined with an |
Rule ➔ rule ➔ consequence ➔ params ➔ query ➔ edits ➔ edit
type
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type: string
Required
Type of edit. Must be one of:
|
delete
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type: string
Required
Text or patterns to remove from the query string. [ { "type": "remove", "delete": "red" } ] |
insert
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type: string
Optional
Text that should be inserted in place of the removed text inside the query string. [ { "type": "replace", "delete": "red", "insert": "blue" } ] |
Response
In this section we document the JSON response returned by the API. Each language will encapsulate this response inside objects specific to the language and/or the implementation. So the actual type in your language might differ from what is documented.
JSON format
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{
"updatedAt":"2013-01-18T15:33:13.556Z",
"taskID": 678
}
updatedAt
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string
Date at which the indexing job has been created. |
taskID
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integer
The taskID used with the waitTask method. |