view gpp/custom_search.py @ 467:b910cc1460c8

Add the ability to conditionally add model instances to the search index on update. This is not perfect, as some instances should be deleted from the index if they are updated such that they should not be in the index anymore. Will think about and address that later.
author Brian Neal <bgneal@gmail.com>
date Sun, 24 Jul 2011 18:12:20 +0000
parents 524fd1b3919a
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"""
This module contains custom code to tailor the Haystack search application to
our needs.

"""
import urllib

from django import forms
from haystack.forms import ModelSearchForm
from queued_search.indexes import QueuedSearchIndex


MODEL_CHOICES = (
    ('forums.topic', 'Forum Topics'),
    ('forums.post', 'Forum Posts'),
    ('news.story', 'News Stories'),
    ('bio.userprofile', 'User Profiles'),
    ('weblinks.link', 'Links'),
    ('downloads.download', 'Downloads'),
    ('podcast.item', 'Podcasts'),
    ('ygroup.post', 'Yahoo Group Archives'),
)


class CustomModelSearchForm(ModelSearchForm):
    """
    This customized ModelSearchForm allows us to explictly label and order
    the model choices.

    """
    q = forms.CharField(required=False, label='',
            widget=forms.TextInput(attrs={'class': 'text', 'size': 48}))

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(CustomModelSearchForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        self.fields['models'] = forms.MultipleChoiceField(choices=MODEL_CHOICES,
                label='', widget=forms.CheckboxSelectMultiple)


class CondQueuedSearchIndex(QueuedSearchIndex):
    """
    This customized version of QueuedSearchIndex conditionally enqueues items
    to be indexed by calling the can_index() method.

    """
    def can_index(self, instance):
        """
        The default is to index all instances. Override this method to
        customize the behavior. This will be called on all update operations.

        """
        return True

    def enqueue(self, action, instance):
        """
        This method enqueues the instance only if the can_index() method
        returns True.

        """
        if (action == 'update' and self.can_index(instance) or
                action == 'delete'):
            super(CondQueuedSearchIndex, self).enqueue(action, instance)