loopback-connector-elastic-search

Basic Elasticsearch datasource connector for Loopback.

This connector have difference with the original. You can have one specific Type by model. The original you can only have one index and one type configured from settings. This module can still have only one index but you can have for etch model one Type.

Exemple :

Loopback Model Music ==> Elasticsearch Type = Music

Setting up Elasticsearch

• Download and install Elasticsearch

• Goto /elasticsearch-path/bin$ and execute ./elasticsearch

• Optional install head plugin

• Open browser and goto default url: http://localhost:9200/

• To use head plugin goto: http://localhost:9200/_plugin/head/

• If all is ok then the result is some this:
  

  { status: 200, name: "Arno Stark", version: { number: "1.3.2", build_hash: "dee175dbe2f254f3f26992f5d7591939aaefd12f", build_timestamp: "2014-08-13T14:29:30Z", build_snapshot: false, lucene_version: "4.9" }, tagline: "You Know, for Search" }

Populate for demo Elasticsearch

Run in terminal:

curl -XPUT http://localhost:9200/shakespeare -d '{
    "mappings" : {
        "_default_" : {
            "properties" : {
                "speaker" : {"type": "string", "index" : "not_analyzed" },
                "play_name" : {"type": "string", "index" : "not_analyzed" },
                "line_id" : { "type" : "integer" },
                "speech_number" : { "type" : "integer" }
            }
        }
    }
}';

Import data example to Elasticsearch:

cd examples/data
curl -XPUT localhost:9200/_bulk --data-binary @shakespeare.json

Setting up Loopback

Install StrongLoop command line interface:

npm install -g strong-cli

Create project:

slc loopback:loopback
set project path and name

Attach datasource (see /server/datasources.json):

slc loopback:datasource test-elastic
select loopback-connector-elastic

Create model (see /examples/entry.json):

slc loopback:model entry

Install connector from NPM

npm install loopback-connector-elastic-search --save

Configuring elastic connector

Edit datasources.json and set:

[ConnectorEntry] : {
    "host": [127.0.0.1],
    "port": [9200],
    "name": [Name],
    "connector": "elastic-search",
    ...
    "log": "trace",
    "defaultSize": [Rows],
    "index": [IndexName],
    // "type": [TypeName]  // I remove this line because it will fix to only one type.
}

Required:

• Host: Elasticsearch engine host address.
• Port: Elasticsearch engine port.
• Name: Connector name.
• Connector: Elasticsearch driver.

Optional:

• Log: logging option.
• DefaultSize: Rows to return per page.
• Index: Search engine specific index.
• Type: Search engine specific type.

Run example

Goto to examples folder and run:

npm install

Goto server folder and run:

node server.js

Open browse, and set in URL:

http://localhost:3000/explorer

To test a specific filter in GET method, use for example:

{"q" : "friends, romans, countrymen"}

Release notes

• First beta version