Extension:WikibaseCirrusSearch

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WikibaseCirrusSearch Release status: stable
Implementation	Search, API
Description	Implements searching for Wikibase using ElasticSearch
Author(s)	Stas Malyshev
Latest version	0.0.1 (continuous updates)
Compatibility policy	Master maintains backward compatibility.
MediaWiki	1.33+
PHP	7.0+
Composer	wikibase/cirrussearch
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Download Git master browse repository (Phabricator · GitHub) commit history repository contributors (GitHub) code review README
Help	Help:Extension:WikibaseCirrusSearch
Parameters $wgDefaultPrefixRescoreProfile $wgUseCirrus $wgPrefixSearchProfiles $wgFulltextSearchProfiles $wgDefaultFulltextRescoreProfile $wgLanguageSelectorStatementBoost $wgFulltextSearchProfile $wgStatementBoost $wgRescoreProfiles $wgLanguageSelectorRescoreFunctionChains $wgLanguageSelectorPrefixSearchProfile $wgUseStemming $wgRescoreFunctionChains $wgLanguageSelectorRescoreProfile $wgLicenseMapping $wgPrefixSearchProfile
Hooks used ApiOpenSearchSuggest CirrusSearchAddQueryFeatures CirrusSearchAnalysisConfig CirrusSearchProfileService SetupAfterCache ShowSearchHit ShowSearchHitTitle SpecialPage_initList WikibaseRepoEntityTypes
Quarterly downloads	13 (Ranked 127th)
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Vagrant role	wikibasecirrussearch
Issues	Open tasks · Report a bug

The WikibaseCirrusSearch extension provides ElasticSearch functionality, as supported by CirrusSearch extension, to Wikibase Repository extension. It requires both CirrusSearch and Wikibase Repository extensions to be installed.

Installation

• Download and move the extracted WikibaseCirrusSearch folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/WikibaseCirrusSearch
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'WikibaseCirrusSearch' );
  

  Configure as required.
•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Configuration

The configuration options of WikibaseCirrusSearch are documented at the docs/config.wiki file.

Following configuration options are supported (all variables are prefixed with wgWBCS in globals):

UseCirrus

boolean|null, whether we should use search functionality provided by this extension. If set to null, CirrusSearch is not used unless the request has useCirrus=1. Note: The default for this value is false, to enable search functionality it should be set to true in the configuration.

PrefixSearchProfile

name of the label scoring profile to use for prefix search. The profile should be defined like examples in config/EntityPrefixSearchProfiles.php.

PrefixSearchProfiles

Loaded from config/EntityPrefixSearchProfiles.php, does not need to be defined manually.

DefaultPrefixRescoreProfile

name of the rescoring profile to use for prefix search. The profile should be defined in config/ElasticSearchRescoreProfiles.php.

FulltextSearchProfile

name of the search profile to use for fulltext search. The profile should be defined like examples in config/EntitySearchProfiles.php.

FulltextSearchProfiles

search profiles to use for fulltext search.

DefaultFulltextRescoreProfile

name of the rescoring profile to use for fulltext search. The profile should be defined in config/ElasticSearchRescoreProfiles.php.

RescoreProfiles

Loaded from config/ElasticSearchRescoreProfiles.php, does not have to be defined manually.

StatementBoost

Configuration to boost or deboost certain statement values.

UseStemming

Configuration to use stemming analyzer for descriptions in certain languages. Array of two fields: index – use it for indexing, query – use main text field for querying.

See Also

• Help:WikibaseCirrusSearch