Search Patterns
Implement full-text search with Elasticsearch, faceted filtering, and autocomplete.
- Difficulty
- advanced
- Read time
- 1 min read
- Version
- v1.0.0
- Confidence
- established
- Last updated
Quick Reference
Search: Use Elasticsearch with custom analyzers (synonyms, stemming). Multi-match queries across fields with boosting. Fuzzy matching for typo tolerance. Use aggregations for facets. Implement autocomplete with edge n-grams. Debounce client requests (150-300ms).
Use When
- Product search
- Content discovery
- Log analysis
- Document search
Skip When
- Simple LIKE queries
- Exact matching only
- Small datasets (<10k records)
Search Patterns
Implement full-text search with Elasticsearch, faceted filtering, and autocomplete.