searchkick advanced search not working - ruby-on-rails

Question

class Product < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :city
has_and_belongs_to_many :categories
before_destroy { categories.clear }
searchkick locations: ["location"]
def search_data
{
istatus: i_status,
name: name,
price: price,
city_id: city_id,
value: value,
discount: discount,
expiry_date: expiry_date,
created_at: created_at,
products_sold: products_sold,
city: city.name,
deal_type: deal_type,
country: city.country.name,
category_id: categories.map(&:id),
location: [latitude, longitude]
}
end
def self.apply_filters(request)
# #product = Product.search "Tex-Mex", limit:10 #=>this works
#product = Product.search body: {match: {name: "Tex-Mex"}},limit: 10 #=>does not work, the limit part work
end
end
when i use advanced search using body.. it does not return the desired results although the limit:10 part us working as it does return 10 results only

Answer 1

I believe there is some missing information in the documentation.
Here's a reference to a body query that works based on the tests written in SearchKick:
https://github.com/ankane/searchkick/blob/c8f8dc65df2e85b97ea508e14ded299bb8111942/test/index_test.rb#L47
For advanced search to work, the way it should be written is:
#product = Product.search body: { query: { match: {name: "Tex-Mex"}}},limit: 10
You need a query key following the body.

Answer 2

// conditions = {}
query = Product.search params[:query], execute: false, where : conditions
query.body[:query] = { match: {name: "Tex-Mex"} }
query.body[:size] = 10
query.execute

Answer 3

You would need to build your query using the Elasticsearch DSL. Specifically, using size and match.
Product.search body: { query: { match: {name: "Tex-Mex"} }, size: 10 }
When using Advanced search, Searchkick ignores parameters outside the body hash. While the body hash allows you to use the full ES DSL.