Search API

Note: Most of this module's documentation has already been migrated to the new documentation system: see the guides for Drupal 7 and Drupal 8. This page is only left here for legacy reasons, until all its child pages (from other modules) have been converted, too.

This section contains documentation for the Search API module. This module is designed to replace the core "Search" module with a flexible framework that can be easily customized and extended. For a detailed description, refer to the project page linked above.

The module is currently available for Drupal 7 and Drupal 8.

Also, here are some links to external materials and documentation:

• 2010 screencast demonstrating the module's features and how to set things up (mostly outdated now)
• AJAXified search facets with Views and Panels
• Discussions about performance (compared to apachesolr)
• How to setup Search API with Apache Solr
• Adding custom fields to a search index
• Session at DrupalCon Prague with a live demo
• 17 part comprehensive series from Modules Unraveled that covers everything from installation and configuration of Search API to add-on modules that provide functionality like: search Views, faceted search, autocomplete, spellcheck, location based search, sliders for numeric searches, searching attachments, and setting up email notifications for saved searches. Click here (or the image below) to watch the overview

And for Drupal 8:

• Presentation at DrupalCon Barcelona with a live demo of a setup (with an unfinished version of the module)
• Session at Dev Days Montpellier 2015 about developing with Search API