Query Rules

Query rules are a powerful feature that allows you to customize the behavior of the search experience. They are a set of conditions and consequent actions that are applied to search results. They are applied in the order they are defined in the dashboard.

Query rules are defined in the search_settings configuration under query_rules. The query_rules configuration is an array of query rule objects. Each query rule object has the following properties:

id: String. Required. The id of the query rule. This is used to identify the query rule.
conditions: An array of conditions that define the conditions that must be met for the query rule to be applied.
actions: An action that defines the actions to be taken when the query rule is applied.

Below is an example of a query rule that will pin the document "tt0111161" to the top of the search results when the query starts with "star".

{
  "search_settings": {
    "query_rules": [
      {
        "id": "1",
        "conditions": [
          [
            {
              "context": "query",
              "match_type": "prefix",
              "value": "star"
            }
          ]
        ],
        "actions": [
          {
            "action": "PinnedResult",
            "documentIds": ["tt0111161"]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Its important to note that query rules are applied in the order they are defined in the configuration. This means that if you have two query rules that both match a query, the first query rule will be applied first and the second query rule will be applied second. This can be useful if you want to apply a query rule that will override another query rule.

Query Rule Conditions

Conditions are used to define the conditions that must be met for a query rule to be applied.

The following conditions are supported in Searchkit:

Below is an example where we have two OR conditions:

The first OR condition has two AND conditions. Both the context & query condition must be met.
The second OR condition has one AND condition. The context condition must be met.

Either of the OR conditions must be met for the query rule action to be applied.

{
  "search_settings": {
    "query_rules": [
      {
        "id": "1",
        "conditions": [
          [
            {
              "context": "query",
              "match_type": "prefix",
              "value": "star"
            },
            {
              "context": "context",
              "value": "test"
            }
          ],
          [
            {
              "context": "context",
              "value": "ecommerce"
            }
          ]
          ]
        ],
        "actions": []
      }
    ]
  }
}

Query Rule Actions

Actions are used to define the actions to be taken when a query rule is applied. Actions are defined in the actions property of a query rule object. The actions property is an array of actions. The following actions are supported in Searchkit:

Debugging Query Rules

If you are having issues with your query rules, you can find what query rules are being applied to your search request in the search response via appliedRules. The appliedRules property is an array of query rule ids that were applied to the search request. The appliedRules property will be empty if no query rules were applied to the search request.

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