sphinxsearchHow can I use Sphinx to search multiple indexes?

Sphinx is a powerful search engine that can be used to search multiple indexes. To do this, you need to create a Sphinx configuration file (sphinx.conf) and specify the indexes to search. In the configuration file, you can specify the search index names, the data source, and the query parser.

Once the configuration file is set up, you can use the following code to search multiple indexes:

import sphinxapi

# Create a Sphinx client
client = sphinxapi.SphinxClient()

# Specify the indexes to search
client.SetIndexWeights('index1', 'index2', 'index3')

# Perform the search
results = client.Query('search query', 'index1,index2,index3')

# Print the results
print(results)

The code above will search the three indexes specified in the SetIndexWeights method and return the results as a list of dictionaries. Each dictionary will contain the fields specified in the configuration file.

Code explanation

1. Import the Sphinx Client library (sphinxapi): import sphinxapi
2. Create a Sphinx Client object: client = sphinxapi.SphinxClient()
3. Specify the indexes to search: client.SetIndexWeights('index1', 'index2', 'index3')
4. Perform the search: results = client.Query('search query', 'index1,index2,index3')
5. Print the results: print(results)

Helpful links

• Sphinx Documentation
• Sphinx Python API

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