README.md

Searchable text

With this custom element you can search by words in your Text elements.

Setup

1. Deploy the code to a secure public host
   • See deploying section for a really quick option
2. Configure Custom element in Kontent.ai UI
   • The Hosted code URL is where you deployed to in step 1
   • Allow the custom element to read values of specific elements select the text you would like to index
   • JSON parameters:

{
    "source_text": "codename_of_text_element"
}

Deploying

Netlify has made this easy. If you click the deploy button below, it will guide you through the process of deploying it to Netlify and leave you with a copy of the repository in your GitHub account as well.

What is Saved?

"indexed_text": {
                    "type": "custom",
                    "name": "Indexed text",
                    "value": "[\"Hi\",\"how\",\"are\",\"you\"]"
                }

Searching by indexed text

You can use Contains filter to find the item you need:

/items?elements.indexed_text[contains]=word