const MEILISEARCH_HOST = 'https://ms-909f535664f8-173.lon.meilisearch.io' const MEILISEARCH_KEY = '776dc6a11c118bd1640c3a9ff9679f920bc384238534fc4861fcde0152e7fd68'; // Public search-only API key const MEILISEARCH_INDEX = 'mintlify-production'; function initializeMeilisearchIntegration() { // Add a check at the start of the function to prevent multiple initializations if (document.getElementById('meilisearch-bar-container')) { return; } // Modify the responsive visibility handler const handleResponsiveVisibility = () => { // Check for both possible IDs const searchBarContainer = document.getElementById('meilisearch-bar-container'); const originalSearchButton = document.getElementById('search-bar-entry'); const originalMobileSearchButton = document.getElementById('search-bar-entry-mobile'); if (!searchBarContainer) return; const isMobileView = window.innerWidth < 1024; if (isMobileView) { // Hide our search bar searchBarContainer.style.display = 'none'; if (originalSearchButton) { originalSearchButton.style.display = 'none'; } // Show Mintlify's search buttons if (originalMobileSearchButton) { originalMobileSearchButton.style.display = 'flex'; } } else { // Show our search bar searchBarContainer.style.display = 'block'; // Hide Mintlify's search buttons if (originalSearchButton) { originalSearchButton.style.display = 'none'; } if (originalMobileSearchButton) { originalMobileSearchButton.style.display = 'none'; } } }; // ========= Step 1: Create and inject the visible search bar in the header ========= const initSearchBar = () => { // When finding the original search button, also look for mobile version icon const originalSearchButton = document.getElementById('search-bar-entry'); const originalMobileSearchButton = document.getElementById('search-bar-entry-mobile'); // Find the header where we'll add our search input const header = document.querySelector('header'); if (!header) { //header not found, cannot add search bar return; } // Log header properties to help with debugging // console.log('Header found, dimensions:', { // width: header.offsetWidth, // height: header.offsetHeight, // position: window.getComputedStyle(header).position // }); // Try to find a proper container within the header for the search let headerContainer = null; // Option 1: Look for navigation in the header const navElement = header.querySelector('nav'); if (navElement) { headerContainer = navElement; } // Option 2: Look for a flex container in the header else { const potentialContainers = Array.from(header.children).filter(el => { const style = window.getComputedStyle(el); return style.display === 'flex' || style.display === 'inline-flex'; }); if (potentialContainers.length > 0) { // Use the widest container headerContainer = potentialContainers.reduce((prev, current) => { return (prev.offsetWidth > current.offsetWidth) ? prev : current; }); } else { // Use the header itself as a last resort headerContainer = header; } } // If we found the original search button, use its positioning and parent if (originalSearchButton) { // Get the parent element of the search button const searchParent = originalSearchButton.parentElement; if (searchParent) { headerContainer = searchParent; } } // Create our search input container const searchBarContainer = document.createElement('div'); searchBarContainer.id = 'meilisearch-bar-container'; searchBarContainer.className = 'meilisearch-bar-container'; // Create the search input that looks like Meilisearch's const searchBar = document.createElement('div'); searchBar.id = 'meilisearch-search-bar'; searchBar.className = 'meilisearch-search-bar'; searchBar.role = 'button'; searchBar.tabIndex = 0; // Add the search icon and placeholder text searchBar.innerHTML = ` Search… ⌘K `; // Append the search bar to the container searchBarContainer.appendChild(searchBar); // Check if the header container is a flex container const containerStyle = window.getComputedStyle(headerContainer); const isFlexContainer = containerStyle.display === 'flex' || containerStyle.display === 'inline-flex'; // If the header isn't a flex container, we need to make it one for proper centering if (!isFlexContainer) { // Create a wrapper to center the search bar const flexWrapper = document.createElement('div'); flexWrapper.className = 'meilisearch-flexwrapper'; flexWrapper.appendChild(searchBarContainer); headerContainer.appendChild(flexWrapper); } else { // Insert the search container into the flex container // Find the right position - ideally in the middle const childCount = headerContainer.children.length; if (childCount > 2) { // If there are more than 2 children, insert it in the middle const middleIndex = Math.floor(childCount / 2); const referenceNode = headerContainer.children[middleIndex]; headerContainer.insertBefore(searchBarContainer, referenceNode); } else { // Otherwise just append it headerContainer.appendChild(searchBarContainer); // If this is a flex container, we need to adjust styles for centering searchBarContainer.style.flex = '1'; searchBarContainer.style.margin = '0 auto'; } } // ========= Step 2: Create the modal search overlay ========= const modalOverlay = document.createElement('div'); modalOverlay.id = 'meilisearch-modal-overlay'; modalOverlay.className = 'meilisearch-modal-overlay'; // Create the search modal container const searchModal = document.createElement('div'); searchModal.id = 'meilisearch-modal'; searchModal.className = 'meilisearch-modal'; // Create the search input container const searchInputContainer = document.createElement('div'); searchInputContainer.className = 'meilisearch-modal__input-container' // Create the search input const searchInput = document.createElement('input'); searchInput.id = 'meilisearch-search-input'; searchInput.className = 'meilisearch-modal__input'; searchInput.type = 'text'; searchInput.placeholder = 'Search…'; // Create the ESC key indicator const escIndicator = document.createElement('span'); escIndicator.textContent = 'ESC'; escIndicator.className = 'meilisearch-modal__escape'; // Create the search icon const searchIcon = document.createElement('div'); searchIcon.className = 'meilisearch-modal__icon'; searchIcon.innerHTML = ` `; // Add elements to the search input container searchInputContainer.appendChild(searchIcon); searchInputContainer.appendChild(searchInput); searchInputContainer.appendChild(escIndicator); // Create the results container const resultsContainer = document.createElement('div'); resultsContainer.id = 'meilisearch-results'; resultsContainer.className = 'meilisearch-modal__results'; resultsContainer.style.cssText = ` `; // Create the faceted filter container const filterContainer = document.createElement('div'); filterContainer.id = 'meilisearch-filter-container'; filterContainer.className = 'meilisearch-filter-container'; filterContainer.style.display = 'none'; // Create filter title const filterTitle = document.createElement('div'); filterTitle.className = 'meilisearch-filter-title'; filterTitle.textContent = 'Narrow down by section'; // Create filter tags container const filterTagsContainer = document.createElement('div'); filterTagsContainer.className = 'meilisearch-filter-tags'; // Create filter tags for each section const sections = [ { key: 'getting_started', label: 'Getting started' }, { key: 'capabilities', label: 'Capabilities' }, { key: 'reference', label: 'Reference' }, { key: 'resources', label: 'Resources' }, { key: 'changelog', label: 'Changelog' } ]; const filterTags = {}; sections.forEach(({ key: section, label }) => { const tag = document.createElement('button'); tag.className = 'meilisearch-filter-tag'; tag.textContent = label; tag.dataset.section = section; tag.addEventListener('click', () => { tag.classList.toggle('active'); // Get current active filters const activeFilters = Array.from(filterContainer.querySelectorAll('.meilisearch-filter-tag.active')) .map(tag => tag.dataset.section); // Show filter container if there are active filters filterContainer.style.display = activeFilters.length > 0 ? 'block' : 'none'; // Trigger search with current filters if there's a search query if (searchInput.value.trim().length >= 2) { const inputEvent = new Event('input', { bubbles: true }); searchInput.dispatchEvent(inputEvent); } }); filterTagsContainer.appendChild(tag); filterTags[section] = tag; }); // Add filter elements to container filterContainer.appendChild(filterTitle); filterContainer.appendChild(filterTagsContainer); // Append everything to the modal searchModal.appendChild(searchInputContainer); searchModal.appendChild(filterContainer); searchModal.appendChild(resultsContainer); // Add the modal to the overlay modalOverlay.appendChild(searchModal); // Add the overlay to the body document.body.appendChild(modalOverlay); // ========= Step 3: Set up event listeners ========= // Function to open the search modal const openSearchModal = () => { // Always place the modal at the top, regardless of scroll position modalOverlay.style.display = 'flex'; // Focus the input setTimeout(() => { searchInput.focus(); }, 10); }; // Function to close the search modal const closeSearchModal = () => { modalOverlay.style.display = 'none'; searchInput.value = ''; resultsContainer.innerHTML = ''; }; // Function to handle clicks on Mintlify search buttons const handleMintlifySearchClick = (e) => { e.preventDefault(); e.stopPropagation(); openSearchModal(); }; // Open modal when clicking the search bar searchBar.addEventListener('click', openSearchModal); // Add click handlers to Mintlify search buttons if (originalSearchButton) { originalSearchButton.addEventListener('click', handleMintlifySearchClick); } if (originalMobileSearchButton) { originalMobileSearchButton.addEventListener('click', handleMintlifySearchClick); } // Add handlers for any search buttons that might be added later const searchButtonObserver = new MutationObserver((mutations) => { mutations.forEach((mutation) => { if (mutation.addedNodes.length) { mutation.addedNodes.forEach((node) => { if (node.id === 'search-bar-entry' || node.id === 'search-bar-entry-mobile') { node.addEventListener('click', handleMintlifySearchClick); } }); } }); }); searchButtonObserver.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true }); // Close modal when clicking outside the search modal modalOverlay.addEventListener('click', (e) => { if (e.target === modalOverlay) { closeSearchModal(); } }); // Keyboard shortcuts document.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => { // Open with Cmd+K / Ctrl+K if ((e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey) && e.key.toLowerCase() === 'k') { e.preventDefault(); e.stopPropagation(); e.stopImmediatePropagation(); openSearchModal(); return false; } // Close with Escape if (e.key === 'Escape' && modalOverlay.style.display === 'flex') { e.preventDefault(); e.stopPropagation(); e.stopImmediatePropagation(); closeSearchModal(); return false; } }, true); // ========= Step 4: Set up Meilisearch for searching ========= // Load Meilisearch client if (!window.meilisearch) { const meilisearchScript = document.createElement('script'); meilisearchScript.src = 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/meilisearch@latest/dist/bundles/meilisearch.umd.js'; meilisearchScript.onload = () => { // The UMD bundle exposes MeiliSearch directly, no need to access .default window.meilisearch = window.MeiliSearch; setupMeilisearchHandlers(searchInput, resultsContainer); }; document.head.appendChild(meilisearchScript); } else { setupMeilisearchHandlers(searchInput, resultsContainer); } // Make sure we call handleResponsiveVisibility immediately after creating the search bar handleResponsiveVisibility(); // Add a debounced resize listener to prevent too many calls let resizeTimeout; window.addEventListener('resize', () => { if (resizeTimeout) { clearTimeout(resizeTimeout); } resizeTimeout = setTimeout(handleResponsiveVisibility, 100); }); }; // Set up the search functionality const setupMeilisearchHandlers = (searchInput, resultsContainer) => { try { const client = new window.meilisearch({ host: MEILISEARCH_HOST, apiKey: MEILISEARCH_KEY }); const index = client.index(MEILISEARCH_INDEX); // Function to get active filters const getActiveFilters = () => { const filterContainer = document.getElementById('meilisearch-filter-container'); if (!filterContainer) return []; const activeTags = filterContainer.querySelectorAll('.meilisearch-filter-tag.active'); return Array.from(activeTags).map(tag => tag.dataset.section); }; // Function to perform search with filters const performSearch = (query, activeFilters = []) => { // Show loading indicator const indicatorEl = document.createElement('div'); indicatorEl.className = 'meilisearch-modal__indicator'; indicatorEl.innerHTML = 'Searching…'; resultsContainer.appendChild(indicatorEl); // Build base search options const baseSearchOptions = { attributesToHighlight: ['hierarchy_lvl1', 'hierarchy_lvl2', 'hierarchy_lvl3', 'hierarchy_lvl4', 'hierarchy_lvl5', 'content'], attributesToCrop: ['content'], cropLength: 100, hybrid: { semanticRatio: 0.5, embedder: "default" } }; // Create federated multi-search queries const multiSearchQueries = [ { indexUid: MEILISEARCH_INDEX, q: query, // Lower weight for error code results filter: activeFilters.length > 0 ? `(${activeFilters.map(section => `section = "${section}"`).join(' OR ')}) AND (hierarchy_lvl0 = "Errors" OR hierarchy_lvl1 = "Error codes")` : `hierarchy_lvl0 = "Errors" OR hierarchy_lvl1 = "Error codes"`, federationOptions: { weight: 0.7 }, ...baseSearchOptions }, { indexUid: MEILISEARCH_INDEX, q: query, // Higher weight for non-error code results filter: activeFilters.length > 0 ? `(${activeFilters.map(section => `section = "${section}"`).join(' OR ')}) AND NOT (hierarchy_lvl0 = "Errors" OR hierarchy_lvl1 = "Error codes")` : `NOT (hierarchy_lvl0 = "Errors" OR hierarchy_lvl1 = "Error codes")`, federationOptions: { weight: 1.0 }, ...baseSearchOptions } ]; // Perform federated multi-search const multiSearchRequest = { federation: { limit: 25 }, queries: multiSearchQueries }; client.multiSearch(multiSearchRequest) .then(response => { resultsContainer.innerHTML = ''; const filterContainer = document.getElementById('meilisearch-filter-container'); // Handle federated multi-search response const allHits = response.hits || []; if (allHits.length === 0) { if (filterContainer) filterContainer.style.display = 'none'; const noResultsEl = document.createElement('div'); noResultsEl.className = 'meilisearch-modal__indicator'; noResultsEl.innerHTML = 'No results found'; resultsContainer.appendChild(noResultsEl); return; } // Show filter container when there are results if (filterContainer) filterContainer.style.display = 'block'; // Group results by category if available const grouped = {}; allHits.forEach(hit => { const category = hit.hierarchy_lvl0 || 'General'; if (!grouped[category]) { grouped[category] = []; } grouped[category].push(hit); }); // Create result items Object.keys(grouped).forEach(category => { const results = grouped[category]; // Only add category header if there are multiple categories if (Object.keys(grouped).length > 1) { const categoryHeader = document.createElement('div'); categoryHeader.className = 'meilisearch-modal__category-header'; categoryHeader.textContent = category; resultsContainer.appendChild(categoryHeader); } results.forEach(hit => { const resultItem = document.createElement('a'); resultItem.href = hit.url || `/${hit.path}`; resultItem.className = 'meilisearch-modal__result'; // Format content nicely // Build title from hierarchy levels const hierarchy_lvl1 = hit._formatted?.hierarchy_lvl1 ? hit._formatted.hierarchy_lvl1.replace(//g, '') : ''; const hierarchy_lvl2 = hit._formatted?.hierarchy_lvl2 ? hit._formatted.hierarchy_lvl2.replace(//g, '') : ''; const hierarchy_lvl3 = hit._formatted?.hierarchy_lvl3 ? hit._formatted.hierarchy_lvl3.replace(//g, '') : ''; const hierarchy_lvl4 = hit._formatted?.hierarchy_lvl4 ? hit._formatted.hierarchy_lvl4.replace(//g, '') : ''; const hierarchy_lvl5 = hit._formatted?.hierarchy_lvl5 ? hit._formatted.hierarchy_lvl5.replace(//g, '') : ''; const content = hit._formatted?.content ? hit._formatted.content.replace(//g, '') : ''; let title = ''; if (hierarchy_lvl1) { title = hierarchy_lvl1; if (hierarchy_lvl2) { title += ' > ' + hierarchy_lvl2; if (hierarchy_lvl3) { title += ' > ' + hierarchy_lvl3; if (hierarchy_lvl4) { title += ' > ' + hierarchy_lvl4; if (hierarchy_lvl5) { title += ' > ' + hierarchy_lvl5; } } } } } resultItem.innerHTML = `
${title}
${content ? `
${content}
` : ''} `; // Make clicking the result close the modal resultItem.addEventListener('click', () => { document.getElementById('meilisearch-modal-overlay').style.display = 'none'; }); resultsContainer.appendChild(resultItem); }); }); }) .catch(error => { console.error('Meilisearch error:', error); const errorEl = document.createElement('div'); errorEl.className = 'meilisearch-modal__error'; errorEl.innerHTML = 'Search error. Please try again.'; resultsContainer.appendChild(errorEl); }); }; // Add search event listener let debounceTimer; searchInput.addEventListener('input', (e) => { clearTimeout(debounceTimer); const query = e.target.value.trim(); const activeFilters = getActiveFilters(); if (query.length < 2) { resultsContainer.innerHTML = ''; const filterContainer = document.getElementById('meilisearch-filter-container'); // Show filter container if there are active filters, even when search is empty if (filterContainer) { filterContainer.style.display = activeFilters.length > 0 ? 'block' : 'none'; } return; } debounceTimer = setTimeout(() => { performSearch(query, activeFilters); }, 300); }); } catch (error) { console.error('Error setting up Meilisearch handlers:', error); } }; // Initialize the search bar initSearchBar(); // Update the MutationObserver logic const observer = new MutationObserver(mutations => { if (observer.processing) return; observer.processing = true; mutations.forEach(mutation => { if (mutation.type === 'childList') { const header = document.querySelector('header'); if (mutation.target === header || header?.contains(mutation.target)) { if (window.innerWidth >= 1024) { // Check for both possible IDs const searchBar = document.getElementById('meilisearch-search-bar') || document.getElementById('search-bar-entry'); const searchBarContainer = document.getElementById('meilisearch-bar-container') || document.getElementById('search-bar-entry'); if (!searchBar && !searchBarContainer) { //searchbar missing in desktop view, reinitialize initSearchBar(); } } } } }); observer.processing = false; }); // Update observer configuration to be more specific observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true, attributes: false, characterData: false }); } // Initialization if (document.readyState === 'complete' || document.readyState === 'interactive') { //document ready, initialize initializeMeilisearchIntegration(); } else { //waiting for DOMContentLoaded, initialize document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', initializeMeilisearchIntegration); }

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