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https://github.com/typesense/typesense-docsearch-scraper

A fork of Algolia's awesome DocSearch Scraper, customized to index data in Typesense (an open source alternative to Algolia)
https://github.com/typesense/typesense-docsearch-scraper

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A fork of Algolia's awesome DocSearch Scraper, customized to index data in Typesense (an open source alternative to Algolia)

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# Typesense DocSearch scraper






This is a maintained fork of Algolia's awesome [DocSearch Scraper](https://github.com/algolia/docsearch-scraper), customized to index data in [Typesense](https://typesense.org). 



You'd typically setup this scraper to run on your documentation site, and then use [typesense-docsearch.js](https://github.com/typesense/typesense-docsearch.js) to add a search bar to your site. 



#### What is Typesense? 



If you're new to Typesense, it is an **open source** search engine that is simple to use, run and scale, with clean APIs and documentation. 



Think of it as an open source alternative to Algolia and an easier-to-use, batteries-included alternative to ElasticSearch. Get a quick overview from [this guide](https://typesense.org/guide/).



## Usage



Read detailed step-by-step instructions on how to configure and setup the scraper on Typesense's dedicated documentation site: https://typesense.org/docs/guide/docsearch.html



## Changelog



We use git tags to identify every release. 



So to view the changelog for a release, you can compare tags using a GitHub link like this:



[https://github.com/typesense/typesense-docsearch-scraper/compare/0.8.0...0.9.0](https://github.com/typesense/typesense-docsearch-scraper/compare/0.8.0...0.9.0).



Remember to change the version numbers in the URL as needed. 



## Compatibility



| typesense-docsearch-scraper | typesense-server |

| --- | --- |

| 0.5.0 | >= 0.22.1 |

| 0.4.x and below | >= 0.21.0  |



## Development Workflow



This section only applies if you're making changes to this scraper itself. If you only need to run the scraper, see Usage instructions above.



#### Releasing a new version



Basic/abbreviated instructions:



```shellsession

$ pipenv shell

$ ./docsearch docker:build

$ git tag -a 0.2.1 -m "0.2.1"

$ ./docsearch deploy:scraper

$ git push --follow-tags

```



Detailed instructions starting from a fresh Ubuntu Server 22.02:



```bash

# Install Docker:

# https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/

sudo apt update

sudo apt remove docker docker-engine docker.io containerd runc --yes

sudo apt install \

    ca-certificates \

    curl \

    gnupg \

    lsb-release \

    --yes

sudo mkdir -m 0755 -p /etc/apt/keyrings

curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg

echo \

  "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \

  $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null

sudo apt update

sudo apt install \

  docker-ce \

  docker-ce-cli \

  containerd.io \

  docker-buildx-plugin \

  docker-compose-plugin \

  --yes

sudo docker run hello-world



# Run Docker as a non-root user:

# https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/how-to-fix-docker-got-permission-denied-while-trying-to-connect-to-the-docker-daemon-socket

sudo usermod -aG docker ${USER}

exit

# (Relogin.)

docker run hello-world



# Install dependencies for pyenv:

# https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv/wiki#suggested-build-environment

sudo apt update

sudo apt install \

  build-essential \

  curl \

  libbz2-dev \

  libffi-dev \

  liblzma-dev \

  libncursesw5-dev \

  libreadline-dev \

  libsqlite3-dev \

  libssl-dev \

  libxml2-dev \

  libxmlsec1-dev \

  llvm \

  make \

  tk-dev \

  wget \

  xz-utils \

  zlib1g-dev \

  --yes



# Install pyenv:

# https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv#automatic-installer

curl https://pyenv.run | bash



# Add pyenv to path:

echo >> ~/.bashrc

echo '# Adding pyenv' >> ~/.bashrc

echo 'export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"' >> ~/.bashrc

echo 'command -v pyenv >/dev/null || export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc

echo 'eval "$(pyenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc

source ~/.bashrc



# Install Python 3.11 inside pyenv:

pyenv install 3.11



# Set the active version of Python:

pyenv local 3.11



# Upgrade pip:

pip install --upgrade pip



# Install pipenv:

pip install --user pipenv



# There will be a warning:

# "The script virtualenv-clone is installed in '/home/[username]/.local.bin' which is not on PATH."

# Fix the warning by adding it to the PATH:

echo >> ~/.bashrc

echo '# Fixing pip warning' >> ~/.bashrc

echo 'PATH=$PATH:~/.local/bin' >> ~/.bashrc

source ~/.bashrc



# Ensure that you are in the "typesense-docsearch-scraper" directory.

# Then, install the Python dependencies for this project:

pipenv --python 3.11

pipenv lock --clear

pipenv install



# Then, open a shell with with the Python environment:

pipenv shell



# Enable containerd image store in Docker Engine: https://docs.docker.com/engine/storage/containerd/

# This allows to build cross-platform images below

# Add the following to

# /etc/docker/daemon.json

# {

#  "features": {

#     "containerd-snapshotter": true

#  }

# }

# sudo systemctl restart docker



# The following should say containerd, if not follow instructions above

docker info -f '{{ .DriverStatus }}'



# Build a new version of the base Docker container - ONLY NEEDED WHEN WE CHANGE DEPENDENCIES

export SCRAPER_BASE_VERSION="0.9.0" # Only need to change this when we update dependencies

docker buildx use typesense-builder || docker buildx create --name typesense-builder --driver docker-container --use --bootstrap # use same buildx context for all containers to build

docker buildx build --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 --load -f ./scraper/dev/docker/Dockerfile.base -t typesense/docsearch-scraper-base:${SCRAPER_BASE_VERSION} .

docker push typesense/docsearch-scraper-base:${SCRAPER_BASE_VERSION}

docker tag typesense/docsearch-scraper-base:${SCRAPER_BASE_VERSION} typesense/docsearch-scraper-base:latest

docker push typesense/docsearch-scraper-base:latest



# Build a new version of the scraper Docker container

export SCRAPER_VERSION="0.11.0.rc1"

export SCRAPER_BASE_VERSION="latest"

docker buildx use typesense-builder || docker buildx create --name typesense-builder --driver docker-container --use --bootstrap # use same buildx context for all containers to build

docker buildx build --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 --load -f ./scraper/dev/docker/Dockerfile --build-arg SCRAPER_BASE_VERSION=${SCRAPER_BASE_VERSION} -t typesense/docsearch-scraper:${SCRAPER_VERSION} .

docker push typesense/docsearch-scraper:${SCRAPER_VERSION}

docker tag typesense/docsearch-scraper:${SCRAPER_VERSION} typesense/docsearch-scraper:latest

docker push typesense/docsearch-scraper:latest



# Add a new Git tag.

git tag -a "${SCRAPER_VERSION}" -m "${SCRAPER_VERSION}"



# Sync with GitHub.

git push --follow-tags



```



## Help



If you have any questions or run into any problems, please create a Github issue and we'll try our best to help.