elasticfun 0.3.3

# elasticfun

A small set of tools to make it easier and fun to use pyelasticsearch. Our main goals here are:

• Provide an easy and consistent way to build queries

• Hook up a connection manager to the django settings system

Some of our long term goals

• An API to declare indexes and fields

• A set of commands to manage (update, rebuild, clean) indexes

## The Query object

This API aims to give you a pleasant way to build even complex queries for elasticsearch. The following snippet demonstrates how it works:

`python >>> from elasticfun import Query >>> query = (Query('fitness') & (Query(category='Accessories') | Query(category='Sport Wear'))) >>> str(query) '("fitness" AND (category:"Accessories" OR category:"Sport Wear"))' `

### Search words on query objects

The main constructor of the Query object receives only one expression at once, which means that if you need to combine different words/fields to build your query, you will have to use different instances of this object. Which means that this:

`python >>> from elasticfun import Query >>> str(Query('ice cream')) '"ice cream"' `

Is completely different from this:

`python >>> from elasticfun import Query >>> str(Query('ice') & Query('cream')) '("ice" AND "cream")' `

And completely different from this:

`python >>> from elasticfun import Query >>> str(Query('ice') | Query('cream')) '("ice" OR "cream")' `

### Building a query from user input

The above API is meant to be used by programmers to build queries dynamically through code. But as we know, a very common case for a query builder object is to receive user input e.g. from a search box.

`python >>> from elasticfun import Query >>> str(Query.from_user_input('ice cream')) '("ice" AND "cream")' `

But, also you can change the default operator for the same operation to get a result like this:

`python >>> from elasticfun import Query >>> str(Query.from_user_input('ice cream', default_op='OR')) '("ice" OR "cream")' `

## Test coverage

The very first line of this library was a unit-test, it was completely written under the TDD concepts and we’re planning to keep it that way. If you’re willing to send a patch to our humble project, please ensure that the coverage won’t decrease at all.

Also, I strongly suggest you to start your proposed feature or bug fix by writing the tests. It will certainly decrease the complexity of the actual code and thus improve it’s quality.