MongoDB Text Search With Node.js

Fuzzy Text Search And Autocompletion With MongoDB And Node.js

Features

Exact match text search with self-deployed MongoDB
Fuzzy text search with MongoDB Atlas
Text autocompletion
Sort search results by score
Search through multiple text fields
Limit search results to specific country code
Populate database with fake users
Small user interface for searching

Tech Stack

Usage

Recommended OS: Linux

Requirements: Node.js, Docker

Setup

npm install (Install NPM dependencies for server)

Self Deployed Search

docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml up --build (Start services)
npx ts-node fake-data.ts .env.local (Add fake data to MongoDB)
mongodb://admin:password@localhost:27017 (MongoDB Compass connection URI)
http://localhost:3000/search?query=gilbert (Basic search)

MongoDB Atlas Search

Create MongoDB Atlas cluster
Create a user with password and set MONGODB_USERNAME and MONGODB_PASSWORD in .env.atlas
Create API Key for your project
1. Go to Project Settings
2. Select Access Manager
3. Select API Keys
4. Create API Key
5. Set Project Permissions to Project Search Index Editor
6. Set MONGODB_ATLAS_PUBLIC_KEY and MONGODB_ATLAS_PRIVATE_KEY in .env.atlas
docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml up --build (Start services)
npx ts-node fake-data.ts .env.atlas (Add fake data to MongoDB)
http://localhost:3001/search?query=gilbert (Fuzzy search)

User interface

cd client && npm install (Install NPM dependencies for client)
cd client && npm run dev (Start user interface in development mode, http://localhost:4000)

Cleanup

docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml rm -s -f -v (Stop and remove Docker containers)

Codebase

self-deployed-api.ts (Node.js API to fetch search results from self-deployed MongoDB)
atlas-api.ts (Node.js API to fetch search results from MongoDB Atlas, which has more features)
fake-data.ts (Script to populate MongoDB with fake data)
util.ts (Utilities for TypeScript and MongoDB)