# node-search-engine

**Repository Path**: mirrors_coolaj86/node-search-engine

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: node-search-engine
- **Description**: Sample search engine with web crawler, built on Node.js + CouchDB + Limestone
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: node-v0.2-compat
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-11-23
- **Last Updated**: 2026-05-17

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

This is a really simple search engine, built with:

* node.js
* Sphinx search server
* CouchDB
* Express web framework

Right now it uses Node.js v0.1.90 (`process.mixin` is the only thing that won't work in 0.1.91 though).

# Usage

First, you need to setup host to crawl in `settings.js`. Right now it's `finalfantasy.wikia.com`.
You also need CouchDB installed, and at least one database. Put database name and host into `settings.js`.
You need to install Sphinx server from http://www.sphinxsearch.com .

## Indexing

Run:

    node spider.js

Spider starts crawling pages and putting them into DB.

To index crawled pages with Sphinx, enter `node /path/to/xmlpipe2.js` in `sphinx.conf` as xmlpipe2 source. To index newly created source right now, start indexer manually:

    indexer <sourcename>

## Searching

To start site, launch

    node app.js

Site will be available at port 8000. Enter search terms in form and submit it.