Decide on search strategy

[helendduncan]

Summary

A functional search function is implemented in list_public_experiences in views.py At the moment the search returns results only for exact matches in the story, difference, or title text. So for the story that begins:

My family recently got a new TV.

Searching for family or TV or recently got will return the story. As will searching for got a new.

However searching for family TV will not return any results.

This is perhaps unexpected behaviour given how most search engines return results

Deadline

July 2023

What needs to be done?

Refactor the function - possible suggestion to assume the search function is a space separated list and iterate. Also deal with phrases within quotation marks as exact matches

• [ ] Decide on a couple of key features (suggested above)
• [ ] Update function
• [ ] Apply function to other areas of code that use search (perhaps move to helper function)

I think this runs a risk of being over-engineered so I think perhaps ensuring that all the examples given in the summary would return the story is a sensible stopping point.

Who can help?

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