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Version: 2023.3

Implement Your Own Search

Register Implementation​

Pimcore provides the searchImplementationRegistry (= facade) where you can register your custom implementation.

Register a custom implementation​

pimcore.registerNS('pimcore.bundle.search');

pimcore.bundle.search = Class.create({
    initialize: function () {
        document.addEventListener(pimcore.events.pimcoreReady, this.pimcoreReady.bind(this));
    },

    pimcoreReady: function () {
        this.searchRegistry = pimcore.globalmanager.get('searchImplementationRegistry');
        this.searchRegistry.registerImplementation(new your.custom.search.implementation());
    }
)};

Check for an Implementation​

Thanks to the registry we can check if a custom search implementation has been registered.

pimcore.globalmanager.get('searchImplementationRegistry').hasImplementation();

//or a more readable way
pimcore.helpers.hasSearchImplementation()

Create a custom search implementation​

If you want to create your own search implementation you have to provide some predefined methods. These methods are: openItemSelector, showQuickSearch, hideQuickSearch and getObjectRelationInlineSearchRoute.

  • The openItemSelector method will be triggered by certain data object fields and editables through the helper.js.
  • The showQuickSearch and hideQuickSearch is responsible for managing the quickSearch.
  • The getObjectRelationInlineSearchRoute has to return the route to DataObjectController::optionsAction.

For reference, you can check the implementation in the PimcoreSimpleBackendSearchBundle. See service.js and selector.js.

Using Pimcore without the SimpleBackendSearchBundle​

If you use Pimcore without the SimpleBackendSearchBundle you have to consider the following drawbacks.

SearchButton

Pimcore will hide all the search buttons from object fields and editables (e.g relations, image, gallery, video, ...).

Inline Search

Pimcore provides the option to add a inline search to some relations. This option won't be there.

Toolbar Search

Pimcore will also have no search button in the toolbar. According to that the quickSearch will also be gone.

GDPR Search

Pimcore will only have a very basic implementation of the GDPR search. Especially for searching through data objects it's highly recommended to use the SimpleBackendSearchBundle.