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Cloud Firestore does not natively support indexing or searching text fields in documents. To enable full-text search functionality in your Firebase project, we recommend integrating with a third-party search integrations like Algolia(opens in a new tab), Elastic(opens in a new tab), or Typesense(opens in a new tab), which provide powerful and efficient search capabilities.
The integration involves two main steps:
- Installing the Firebase Extension
Choose a third-party search service that suits your requirements, such as Algolia, Elastic, or Typesense. Each service may have its own extension for Firebase.
These Firebase extensions help in indexing your data and syncing it with the third-party search service everytime a CRUD operation is performed on your Firebase data. This helps reduce the cost of indexing and syncing your data.
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Get your Firebase Extensions here!
Firebase Extensions are pre-packaged solutions that you can install with a single click. Click on the links below to install the Firebase Extensions for your preferred search service:
- Node for Performing a Full-Text Search on the Search Index
This node allows you to execute full-text search queries on the data stored in the respective…
