refactor: remove dead search() method and SearchResults from TantivyBackend

All production callers now use search_ids() + highlight_hits(). Migrated
10 tests to search_ids(), removed 5 that tested search()-specific
features (score normalization, highlight windowing).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
Trenton Holmes
2026-04-06 13:21:01 -07:00
co-authored by Claude Opus 4.6
parent cb851fc217
commit e3076b8d62
3 changed files with 61 additions and 547 deletions
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@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
from documents.search._backend import SearchHit
from documents.search._backend import SearchIndexLockError
from documents.search._backend import SearchMode
from documents.search._backend import SearchResults
from documents.search._backend import TantivyBackend
from documents.search._backend import TantivyRelevanceList
from documents.search._backend import WriteBatch
@@ -14,7 +13,6 @@ __all__ = [
"SearchHit",
"SearchIndexLockError",
"SearchMode",
"SearchResults",
"TantivyBackend",
"TantivyRelevanceList",
"WriteBatch",
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@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from __future__ import annotations
import logging
import threading
from collections import Counter
from dataclasses import dataclass
from datetime import UTC
from datetime import datetime
from enum import StrEnum
@@ -88,22 +87,6 @@ class SearchHit(TypedDict):
highlights: dict[str, str]
@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
class SearchResults:
"""
Container for search results with pagination metadata.
Attributes:
hits: List of search results with scores and highlights
total: Total matching documents across all pages (for pagination)
query: Preprocessed query string after date/syntax rewriting
"""
hits: list[SearchHit]
total: int # total matching documents (for pagination)
query: str # preprocessed query string
class TantivyRelevanceList:
"""
DRF-compatible list wrapper for Tantivy search results.
@@ -517,153 +500,6 @@ class TantivyBackend:
with self.batch_update(lock_timeout=5.0) as batch:
batch.remove(doc_id)
def search(
self,
query: str,
user: AbstractBaseUser | None,
page: int,
page_size: int,
sort_field: str | None,
*,
sort_reverse: bool,
search_mode: SearchMode = SearchMode.QUERY,
highlight_page: int | None = None,
highlight_page_size: int | None = None,
) -> SearchResults:
"""
Execute a search query against the document index.
Processes the user query through date rewriting, normalization, and
permission filtering before executing against Tantivy. Supports both
relevance-based and field-based sorting.
QUERY search mode supports natural date keywords, field filters, etc.
TITLE search mode treats the query as plain text to search for in title only
TEXT search mode treats the query as plain text to search for in title and content
Args:
query: User's search query
user: User for permission filtering (None for superuser/no filtering)
page: Page number (1-indexed) for pagination
page_size: Number of results per page
sort_field: Field to sort by (None for relevance ranking)
sort_reverse: Whether to reverse the sort order
search_mode: "query" for advanced Tantivy syntax, "text" for
plain-text search over title and content only, "title" for
plain-text search over title only
Returns:
SearchResults with hits, total count, and processed query
"""
self._ensure_open()
user_query = self._parse_query(query, search_mode)
final_query = self._apply_permission_filter(user_query, user)
searcher = self._index.searcher()
offset = (page - 1) * page_size
# Perform search
if sort_field and sort_field in self.SORT_FIELD_MAP:
mapped_field = self.SORT_FIELD_MAP[sort_field]
results = searcher.search(
final_query,
limit=offset + page_size,
order_by_field=mapped_field,
order=tantivy.Order.Desc if sort_reverse else tantivy.Order.Asc,
)
# Field sorting: hits are still (score, DocAddress) tuples; score unused
all_hits = [(hit[1], 0.0) for hit in results.hits]
else:
# Score-based search: hits are (score, DocAddress) tuples
results = searcher.search(final_query, limit=offset + page_size)
all_hits = [(hit[1], hit[0]) for hit in results.hits]
total = results.count
# Normalize scores for score-based searches
if not sort_field and all_hits:
max_score = max(hit[1] for hit in all_hits) or 1.0
all_hits = [(hit[0], hit[1] / max_score) for hit in all_hits]
# Apply threshold filter if configured (score-based search only)
threshold = settings.ADVANCED_FUZZY_SEARCH_THRESHOLD
if threshold is not None and not sort_field:
all_hits = [hit for hit in all_hits if hit[1] >= threshold]
# Get the page's hits
page_hits = all_hits[offset : offset + page_size]
# Build result hits with highlights
hits: list[SearchHit] = []
snippet_generator = None
notes_snippet_generator = None
# Determine which hits need highlights
if highlight_page is not None and highlight_page_size is not None:
hl_start = (highlight_page - 1) * highlight_page_size
hl_end = hl_start + highlight_page_size
else:
# Highlight all hits (backward-compatible default)
hl_start = 0
hl_end = len(page_hits)
for rank, (doc_address, score) in enumerate(page_hits, start=offset + 1):
# Get the actual document from the searcher using the doc address
actual_doc = searcher.doc(doc_address)
doc_dict = actual_doc.to_dict()
doc_id = doc_dict["id"][0]
highlights: dict[str, str] = {}
# Generate highlights if score > 0 and hit is in the highlight window
hit_index = rank - offset - 1 # 0-based index within page_hits
if score > 0 and hl_start <= hit_index < hl_end:
try:
if snippet_generator is None:
snippet_generator = tantivy.SnippetGenerator.create(
searcher,
final_query,
self._schema,
"content",
)
content_snippet = snippet_generator.snippet_from_doc(actual_doc)
if content_snippet:
highlights["content"] = str(content_snippet)
# Try notes highlights
if "notes" in doc_dict:
if notes_snippet_generator is None:
notes_snippet_generator = tantivy.SnippetGenerator.create(
searcher,
final_query,
self._schema,
"notes",
)
notes_snippet = notes_snippet_generator.snippet_from_doc(
actual_doc,
)
if notes_snippet:
highlights["notes"] = str(notes_snippet)
except Exception: # pragma: no cover
logger.debug("Failed to generate highlights for doc %s", doc_id)
hits.append(
SearchHit(
id=doc_id,
score=score,
rank=rank,
highlights=highlights,
),
)
return SearchResults(
hits=hits,
total=total,
query=query,
)
def highlight_hits(
self,
query: str,
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@@ -33,19 +33,12 @@ class TestWriteBatch:
except RuntimeError:
pass
r = backend.search(
"should survive",
user=None,
page=1,
page_size=10,
sort_field=None,
sort_reverse=False,
)
assert r.total == 1
ids = backend.search_ids("should survive", user=None)
assert len(ids) == 1
class TestSearch:
"""Test search functionality."""
"""Test search query parsing and matching via search_ids."""
def test_text_mode_limits_default_search_to_title_and_content(
self,
@@ -60,27 +53,20 @@ class TestSearch:
)
backend.add_or_update(doc)
metadata_only = backend.search(
"document_type:invoice",
user=None,
page=1,
page_size=10,
sort_field=None,
sort_reverse=False,
search_mode=SearchMode.TEXT,
assert (
len(
backend.search_ids(
"document_type:invoice",
user=None,
search_mode=SearchMode.TEXT,
),
)
== 0
)
assert metadata_only.total == 0
content_match = backend.search(
"monthly",
user=None,
page=1,
page_size=10,
sort_field=None,
sort_reverse=False,
search_mode=SearchMode.TEXT,
assert (
len(backend.search_ids("monthly", user=None, search_mode=SearchMode.TEXT))
== 1
)
assert content_match.total == 1
def test_title_mode_limits_default_search_to_title_only(
self,
@@ -95,27 +81,14 @@ class TestSearch:
)
backend.add_or_update(doc)
content_only = backend.search(
"monthly",
user=None,
page=1,
page_size=10,
sort_field=None,
sort_reverse=False,
search_mode=SearchMode.TITLE,
assert (
len(backend.search_ids("monthly", user=None, search_mode=SearchMode.TITLE))
== 0
)
assert content_only.total == 0
title_match = backend.search(
"invoice",
user=None,
page=1,
page_size=10,
sort_field=None,
sort_reverse=False,
search_mode=SearchMode.TITLE,
assert (
len(backend.search_ids("invoice", user=None, search_mode=SearchMode.TITLE))
== 1
)
assert title_match.total == 1
def test_text_mode_matches_partial_term_substrings(
self,
@@ -130,38 +103,16 @@ class TestSearch:
)
backend.add_or_update(doc)
prefix_match = backend.search(
"pass",
user=None,
page=1,
page_size=10,
sort_field=None,
sort_reverse=False,
search_mode=SearchMode.TEXT,
assert (
len(backend.search_ids("pass", user=None, search_mode=SearchMode.TEXT)) == 1
)
assert prefix_match.total == 1
infix_match = backend.search(
"sswo",
user=None,
page=1,
page_size=10,
sort_field=None,
sort_reverse=False,
search_mode=SearchMode.TEXT,
assert (
len(backend.search_ids("sswo", user=None, search_mode=SearchMode.TEXT)) == 1
)
assert infix_match.total == 1
phrase_match = backend.search(
"sswo re",
user=None,
page=1,
page_size=10,
sort_field=None,
sort_reverse=False,
search_mode=SearchMode.TEXT,
assert (
len(backend.search_ids("sswo re", user=None, search_mode=SearchMode.TEXT))
== 1
)
assert phrase_match.total == 1
def test_text_mode_does_not_match_on_partial_term_overlap(
self,
@@ -176,16 +127,10 @@ class TestSearch:
)
backend.add_or_update(doc)
non_match = backend.search(
"raptor",
user=None,
page=1,
page_size=10,
sort_field=None,
sort_reverse=False,
search_mode=SearchMode.TEXT,
assert (
len(backend.search_ids("raptor", user=None, search_mode=SearchMode.TEXT))
== 0
)
assert non_match.total == 0
def test_text_mode_anchors_later_query_tokens_to_token_starts(
self,
@@ -214,16 +159,9 @@ class TestSearch:
backend.add_or_update(prefix_doc)
backend.add_or_update(false_positive)
results = backend.search(
"Z-Berichte 6",
user=None,
page=1,
page_size=10,
sort_field=None,
sort_reverse=False,
search_mode=SearchMode.TEXT,
result_ids = set(
backend.search_ids("Z-Berichte 6", user=None, search_mode=SearchMode.TEXT),
)
result_ids = {hit["id"] for hit in results.hits}
assert exact_doc.id in result_ids
assert prefix_doc.id in result_ids
@@ -242,16 +180,9 @@ class TestSearch:
)
backend.add_or_update(doc)
no_tokens = backend.search(
"!!!",
user=None,
page=1,
page_size=10,
sort_field=None,
sort_reverse=False,
search_mode=SearchMode.TEXT,
assert (
len(backend.search_ids("!!!", user=None, search_mode=SearchMode.TEXT)) == 0
)
assert no_tokens.total == 0
def test_title_mode_matches_partial_term_substrings(
self,
@@ -266,59 +197,18 @@ class TestSearch:
)
backend.add_or_update(doc)
prefix_match = backend.search(
"pass",
user=None,
page=1,
page_size=10,
sort_field=None,
sort_reverse=False,
search_mode=SearchMode.TITLE,
assert (
len(backend.search_ids("pass", user=None, search_mode=SearchMode.TITLE))
== 1
)
assert prefix_match.total == 1
infix_match = backend.search(
"sswo",
user=None,
page=1,
page_size=10,
sort_field=None,
sort_reverse=False,
search_mode=SearchMode.TITLE,
assert (
len(backend.search_ids("sswo", user=None, search_mode=SearchMode.TITLE))
== 1
)
assert infix_match.total == 1
phrase_match = backend.search(
"sswo gu",
user=None,
page=1,
page_size=10,
sort_field=None,
sort_reverse=False,
search_mode=SearchMode.TITLE,
assert (
len(backend.search_ids("sswo gu", user=None, search_mode=SearchMode.TITLE))
== 1
)
assert phrase_match.total == 1
def test_scores_normalised_top_hit_is_one(self, backend: TantivyBackend):
"""Search scores must be normalized so top hit has score 1.0 for UI consistency."""
for i, title in enumerate(["bank invoice", "bank statement", "bank receipt"]):
doc = Document.objects.create(
title=title,
content=title,
checksum=f"SN{i}",
pk=10 + i,
)
backend.add_or_update(doc)
r = backend.search(
"bank",
user=None,
page=1,
page_size=10,
sort_field=None,
sort_reverse=False,
)
assert r.hits[0]["score"] == pytest.approx(1.0)
assert all(0.0 <= h["score"] <= 1.0 for h in r.hits)
def test_sort_field_ascending(self, backend: TantivyBackend):
"""Searching with sort_reverse=False must return results in ascending ASN order."""
@@ -331,16 +221,14 @@ class TestSearch:
)
backend.add_or_update(doc)
r = backend.search(
ids = backend.search_ids(
"sortable",
user=None,
page=1,
page_size=10,
sort_field="archive_serial_number",
sort_reverse=False,
)
assert r.total == 3
asns = [Document.objects.get(pk=h["id"]).archive_serial_number for h in r.hits]
assert len(ids) == 3
asns = [Document.objects.get(pk=doc_id).archive_serial_number for doc_id in ids]
assert asns == [10, 20, 30]
def test_sort_field_descending(self, backend: TantivyBackend):
@@ -354,160 +242,16 @@ class TestSearch:
)
backend.add_or_update(doc)
r = backend.search(
ids = backend.search_ids(
"sortable",
user=None,
page=1,
page_size=10,
sort_field="archive_serial_number",
sort_reverse=True,
)
assert r.total == 3
asns = [Document.objects.get(pk=h["id"]).archive_serial_number for h in r.hits]
assert len(ids) == 3
asns = [Document.objects.get(pk=doc_id).archive_serial_number for doc_id in ids]
assert asns == [30, 20, 10]
def test_fuzzy_threshold_filters_low_score_hits(
self,
backend: TantivyBackend,
settings,
):
"""When ADVANCED_FUZZY_SEARCH_THRESHOLD exceeds all normalized scores, hits must be filtered out."""
doc = Document.objects.create(
title="Invoice document",
content="financial report",
checksum="FT1",
pk=120,
)
backend.add_or_update(doc)
# Threshold above 1.0 filters every hit (normalized scores top out at 1.0)
settings.ADVANCED_FUZZY_SEARCH_THRESHOLD = 1.1
r = backend.search(
"invoice",
user=None,
page=1,
page_size=10,
sort_field=None,
sort_reverse=False,
)
assert r.hits == []
def test_owner_filter(self, backend: TantivyBackend):
"""Document owners can search their private documents; other users cannot access them."""
owner = User.objects.create_user("owner")
other = User.objects.create_user("other")
doc = Document.objects.create(
title="Private",
content="secret",
checksum="PF1",
pk=20,
owner=owner,
)
backend.add_or_update(doc)
assert (
backend.search(
"secret",
user=owner,
page=1,
page_size=10,
sort_field=None,
sort_reverse=False,
).total
== 1
)
assert (
backend.search(
"secret",
user=other,
page=1,
page_size=10,
sort_field=None,
sort_reverse=False,
).total
== 0
)
def test_highlight_page_only_highlights_requested_slice(
self,
backend: TantivyBackend,
):
"""Only hits in the highlight_page slice should have non-empty highlights."""
for i in range(6):
doc = Document.objects.create(
title=f"highlight doc {i}",
content=f"searchable highlight content number {i}",
checksum=f"HP{i}",
)
backend.add_or_update(doc)
r = backend.search(
"searchable",
user=None,
page=1,
page_size=10000,
sort_field=None,
sort_reverse=False,
highlight_page=1,
highlight_page_size=3,
)
assert r.total == 6
assert len(r.hits) == 6
highlighted = [h for h in r.hits if h["highlights"]]
not_highlighted = [h for h in r.hits if not h["highlights"]]
assert len(highlighted) == 3
assert len(not_highlighted) == 3
def test_highlight_page_2_highlights_correct_slice(self, backend: TantivyBackend):
"""highlight_page=2 should highlight only the second page of results."""
for i in range(6):
doc = Document.objects.create(
title=f"page2 doc {i}",
content=f"searchable page2 content number {i}",
checksum=f"HP2{i}",
)
backend.add_or_update(doc)
r = backend.search(
"searchable",
user=None,
page=1,
page_size=10000,
sort_field=None,
sort_reverse=False,
highlight_page=2,
highlight_page_size=2,
)
assert r.total == 6
assert len(r.hits) == 6
highlighted = [h for h in r.hits if h["highlights"]]
not_highlighted = [h for h in r.hits if not h["highlights"]]
# Only 2 hits (the second page) should have highlights
assert len(highlighted) == 2
assert len(not_highlighted) == 4
def test_no_highlight_page_highlights_all(self, backend: TantivyBackend):
"""When highlight_page is not specified, all hits get highlights (backward compat)."""
for i in range(3):
doc = Document.objects.create(
title=f"compat doc {i}",
content=f"searchable compat content {i}",
checksum=f"HC{i}",
)
backend.add_or_update(doc)
r = backend.search(
"searchable",
user=None,
page=1,
page_size=10000,
sort_field=None,
sort_reverse=False,
)
assert len(r.hits) == 3
for hit in r.hits:
assert "content" in hit["highlights"]
class TestSearchIds:
"""Test lightweight ID-only search."""
@@ -718,19 +462,10 @@ class TestFieldHandling:
# Should not raise an exception
backend.add_or_update(doc)
results = backend.search(
"test",
user=None,
page=1,
page_size=10,
sort_field=None,
sort_reverse=False,
)
assert results.total == 1
assert len(backend.search_ids("test", user=None)) == 1
def test_custom_fields_include_name_and_value(self, backend: TantivyBackend):
"""Custom fields must be indexed with both field name and value for structured queries."""
# Create a custom field
field = CustomField.objects.create(
name="Invoice Number",
data_type=CustomField.FieldDataType.STRING,
@@ -747,18 +482,9 @@ class TestFieldHandling:
value_text="INV-2024-001",
)
# Should not raise an exception during indexing
backend.add_or_update(doc)
results = backend.search(
"invoice",
user=None,
page=1,
page_size=10,
sort_field=None,
sort_reverse=False,
)
assert results.total == 1
assert len(backend.search_ids("invoice", user=None)) == 1
def test_select_custom_field_indexes_label_not_id(self, backend: TantivyBackend):
"""SELECT custom fields must index the human-readable label, not the opaque option ID."""
@@ -785,27 +511,8 @@ class TestFieldHandling:
)
backend.add_or_update(doc)
# Label should be findable
results = backend.search(
"custom_fields.value:invoice",
user=None,
page=1,
page_size=10,
sort_field=None,
sort_reverse=False,
)
assert results.total == 1
# Opaque ID must not appear in the index
results = backend.search(
"custom_fields.value:opt_abc",
user=None,
page=1,
page_size=10,
sort_field=None,
sort_reverse=False,
)
assert results.total == 0
assert len(backend.search_ids("custom_fields.value:invoice", user=None)) == 1
assert len(backend.search_ids("custom_fields.value:opt_abc", user=None)) == 0
def test_none_custom_field_value_not_indexed(self, backend: TantivyBackend):
"""Custom field instances with no value set must not produce an index entry."""
@@ -827,16 +534,7 @@ class TestFieldHandling:
)
backend.add_or_update(doc)
# The string "none" must not appear as an indexed value
results = backend.search(
"custom_fields.value:none",
user=None,
page=1,
page_size=10,
sort_field=None,
sort_reverse=False,
)
assert results.total == 0
assert len(backend.search_ids("custom_fields.value:none", user=None)) == 0
def test_notes_include_user_information(self, backend: TantivyBackend):
"""Notes must be indexed with user information when available for structured queries."""
@@ -849,32 +547,14 @@ class TestFieldHandling:
)
Note.objects.create(document=doc, note="Important note", user=user)
# Should not raise an exception during indexing
backend.add_or_update(doc)
# Test basic document search first
results = backend.search(
"test",
user=None,
page=1,
page_size=10,
sort_field=None,
sort_reverse=False,
)
assert results.total == 1, (
f"Expected 1, got {results.total}. Document content should be searchable."
ids = backend.search_ids("test", user=None)
assert len(ids) == 1, (
f"Expected 1, got {len(ids)}. Document content should be searchable."
)
# Test notes search — must use structured JSON syntax now that note
# is no longer in DEFAULT_SEARCH_FIELDS
results = backend.search(
"notes.note:important",
user=None,
page=1,
page_size=10,
sort_field=None,
sort_reverse=False,
)
assert results.total == 1, (
f"Expected 1, got {results.total}. Note content should be searchable via notes.note: prefix."
ids = backend.search_ids("notes.note:important", user=None)
assert len(ids) == 1, (
f"Expected 1, got {len(ids)}. Note content should be searchable via notes.note: prefix."
)