Some random thoughts... In case any of them are helpful... If the URLs are unique you might be able to elevate them "as is" with a boost or some other method... If the titles are unique, you might be able to do the same (this might require storing the EXACT title in another, non-indexed field) If you stored the URL --> ID mapping in another data store (or a separate collection) it might shorten the query time (although it won't eliminate the step)
On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 12:04 PM, Shamik Bandopadhyay <sham...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to integrate results from a third party source with our > existing search. The idea is to include the top 5 results from this source > as the top result of our search.Though the external data is indexed in our > system, the use case dictates us to use their ranking (by getting the top > five result). Problem is, their result returns only text, title, and url. > To construct the final response, I need to include a bunch of metadata > fields which is only available in our index. Here are the steps: > 1. Query external source, get top five results. > 2. Query our index based on url from each result, retrieve their > corresponding id. > 3. Query our index and pass the ids as elevateIds (dynamic query elevation) > > This probably isn't a clean solution as it adds the overhead of an > additional query to retrieve document ids. Just wondering if there's a > better way to handle this situation, perhaps a way to combine step 2 and 3 > in a single query or a different approach altogether? > > Any pointers will be appreciated. > > -Thanks, > Shamik >
