My name is Chris Pliakas, and I am the author of the Search Lucene API module. Although the project has been around for a little while, 2.0 development is coming to a close and I think it is the appropriate time to make the Drupal community aware of it's existence.
To start off, I am a HUGE fan of the Apache Solr Search Integration module, and I also think that Acquia Search is important to the overall success of the Drupal platform. However, smaller to medium sized sites might either prefer or require a fully-integrated advanced search solution for simplicity and maintainability, and Search Lucene API was designed to fill this gap. Some of Search Lucene API's features include advanced Lucene query syntax, advanced content bias settings inspired by the Apache Solr Search Integration project, faceted searching, and an API that allows developers to manipulate the search query, add new facets, and create new Lucene indexes. In order to extend the module's functionality and provide working examples of how to implement the various APIs, contributed modules such as Search Lucene DidYouMean, Search Lucene MoreLikeThis, and Search Lucene Tagcloud have been created.
My larger goal is for every Drupal installation to have a viable advanced search solution available to it, and I hope this module plays a small part in helping Drupal become the platform of choice when it comes to search.
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Lucene Vs faceted
Hi !
Seems to be a great work, but I didn't find any informations on:
1) what are the differences between http://drupal.org/project/faceted_search and this project ? (relatively to the faceted search aspect). performance / functionnalities etc ...
2) does lucene support ranged search (like http://drupal.org/project/fsrange for the faceted module)
3) does lucene api provides hooks, or any way to php-interact with it : ex: I'd like to integrate a geographical search = sort results by distance.
lucene api has a better