added autocomplete to backend

src/documents/index.py

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ def update_document(writer, doc):
         content=doc.content
     )
 
+
 @receiver(models.signals.post_save, sender=Document)
 def add_document_to_index(sender, instance, **kwargs):
     ix = open_index()
@@ -102,3 +103,13 @@ def query_index(ix, querystr):
              'score': r.score,
              'title': r['title']
              } for r in results]
+
+
+def autocomplete(ix, term, limit=10):
+    with ix.reader() as reader:
+        terms = []
+        for t in reader.expand_prefix("content", term.lower()):
+            terms.append(t)
+            if len(terms) >= limit:
+                break
+        return terms

src/documents/views.py

@@ -151,7 +151,11 @@ class LogViewSet(ReadOnlyModelViewSet):
 
 
 class SearchView(APIView):
+
+    permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated,)
+
     ix = index.open_index()
+
     def get(self, request, format=None):
         if 'query' in request.query_params:
             query = request.query_params['query']
@@ -162,3 +166,26 @@ class SearchView(APIView):
             return Response(query_results)
         else:
             return Response([])
+
+
+class SearchAutoCompleteView(APIView):
+
+    permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated,)
+
+    ix = index.open_index()
+
+    def get(self, request, format=None):
+        if 'term' in request.query_params:
+            term = request.query_params['term']
+        else:
+            term = None
+
+        if 'limit' in request.query_params:
+            limit = int(request.query_params['limit'])
+        else:
+            limit = 10
+
+        if term is not None:
+            return Response(index.autocomplete(self.ix, term, limit))
+        else:
+            return Response([])

src/paperless/urls.py

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ from documents.views import (
     TagViewSet,
     DocumentTypeViewSet,
     SearchView,
-    IndexView
+    IndexView,
+    SearchAutoCompleteView
 )
 
 api_router = DefaultRouter()
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
 
     # API
     url(r"^api/auth/",include(('rest_framework.urls', 'rest_framework'), namespace="rest_framework")),
+    url(r"^api/search/autocomplete/", SearchAutoCompleteView.as_view(), name="autocomplete"),
     url(r"^api/search/", SearchView.as_view(), name="search"),
     url(r"^api/token/", views.obtain_auth_token), url(r"^api/", include((api_router.urls, 'drf'), namespace="drf")),