Question

I would like to show the search parameter of a search object. I using rails and sunspot.

Lets say I have this book application where store a bunch of books and whould like to search the book by them name and title.

The book model:

class Book < ActiveRecord::Base
  validates_presence_of :title, :author_name

  searchable do
    text :title, :author_name
  end
end

controller:

class BooksController < ApplictionController
  def index
   @search = Book.search do
    fulltext params[:search]
  end
   @results = @search.results
  end
end

view:

<div>
 <h1>You search: </h1>
 <% for result in @results %>
    <li>
      <h3><%= link_to result.title, result %></h3>
      <p><%= result.author_name %></p>
    </li>
 <% end %>
</div>

How can I show the search parameter, where is that object?

So it outputs:

Your search: Jeff Hawkins
Eggs and butter
Jeff Hawkins

Answer 1

Change your controller code to:

def index
  @query = params[:search]
  @search = Book.search do
    fulltext params[:search]
  end
  @results = @search.results
end

And then in your view you can just do:

<h1>Your search: <%= @query %></h1>