Is it possible to search in Solr over two fields using two different words and get back only those results which contain both of them?
For example, if I have fields "type" and "location" , I want only those results who have type='furniture' and location = 'office' in them.
You can use boolean operators and search on individual fields.
q=type:furniture AND location:office
If the values are fixed, it is better to use Filter Queries for Performance.
fq=type:furniture AND location:office
The suggested solutions have the drawback, that you have to care about escaping special characters.
If the user searches for "type:d'or AND location:coffee break" the query will fail.
I suggest to combine two edismax handlers:
<requestHandler name="/combine" class="solr.SearchHandler" default="false">
<lst name="invariants">
<str name="q">
(_query_:"{!edismax qf='type' v=$uq1}"
AND _query_:"{!edismax qf='location' v=$uq2}")
</str>
</lst>
</requestHandler>
Call the request handler like this:
http://localhost:8983/solr/collection1/combine?uq1=furniture&uq2=office
Explanation
- The variables $uq1 and $uq2 will be replaced by the request parameters uq1 and uq2 will.
- The result of the first edismax query (uq1) is combined by logical AND with the second edismax query (uq2)
Solr Docs
https://wiki.apache.org/solr/LocalParams
You can also use the boostQuery function on the dismaxRequest handler as
type=dismax&bq=type:furniture AND location:office
fq=type:furniture AND location:office
Instead of using AND, this could be break into two filter queries as well.
fq=type:furniture
fq=location:office