#AutoRed

A simple autocomplete engine for nodejs using redis

###Install

Add to package.json

"dependencies":{
	"autored": "git+ssh://[email protected]:suhail-ansari/autored.git"
}

###Usage

var AutoRed = require('AutoRed');
var autored = new AutoRed();
//var autored = new Autored(port, host, options);
//same as redis.createClient in node_redis

var item1 = {
	"id": 1,
	"term": "google search",
	"category": "search-engines", //optional defaults to 'default'
	"data" :{
		"url": "http://google.com",
		"str": "Google Search"
	}
}

var item2 = {
	"id": 2,
	"term": "bing search",
	"category": "search-engines",
	"data" :{
		"url": "http://bing.com",
		"str": "Bing Search"
	}
}

var item1 = {
	"id": 3,
	"term": "Duck go search",
	"category": "search-engines",
	"data" :{
		"url": "http://duckduckgo.com",
		"str": "Duck Duck Go Search"
	}
}

autored.addItem(item1);
autored.addItem(item2);
autored.addItem(item3);


//autored.search('search term', 'category', callback),

//for default category autored.search('search term', '', callback)

autored.search('go', 'search-engine', function(err, res){
	if(err){
		throw err;
	}else{
		console.log(res);
	}
});

/*	
	result: 
	[{ "url": "http://google.com", "str": "Google Search"},
	 { "url": "http://duckduckgo.com", "str": "Duck Duck Go Search"}]
*/


autored.search('go se', 'search-engine', function(err, res){
	if(err){
		throw err;
	}else{
		console.log(res);
	}
});	

/*	
	result: 
	[{ "url": "http://google.com", "str": "Google Search"},
	 { "url": "http://duckduckgo.com", "str": "Duck Duck Go Search"}]
*/



autored.search('sear', 'search-engine', function(err, res){
	if(err){
		throw err;
	}else{
		console.log(res);
	}
});	

/*	
	result: 
	[{ "url": "http://google.com", "str": "Google Search"},
	 { "url": "http://duckduckgo.com", "str": "Duck Duck Go Search"},
	 { "url": "http://bing.com", "str": "Bing Search"}]
*/


autored.search('bin', 'search-engine', function(err, res){
	if(err){
		throw err;
	}else{
		console.log(res);
	}
});		

/*	
	result: 
	[{ "url": "http://bing.com", "str": "Bing Search"}]
*/

###Dependencies

• node_redis: npm install redis
• hiredis: npm install hiredis

###TODO

• cache queries
• multiple word search
• add actual tests.
• think of new features.
• upload to npm.

###Credits

• @pat_shaughnessy for his article.
• Soulmate for the algorithm.