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Build a Search API with Elasticsearch or Meilisearch

Turn documents into a searchable knowledge base with indexing, relevance tuning, and a practical API you can use in real applications.

Muhammad Qasim

14 min read5 hours ago

A search box is easy to build. A search box that consistently returns the right document is a different problem.

Imagine a developer portal with hundreds of guides, an internal knowledge base filled with company policies, or a SaaS application containing thousands of support articles. The documents exist. The database works. Yet users still struggle to find what they need.

Sometimes the relevant document uses different wording. Sometimes an important title gets buried beneath less useful content.…