Sources Configuration

Sources

Sources tell an index where to get its data.

Quick Example
Each Method
Source Method
Examples

Quick Example

Each Method

Picky gets its data from traversing the data through the #each method of whatever you give it as source.

For example, this could be an ActiveRecord object.

Picky::Index.new(:books) do
  source {}
end

Source Method

As you’ve seen, you tell the Picky::Index where to get the data by calling source inside the index definition. There’s two ways:

• with a block (delayed execution when the index is indexing)
• without a block (execution as soon as the index definition is evaluated)

What’s the difference?

Picky::Index.new(:books) do
  source { Book.order('title DESC') }
end

This will be executed each time the books are indexed.

Picky::Index.new(:books) do
  source Book.order('title DESC').all
end

This will be executed each time the index definition is read. So once for all indexing.

Examples