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DOC-11381 Truncate large pages for Algolia #1392

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26 changes: 15 additions & 11 deletions scripts/build-search-index.js
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Expand Up @@ -162,16 +162,8 @@ function getAllFilesInDirectory(articleDirectory, files) {
continue;
}

if (content.length > 100000) {
console.warn(
`!!! Skipping ${url} the content is too long.`,
"See https://www.algolia.com/doc/guides/sending-and-managing-data/prepare-your-data/how-to/reducing-object-size/",
"for solutions.",
);
continue;
}

to_index.push({
const MAX_RECORD_SIZE = 99000; // Algolia limit is 100KB, leave buffer
let record = {
title: title.text,
content: content,
url: url,
Expand All @@ -180,7 +172,19 @@ function getAllFilesInDirectory(articleDirectory, files) {
color: color,
version: version,
keywords: keywords,
});
};

let recordSize = Buffer.byteLength(JSON.stringify(record), "utf8");
if (recordSize > MAX_RECORD_SIZE) {
const overflow = recordSize - MAX_RECORD_SIZE;
record.content = content.slice(0, content.length - overflow);
console.warn(
`!!! Truncated ${url} content to fit within Algolia's 100KB limit (was ${recordSize} bytes).`,
"See https://www.algolia.com/doc/guides/sending-and-managing-data/prepare-your-data/how-to/reducing-object-size/",
);
}

to_index.push(record);

console.log(`... prepared ${title.text} at ${url}.`);
}
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