search implemented on my Hugo blog at https://dfkaye.com/search/

_index.md

title	date	type	file	scripts
Search	2020-12-03 13:46:33 -0500	search	content/search/_index.md	/js/lib/search.js

{{< search-form autofocus="true" placeholder="Search this site..." >}}

search-form-fragment.css

/* search form */

[for="input-search"] {
  display: block;
}

[search-text] {
  border-width: 1px;
  font-size: 1em;
  min-width: 15em;
  padding: .25em 1em;
}

[search-submit]:focus {
  box-shadow: 0 0 1px 1px rgba(22, 22, 254, .5);
  outline: 0;
}

[search-submit]:hover {
  background-color: rgba(22,22,254, 1);
  border-style: dotted;
}

[search-submit] {
  background-color: rgba(22,22,254,.75);
  border: 1px solid gray;
  color: #fff;
  padding: .5em;
  position: relative;
  top: -.125em;
  width: 2.5em;
}

[result-count] {
  font-weight: bold;
  font-size: 1.25em;
  margin: 1em 0;
}

search-form.html

<!-- /layouts/shortcodes/search-form.html -->
<form search-form method="get" action="https://www.google.com/search">
  <label for="input-search">Enter your search criteria:</label>

  <input search-text type="text" name="q" id="input-search" {{ if .Get "autofocus" }}
    autofocus{{ end }}{{ if .Get "placeholder" }} placeholder='{{ .Get "placeholder" }}' {{ end }} value="">

  <!-- Should JS break, the form submits to google with site appended to q -->
  <input type="hidden" name="q" value="site:dfkaye.com">

  <button type="submit" search-submit>
    <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" style="height: 1em; width: 1em;" viewBox="0 0 32 32"
      aria-labelledby="search-title">
      <title id="search-title">Search</title>
      <path fill="currentColor"
        d="M31.008 27.23l-7.58-6.446c-.784-.705-1.622-1.03-2.3-.998C22.92 17.69 24 14.97 24 12 24 5.37 18.627 0 12 0S0 5.37 0 12c0 6.626 5.374 12 12 12 2.973 0 5.692-1.082 7.788-2.87-.03.676.293 1.514.998 2.298l6.447 7.58c1.105 1.226 2.908 1.33 4.008.23s.997-2.903-.23-4.007zM12 20c-4.418 0-8-3.582-8-8s3.582-8 8-8 8 3.582 8 8-3.582 8-8 8z" />
    </svg>
  </button>
</form>

<div search-results aria-live="polite"></div>

{{- $.Scratch.Add "index" slice -}}
{{- range .Site.RegularPages -}}
{{- if ne .Params.noSearch true -}}
{{- $.Scratch.Add "index" (dict "title" .Title "url" .Permalink "date" (.PublishDate.Format "January 2, 2006") "datetime" .PublishDate "tags" .Params.tags "content" (.Content | plainify) "description" (.Description | plainify) ) -}}
{{- end -}}
{{- end -}}

<template search-index="{{- $.Scratch.Get "index" | jsonify -}}"></template>

search.js

/* /js/lib/search.js */

// Our handlers.
function clearResults(list) {
  while (list.firstElementChild) {
    list.firstElementChild.remove()
  }
}

function render({ results, list }) {
  // DOM builder
  var parser = new DOMParser()
  var mime = "text/html"

  var count = results.length
  var plural = count != 1;
  var html = `
  <aside>
    <p result-count="${count}">${count} result${plural ? "s" : ""} found.</p>
    ${count
      ? `
        <!-- Results list -->
        <ul page-list></ul>
      `
      : `
        <!-- No results -->
        <p>Try a different search or browse the following page types:</p>
        <ul page-list>
          <li>
          <a href="/posts">Posts</a>
          </li>
          <li>
          <a href="/demos">Demos</a>
          </li>
          <li>
          <a href="/tags">Tags</a>
          </li>
        </ul>
      `}
  </aside>`;
  var aside = parser.parseFromString(html.trim(), mime).body.firstElementChild
  var ul = aside.querySelector("[page-list]")

  // This will populate page-list only if there are any results.

  results.forEach((result, i) => {
    var { datetime, date, url, title, description } = result;
    var html = `
    <li page-item="${i}">
      <aside>
        <time datetime="${datetime}">${date}</time>
      </aside>
      <h2 page-heading><a href="${url}">${title}</a></h2>
      <p page-description>${description}</p>
    </li>
    `;
    var li = parser.parseFromString(html.trim(), mime).body.firstElementChild

    ul.appendChild(li)
  })

  list.appendChild(aside)
}

function normalize(text) {
  // Textarea for normalizing HTML
  // See https://blog.jeremylikness.com/blog/dynamic-search-in-a-static-hugo-website/#preparing-the-index
  // var normalizer = document.querySelector("[text-normalize]")
  var normalizer = document.createElement('textarea')

  normalizer.innerHTML = text;

  return normalizer.value;
}

function search({ text, entries }) {
  var set = {};
  var titles = [];
  var contents = [];
  var tags = [];
  var results = [];

  normalize(text).trim().split(" ").forEach(term => {
    if (!term.length || /^\s+$/.test(term)) {
      // Ignore empty or whitespace terms.
      return
    }

    // Use this to verify at least one tag matches the term.
    var matchTerm = tag => term.toLowerCase() == tag.toLowerCase()

    entries.forEach(entry => {
      if (set[entry.title]) {
        // Ignore entry if already processed.
        return
      }

      if (entry.title.match(RegExp(term, "gi"))) {
        return (
          set[entry.title] = titles.push(entry)
        )
      }

      if (entry.content.match(RegExp(term, "gi"))) {
        return (
          set[entry.title] = contents.push(entry)
        )
      }

      if (entry.tags.some(matchTerm)) {
        return (
          set[entry.title] = tags.push(entry)
        )
      }
    })

    results = titles.concat(contents, tags)
  })

  return results
}


!(function init() {
  // Our search index is not a JSON file but a template attribute string.
  // Variant on global variable approach described by Chris Ferdinandi.
  // See https://gomakethings.com/how-to-create-a-vanilla-js-search-page-for-a-static-website/#creating-a-search-index
  var template = document.querySelector("[search-index]")
  var json = template.getAttribute("search-index")
  var entries = JSON.parse(json)
  // console.warn(json.length)
  // console.dir(entries)  

  // Normalize entry text.
  entries.forEach(entry => {
    var title = normalize(entry.title.trim())
    var content = normalize(entry.content.trim())
    var tags = entry.tags.map(tag => normalize(tag))

    entry.title = title
    entry.content = content
    entry.tags = tags
  })

  // Our search elements.
  var form = document.querySelector("[search-form]");
  var input = document.querySelector('#input-search');
  var list = document.querySelector("[search-results]");

  form.addEventListener("submit", function onSubmit(e) {
    e.preventDefault()

    var results = search({ text: input.value, entries })

    clearResults(list)
    render({ results, list })
  })
})();