Create Index Schema from Type

IndexManager.cs

public static void CreateIndexFromType(Type t)
{
    var indexName = t.Name.ToLower();
    if (SearchClient.Indexes.Exists(indexName))
    {
        Trace.WriteLine("Found existing index, deleting...");
        SearchClient.Indexes.Delete(indexName);
    }

    try
    {
        Trace.WriteLine("Finding properties containing indexing metadata...");
        var properties = t.GetProperties().Where(y => y.GetCustomAttribute<IndexMetadataAttribute>() != null).Select(x => new { Property = x.Name, Type = x.PropertyType, IndexFields = x.GetCustomAttribute<IndexMetadataAttribute>() }).ToList();

        Trace.WriteLine($"Found {properties.Count} properties with index metadata, creating fields collection...");
        var fields =
            properties.Select(
                x =>
                    new Field(x.Property, x.Type.ToSearchType())
                    {
                        IsKey = x.IndexFields.IsKey,
                        IsSearchable = x.IndexFields.IsSearchable,
                        IsFilterable = x.IndexFields.IsFilterable,
                        IsSortable = x.IndexFields.IsSortable,
                        IsFacetable = x.IndexFields.IsFacetable,
                        IsRetrievable = x.IndexFields.IsRetrievable
                    });

        Trace.WriteLine($"Creating index {indexName}...");
        var indexDefinition = new Index() { Name = indexName, Fields = fields.ToArray() };
        SearchClient.Indexes.Create(indexDefinition);
        Trace.WriteLine($"Created index {indexName}");
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        Trace.WriteLine("Error creating index: {0}\r\n", ex.Message);
    }
}