TYPO3 Solr Search with AJAX and Middleware (TYPO3 >= 9.5, EXT:solr >= 10)

README.md

Solr search via AJAX and Middleware

How To

• Add this code into your extension
• Call your domain URL with the parameter ?ajaxsearch=1&q=<search-term>
• Get JSON with all results based on your TS settings on root page

RequestMiddlewares.php

<?php

return [
    'frontend' => [
        'vendor-solr-search' => [
            'target' => \Vendor\Extension\Middleware\SolrSearch::class,
            'after' => [
                'typo3/cms-frontend/prepare-tsfe-rendering'
            ]
        ]
    ]
];

SolrSearch.php

<?php
namespace Vendor\Extension\Middleware;

/*
 * This file is part of a TYPO3 extension.
 *
 * It is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 * the terms of the GNU General Public License, either version 2
 * of the License, or any later version.
 *
 * For the full copyright and license information, please read the
 * LICENSE.txt file that was distributed with this source code.
 *
 * The TYPO3 project - inspiring people to share!
 */

use ApacheSolrForTypo3\Solr\ConnectionManager;
use ApacheSolrForTypo3\Solr\Domain\Search\ResultSet\SearchResultSetService;
use ApacheSolrForTypo3\Solr\Domain\Search\SearchRequestBuilder;
use ApacheSolrForTypo3\Solr\NoSolrConnectionFoundException;
use ApacheSolrForTypo3\Solr\Search;
use ApacheSolrForTypo3\Solr\System\Configuration\TypoScriptConfiguration;
use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;
use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface;
use Psr\Http\Server\MiddlewareInterface;
use Psr\Http\Server\RequestHandlerInterface;
use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Http\JsonResponse;
use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility;

class SolrSearch implements MiddlewareInterface
{

    public function process(ServerRequestInterface $request, RequestHandlerInterface $handler): ResponseInterface
    {
        $response = $handler->handle($request);
        if (!isset($request->getQueryParams()['ajaxsearch'], $request->getQueryParams()['q'])) {
            return $response;
        }

        $typoscriptConfiguration = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(TypoScriptConfiguration::class, $GLOBALS['TSFE']->tmpl->setup, $request->getAttribute('site')->getRootpageId());
        $searchRequestBuilder = new SearchRequestBuilder($typoscriptConfiguration);
        $searchRequest = $searchRequestBuilder->buildForSearch(
            $request->getQueryParams(), $request->getAttribute('site')->getRootpageId(), $request->getAttribute('language')->getLanguageId());

        try {
            $solrConnection = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(ConnectionManager::class)
                ->getConnectionByPageId(
                    $request->getAttribute('site')->getRootpageId(),
                    $request->getAttribute('language')->getLanguageId()
                );
            $search = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(Search::class, $solrConnection);
        } catch (NoSolrConnectionFoundException $e) {
            $response->getBody()->write('No Solr connection available.');

            return $response;
        }
        $searchResultSet = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(SearchResultSetService::class, $typoscriptConfiguration, $search)->search($searchRequest);

        $results = [];
        foreach ($searchResultSet->getSearchResults()->getArrayCopy() as $result) {
            /** @var \ApacheSolrForTypo3\Solr\Domain\Search\ResultSet\Result\SearchResult $result */
            $results[] = $result->getFields();
        }

        return new JsonResponse($results);
    }
}