Search and Serve

search.py

from whoosh import index, qparser

def search(blah, page, length):
    ix = index.open_dir(INDEX_DIR)
    with ix.searcher() as s:
        q = qparser.QueryParser("content", ix.schema).parse(blah)
        r = s.search_page(q, page, pagelen=length)
        t = []
        for res in r:
            t.append({'field1': res['field1'], 
                'field2': res['field2'],
                'highlights': res.highlights("content")})
    return t

server.py

import search

class SearchHandler(RequestHandler):
    @tornado.web.authenticated
    def get(self):
        query = self.get_argument("q")
        page = int(self.get_argument("p", '1'))
        results = search.search(query, page, 10)
        self.render("templates/searchresults.html", results=results)