This article shows how to obtain search results based on a "logical OR" operation of two search clauses. It looks more like two searches done in one go and the results combined.
To demonstrate the difference, let's first seach for all products which has a common parent.
The following example shows a method that will search for all products in a given product group, (even products in sub-product groups are included):
/// <summary>
/// Searches for products (and variant groups) under a product group.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="languageId">The language id.</param>
/// <param name="productGroupId">The product group id.</param>
/// <param name="token">The token.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static IEnumerable<Guid> SearchForProducts(Guid languageId, Guid productGroupId, SecurityToken token)
{
IEnumerable<Guid> result = null;
var request = new QueryRequest(languageId, ProductCatalogSearchDomains.Products, token);
//search for all products and variant groups who has a parent with above product group id.
request.FilterTags.Add(new Tag(TagNames.ProductGroupTreeId, productGroupId));
var response = Solution.Instance.SearchService.Search(request);
if (response.Hits != null)
{
result = response.Hits.Select(x => new Guid(x.Id));
}
return result ?? new List<Guid>();
}
The above example searches only in a single product category. We can extend the search to return results searching in multiple product groups by using the OptionalTagClause as shown below.
/// <summary>
/// Searches for products (and variant groups) under all the product groups in parameter <paramref name="productGroupIds"/>
/// </summary>
/// <param name="languageId">The language id.</param>
/// <param name="productGroupIds">The product group ids.</param>
/// <param name="token">The token.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static IEnumerable<Guid> SearchForProducts(Guid languageId, List<Guid> productGroupIds, SecurityToken token)
{
IEnumerable<Guid> result = null;
var request = new QueryRequest(languageId, ProductCatalogSearchDomains.Products, token);
//search for all products and variant groups who has a parent with given groups.
var productGroupClause = new OptionalTagClause();
foreach (var item in productGroupIds)
{
productGroupClause.FilterTags.Add(new Tag(TagNames.ProductGroupTreeId, item));
}
request.FilterTags.Add(productGroupClause);
var response = Solution.Instance.SearchService.Search(request);
if (response.Hits != null)
{
result = response.Hits.Select(x => new Guid(x.Id));
}
return result ?? new List<Guid>();
}
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