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101 changes: 100 additions & 1 deletion source/atlas-search.txt
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Run an Atlas Search Query
=========================

.. TODO
.. facet::
:name: genre
:values: reference

.. meta::
:keywords: full text, text analyzer, meta, pipeline, scoring, Lucene
:description: Learn about how to use Atlas Search in the {+driver-long+}.

.. contents:: On this page
:local:
:backlinks: none
:depth: 2
:class: singlecol

Overview
--------

In this guide, you can learn how to use the {+driver-short+} to
run :atlas:`Atlas Search </atlas-search/>` queries on a collection.
Atlas Search enables you to perform full-text searches on collections
hosted on MongoDB Atlas. Atlas Search indexes specify the behavior of the
search and which fields to index.

Sample Data
~~~~~~~~~~~

The example in this guide uses the ``movies`` collection in the ``sample_mflix``
database from the :atlas:`Atlas sample datasets </sample-data>`. To learn how to
create a free MongoDB Atlas cluster and load the sample datasets, see the
:atlas:`Get Started with Atlas </getting-started>` guide.

Run an Atlas Search Query
-------------------------

This section shows how to create an aggregation pipeline to run an
Atlas Search query on a collection. In your array of pipeline stages,
add the ``$search`` stage to specify the search criteria. Then, call
the ``Aggregate()`` method and pass your pipeline array as a parameter.

.. tip::

To learn more about aggregation operations, see the :ref:`golang-aggregation`
guide.

Before running an Atlas Search query, you must create an Atlas Search index
on your collection. To learn how to programmatically create an Atlas Search
index, see the :ref:`golang-atlas-search-indexes` section of the Indexes guide.

Atlas Search Example
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This example runs an Atlas Search query by performing the
following actions:

- Creates a ``$search`` stage that instructs the driver
to query for documents in which the ``title`` field contains
the word ``"Alabama"``

- Creates a ``$project`` stage that instructs the driver to
include the ``title`` field in the query results

- Passes the pipeline stages to the ``Aggregate()`` method and
prints the results

.. io-code-block::
:copyable:

.. input:: /includes/fundamentals/code-snippets/indexes/atlasSearch.go
:start-after: begin-atlas-search
:end-before: end-atlas-search
:language: go
:dedent:

.. output::
:language: console
:visible: false

{
_id: new ObjectId('...'),
title: 'Alabama Moon'
}
{
_id: new ObjectId('...'),
title: 'Crazy in Alabama'
}
{
_id: new ObjectId('...'),
title: 'Sweet Home Alabama'
}

Additional Information
----------------------

To learn more about Atlas Search, see :atlas:`Atlas Search </atlas-search/>`
in the Atlas documentation.

API Documentation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To learn more about the ``Aggregate()`` method, see the
`API documentation <{+api+}/mongo#Collection.Aggregate>`__.
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package main

import (
"context"
"fmt"
"time"

"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/v2/bson"
"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/v2/mongo"
"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/v2/mongo/options"
)

func main() {
var err error
// connect to the Atlas cluster
ctx := context.Background()
// Retrieves your Atlas connection string
uri := os.Getenv("MONGODB_ATLAS_URI")
if uri == "" {
log.Fatal("MONGODB_ATLAS_URI environment variable is not set")
}
client, err := mongo.Connect(options.Client().SetTimeout(5 * time.Second).ApplyURI(uri))
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
defer client.Disconnect(ctx)

// set namespace
collection := client.Database("sample_mflix").Collection("movies")

// begin-atlas-search
// Defines the pipeline
searchStage := bson.D{{"$search", bson.D{
{"text", bson.D{
{"path", "title"},
{"query", "Alabama"},
}},
}}}
projectStage := bson.D{{"$project", bson.D{{"title", 1}}}}

// Runs the pipeline
cursor, err := collection.Aggregate(ctx, mongo.Pipeline{searchStage, projectStage})
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}

// Prints the results
var results []bson.D
if err = cursor.All(ctx, &results); err != nil {
panic(err)
}
for _, result := range results {
fmt.Println(result)
}
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For technical reviewer: My results are not printing, and I'm not sure why. Is this correct?

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The code looks good to me. I guess you have not set the search index. Just as mentioned in the "atlas-search.txt":

Before running an Atlas Search query, you must create an Atlas Search index
on your collection.

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It's strange that it's not printing because I do have an Atlas Search index on the title field! If nothing is wrong with this code, maybe there's something weird with how I'm creating the index on my end. I'll keep looking, thanks for checking!

// end-atlas-search
}
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