Rails with Searchkick: getting results with a joined table

Question

I'm starting to use searchkick in my app, and I have two models: House and Address (which belongs to a house).

House:

class House < ApplicationRecord
 searchkick
 has_one :address,  dependent: :destroy
end

Address:

class Address < ApplicationRecord
 searchkick
 belongs_to :house
end

In my controller I have

def index
 if params[:term].present?
  @houses = House.search(params[:term])
 else
  @houses = House.search('*')
 end
end

Right now, searchkick is working when I search for house data which is in the table houses, but if for example I look for a field in the Addresses table, I do not get any result at all. Is it possible to do this?

Thanks a lot in advance!

Answer 1

I think you need to index addresses also. To do that add the below code to your House model:

def search_data
  attributes.merge(
      address_city: self.address.try(:city),
      address_zip: self.address.try(:zip)
  )
end

Feel free to modify the above code based on your fields in the Address model.

Also, after adding the above code, don't forget to reindex.