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data/.standard.yml

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+# For available configuration options, see:
+#   https://github.com/testdouble/standard
+ruby_version: 3.1
+

data/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

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+# Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct
+
+## Our Pledge
+
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+## Enforcement Guidelines
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+Community leaders will follow these Community Impact Guidelines in determining the consequences for any action they deem in violation of this Code of Conduct:
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+## Attribution
+
+This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant][homepage], version 2.0,
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+
+Community Impact Guidelines were inspired by [Mozilla's code of conduct enforcement ladder](https://github.com/mozilla/diversity).
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data/Gemfile

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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+source "https://rubygems.org"
+
+# Specify your gem's dependencies in search_syntax.gemspec
+gemspec
+
+gem "rake", "~> 13.0"
+
+gem "minitest", "~> 5.0"
+
+gem "standard", "~> 1.3"
+
+gem "treetop", "~> 1.6"

data/Gemfile.lock

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+PATH
+  remote: .
+  specs:
+    search_syntax (0.1.0)
+
+GEM
+  remote: https://rubygems.org/
+  specs:
+    ast (2.4.2)
+    json (2.6.2)
+    minitest (5.16.3)
+    parallel (1.22.1)
+    parser (3.1.2.1)
+      ast (~> 2.4.1)
+    polyglot (0.3.5)
+    rainbow (3.1.1)
+    rake (13.0.6)
+    regexp_parser (2.6.0)
+    rexml (3.2.5)
+    rubocop (1.35.1)
+      json (~> 2.3)
+      parallel (~> 1.10)
+      parser (>= 3.1.2.1)
+      rainbow (>= 2.2.2, < 4.0)
+      regexp_parser (>= 1.8, < 3.0)
+      rexml (>= 3.2.5, < 4.0)
+      rubocop-ast (>= 1.20.1, < 2.0)
+      ruby-progressbar (~> 1.7)
+      unicode-display_width (>= 1.4.0, < 3.0)
+    rubocop-ast (1.21.0)
+      parser (>= 3.1.1.0)
+    rubocop-performance (1.14.3)
+      rubocop (>= 1.7.0, < 2.0)
+      rubocop-ast (>= 0.4.0)
+    ruby-progressbar (1.11.0)
+    standard (1.16.1)
+      rubocop (= 1.35.1)
+      rubocop-performance (= 1.14.3)
+    treetop (1.6.11)
+      polyglot (~> 0.3)
+    unicode-display_width (2.3.0)
+
+PLATFORMS
+  x86_64-darwin-20
+  x86_64-linux
+
+DEPENDENCIES
+  minitest (~> 5.0)
+  rake (~> 13.0)
+  search_syntax!
+  standard (~> 1.3)
+  treetop (~> 1.6)
+
+BUNDLED WITH
+   2.3.12

data/LICENSE.txt

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+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2022 stereobooster
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
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+THE SOFTWARE.

data/README.md

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+# search_syntax
+
+Parser for "advanced search" query language. Inspired by [GitHub's search syntax](https://docs.github.com/en/search-github/getting-started-with-searching-on-github/understanding-the-search-syntax)
+
+There is no wide accepted terminology for this kind of query language. Sometimes it's called: [query string](http://recursion.org/query-parser), [search query](https://tgvashworth.com/2016/06/27/twitter-search-query-parser.html), [advanced search query](https://github.com/mixmaxhq/search-string), [generic query](https://github.com/tomprogers/common-query-parser).
+
+Package provides only parser. AST produced by parser can be converted to a specific "backend", for example: [ransack](https://activerecord-hackery.github.io/ransack/getting-started/search-matches/), [MySQL Full-Text Search](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/fulltext-boolean.html), [PostgreSQL Full-Text Search](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/textsearch-controls.html#TEXTSEARCH-PARSING-QUERIES), [Meilisearch](https://docs.meilisearch.com/reference/api/search.html#body), [Elasticsearch](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl.html), [Solr](https://solr.apache.org/guide/6_6/the-standard-query-parser.html), [Lucene](https://lucene.apache.org/core/2_9_4/queryparsersyntax.html) ([Lucene vs Solr](https://www.lucenetutorial.com/lucene-vs-solr.html)), [Sphinx](https://sphinxsearch.com/docs/current/extended-syntax.html).
+
+Transforming AST is out of scope of this package, except for Ransack, which serves as an example of implementation.
+
+## Disclaimer
+
+So far parser only supports bare strings, **quoted strings** (`"some string"`) and parameters (`param:1`).
+
+Parser **doesn't** support negation (`not`/`-`), boolean operations (`and`/`&`/`or`/`|`) and groupping (`(a | b)`).
+
+This probably will change as soon as I understand how to add those "advanced" features without making it less user-friendly to non-techy people. See "Challenge" section for explantions.
+
+## Challenge
+
+Main challenge is to come up with query language intuitive enough that non-techy people can use, but powerfull enough to expose all advanced features.
+
+There are different types of search, they require different features:
+
+```mermaid
+graph LR
+  Search --> Parametric --> op1[param = 1, param > 2, etc.]
+  Search --> s1[Text: single term]
+  s1 --> op2[Phonetic similarity: names, emails, words with alternate spellings, etc.]
+  s1 --> op3[Ortographic similarity: drug names, biological species, typos in proper nouns, etc.]
+  s1 --> op4[Pattern match: logs, match by part of word, etc.]
+  Search --> s2[Text: multiple terms]
+  s2 --> op5[Full-text search: text in natural language]
+  s2 --> op6[Single term search with boolean operations: AND, OR, NOT, grouping]
+```
+
+**Note**: No. Full-text search is not an universal solution for all types of text search. It is designed to search in natural language texts. But this subject deserves a separate article.
+
+**Parametric search** aka faceted search - [filter by strctured data](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faceted_search).
+
+**Aproximate search** aka fuzzy search aka approximate string matching - [is the technique of finding strings that match a pattern approximately (rather than exactly)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approximate_string_matching).
+
+## Installation
+
+Install the gem and add to the application's Gemfile by executing:
+
+```sh
+$ bundle add search_syntax
+```
+
+If bundler is not being used to manage dependencies, install the gem by executing:
+
+```sh
+$ gem install search_syntax
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+### With ransack
+
+```diff
+def index
+-  @q = Person.ransack(params[:q])
++  query_parser = SearchSyntax::Ransack.new(text: :name_or_email_cont, params: Person.column_names - ["id"])
++  @q = Person.ransack(query_parser.parse(params[:search]))
+  @people = @q.result(distinct: true)
+end
+```
+
+### Standalone
+
+see `lib/search_syntax/ransack.rb` for an example of how to use parser
+
+## Similar packages
+
+- [search_cop](https://github.com/mrkamel/search_cop)
+- [easy-filter](https://github.com/Noriller/easy-filter)
+- [human-ql](https://github.com/dekellum/human-ql)
+- [logical_query_parser](https://github.com/kanety/logical_query_parser)
+
+## Development
+
+After checking out the repo, run `bin/setup` to install dependencies. Then, run `rake test` to run the tests. You can also run `bin/console` for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
+
+To install this gem onto your local machine, run `bundle exec rake install`. To release a new version, update the version number in `version.rb`, and then run `bundle exec rake release`, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and the created tag, and push the `.gem` file to [rubygems.org](https://rubygems.org).
+
+To regenrate parser
+
+```sh
+$ bin/tt lib/search_syntax/search_syntax_grammar.tt
+```
+
+## Contributing
+
+Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/[USERNAME]/search_syntax. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the [code of conduct](https://github.com/[USERNAME]/search_syntax/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
+
+## License
+
+The gem is available as open source under the terms of the [MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).
+
+## Code of Conduct
+
+Everyone interacting in the SearchSyntax project's codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the [code of conduct](https://github.com/[USERNAME]/search_syntax/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).

data/Rakefile

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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "bundler/gem_tasks"
+require "rake/testtask"
+
+Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |t|
+  t.libs << "test"
+  t.libs << "lib"
+  t.test_files = FileList["test/**/test_*.rb"]
+end
+
+require "standard/rake"
+
+task default: %i[test standard]

data/lib/search_syntax/errors.rb

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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module SearchSyntax
+  class DuplicateParamError < StandardError
+    attr_reader :name, :start, :finish
+
+    def initialize(name:, start:, finish:)
+      @name = name
+      @start = start
+      @finish = finish
+
+      super("Duplicate parameter '#{name}' at position #{start}.")
+    end
+  end
+
+  class UnknownParamError < StandardError
+    attr_reader :name, :start, :finish, :did_you_mean
+
+    def initialize(name:, start:, finish:, did_you_mean:)
+      @name = name
+      @start = start
+      @finish = finish
+      @did_you_mean = did_you_mean
+
+      message = "Unknown parameter '#{name}' at position #{start}."
+      if did_you_mean[0]
+        message += " Did you mean '#{did_you_mean[0]}'?"
+      end
+
+      super(message)
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/search_syntax/parser.rb

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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "treetop/runtime"
+require_relative "search_syntax_grammar"
+
+module SearchSyntax
+  class Parser < ::SearchSyntaxGrammarParser
+  end
+end

data/lib/search_syntax/ransack.rb

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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require_relative "ransack_transformer"
+
+module SearchSyntax
+  class Ransack
+    # text - symbol. Idea for the future: it can be callback to allow to manipulate query for full-text search
+    # params - array of strings
+    # sort - string. nil - to disbale parsing sort param
+    def initialize(text:, params:, sort: nil)
+      @transformer = RansackTransformer.new(text: text, params: params, sort: sort)
+      @parser = Parser.new
+    end
+
+    def parse_with_errors(text)
+      @transformer.transform_with_errors(@parser.parse(text || "").value)
+    end
+
+    def parse(text)
+      parse_with_errors(text)[0]
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/search_syntax/ransack_transformer.rb

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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module SearchSyntax
+  class RansackTransformer
+    PREDICATES = {
+      ">=": :gteq,
+      "=>": :gteq,
+      "<=": :lteq,
+      "=<": :lteq,
+      "!=": :not_eq,
+      ">": :gt,
+      "<": :lt
+      # in, not_in, present, blank, null, not_null,
+      # matches, does not match, cont, cont_any, cont_all,
+      # i_cont..., start, end, true, false, not_true, not_false
+    }
+
+    def initialize(text:, params:, sort: nil)
+      @text = text
+      @params = params
+      @sort = sort
+      @spell_checker = DidYouMean::SpellChecker.new(dictionary: @params)
+    end
+
+    def transform_sort_param(value)
+      value.split(",").map do |sort_value|
+        if sort_value.start_with?("-")
+          "#{sort_value[1..]} desc"
+        else
+          "#{sort_value} asc"
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    def transform_with_errors(ast)
+      errors = []
+      result = {}
+
+      if @params.is_a?(Array)
+        ast = ast.filter do |node|
+          if node[:type] != :param
+            true
+          elsif node[:name] == @sort
+            result[:s] = transform_sort_param(node[:value])
+            false
+          elsif @params.include?(node[:name])
+            predicate = PREDICATES[node[:predicate]] || :eq
+            key = "#{node[:name]}_#{predicate}".to_sym
+            if !result.key?(key)
+              result[key] = node[:value]
+            else
+              errors.push(DuplicateParamError.new(
+                name: node[:name],
+                start: node[:start],
+                finish: node[:finish]
+              ))
+            end
+            false
+          else
+            errors.push(UnknownParamError.new(
+              name: node[:name],
+              start: node[:start],
+              finish: node[:finish],
+              did_you_mean: @spell_checker.correct(node[:name])
+            ))
+            true
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      previous = -1
+      result[@text] = ast.map do |node|
+        separator = previous == node[:start] || previous == -1 ? "" : " "
+        previous = node[:finish]
+        separator + node[:raw]
+      end.join
+
+      [result, errors]
+    end
+  end
+end