Support for Drupal 7 is ending on 5 January 2025—it’s time to migrate to Drupal 10! Learn about the many benefits of Drupal 10 and find migration tools in our resource center.Basic architecture and component interaction
This page describes the Search API's basic architecture, its different components and how they interact.
Custom item types / datasource controllers
Adding new item types allows you to index items that aren't currently supported by the Search API. By default, only entity types (and only
Executing a search in code
Explains the code to use for executing a search with the Search API in code
Add fields to a search index
How to add fields to a search index with custom code
