Merge pull request #1647 from laws-africa/search-tweak

search: boost title; don't double-index title as citation
laws-africa · Dec 12, 2023 · c643f80 · c643f80
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diff --git a/peachjam_search/documents.py b/peachjam_search/documents.py
@@ -193,10 +193,6 @@ def get_instances_from_related(self, related_instance):
     def prepare_doc_type(self, instance):
         return instance.get_doc_type_display()
 
-    def prepare_citation(self, instance):
-        # if there is no citation, fall back to the title so as not to penalise documents that don't have a citation
-        return instance.citation or instance.title
-
     def prepare_case_number(self, instance):
         if hasattr(instance, "case_numbers"):
             return [c.get_case_number_string() for c in instance.case_numbers.all()]

diff --git a/peachjam_search/views.py b/peachjam_search/views.py
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ class DocumentSearchViewSet(BaseDocumentViewSet):
     }
 
     search_fields = {
-        "title": {"boost": 6},
+        "title": {"boost": 8},
         "title_expanded": {"boost": 4},
         "authors": None,
         "citation": {"boost": 4},