Quick Start

The SearchService is your entry point for any operation with the Meilisearch engine:

• Index data
• Search
• Clear data

Retrieving the SearchService

Symfony ships with a lighter container, where only core services are registered. If your controller will be responsible for search-related tasks, you can inject the SearchService into the constructor by type-hinting the SearchService interface. Symfony will take care of instantiating the right implementation for you.

<?php

namespace App\Controller;

use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\AbstractController;
use Meilisearch\Bundle\SearchService;

final class ExampleController extends AbstractController
{
    public function __construct(
        private readonly SearchService $searchService,
    ) {
    }
}

You can also inject it directly into the function you'll need:

#[Route('/search')]
public function search(SearchService $searchService): Response 
{
    $hits = $searchService->search($this->getDoctrine()->getManager(), MyEntity::class, 'searched term'));
}