Custom pagination with totalCount

[vylink]

Hi,

I want to use "cursor" pagination with offset and limit.

How can I get the total count of documents in the following example?

        $result = Book::search('', function (Indexes $meilisearch, $query, $options) {
            $options['offset'] = 5;
            $options['limit'] = 30;
            return $meilisearch->search($query, $options);
        });

        return [
            'data' => $result->get(),
            'totalCount' => 0 // I want to know how many documents are in the index.
        ];

[shokme]

Hello @vylink,

I'm quite busy right now, I can't help you.

But I hope these indication can help you to solve your problem

$result->get() will show you the result from database, you should use $result->raw() to get the meilisearch response and have access to nbHits.

you also can do something like:

Book::getTotalCount($result->get())

source

[curquiza]

Hello @shokme! Thanks for your help during your busy time! 🙂

Hi @vylink!
I would add some resources to complete the @shokme answer.
If you are building pagination, I really recommend you checking out this issue we (the Meili team) created to explain how MeiliSearch works with pagination: meilisearch/documentation#561
Indeed nbHits (so getTotalCount) will not return the exact number of matches, if it's was you are looking for with 'totalCount' => 0 // I want to know how many documents are in the index. You might build a pagination as explained in the first part of the issue.

Tell me if anything is not clear! And thanks for trying MeiliSearch with our laravel-scout plugin!!

[shokme]

@vylink did we resolve your issue ?

[vylink]

Many thanks for your recommendations