Sort by Entityqueue

We would like to use Entityqueue with Search API...@Nuuou: can you share your solution for D10?

Thanks!

I too would like to do exactly the same thing, i.e. use Entity queue to manage the 'weight' of my nodes globally and then pass that global classification onto Search API for use in sorting.

So, I second that request for you to share your custom code.

Once I have that all working over here, my plan this is to see if I can reproduce the whole affair using the ECA module suit which I am trying to use in place of any custom code.

Thanks

Hey all! It has been quite some time since I worked on something that needed this, so I don't have anything specific to share.
However, my last post above is pretty accurate for how I approached it at the time.

1. "Weight" field on nodes that need it (probably just stored this as a number). Default value of something large.
2. Hook into the entityqueue save and load/update the node "Weights" for all nodes in the queue so they match the "weight" of the queue
3. Use that "Weight" field to sort in Views as needed

Likely better approaches now, but the above worked a-okay for me at the time.
drunken monkey above mentioned a different approach too that would likely be more robust.

Good luck!

@Nuuou thanks so much for your quick reply. I think we can implement something based on your description, but would you be willing to provide a patch for the entityqueue module that would provide this solution for everyone?

With the approach I took, there's nothing to patch in the Enitityqueue module itself as it's just using existing hooks.

That approach would be unique to your project's needs without further abstracting it into a standalone feature, which I don't think my approach is suited for. If something were to implement this with Search API/Entityqueue, I think it'd need to be more robust, such as writing a processor mentioned above!

Here's the code I used though, more-or-less. Looking at it now, this could definitely be improved:

/**
 * Implements hook_form_alter().
 */
function YOUR_MODULE_form_alter(&$form, FormStateInterface $form_state, $form_id) {
  // Only run when entity queue saved.
  if ($form_id === 'entity_subqueue_YOUR_QUEUE_edit_form') {
    $form['actions']['submit']['#submit'][] = '_YOUR_MODULE_entityqueue_submit';
  }
}

function _YOUR_MODULE_entityqueue_submit($form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
  if ($form_state->hasValue('items')) {
    // Get all Node IDs from items in EntityQueue.
    $items = $form_state->getValue('items');
    $queue_node_ids = [];
    foreach ($items as $item) {
      if (isset($item['target_id'])) {
        $queue_node_ids[$item['target_id']] = $item['_weight'];
      }
    }

    // Get all Node IDs of Nodes to consider.
    $all_node_ids = \Drupal::entityQuery('node')
      ->condition('status', 1)
      ->accessCheck(TRUE)
      ->execute();

    // Load all Nodes, set weight based on their existence in EntityQueue.
    $all_nodes = Node::loadMultiple($all_node_ids);
    foreach ($all_nodes as $node) {
      $weight = 1000;
      if (isset($queue_node_ids[$node->id()])) {
        $weight = $queue_node_ids[$node->id()];
      }
      $node->set('field_weight', $weight);
      $node->save();
    }
  }
}

Unfortunately, since this issue is quite old, I don't have the capacity to pursue approach that more robust processor at this time. Hopefully the above approach I took helps for you though! Maybe one day someone smarter than myself can help write some proper Search API/Entityqueue integration haha. 🤞

Thanks for your solution. I'll take a look at our situation and see if we can make it work.

Have the same need, in this case would want to filter as well as sort— only show items that are in a given queue. A single processor plugin should handle both, right?

Note that this has also been raised from the Entityqueue side, ✨ Search API/ SOLR integration Active

And probably the processor should live there?

I agree with #12, this is something that can be added to the Entityqueue module, so I'm closing this as a duplicate.

Advice from the search api side very welcome!

I have an issue fork going over in Entityqueue and would very much appreciate Search API eyes on an initial review: https://git.drupalcode.org/issue/entityqueue-3004722/-/compare/8.x-1.x.....

It still needs to be made configurable per entityqueue. Can that be done at the Views integration layer (or is it better off done somewhere else anyway)?

The current problem with the code over in ✨ Search API/ SOLR integration Active is that it does not trigger an update to the index when an item is added, removed, or re-ordered in an update queue. How would that be done in Search API?

  \Drupal::getContainer()->get('search_api.entity_datasource.tracking_manager')
    ->entityUpdate($entity);

as in https://git.drupalcode.org/project/search_api/blob/HEAD/search_api.modul... ?