How to filter search results

[earthwytch]

Description

Is there a way to use filters in a search? Typical use is to have a drop-down list to filter the results. Something like:

<form action="/search/results">
    <input type="search" name="q" placeholder="Search">
    <select class="pr-8 focus:outline-white" type="text" name="age" id="age">
        <option value="Any">Any</option>
         <option value="Adults">Adults</option>
         <option value="Children and young people">Children and young people</option>
    </select>
    <button type="submit">Go find it!</button>
</form>

In the README I can see 'filterableAttributes' => ['age'], and I can see there is an option to filter in the Meilisearch documentation, but I can't work out how to put this together.

Environment

Environment
Application Name: Firstport
Laravel Version: 11.21.0
PHP Version: 8.3.10
Composer Version: 2.7.8
Environment: dev
Debug Mode: ENABLED
URL: localhost:8070
Maintenance Mode: OFF
Timezone: Pacific/Auckland
Locale: en

Cache
Config: NOT CACHED
Events: NOT CACHED
Routes: NOT CACHED
Views: CACHED

Drivers
Broadcasting: null
Cache: file
Database: sqlite
Logs: stack / single
Mail: smtp
Queue: sync
Session: file

Statamic
Addons: 2
Sites: 1
Stache Watcher: Enabled
Static Caching: full
Version: 5.23.0 PRO

Statamic Addons
jacksleight/statamic-bard-mutator: 2.3.1
statamic-rad-pack/meilisearch: 3.3.0

[ryanmitchell]

If you're using the search:results tag then theres no way currently of passing filters to the search function - you can use conditions and query scopes on the results that come back to do filtering on the Statamic side: https://statamic.dev/conditions#overview

If you're happy to roll your own tag, you could hook into the search facade:

\Statamic\Facades\Search::index('your_index')
            ->ensureExists()
            ->searchUsingApi($query, $your_mielisearch_options_as_an_array)

[earthwytch]

That is super helpful, thank you! 😊