Return the normalized form of the query in the query field

[xamir82]

Hey there! Currently the query field in the Meilisearch search endpoint's response is exactly equal to the query that was sent in the request.

It would be useful in some cases to know the normalized form of the query based on which Meilisearch actually did the search. For example, if the query is an Arabic word with diacritics, Meilisearch currently normalizes the query by removing the diacritics, but it still returns the original query in the query field.

There are scenario where you would want to know the normalized form of the query — e.g. for example if you want to then store the (normalized) query in a popular_queries collection that will power an auto-suggestion feature, or if you want to display the normalized form of the query on the UI as the title of your site's the search page, and so on.

This could be returned as the existing query response field, or a separate normalizedQuery field, for instance.

[curquiza]

Hello @xamir82
I move this feature request to the right place. You can see the right place when creating an issue to the meilisearch repo

This repo (meilisearch) does not take feature requests: we manage them in our public roadmap, or if you want more interaction, in the product repository

Thanks for your feedback

[xamir82]

Ah okay, sorry! I'll keep this in mind next time!

[curquiza]

Pinging @meilisearch/engine-team to know how doable it is to do

[Kerollmops]

It seems feasible to me but maybe @ManyTheFish would be better to answer this question!