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improvements to search scoring and relevance sort order #2236

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24 changes: 13 additions & 11 deletions util/search.ts
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Expand Up @@ -15,27 +15,21 @@ const SUPPORT_PARAMS = [
];

function calculateMatchScore(
{ github, npmPkg, topicSearchString, unmaintained, githubUrl, vegaos }: LibraryType,
{ github, npmPkg, topicSearchString, unmaintained, githubUrl, vegaos, score, npm }: LibraryType,
querySearch: string
) {
const exactNameMatchPoints =
(!isEmptyOrNull(github.name) && github.name.toLowerCase() === querySearch) ||
(!isEmptyOrNull(githubUrl) && githubUrl.toLowerCase() === querySearch) ||
(!isEmptyOrNull(npmPkg) && npmPkg.toLowerCase() === querySearch)
? 300
? 150
: 0;

const npmPkgNameMatchPoints =
!isEmptyOrNull(npmPkg) &&
(npmPkg.includes(querySearch) ||
npmPkg.replaceAll(NPM_NAME_CLEANUP_REGEX, ' ').toLowerCase().includes(querySearch))
? 200
: 0;

const gitHubURLOrOwnerMatchPoints =
githubUrl.startsWith(querySearch) ||
githubUrl.replace(GITHUB_URL_CLEANUP_REGEX, '$1').toLowerCase().includes(querySearch)
? 150
? 125
: 0;

const cleanedUpName = npmPkg
Expand All @@ -52,11 +46,17 @@ function calculateMatchScore(
? 100
: 0;

const gitHubURLOrOwnerMatchPoints =
githubUrl.startsWith(querySearch) ||
githubUrl.replace(GITHUB_URL_CLEANUP_REGEX, '$1').toLowerCase().includes(querySearch)
? 50
: 0;

const repoNameMatchPoints =
!isEmptyOrNull(github.name) && github.name.toLowerCase().includes(querySearch) ? 50 : 0;

const vegaOSPackageMatchPoints =
typeof vegaos === 'string' && vegaos.includes(querySearch) ? 50 : 0;
typeof vegaos === 'string' && vegaos.includes(querySearch) ? 25 : 0;

const descriptionMatchPoints =
!isEmptyOrNull(github.description) && github.description?.toLowerCase().includes(querySearch)
Expand All @@ -77,8 +77,10 @@ function calculateMatchScore(

if (matchScore && unmaintained) {
return matchScore / 1000;
} else if (npm?.downloads && npm.downloads < 10_000) {
return matchScore / 10;
} else {
return matchScore;
return matchScore > 0 ? matchScore + score / 2 : matchScore;
}
}

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3 changes: 1 addition & 2 deletions util/sorting.ts
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Expand Up @@ -47,10 +47,9 @@ export function popularity(libraries: LibraryType[]) {
export function relevance(libraries: LibraryType[]) {
return libraries.sort((a, b) => {
if (a.matchScore && b.matchScore) {
if (Math.abs(a.matchScore - b.matchScore) >= 50) {
if (a.matchScore < 10 || b.matchScore < 10 || Math.abs(a.matchScore - b.matchScore) >= 40) {
return b.matchScore - a.matchScore;
}

return b.score - a.score;
}
return 0;
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