A Search Library for Python
December 6, 2013
Python is one of the many programming languages available. Programmers rely on already existing libraries and open source to help them create new projects. Bitbucket points our attention to “Whoosh-Python Search Library” that appears to be a powerful open source solution to satisfy you search woes.
The article states:
“Whoosh is a fast, featureful full-text indexing and searching library implemented in pure Python. Programmers can use it to easily add search functionality to their applications and websites. Every part of how Whoosh works can be extended or replaced to meet your needs exactly.”
What can Whoosh do? It has fielded indexing, fast indexing and retrieval, a powerful query language, the only production quality pure Python spell-checker, pluggable scoring algorithm, and a Pythonic API. Whoosh was built to handle situations where the programmer needs to avoid creating native libraries, make a research platform, provides one deeply-integrated search solution, and has an easy-to-use interface.
Whoosh started out as a search solution for proprietary software. Matt Chaput designed it for Side Effects Software Inc.’s animation software Houdini. Side Effects Software allowed Chaput to release the library to the open source community and many Python programmers probably consider it an early Christmas gift.
Whitney Grace, December 06, 2013
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
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