Search Indexing

Problem

Search indexes need clean, relevant content. Indexing raw HTML includes navigation, ads, and boilerplate that reduces search quality and increases index size unnecessarily.

Solution

Extract clean content before indexing. This ensures search results focus on main content, improves relevance, and reduces index size.

Example Workflow

  1. Extract clean content from HTML using Content Extractor API
  2. Index title and content in your search system
  3. Store metadata (author, published date, etc.)
  4. Make content searchable

Example Request

const response = await fetch('https://api.content-extractor.devstools.net/v1/extract', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer ce_your_token_here',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({ html: rawHtml })
});

const { title, content, author, publishedAt } = await response.json();

// Index in search system
await searchIndex.add({
  id: articleId,
  title,
  content,
  author,
  publishedAt,
  url: articleUrl
});

Benefits

  • Cleaner search indexes
  • Better search relevance
  • Reduced index size
  • Faster search queries