notes/lib/tasks/search.rake

namespace :search do
  desc 'Generate the files needed for search functionality'
  task :init do
    puts 'Creating search data json file...'
    touch 'search-data.json'

    File.open('search-data.json', 'w') do |f|
      f.puts '
  ---
  ---
  {
    {% for page in site.html_pages %}"{{ forloop.index0 }}": {
      "id": "{{ forloop.index0 }}",
      "title": "{{ page.title | xml_escape }}",
      "content": "{{ page.content | markdownify | strip_html | xml_escape | remove: "Table of contents" | remove: page.title | strip_newlines | replace: "\", " "}}",
      "url": "{{ page.url | xml_escape }}"
    }{% if forloop.last %}{% else %},
    {% endif %}{% endfor %}
  }'
    end
  end
end