Laravel - elastic search with Laravel Scout package softdelete is not working - elasticsearch

Question

I have implemented elasticsearch in laravel 5.5 using "babenkoivan/scout-elasticsearch-driver" package.
composer.json
"require": {
"babenkoivan/scout-elasticsearch-driver": "^2.2",
"elasticsearch/elasticsearch": "^5.1",
"laravel/scout": "^3.0"
}
GGIndexConfigurator file use to creat elastic search index.
<?php
namespace App;
use ScoutElastic\IndexConfigurator;
use ScoutElastic\Migratable;
class GGIndexConfigurator extends IndexConfigurator
{
use Migratable;
protected $settings = [
//
];
protected $defaultMapping = [
'properties' => [
'id' => [
'type' => 'integer',
],
'title' => [
'type' => 'string',
],
'img' => [
'type' => 'string',
],
'url' => [
'type' => 'string',
],
'type' => [
'type' => 'string',
],
'location' => [
'type' => 'geo_point',
],
'created_at' => [
'type' => 'date',
'format' => 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss'
]
]
];
}
MySearchRule file tell elastic to search on title field.
<?php
namespace App;
use ScoutElastic\SearchRule;
class MySearchRule extends SearchRule
{
public function buildQueryPayload()
{
return [
'must' => [
'match' => [
'title' => $this->builder->query
]
]
];
}
}
MegaBrand file to store / update / remove record in elastic search in same pattern like add id , title , url , img etc..
<?php
namespace App;
use Carbon\Carbon;
use ScoutElastic\Searchable;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class MegaBrand extends Model
{
use Searchable;
protected $table = 'brands';
protected $primaryKey = 'brand_id';
protected $indexConfigurator = GlobalGarnerIndexConfigurator::class;
protected $searchRules = [
MySearchRule::class
];
protected $mapping = [
//
];
/**
* Get the index name for the model.
*
* #return string
*/
public function searchableAs()
{
return 'brands';
}
/**
* Get the indexable data array for the model.
*
* #return array
*/
public function toSearchableArray()
{
//$array = $this->toArray();
return [
'id' => $this->brand_id,
'title' => $this->brand_name,
'img' => $this->image,
'url' => $this->website,
'type' => 'brands',
'location' => [],
'created_at' => Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString()
];
}
}
above all code is for elastic search files and configurations. Now I run commend to create elastic search index.
php artisan elastic:create-index App\GGIndexConfigurator
index is create successfully with.
BrandModel file
<?php
namespace App\Model;
use App\GlobalGarnerIndexConfigurator;
use app\MySearchRule;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
use ScoutElastic\Searchable;
class GiftIndiaModel extends Model
{
use SoftDeletes;
use Searchable;
protected $table = 'brands';
protected $primaryKey = 'brand_id';
protected $fillable = ['hash', 'brand_name', 'category', 'description', 'terms', 'image', 'discount', 'tat', 'isOnline', 'website', 'status', 'gg_brand_status'];
protected $indexConfigurator = GlobalGarnerIndexConfigurator::class;
protected $searchRules = [
MySearchRule::class
];
protected $mapping = [
//
];
/**
* Get the index name for the model.
*
* #return string
*/
public function searchableAs()
{
return 'brands';
}
/**
* Get the indexable data array for the model.
*
* #return array
*/
public function toSearchableArray()
{
//$array = $this->toArray();
return [
'id' => $this->brand_id,
'title' => $this->brand_name,
'img' => $this->image,
'url' => $this->website,
'type' => 'brand',
'location' => [],
'created_at' => Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString()
];
}
Upto this point all is good not have any issue. now I create new function to add brand in database using eloquent and that brand is also added in elastic search :)
public function addBrand(){
$brand = new GiftIndiaModel([
'hash' => 'qwertyy123',
'brand_name' => 'microsoft',
'category' => 'laptop',
'description' => 'its good brand',
'terms' => 'lorum ipsum',
'image' => 'www.dell.com/image',
'discount' => 5,
'tat' => 2,
'isOnline' => 'yes',
'website' => 'www.dell.com',
'status' => 1
]);
if($brand->save()){
return response()->json(true , 200);
}
return response()->json(false , 400);
}
So addBrand function is working fine and I have tried php artisan scout:import App\\Brand command to add brand in elastic search with all success.
Real issue is when I softdelete this brand it doesn't affect elastic search index and my softdelete brand is still available in elastic search.
Update Brand function
public function updateBrand(){
return GiftIndiaModel::where('brand_id', 3)->delete();
}
When I run this function brand is successfully soft deleted from table and deleted_at field store detele date time.But it's not reflecting to elastic index.
Any advice ?

Answer 1

As #Babenko tell me in mail that soft deleting is not supported right now.
I find other way to do this.
public function updateBrand()
{
$brand = GiftIndiaModel::where('brand_id', 3)->first();
$brand->deleted_at = date("Y-m-d");
$brand->save();
$brand->unsearchable();
}
In above code you can see I have used unsearchable() method to remove item from elastic search index after soft delete.
I have also create issue/feature request in github.
github
If anyone having issue while updating / inserting record in elastic search I recommend you to use save() method of model.