search-engine-core

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Search Engine Core

A high-performance search engine built with C++, uWebSockets, MongoDB, and Redis with comprehensive logging, testing infrastructure, modern controller-based routing system, advanced session-based crawler management, and intelligent SPA rendering capabilities for JavaScript-heavy websites.

⚡ Latest Performance Optimizations

Speed Improvements (50-70% Faster)

Render Time: 8-12 seconds per page (vs 22-24 seconds before)
Wait Times: 8s network idle, 2s simple wait (60% faster)
Timeouts: 15s max SPA rendering (50% faster)
Concurrent Sessions: 10 Chrome instances (100% more)
Memory: 2GB allocation (100% more)

JavaScript Minification & Caching (99.6% Faster)

Redis-based caching: 98.7% faster subsequent requests (2ms vs 150ms)
Browser caching: 1-year cache with immutable flag for static assets
Cache hit rate: 90%+ for returning users
Server load reduction: 90%+ for cached JavaScript files
Production headers: Industry-standard caching headers with ETags

Expected Performance

Before: 3+ minutes for 5 pages
After: 1-2 minutes for 5 pages (50-70% faster)
JavaScript caching: 99.6% faster for cached files (0.17ms vs 43.31ms)

Key Features

🚀 Advanced Session-Based Web Crawling with SPA Support

Intelligent Session Management: Advanced CrawlerManager with session-based crawl orchestration and control
Concurrent Session Support: Multiple independent crawl sessions with individual tracking and management
Flexible Session Control: Optional stopping of previous sessions for resource management (stopPreviousSessions)
Intelligent SPA Detection: Automatically detects React, Vue, Angular, and other JavaScript frameworks
Headless Browser Rendering: Full JavaScript execution using browserless/Chrome for dynamic content
Enhanced Text Extraction: Configurable text content extraction with extractTextContent parameter
Re-crawl Capabilities: Force re-crawling of existing sites with the force parameter
Title Extraction: Properly extracts titles from JavaScript-rendered pages (e.g., www.digikala.com)
Configurable Content Storage: Support for full content extraction with includeFullContent parameter
Optimized Timeouts: 15-second default timeout for complex JavaScript sites (50% faster)
Durable Frontier (Kafka-backed): At-least-once delivery using Apache Kafka with direct librdkafka client; restart-safe via MongoDB frontier_tasks state; admin visibility of URL states

🎯 Modern Session-Aware API Architecture

Session-Based Crawler API: Enhanced /api/crawl/add-site with session ID responses and management
Crawl Session Monitoring: Real-time session status tracking with /api/crawl/status
Session Details API: Comprehensive session information via /api/crawl/details
SPA Render API: Direct /api/spa/render endpoint for on-demand JavaScript rendering
Unified Content Storage: Seamlessly handles both static HTML and SPA-rendered content
Flexible Configuration: Runtime configuration of SPA rendering, timeouts, and content extraction

🚀 Advanced JavaScript Minification & Caching System

Microservice Architecture: Dedicated Node.js minification service with Terser
Redis-based Caching: 98.7% faster subsequent requests (2ms vs 150ms)
Production Caching Headers: 1-year browser cache with immutable flag
Content-based ETags: Automatic cache invalidation when files change
Cache Monitoring: Real-time cache statistics via /api/cache/stats
Graceful Fallbacks: Memory cache when Redis unavailable
Size-based Optimization: JSON payload (≤100KB) vs file upload (>100KB)
Thread-safe Operations: Concurrent request handling with mutex protection

💰 Sponsor Management API

MongoDB Integration: Direct database storage with proper C++ driver initialization
Bank Information Response: Complete Iranian bank details for payment processing
Data Validation: Comprehensive input validation for all sponsor fields
Backend Tracking: Automatic capture of IP, user agent, and submission timestamps
Status Management: Support for PENDING, VERIFIED, REJECTED, CANCELLED states
Error Handling: Graceful fallbacks with detailed error logging
Frontend Integration: JavaScript form handling with success/error notifications

🔍 Intelligent Content Validation & Quality Control

Content Type Filtering: Only indexes HTML/text content, blocks media files (images, videos, PDFs)
Content Quality Validation: Requires both title and text content for meaningful pages
URL Scheme Validation: Filters out invalid schemes (mailto, tel, javascript, data URIs)
Redirect Handling: Automatically follows HTTP redirects and stores final destination URLs
Duplicate Prevention: Uses canonical URLs for deduplication to prevent duplicate content
Storage Optimization: Skips empty pages, error pages, and redirect-only pages
Search Quality: Ensures only high-quality, searchable content is stored in the index

Project Structure

.
├── .github/workflows/          # GitHub Actions workflows
│   ├── docker-build.yml       # Main build orchestration
│   ├── docker-build-drivers.yml   # MongoDB drivers build
│   ├── docker-build-server.yml    # MongoDB server build
│   └── docker-build-app.yml       # Application build
├── src/
│   ├── controllers/            # Controller-based routing system
│   │   ├── HomeController.cpp  # Home page, sponsor API, and coming soon handling
│   │   ├── SearchController.cpp # Search functionality and crawler APIs
│   │   ├── StaticFileController.cpp # Static file serving with caching
│   │   └── CacheController.cpp # Cache monitoring and management
│   ├── routing/                # Routing infrastructure
│   │   ├── Controller.cpp      # Base controller class with route registration
│   │   └── RouteRegistry.cpp   # Central route registry singleton
│   ├── common/                 # Shared utilities
│   │   ├── Logger.cpp          # Centralized logging implementation
│   │   └── JsMinifierClient.cpp # JavaScript minification microservice client
│   ├── crawler/                # Advanced web crawling with SPA support
│   │   ├── PageFetcher.cpp     # HTTP fetching with SPA rendering integration
│   │   ├── BrowserlessClient.cpp # Headless browser client for SPA rendering
│   │   ├── Crawler.cpp         # Main crawler with SPA detection and processing
│   │   ├── RobotsTxtParser.cpp # Robots.txt parsing with rule logging
│   │   ├── URLFrontier.cpp     # URL queue management with frontier logging
│   │   └── models/             # Data models and configuration
│   │       ├── CrawlConfig.h   # Enhanced configuration with SPA parameters
│   │       └── CrawlResult.h   # Crawl result structure
│   ├── search_core/            # Search API implementation
│   │   ├── SearchClient.cpp    # RedisSearch interface with connection pooling
│   │   ├── QueryParser.cpp     # Query parsing with AST generation
│   │   └── Scorer.cpp          # Result ranking and scoring configuration
│   └── storage/                # Data persistence with comprehensive logging
│       ├── MongoDBStorage.cpp  # MongoDB operations with CRUD logging
│       ├── RedisSearchStorage.cpp # Redis search indexing with operation logging
│       ├── ContentStorage.cpp  # Unified storage with detailed flow logging
│       └── SponsorStorage.cpp  # Sponsor data management with MongoDB integration
├── js-minifier-service/        # JavaScript minification microservice
│   ├── enhanced-server.js      # Enhanced minification server with multiple methods
│   ├── package.json           # Node.js dependencies
│   └── Dockerfile             # Container configuration
├── scripts/                   # Utility scripts
│   ├── test_js_cache.sh       # JavaScript caching test script
│   └── minify_js_file.sh      # JS minification utility
├── include/
│   ├── routing/                # Routing system headers
│   ├── Logger.h                # Logging interface with multiple levels
│   ├── search_core/            # Search API headers
│   ├── mongodb.h               # MongoDB singleton instance management
│   └── search_engine/          # Public API headers
│       ├── crawler/            # Public crawler API (new)
│       │   ├── BrowserlessClient.h
│       │   ├── PageFetcher.h
│       │   ├── Crawler.h
│       │   ├── CrawlerManager.h
│       │   └── models/
│       │      ├── CrawlConfig.h
│       │      ├── CrawlResult.h
│       │      └── FailureType.h
│       └── storage/            # Storage API headers
│          ├── SponsorProfile.h # Sponsor data model
│          └── SponsorStorage.h # Sponsor storage interface
├── docs/                       # Comprehensive documentation
│   ├── SPA_RENDERING.md        # SPA rendering setup and usage guide
│   ├── content-storage-layer.md # Storage architecture documentation
│   ├── SCORING_AND_RANKING.md  # Search ranking algorithms
│   ├── development/            # Development guides
│   │   └── MONGODB_CPP_GUIDE.md # MongoDB C++ development patterns
│   └── api/                    # REST API documentation
│      ├── sponsor_endpoint.md  # Sponsor API documentation
│      └── README.md            # API overview
├── pages/                      # Frontend source files
├── public/                     # Static files served by server
├── tests/                      # Comprehensive testing suite
│   ├── crawler/                # Crawler component tests (including SPA tests)
│   ├── search_core/            # Search API unit tests
│   └── storage/                # Storage component tests
├── config/                     # Configuration files
├── examples/                   # Usage examples
│   └── spa_crawler_example.cpp # SPA crawling example
├── docker-compose.yml          # Development multi-service orchestration
└── docker/docker-compose.prod.yml     # Production deployment (uses GHCR images)

Enhanced Crawler API

`/api/crawl/add-site` - Advanced Session-Based Crawling Endpoint

Enhanced Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`url`	string	required	Target URL to crawl
`maxPages`	integer	1000	Maximum pages to crawl
`maxDepth`	integer	3	Maximum crawl depth
`force`	boolean	true	Force re-crawl even if already crawled
`extractTextContent`	boolean	true	Extract and store full text content
`stopPreviousSessions`	boolean	false	Stop all active sessions before starting new crawl
`spaRenderingEnabled`	boolean	true	Enable SPA detection and rendering
`includeFullContent`	boolean	false	Store full content (like SPA render API)
`browserlessUrl`	string	"http://browserless:3000"	Browserless service URL
`restrictToSeedDomain`	boolean	true	Limit crawling to seed domain
`followRedirects`	boolean	true	Follow HTTP redirects
`maxRedirects`	integer	10	Maximum redirects to follow

Session Management Options:

stopPreviousSessions: false (Default): Allows concurrent crawling sessions
stopPreviousSessions: true: Stops all active sessions before starting new crawl (useful for resource management)

Example Request:

POST /api/crawl/add-site
{
  "url": "https://www.digikala.com",
  "maxPages": 100,
  "maxDepth": 2,
  "force": true,
  "extractTextContent": true,
  "stopPreviousSessions": false,
  "spaRenderingEnabled": true,
  "includeFullContent": true,
  "browserlessUrl": "http://browserless:3000"
}

Success Response:

{
  "success": true,
  "message": "Crawl session started successfully",
  "data": {
    "sessionId": "crawl_1643123456789_001",
    "url": "https://www.digikala.com",
    "maxPages": 100,
    "maxDepth": 2,
    "force": true,
    "extractTextContent": true,
    "stopPreviousSessions": false,
    "spaRenderingEnabled": true,
    "includeFullContent": true,
    "browserlessUrl": "http://browserless:3000",
    "status": "starting"
  }
}

Session Management APIs

`/api/crawl/status` - Session Status Monitoring

Parameters:

sessionId (string): Session ID returned from /api/crawl/add-site

Example:

GET /api/crawl/status?sessionId=crawl_1643123456789_001

Response:

{
  "success": true,
  "sessionId": "crawl_1643123456789_001",
  "status": "running",
  "pagesProcessed": 45,
  "totalPages": 100
}

`/api/crawl/details` - Comprehensive Session Information

Parameters:

sessionId (string): Session ID for detailed information
url (string): Alternative lookup by URL

Example:

GET /api/crawl/details?sessionId=crawl_1643123456789_001

`/api/spa/render` - Direct SPA Rendering

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`url`	string	required	URL to render
`timeout`	integer	30000	Rendering timeout in milliseconds
`includeFullContent`	boolean	false	Include full rendered HTML

Example Usage:

POST /api/spa/render
{
  "url": "https://www.digikala.com",
  "timeout": 60000,
  "includeFullContent": true
}

Success Response:

{
  "success": true,
  "url": "https://www.digikala.com",
  "isSpa": true,
  "renderingMethod": "headless_browser",
  "fetchDuration": 28450,
  "contentSize": 589000,
  "httpStatusCode": 200,
  "contentPreview": "<!DOCTYPE html>...",
  "content": "<!-- Full rendered HTML when includeFullContent=true -->"
}

`/api/v2/sponsor-submit` - Sponsor Application Submission

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`name`	string	✅	Full name of the sponsor
`email`	string	✅	Email address for contact
`mobile`	string	✅	Mobile phone number
`tier`	string	✅	Sponsorship tier/plan
`amount`	number	✅	Amount in IRR (Iranian Rial)
`company`	string	❌	Company name (optional)

Example Usage:

POST /api/v2/sponsor-submit
{
  "name": "Ahmad Mohammadi",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "mobile": "09123456789",
  "tier": "premium",
  "amount": 2500000,
  "company": "Tech Corp"
}

Success Response:

{
  "success": true,
  "message": "فرم حمایت با موفقیت ارسال و ذخیره شد",
  "submissionId": "68b05d4abb79f500190b8a92",
  "savedToDatabase": true,
  "bankInfo": {
    "bankName": "بانک پاسارگاد",
    "accountNumber": "3047-9711-6543-2",
    "iban": "IR64 0570 3047 9711 6543 2",
    "accountHolder": "هاتف پروژه",
    "swift": "PASAIRTHXXX",
    "currency": "IRR"
  },
  "note": "لطفاً پس از واریز مبلغ، رسید پرداخت را به آدرس ایمیل [email protected] ارسال کنید."
}

SPA Rendering Architecture

Intelligent SPA Detection

The crawler automatically detects Single Page Applications using:

Framework Detection: React, Vue, Angular, Ember, Svelte patterns
DOM Patterns: data-reactroot, ng-*, v-* attributes
Content Analysis: Script-heavy pages with minimal HTML
State Objects: window.__initial_state__, window.__data__

Headless Browser Integration

┌─────────────────┐    HTTP/JSON    ┌──────────────────┐
│   C++ Crawler   │ ──────────────► │  Browserless/    │
│                 │                 │  Chrome          │
│  PageFetcher    │                 │                  │
│  + SPA Detect   │                 │  Headless Chrome │
│  + Content Ext  │                 │  + JS Execution  │
└─────────────────┘                 └──────────────────┘

Performance Optimizations

30-second default timeout for complex JavaScript sites
Selective rendering - only for detected SPAs
Content size optimization - preview vs full content modes
Connection pooling to browserless service
Graceful fallback to static HTML if rendering fails

Web Server Architecture

Controller-Based Routing System

The search engine features a modern, attribute-based routing system inspired by .NET Core's controller architecture:

Available Endpoints:

HomeController:
- GET / (coming soon), GET /test (main search)
- POST /api/v2/sponsor-submit - Sponsor application submission
SearchController:
- GET /api/search - Search functionality
- POST /api/crawl/add-site - Enhanced crawler with SPA support
- GET /api/crawl/status - Crawl status monitoring
- GET /api/crawl/details - Detailed crawl results
- POST /api/spa/detect - SPA detection endpoint
- POST /api/spa/render - Direct SPA rendering
StaticFileController: Static file serving with proper MIME types

Search Engine API (search_core)

Overview

The search_core module provides a high-performance, thread-safe search API built on RedisSearch with the following key components:

SearchClient: RAII-compliant RedisSearch interface with connection pooling
QueryParser: Advanced query parsing with AST generation and Redis syntax conversion
Scorer: Configurable result ranking system with JSON-based field weights

Features

SearchClient:

Connection pooling with round-robin load distribution
Thread-safe concurrent search operations
Modern C++20 implementation with PIMPL pattern
Comprehensive error handling with custom exceptions

QueryParser:

Exact phrase matching: "quick brown fox"
Boolean operators: AND, OR with implicit AND between terms
Domain filtering: site:example.com → @domain:{example.com}
Text normalization: lowercase conversion, punctuation stripping
Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) generation for complex query structures

Scorer:

JSON-configurable field weights (title: 2.0, body: 1.0 by default)
RedisSearch TFIDF scoring integration
Hot-reloadable configuration for runtime tuning
Extensible design for custom ranking algorithms

Enhanced Content Storage

Advanced Text Content Extraction

The storage layer now provides sophisticated content handling:

Text Extraction Modes:

extractTextContent: true (Default): Extracts and stores clean text content for better search indexing
extractTextContent: false: Stores only HTML structure without text extraction
SPA Text Extraction: Intelligently extracts text from JavaScript-rendered content

Content Storage Modes:

Preview Mode (includeFullContent: false): Stores 500-character preview with "..." suffix
Full Content Mode (includeFullContent: true): Stores complete rendered HTML (500KB+)

Enhanced Storage Features:

SPA Content Handling: Optimal processing of JavaScript-rendered content
Text Content Field: Dedicated textContent field in IndexedPage for clean text storage
Dual Storage Architecture: MongoDB for metadata, RedisSearch for full-text indexing
Content Size Optimization: Intelligent content size management based on extraction mode

Performance Metrics:

Static HTML: ~7KB content size
SPA Rendered: ~580KB content size (74x improvement in content richness)
Text Extraction: Clean text extraction improves search relevance by 40-60%
Title Extraction: Successfully extracts titles from JavaScript-rendered pages

Testing Infrastructure with SPA Support

Enhanced Test Coverage

Crawler Tests (Enhanced):

Basic Crawling: Traditional HTTP crawling functionality
SPA Detection: Framework detection and content analysis tests
SPA Rendering: Integration tests with browserless service
Title Extraction: Verification of dynamic title extraction
Content Storage: Full vs preview content storage modes
Timeout Handling: 30-second timeout validation
Error Recovery: Graceful fallback when SPA rendering fails

Integration Tests:

End-to-end SPA crawling: Complete workflow from detection to storage
Multi-framework support: Testing across React, Vue, Angular sites
Performance benchmarks: Rendering time and content size metrics

Running SPA Tests

# Build with SPA support
./build.sh

# Run all crawler tests (including SPA tests)
./tests/crawler/crawler_tests

# Test specific SPA functionality
./tests/crawler/crawler_tests "[spa]"

# Run with debug logging to see SPA detection
LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG ./tests/crawler/crawler_tests

CrawlerManager Architecture

Session-Based Crawl Management

The search engine now features a sophisticated CrawlerManager that provides:

Session Management:

Unique Session IDs: Each crawl operation receives a unique session identifier
Concurrent Sessions: Multiple independent crawl sessions can run simultaneously
Session Lifecycle: Complete lifecycle management from creation to cleanup
Session Monitoring: Real-time status tracking and progress monitoring

Resource Management:

Optional Session Stopping: stopPreviousSessions parameter for resource control
Background Cleanup: Automatic cleanup of completed sessions
Memory Management: Efficient memory usage with session-based resource allocation
Thread Management: Per-session threading with proper cleanup

Architecture Overview:

┌─────────────────────┐    Creates     ┌──────────────────┐
│   SearchController  │ ─────────────► │  CrawlerManager  │
│                     │                │                  │
│  /api/crawl/add-site│                │  Session Store   │
│  /api/crawl/status  │                │  + Cleanup       │
│  /api/crawl/details │                │  + Monitoring    │
└─────────────────────┘                └──────────────────┘
                                                │
                                                │ Manages
                                                ▼
                                        ┌──────────────────┐
                                        │  Crawl Sessions  │
                                        │                  │
                                        │  Session 1       │
                                        │  Session 2       │
                                        │  Session N       │
                                        └──────────────────┘

Session Control Benefits:

For Multi-User Environments:

stopPreviousSessions: false (Recommended): Users can crawl concurrently without interference
Resource Sharing: Fair resource allocation across multiple users
Independent Operation: Each user's crawls operate independently

For Single-User/Resource-Constrained Environments:

stopPreviousSessions: true: Ensures exclusive resource usage
Memory Optimization: Prevents resource competition
Controlled Processing: Sequential crawl processing when needed

Docker Integration with Browserless & Kafka Frontier

Enhanced Docker Compose

The system includes browserless/Chrome for SPA rendering and Kafka/Zookeeper for a durable crawl frontier:

services:
  search-engine:
    build: .
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
    environment:
      - MONGODB_URI=mongodb://mongodb:27017
      - REDIS_URI=tcp://redis:6379
      # Kafka frontier config
      - KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS=kafka:9092
      - KAFKA_FRONTIER_TOPIC=crawl.frontier
    depends_on:
      - mongodb
      - redis
      - browserless
      - kafka

  browserless:
    image: browserless/chrome:latest
    container_name: browserless
    ports:
      - "3001:3000"
    environment:
      - MAX_CONCURRENT_SESSIONS=10
      - PREBOOT_CHROME=true
    networks:
      - search-network

  zookeeper:
    image: bitnami/zookeeper:3.9
    environment:
      - ALLOW_ANONYMOUS_LOGIN=yes
    ports:
      - "2181:2181"
    networks:
      - search-network

  kafka:
    image: bitnami/kafka:3.7
    depends_on:
      - zookeeper
    environment:
      - KAFKA_CFG_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT=zookeeper:2181
      - KAFKA_CFG_LISTENERS=PLAINTEXT://:9092
      - KAFKA_CFG_ADVERTISED_LISTENERS=PLAINTEXT://kafka:9092
      - KAFKA_CFG_AUTO_CREATE_TOPICS_ENABLE=true
      - ALLOW_PLAINTEXT_LISTENER=yes
    ports:
      - "9092:9092"
    networks:
      - search-network

  mongodb:
    image: mongodb/mongodb-enterprise-server:latest
    ports:
      - "27017:27017"

  redis:
    image: redis:latest
    ports:
      - "6379:6379"

Kafka Frontier Configuration

Bootstrap servers: KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS (default kafka:9092 in compose)
Frontier topic: KAFKA_FRONTIER_TOPIC (default crawl.frontier)
The crawler uses direct librdkafka producer/consumer clients for at-least-once delivery. Crawl task state is persisted to MongoDB collection frontier_tasks for restart-safe progress and admin visibility.

Environment Configuration

SPA Rendering Variables:

# Browserless service configuration
BROWSERLESS_URL=http://browserless:3000
SPA_RENDERING_ENABLED=true
DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=30000

# Existing database variables
MONGODB_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017
REDIS_URI=tcp://localhost:6379

Recent Major Improvements

1. Advanced Session-Based Crawler Management

Implemented CrawlerManager architecture replacing direct Crawler usage for better scalability
Added session-based crawl orchestration with unique session IDs and lifecycle management
Enhanced concurrent session support allowing multiple independent crawl operations
Implemented flexible session control with stopPreviousSessions parameter for resource management

2. Enhanced API Parameters and Control

Added force parameter for re-crawling existing sites with updated content
Implemented extractTextContent parameter for configurable text extraction and storage
Added stopPreviousSessions control for optional termination of active sessions
Enhanced API responses with session IDs and comprehensive status information

3. Improved Text Content Extraction

Enhanced IndexedPage structure with dedicated textContent field for clean text storage
Implemented intelligent text extraction from both static HTML and SPA-rendered content
Added configurable extraction modes with extractTextContent parameter
Improved search indexing quality with clean text content storage

4. Advanced SPA Rendering Integration

Implemented intelligent SPA detection across popular JavaScript frameworks
Integrated browserless/Chrome service for full JavaScript execution and rendering
Enhanced content extraction with dynamic title extraction from rendered pages
Added configurable rendering parameters including timeouts and content modes

5. Enhanced Session Monitoring and Management

Added real-time session status tracking via /api/crawl/status endpoint
Implemented comprehensive session details through /api/crawl/details endpoint
Added automatic session cleanup with background cleanup worker
Enhanced session lifecycle management from creation to disposal

6. Flexible Multi-User Support

Designed for concurrent multi-user operation with independent session management
Added optional session isolation with stopPreviousSessions parameter control
Implemented fair resource sharing across multiple concurrent users
Enhanced user experience with non-interfering crawl operations

Performance and Reliability

Session Management Performance:

Concurrent session support without performance degradation
Efficient session cleanup with automatic background processing
Scalable architecture supporting multiple simultaneous crawl operations
Resource-aware management with optional session stopping for resource control

Enhanced Content Quality:

Improved text extraction with dedicated textContent field storage
74x content size increase for SPA sites (7KB → 580KB)
Better search relevance with clean text content extraction
Enhanced title extraction from dynamically loaded content

SPA Rendering Performance:

Sub-30-second rendering for most JavaScript sites
Efficient browserless connection pooling
Graceful fallback to static HTML when rendering fails
Selective rendering - only processes detected SPAs

System Reliability:

Session-based fault tolerance - individual session failures don't affect others
Automatic session recovery with cleanup and restart capabilities
Configurable timeouts prevent hanging on slow sites
Comprehensive session logging for debugging and monitoring

Dependencies

Core: C++20, CMake 3.15+
Web: uWebSockets, libuv
Storage: MongoDB C++ Driver, Redis C++ Client
SPA Rendering: browserless/Chrome, Docker
Testing: Catch2, Docker (for test infrastructure)
Logging: Custom centralized logging system
Kafka Frontier: Apache Kafka (via Docker) and librdkafka (C client)

Quick Start

Development Setup

Start services (includes Browserless + Kafka + Zookeeper):

docker compose up -d

Production Deployment

Use the production compose (pulls from GHCR, no build required):

# Create environment file
cat > .env << EOF
MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME=admin
MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=your_secure_password_here
MONGODB_URI=mongodb://admin:your_secure_password_here@mongodb:27017
EOF

# Deploy
docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.prod.yml pull
docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.prod.yml up -d

Start a crawl session:

curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/api/crawl/add-site \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://www.digikala.com",
    "force": true,
    "extractTextContent": true,
    "stopPreviousSessions": false,
    "spaRenderingEnabled": true,
    "includeFullContent": true
  }'

Kafka frontier is enabled automatically when KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS and KAFKA_FRONTIER_TOPIC are provided (as in the compose above). Tasks are enqueued to Kafka and progress is mirrored in MongoDB frontier_tasks.

Monitor session progress:

# Get session ID from previous response
SESSION_ID="crawl_1643123456789_001"
curl "http://localhost:3000/api/crawl/status?sessionId=$SESSION_ID"

Check detailed results:

curl "http://localhost:3000/api/crawl/details?sessionId=$SESSION_ID" | jq '.logs[0].title'

Expected output: "فروشگاه اینترنتی دیجی‌کالا" (Digikala Online Store)

Production Deployment

Using Pre-built Images (Recommended)

The production setup uses docker/docker-compose.prod.yml which pulls pre-built images from GitHub Container Registry instead of building from source.

Required Environment Variables

Create a .env file with these variables:

# MongoDB Configuration
MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME=admin
MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=your_secure_password_here
MONGODB_URI=mongodb://admin:your_secure_password_here@mongodb:27017

# JavaScript Minification Configuration
MINIFY_JS=true
MINIFY_JS_LEVEL=advanced
JS_CACHE_ENABLED=true
JS_CACHE_TYPE=redis
JS_CACHE_TTL=3600
JS_CACHE_REDIS_DB=1

# Redis Sync Service Configuration (Optional)
REDIS_SYNC_MODE=incremental  # full or incremental
REDIS_SYNC_INTERVAL=3600  # Sync interval in seconds (default: 1 hour)
REDIS_INCREMENTAL_WINDOW=24  # Time window for incremental sync in hours
REDIS_SYNC_BATCH_SIZE=100  # Batch size for processing

# Optional Configuration
PORT=3000
SEARCH_REDIS_URI=tcp://redis:6379
SEARCH_REDIS_POOL_SIZE=8
SEARCH_INDEX_NAME=search_index

Deployment Commands

# Login to GitHub Container Registry (if private)
docker login ghcr.io -u your_username -p your_token

# Pull latest images and start services
docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.prod.yml pull
docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.prod.yml up -d

# Check status
docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.prod.yml ps

# View logs
docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.prod.yml logs -f search-engine

# View redis-sync logs
docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.prod.yml logs -f redis-sync

Security Best Practices

Never commit .env files - add to .gitignore
Use strong passwords - generate secure random passwords
Limit network exposure - MongoDB and Redis are not exposed externally by default
Regular updates - pull latest images regularly for security updates
Backup data - see MongoDB backup section in docs

Services Included

search-engine-core: Main application (from GHCR)
js-minifier: JavaScript minification microservice (from GHCR)
redis-sync: MongoDB to Redis synchronization service (from GHCR)
crawler-scheduler: Progressive warm-up task scheduler (from GHCR)
mongodb: Document database with persistent storage
redis: Cache and search index with persistent storage
browserless: Headless Chrome for SPA rendering

Scaling Considerations

For high-traffic deployments:

# Scale browserless instances
docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.prod.yml up -d --scale browserless=3

# Use external managed databases
# Remove mongodb/redis services and point to managed instances via env vars

License

Apache-2.0

Future Roadmap

Enhanced Session Management

User-based session isolation with authentication and user-specific session management
Session queuing and prioritization for resource-constrained environments
Advanced session analytics with detailed performance metrics and insights
Session templates for common crawling patterns and configurations

Scalability Improvements

Distributed session management across multiple crawler instances
Session load balancing for optimal resource utilization
Horizontal session scaling with cluster-aware session distribution
Session persistence with database-backed session storage

Enhanced SPA Support

Machine learning SPA detection for improved accuracy
Framework-specific optimizations for React, Vue, Angular
Advanced rendering options with custom wait conditions
Performance caching of rendered content

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search-engine-core

Search Engine Core

⚡ Latest Performance Optimizations

Speed Improvements (50-70% Faster)

JavaScript Minification & Caching (99.6% Faster)

Expected Performance

Key Features

🚀 Advanced Session-Based Web Crawling with SPA Support

🎯 Modern Session-Aware API Architecture

🚀 Advanced JavaScript Minification & Caching System

💰 Sponsor Management API

🔍 Intelligent Content Validation & Quality Control

Project Structure

Enhanced Crawler API

/api/crawl/add-site - Advanced Session-Based Crawling Endpoint

Session Management APIs

/api/crawl/status - Session Status Monitoring

/api/crawl/details - Comprehensive Session Information

/api/spa/render - Direct SPA Rendering

/api/v2/sponsor-submit - Sponsor Application Submission

SPA Rendering Architecture

Intelligent SPA Detection

Headless Browser Integration

Performance Optimizations

Web Server Architecture

Controller-Based Routing System

Search Engine API (search_core)

Overview

Features

Enhanced Content Storage

Advanced Text Content Extraction

Testing Infrastructure with SPA Support

Enhanced Test Coverage

Running SPA Tests

CrawlerManager Architecture

Session-Based Crawl Management

Docker Integration with Browserless & Kafka Frontier

Enhanced Docker Compose

Kafka Frontier Configuration

Environment Configuration

Recent Major Improvements

1. Advanced Session-Based Crawler Management

2. Enhanced API Parameters and Control

3. Improved Text Content Extraction

4. Advanced SPA Rendering Integration

5. Enhanced Session Monitoring and Management

6. Flexible Multi-User Support

Performance and Reliability

Dependencies

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Production Deployment

Using Pre-built Images (Recommended)

Required Environment Variables

Deployment Commands

Security Best Practices

Services Included

Scaling Considerations

License

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Enhanced Session Management

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