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@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-techdocs
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A module for the search backend that exports techdocs modules
This package exports a module that extends the search backend to also index techdocs.
Add the module package as a dependency:
# From your Backstage root directory
yarn --cwd packages/backend add @backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-techdocs
Add the collator to your backend instance, along with the search plugin itself:
// packages/backend/src/index.ts
import { createBackend } from '@backstage/backend-defaults';
const backend = createBackend();
backend.add(import('@backstage/plugin-search-backend'));
backend.add(import('@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-techdocs'));
backend.start();
You may also want to add configuration parameters to your app-config, for example for controlling the scheduled indexing interval. These parameters should be placed under the search.collators.techdocs key. See the config definition file for more details.
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A module for the search backend that exports techdocs modules
The npm package @backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-techdocs receives a total of 19,441 weekly downloads. As such, @backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-techdocs popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-techdocs demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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