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Data Types

Tigris supports all of the TypeScript types while also providing support for custom types via classes.

Strings​

@TigrisSearchIndex("post")
export class Post {
@SearchField()
title: string;

@SearchField({ sort: true, facet: true })
author: string;
}

Boolean​

@TigrisSearchIndex("post")
export class Post {
@SearchField()
pinned: boolean;

@SearchField({ sort: true, facet: true })
active: boolean;
}

Numbers​

@TigrisSearchIndex("post")
export class Post {
@SearchField({ sort: true, facet: true })
viewCount: number;

@SearchField({ facet: true })
authorId: bigint;
}

Javascript number type can only represent integer values from -9007199254740991 to 9007199254740991. If your collection field has a use-case for 64-bit integers, we recommend using bigint or string field type to represent your integers.

Dates​

@TigrisSearchIndex("post")
export class Post {
@SearchField({ sort: true })
publishedAt: Date;
}

Objects​

User-defined classes and objects are supported. Fields can be of any type, there is no restriction.

export class Bio {
@SearchField()
text: string;

@SearchField({ sort: true })
createdAt: Date;
}

@TigrisSearchIndex("authors")
export class Author {
@SearchField()
bio: Bio;
}

Arrays​

Arrays of all the above types are supported. There is no restriction.

@TigrisSearchIndex("post")
export class Post {
@SearchField({ elements: TigrisDataTypes.STRING, facet: true })
tags: string[];

@SearchField({ elements: Comment })
comments: Comment[];
}

Sorting and Faceting​

Tigris supports the majority of the primitive TypeScript types while also providing support for custom types.

TypeSortFacet
stringyesyes
booleanyesyes
numberyesyes
bigintyesyes
dateyesno
objectyesyes
arraynoyes
note

In case of an object type field, sort and facet properties apply to its nested fields. The above rules also apply to user-defined class.