initial work on rewriting stuff; awaiting changes

crawlers need to be storing which links link where for
pageranking to work; looks like we have to start over on crawling! :D

Cargo.lock

@@ -4276,6 +4276,25 @@ version = "4.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1c107b6f4780854c8b126e228ea8869f4d7b71260f962fefb57b996b8959ba6b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "searchservice"
+version = "0.2.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "asklyphe-common",
+ "async-nats",
+ "async-recursion",
+ "chrono",
+ "env_logger 0.10.2",
+ "futures",
+ "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rmp-serde",
+ "serde",
+ "tokio",
+ "ulid",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "security-framework"
 version = "2.11.1"

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [workspace]
-members = ["asklyphe-common", "asklyphe-frontend", "asklyphe-auth-frontend", "unit_converter", "authservice", "authservice/migration", "authservice/entity", "bingservice", "googleservice", "vorebot", "lyphedb", "lyphedb/ldbtesttool"]
+members = ["asklyphe-common", "asklyphe-frontend", "asklyphe-auth-frontend", "unit_converter", "authservice", "authservice/migration", "authservice/entity", "bingservice", "googleservice", "vorebot", "lyphedb", "lyphedb/ldbtesttool", "searchservice"]

asklyphe-common/src/ldb/sitestore.rs

@@ -176,3 +176,35 @@ pub async fn get_website(db: &DBConn, url: &str) -> Result<WebsiteData, ()> {
         }
     }
 }
+
+pub async fn count_websites(db: &DBConn) -> Result<u64, ()> {
+    let key = construct_path(&[SITESTORE]).as_bytes().to_vec();
+
+    let cmd = LDBNatsMessage::Command(LypheDBCommand::CountKeys(KeyDirectory { key }));
+
+    match db.query(cmd).await {
+        LDBNatsMessage::Count(c) => {
+            Ok(c)
+        }
+        LDBNatsMessage::Entries(_) => {
+            warn!("lyphedb responded with \"entries\" to count_websites, treating as error");
+            Err(())
+        }
+        LDBNatsMessage::Success => {
+            warn!("lyphedb responded with \"success\" to count_websites, treating as error");
+            Err(())
+        }
+        LDBNatsMessage::BadRequest => {
+            error!("bad request for count_websites");
+            Err(())
+        }
+        LDBNatsMessage::NotFound => {
+            warn!("not found for count_websites");
+            Err(())
+        }
+        _ => {
+            warn!("lyphedb sent weird message as response, treating as error");
+            Err(())
+        }
+    }
+}

searchservice/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "searchservice"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "AGPL-3"
 license-file = "LICENSE"
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ license-file = "LICENSE"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-asklyphe-common = { path = "../asklyphe-common", features = ["foundationdb"] }
+asklyphe-common = { path = "../asklyphe-common" }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 rmp-serde = "1.1.2"

searchservice/src/algorithm.rs

@@ -12,16 +12,13 @@
 */
 
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet, VecDeque};
-use std::ops::Mul;
+use std::hash::{DefaultHasher, Hasher};
 use async_recursion::async_recursion;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
-use log::{debug, info};
-use rand::Rng;
-use asklyphe_common::db;
-use asklyphe_common::db::{STRHASH};
-use asklyphe_common::foundationdb::Database;
+use log::*;
+use asklyphe_common::ldb::DBConn;
 use asklyphe_common::nats::searchservice;
 
 pub struct SearchResult {
@@ -29,56 +26,20 @@ pub struct SearchResult {
     pub title: Option<String>,
     pub description: Option<String>,
     pub url_contains_result: Option<usize>,
-    pub word_occurs: f64,
-    pub authorword_occurs: f64,
-    pub descriptionword_occurs: f64,
-    pub keyword_occurs: f64,
-    pub sitename_occurs: f64,
-    pub linkword_occurs: f64,
     pub pagerank: f64,
     pub relavence: f64,
-    pub words_contained: BTreeSet<usize>,
-    pub total_query_words: f64,
-    pub words: BTreeMap<usize, usize>,
-    pub closest_match: f64,
-    pub phrase_match_count: f64,
-    pub match_acc: f64,
-    pub match_c: f64,
-    pub highest_match: f64,
 }
 
-impl SearchResult {
-    pub fn relavence(&self, no_separator_flag: bool) -> f64 {
-        if !no_separator_flag {
-            ((self.word_occurs * 1.3) + (self.descriptionword_occurs * 1.2) + (self.keyword_occurs * 0.5) + (self.authorword_occurs * 1.2) + (self.sitename_occurs * 1.3) + (self.linkword_occurs * 2.9) + (self.pagerank.powi(4)).max(0.001))
-                .max(0.01)
-                *
-                if self.total_query_words > 1.0 {
-                    ((1.0001 - if self.match_c > 0.0 { (self.match_acc / self.match_c) / self.highest_match.max(0.01) } else { 0.1 })
-                        + if !self.words_contained.is_empty() { (self.total_query_words / self.words_contained.len() as f64).max(0.002) } else { 1.0 }).max(0.001)
-                        * self.phrase_match_count.max(0.02).powi(5)
-                } else {
-                    1.0
-                }
-        } else {
-            if self.total_query_words > 1.0 {
-                (1.0001 - if self.match_c > 0.0 { (self.match_acc / self.match_c) / self.highest_match.max(0.01) } else { 0.1 })
-                    * self.phrase_match_count.max(0.02).powi(8)
-            } else {
-                1.0
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
+type STRHASH = u64;
 
 pub static PRECALCED_PAGERANKS: Lazy<Mutex<BTreeMap<STRHASH, f64>>> = Lazy::new(|| Mutex::new(BTreeMap::new()));
 pub static CACHED_PAGERANKS: Lazy<Mutex<BTreeMap<STRHASH, f64>>> = Lazy::new(|| Mutex::new(BTreeMap::new()));
-pub static VISITED_PAGERANKS: Lazy<Mutex<BTreeSet<STRHASH>>> = Lazy::new(|| Mutex::new(BTreeSet::new()));
-pub static VISITED_PAGERANKS2: Lazy<Mutex<BTreeSet<STRHASH>>> = Lazy::new(|| Mutex::new(BTreeSet::new()));
-pub static HASH_CACHE: Lazy<HashCache<String, STRHASH>> = Lazy::new(|| HashCache::new(Arc::new(Mutex::new(BTreeMap::new()))));
-pub static UNHASH_CACHE: Lazy<HashCache<STRHASH, String>> = Lazy::new(|| HashCache::new(Arc::new(Mutex::new(BTreeMap::new()))));
-pub static TITLE_CACHE: Lazy<HashCache<STRHASH, Option<String>>> = Lazy::new(|| HashCache::new(Arc::new(Mutex::new(BTreeMap::new()))));
-pub static DESC_CACHE: Lazy<HashCache<STRHASH, Option<String>>> = Lazy::new(|| HashCache::new(Arc::new(Mutex::new(BTreeMap::new()))));
+
+pub fn hash(data: &str) -> STRHASH {
+    let mut hash = DefaultHasher::new();
+    hash.write(data.as_bytes());
+    hash.finish()
+}
 
 pub struct HashCache<K: Ord, V: Clone> {
     inner: Arc<Mutex<BTreeMap<K, V>>>,
@@ -122,44 +83,12 @@ impl<K: Ord, V: Clone> HashCache<K, V> {
     }
 }
 
-pub async fn cached_hash(db: &Database, key: String) -> STRHASH {
-    HASH_CACHE.entry(key.clone()).or_insert(db::foa_strhash(db, &key)).await
-}
-
-pub async fn cached_unhash(db: &Database, key: STRHASH) -> String {
-    UNHASH_CACHE.entry(key).or_insert(db::unhash(db, key)).await
-}
-
-pub async fn cached_title(db: &Database, key: STRHASH) -> Option<String> {
-    if let Some(title) = TITLE_CACHE.entry(key).or_insert(db::info_title(db, key)).await {
-        Some(title)
-    } else {
-        TITLE_CACHE.unconditional(key).or_insert(db::info_title(db, key)).await
-    }
-}
-
-pub async fn cached_desc(db: &Database, key: STRHASH) -> Option<String> {
-    if let Some(desc) = DESC_CACHE.entry(key).or_insert(db::info_description(db, key)).await {
-        Some(desc)
-    } else {
-        DESC_CACHE.unconditional(key).or_insert(db::info_description(db, key)).await
-    }
-}
-
 #[async_recursion]
-pub async fn pagerank(db: &Database, url: STRHASH) -> f64 {
-    if let Some(precalc) = PRECALCED_PAGERANKS.lock().unwrap().get(&url) {
+pub async fn pagerank(db: &DBConn, url: &str) -> f64 {
+    let uhash = hash(url);
+    if let Some(precalc) = PRECALCED_PAGERANKS.lock().unwrap().get(&uhash) {
         return *precalc;
     }
-    if let Some(precalc_db) = db::page_pagerank(db, url).await {
-        //debug!("url {} in db {}", url, precalc_db);
-        if precalc_db == 0.0 {
-            //debug!("but 0 ):");
-        } else {
-            CACHED_PAGERANKS.lock().unwrap().insert(url, precalc_db);
-            return precalc_db;
-        }
-    }
     let mut accum = 0.0;
     let incoming = {
         db::page_links_entering(db, url).await

searchservice/src/main.rs

@@ -27,11 +27,10 @@ use async_nats::jetstream::consumer::PullConsumer;
 use async_nats::jetstream::stream::RetentionPolicy;
 use futures::StreamExt;
 use log::{error, info, warn};
-use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+use once_cell::sync::{Lazy, OnceCell};
 use tokio::sync::Mutex;
 use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
-use asklyphe_common::{db, foundationdb};
-use asklyphe_common::foundationdb::Database;
+use asklyphe_common::ldb::DBConn;
 use asklyphe_common::nats::comms;
 use asklyphe_common::nats::comms::{Service, ServiceResponse};
 use asklyphe_common::nats::searchservice::SearchSrvcResponse;
@@ -39,13 +38,16 @@ use asklyphe_common::nats::searchservice::SearchSrvcResponse;
 pub static NATS_URL: Lazy<String> = Lazy::new(|| std::env::var("NATS_URL").expect("NO NATS DEFINED"));
 pub static NATS_CERT: Lazy<String> = Lazy::new(|| std::env::var("NATS_CERT").expect("NO NATS_CERT DEFINED"));
 pub static NATS_KEY: Lazy<String> = Lazy::new(|| std::env::var("NATS_KEY").expect("NO NATS_KEY DEFINED"));
+pub static DB_NAME: Lazy<String> =
+    Lazy::new(|| std::env::var("DB_NAME").expect("PLEASE ADD DB_NAME"));
 
 pub static PROCESSES_HANDLED: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
 pub static LAST_MESSAGE: AtomicI64 = AtomicI64::new(0);
 
+static DB_CONN: OnceCell<DBConn> = OnceCell::new();
+
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
-    let _guard = unsafe { foundationdb::boot() };
     env_logger::init();
     info!("searchservice began at {}", chrono::Utc::now().to_string());
     let nats = async_nats::ConnectOptions::new()
@@ -57,12 +59,14 @@ async fn main() {
         return;
     }
     let nats = nats.unwrap();
+    let dbconn = DBConn::new(nats.clone(), DB_NAME.to_string());
+    let _ = DB_CONN.set(dbconn);
     let nats = jetstream::new(nats);
 
     info!("searchbot spawned");
 
     async fn on_recv(query: comms::Query) -> ServiceResponse {
-        let db = Database::default().expect("couldn't connect to foundation db!");
+        let db = DB_CONN.get().unwrap().clone();
         let now = chrono::Utc::now().timestamp();
         LAST_MESSAGE.store(now, Ordering::Relaxed);
 
@@ -85,7 +89,4 @@ async fn main() {
     if let Err(e) = comms::subscribe_service(Service::SearchService, &nats, Arc::new(on_recv)).await {
         error!("failed to subscribe to searchservice nats! reason {:?}", e);
     }
-
-    // we will respawn tasks if they crash
-    drop(_guard);
 }

searchservice/src/process.rs

@@ -16,15 +16,12 @@ use async_nats::{jetstream, Subject};
 use log::{debug, error, warn};
 use tokio::sync::Mutex;
 use futures::StreamExt;
-use asklyphe_common::db::tables::{INFO_TABLE, WEBSITE_TABLE};
-use asklyphe_common::foundationdb::{Database, KeySelector, RangeOption};
-use asklyphe_common::foundationdb::options::{StreamingMode, TransactionOption};
-use asklyphe_common::foundationdb::tuple::{pack, Subspace};
+use asklyphe_common::ldb::{sitestore, DBConn};
 use asklyphe_common::nats::searchservice;
 use asklyphe_common::nats::searchservice::{SearchSrvcQuery, SearchSrvcRequest, SearchSrvcResponse, SearchRequest, SiteCountResponse, SearchResponse};
 use crate::{algorithm, hacks};
 
-pub async fn process(query: SearchSrvcQuery, db: Database) -> SearchSrvcResponse {
+pub async fn process(query: SearchSrvcQuery, db: DBConn) -> SearchSrvcResponse {
     // a future is used so that the whole program doesn't die if an algorithm panics
     let response = tokio::spawn(async move {
         match query.request {
@@ -45,7 +42,7 @@ pub async fn process(query: SearchSrvcQuery, db: Database) -> SearchSrvcResponse
     }
 }
 
-pub async fn search_request(req: SearchRequest, db: &Database) -> SearchSrvcResponse {
+pub async fn search_request(req: SearchRequest, db: &DBConn) -> SearchSrvcResponse {
     let words_initial: Vec<String> = req.query.split_whitespace().map(|s| s.to_string()).collect();
     let mut words = vec![];
     let mut no_separator_flag = false;
@@ -75,44 +72,12 @@ pub async fn search_request(req: SearchRequest, db: &Database) -> SearchSrvcResp
     }
 }
 
-pub async fn count_websites(db: &Database) -> SearchSrvcResponse {
-    let mut counter: u64 = 0;
-    let subspace = Subspace::from(WEBSITE_TABLE);
-    let mut last_key = subspace.range().0;
-    let final_key = subspace.range().1;
-
-    for _failsafe in 0..10000 {
-        let trx = db.create_trx();
-        if let Err(e) = trx {
-            error!("DATABASE ERROR page_links_exiting_count {e}");
-        } else {
-            let trx = trx.unwrap();
-            // link -> from -> *
-            let mut range = RangeOption::from((last_key.clone(), final_key.clone()));
-            range.mode = StreamingMode::Iterator;
-            range.limit = Some(10096);
-
-            let mut stream = trx.get_ranges_keyvalues(range, true);
-
-            let mut this_time = 0;
-
-            while let Some(kv) = stream.next().await {
-                if let Ok(kv) = kv {
-                    counter += 1;
-                    this_time += 1;
-                    last_key = kv.key().to_vec();
-                } else if let Err(e) = kv {
-                    eprintln!("err while counting {e}");
-                }
-            }
-
-            if this_time <= 10 {
-                return SearchSrvcResponse::SiteCountResponse(SiteCountResponse {
-                    count: counter / 8,
-                });
-            }
-        }
-
+pub async fn count_websites(db: &DBConn) -> SearchSrvcResponse {
+    if let Ok(count) = sitestore::count_websites(db).await {
+        SearchSrvcResponse::SiteCountResponse(SiteCountResponse {
+            count,
+        })
+    } else {
+        SearchSrvcResponse::OtherError("couldn't retrieve count ):".to_string())
     }
-    SearchSrvcResponse::OtherError("couldn't retrieve count ):".to_string())
 }

searchservice_old/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/target
+.idea

searchservice_old/Cargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+[package]
+name = "searchservice"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+license = "AGPL-3"
+license-file = "LICENSE"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+asklyphe-common = { path = "../asklyphe-common", features = ["foundationdb"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+rmp-serde = "1.1.2"
+async-nats = "0.38.0"
+chrono = "0.4.26"
+once_cell = "1.18.0"
+ulid = "1.0.0"
+rand = "0.8.5"
+async-recursion = "1.0.5"
+futures = "0.3.30"
+log = "0.4.20"
+env_logger = "0.10.2"

searchservice_old/src/hacks.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * searchservice hacks.rs
+ * - awful awful solutions to our issues
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2025 Real Microsoft, LLC
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 3.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+use std::ops::{ RangeInclusive};
+
+const BURMESE_RANGE: RangeInclusive<char> = '\u{1000}'..='\u{104f}';
+const CHINESE_RANGE1: RangeInclusive<char> = '\u{4e00}'..='\u{9fff}';
+const CHINESE_RANGE2: RangeInclusive<char> = '\u{3400}'..='\u{4dbf}';
+const CHINESE_RANGE3: RangeInclusive<char> = '\u{20000}'..='\u{2a6df}';
+const CHINESE_RANGE4: RangeInclusive<char> = '\u{2A700}'..='\u{2B73F}';
+const CHINESE_RANGE5: RangeInclusive<char> = '\u{2B740}'..='\u{2B81F}';
+const CHINESE_RANGE6: RangeInclusive<char> = '\u{2B820}'..='\u{2CEAF}';
+const CHINESE_RANGE7: RangeInclusive<char> = '\u{2CEB0}'..='\u{2EBEF}';
+const CHINESE_RANGE8: RangeInclusive<char> = '\u{30000}'..='\u{3134F}';
+const CHINESE_RANGE9: RangeInclusive<char> = '\u{31350}'..='\u{323AF}';
+const CHINESE_RANGE10: RangeInclusive<char> = '\u{2EBF0}'..='\u{2EE5F}';
+const CHINESE_RANGE11: RangeInclusive<char> = '\u{F900}'..='\u{FAFF}';
+const JAPANESE_RANGE1: RangeInclusive<char> = '\u{3040}'..='\u{309F}';
+/// KATAKANA
+const JAPANESE_RANGE2: RangeInclusive<char> = '\u{30A0}'..='\u{30FF}';
+const JAVANESE_RANGE: RangeInclusive<char> = '\u{A980}'..='\u{A9DF}';
+const KHMER_RANGE1: RangeInclusive<char> = '\u{1780}'..='\u{17FF}';
+const KHMER_RANGE2: RangeInclusive<char> = '\u{19E0}'..='\u{19FF}';
+const LAO_RANGE: RangeInclusive<char> = '\u{0E80}'..='\u{0EFF}';
+const PHAGSPA_RANGE: RangeInclusive<char> = '\u{A840}'..='\u{A87F}';
+const TAITHAM_RANGE: RangeInclusive<char> = '\u{1A20}'..='\u{1AAF}';
+const THAI_RANGE: RangeInclusive<char> = '\u{0E00}'..='\u{E07F}';
+const TIBETAN_RANGE: RangeInclusive<char> = '\u{0F00}'..='\u{0FFF}';
+const NO_WORD_BOUNDRIES: &[RangeInclusive<char>] = &[
+    BURMESE_RANGE,
+    CHINESE_RANGE1, CHINESE_RANGE2, CHINESE_RANGE3, CHINESE_RANGE4, CHINESE_RANGE5, CHINESE_RANGE6, CHINESE_RANGE7, CHINESE_RANGE8, CHINESE_RANGE9, CHINESE_RANGE10, CHINESE_RANGE11,
+    JAPANESE_RANGE1, JAPANESE_RANGE2,
+    JAVANESE_RANGE,
+    KHMER_RANGE1, KHMER_RANGE2,
+    LAO_RANGE,
+    PHAGSPA_RANGE,
+    TAITHAM_RANGE,
+    THAI_RANGE,
+    TIBETAN_RANGE,
+];
+
+pub fn is_from_language_that_doesnt_use_word_separators(str: &str) -> bool {
+    for c in str.chars() {
+        for range in NO_WORD_BOUNDRIES {
+            if range.contains(&c) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    false
+}

searchservice_old/src/main.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/*
+ * searchservice main.rs
+ * - entrypoint for the asklyphe search service
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2025 Real Microsoft, LLC
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 3.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+pub mod algorithm;
+pub mod hacks;
+mod process;
+
+use std::cmp::max;
+use std::future::Future;
+use std::io::Read;
+use std::string::ToString;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicI64, AtomicU64, Ordering};
+use std::time::Duration;
+use async_nats::jetstream;
+use async_nats::jetstream::consumer::PullConsumer;
+use async_nats::jetstream::stream::RetentionPolicy;
+use futures::StreamExt;
+use log::{error, info, warn};
+use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+use tokio::sync::Mutex;
+use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
+use asklyphe_common::{db, foundationdb};
+use asklyphe_common::foundationdb::Database;
+use asklyphe_common::nats::comms;
+use asklyphe_common::nats::comms::{Service, ServiceResponse};
+use asklyphe_common::nats::searchservice::SearchSrvcResponse;
+
+pub static NATS_URL: Lazy<String> = Lazy::new(|| std::env::var("NATS_URL").expect("NO NATS DEFINED"));
+pub static NATS_CERT: Lazy<String> = Lazy::new(|| std::env::var("NATS_CERT").expect("NO NATS_CERT DEFINED"));
+pub static NATS_KEY: Lazy<String> = Lazy::new(|| std::env::var("NATS_KEY").expect("NO NATS_KEY DEFINED"));
+
+pub static PROCESSES_HANDLED: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
+pub static LAST_MESSAGE: AtomicI64 = AtomicI64::new(0);
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+    let _guard = unsafe { foundationdb::boot() };
+    env_logger::init();
+    info!("searchservice began at {}", chrono::Utc::now().to_string());
+    let nats = async_nats::ConnectOptions::new()
+        .add_client_certificate(NATS_CERT.as_str().into(), NATS_KEY.as_str().into())
+        .connect(NATS_URL.as_str())
+        .await;
+    if let Err(e) = nats {
+        error!("FATAL ERROR, COULDN'T CONNECT TO NATS: {}", e);
+        return;
+    }
+    let nats = nats.unwrap();
+    let nats = jetstream::new(nats);
+
+    info!("searchbot spawned");
+
+    async fn on_recv(query: comms::Query) -> ServiceResponse {
+        let db = Database::default().expect("couldn't connect to foundation db!");
+        let now = chrono::Utc::now().timestamp();
+        LAST_MESSAGE.store(now, Ordering::Relaxed);
+
+        let response = match query {
+            comms::Query::SearchService(query) => {
+                process::process(query, db).await
+            }
+            _ => {
+                SearchSrvcResponse::InvalidRequest
+            }
+        };
+
+        if PROCESSES_HANDLED.load(Ordering::Relaxed) % 100 == 0 {
+            info!("handled {} requests!", PROCESSES_HANDLED.load(Ordering::Relaxed));
+        }
+        PROCESSES_HANDLED.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        ServiceResponse::SearchService(response)
+    }
+
+    if let Err(e) = comms::subscribe_service(Service::SearchService, &nats, Arc::new(on_recv)).await {
+        error!("failed to subscribe to searchservice nats! reason {:?}", e);
+    }
+
+    // we will respawn tasks if they crash
+    drop(_guard);
+}

searchservice_old/src/process.rs

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+/*
+ * searchservice process.rs
+ * - route incoming nats requests to their specific functions
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2025 Real Microsoft, LLC
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 3.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use async_nats::{jetstream, Subject};
+use log::{debug, error, warn};
+use tokio::sync::Mutex;
+use futures::StreamExt;
+use asklyphe_common::db::tables::{INFO_TABLE, WEBSITE_TABLE};
+use asklyphe_common::foundationdb::{Database, KeySelector, RangeOption};
+use asklyphe_common::foundationdb::options::{StreamingMode, TransactionOption};
+use asklyphe_common::foundationdb::tuple::{pack, Subspace};
+use asklyphe_common::nats::searchservice;
+use asklyphe_common::nats::searchservice::{SearchSrvcQuery, SearchSrvcRequest, SearchSrvcResponse, SearchRequest, SiteCountResponse, SearchResponse};
+use crate::{algorithm, hacks};
+
+pub async fn process(query: SearchSrvcQuery, db: Database) -> SearchSrvcResponse {
+    // a future is used so that the whole program doesn't die if an algorithm panics
+    let response = tokio::spawn(async move {
+        match query.request {
+            SearchSrvcRequest::SearchRequest(req) => {
+                search_request(req, &db).await
+            }
+            SearchSrvcRequest::SiteCountRequest => {
+                count_websites(&db).await
+            }
+        }}).await;
+
+    if let Ok(response) = response {
+        response
+    } else if let Err(e) = response {
+        SearchSrvcResponse::OtherError(e.to_string())
+    } else {
+        unreachable!()
+    }
+}
+
+pub async fn search_request(req: SearchRequest, db: &Database) -> SearchSrvcResponse {
+    let words_initial: Vec<String> = req.query.split_whitespace().map(|s| s.to_string()).collect();
+    let mut words = vec![];
+    let mut no_separator_flag = false;
+    for word in words_initial {
+        if hacks::is_from_language_that_doesnt_use_word_separators(&word) {
+            words.extend(word.chars().map(|c| c.to_string()).collect::<Vec<String>>());
+            no_separator_flag = true;
+        } else {
+            words.push(word);
+        }
+    }
+
+    match algorithm::search(&db, words, no_separator_flag).await {
+        Some(results) => {
+            SearchSrvcResponse::SearchResponse(results)
+        }
+        None => {
+            SearchSrvcResponse::SearchResponse(SearchResponse {
+                results: vec![],
+                blocked: vec![],
+                pagerank_time_seconds: 0.0,
+                total_query_seconds: 0.0,
+                max_relevance: 0.0,
+                exact_phrase_found: false,
+            })
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub async fn count_websites(db: &Database) -> SearchSrvcResponse {
+    let mut counter: u64 = 0;
+    let subspace = Subspace::from(WEBSITE_TABLE);
+    let mut last_key = subspace.range().0;
+    let final_key = subspace.range().1;
+
+    for _failsafe in 0..10000 {
+        let trx = db.create_trx();
+        if let Err(e) = trx {
+            error!("DATABASE ERROR page_links_exiting_count {e}");
+        } else {
+            let trx = trx.unwrap();
+            // link -> from -> *
+            let mut range = RangeOption::from((last_key.clone(), final_key.clone()));
+            range.mode = StreamingMode::Iterator;
+            range.limit = Some(10096);
+
+            let mut stream = trx.get_ranges_keyvalues(range, true);
+
+            let mut this_time = 0;
+
+            while let Some(kv) = stream.next().await {
+                if let Ok(kv) = kv {
+                    counter += 1;
+                    this_time += 1;
+                    last_key = kv.key().to_vec();
+                } else if let Err(e) = kv {
+                    eprintln!("err while counting {e}");
+                }
+            }
+
+            if this_time <= 10 {
+                return SearchSrvcResponse::SiteCountResponse(SiteCountResponse {
+                    count: counter / 8,
+                });
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+    SearchSrvcResponse::OtherError("couldn't retrieve count ):".to_string())
+}