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language( )

Refines a search builder to search in the specified language.

Description

The value of the search language must be a two-letter language code string of ISO 639-1 format.

Defaults for language:

Syntax

function language(language: string): WixSearchBuilder

language Parameters

NAME
TYPE
DESCRIPTION
language
string

The search language.

Returns

A WixSearchBuilder object representing the refined search.

Return Type:

WixSearchBuilder

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Add a language filter to a search

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1let newSearch = search.language("fr"); // French
Create a search, add a language filter, and run it

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1import wixSearch from 'wix-search';
2

3// ...
4

5$w("#searchInput").onKeyPress((keyPress) => {
6  if (keyPress.key === "Enter") {
7    const phrase = $w("#searchInput").value;
8    wixSearch.search(phrase)
9      .language("pt") // Portuguese
10      .find()
11      .then((results) => {
12        if (results.documents.length > 0) {
13          let documents = results.documents;
14        } else {
15          console.log("No matching results");
16        }
17      })
18      .catch((error) => {
19        console.log(error);
20      });
21  }
22});