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## [Slow response to indexing on free trial app-search engine](https://community.swiftype.com/t/slow-response-to-indexing-on-free-trial-app-search-engine/860)

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**Author:** [@frankjoh2](https://community.swiftype.com/u/frankjoh2)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2018, 10:54am UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/slow-response-to-indexing-on-free-trial-app-search-engine/860 "2018-09-18T10:54:52Z")

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Hi. I setup a free trial app-search engine and a small program that sends indexing request to the endpoint. And this works as expected: I get 200-response with json containing the id’s of the docs I sent in. The proble…

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## [Weighting based on meta "Content"](https://community.swiftype.com/t/weighting-based-on-meta-content/843)

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**Author:** [@steve.shock](https://community.swiftype.com/u/steve.shock)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2018, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/weighting-based-on-meta-content/843 "2018-09-11T12:50:09Z")

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Hello, I would like to weight my search based on the text in the “content” meta tag. I am trying to add this information to my “weights” tab as I am using the standard (non-API) configuration. Unfortunately “Content” d…

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## [Can you use wild cards (\*) or blank/null values when filtering?](https://community.swiftype.com/t/can-you-use-wild-cards-or-blank-null-values-when-filtering/426)

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**Author:** [@mzens](https://community.swiftype.com/u/mzens)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/can-you-use-wild-cards-or-blank-null-values-when-filtering/426 "2018-09-07T19:26:31Z")

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I need to be able to filter by a wildcard or if the field is blank. Is this possible? $('.element').swiftypeSearch({ ... filters: { page\_type: \['\*', 'resource', ''\], } ... });

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## [Scoping and autocomplete](https://community.swiftype.com/t/scoping-and-autocomplete/841)

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**Author:** [@elitzure](https://community.swiftype.com/u/elitzure)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2018, 10:01am UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/scoping-and-autocomplete/841 "2018-09-06T10:01:21Z")

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Hi. i have 2 questions. i would like to use swiftype as much as possible with the ui management in this site. i would like to be able to be in a subsite and get results only from that site. possible? is there a way t…

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## [Why does Swiftype crawl/index fewer pages than are on my site?](https://community.swiftype.com/t/why-does-swiftype-crawl-index-fewer-pages-than-are-on-my-site/36)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.swiftype.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/why-does-swiftype-crawl-index-fewer-pages-than-are-on-my-site/36 "2015-12-21T18:04:21Z")

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We have noticed that the number of crawled results in the Contents tab is fewer than the actual number pages on the site. How can we crawl all of our content? Here are some of the most common reasons Swiftype might no…

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## [Deleting Wordpress Plugin: Files still being served from Swiftype](https://community.swiftype.com/t/deleting-wordpress-plugin-files-still-being-served-from-swiftype/830)

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**Author:** [@alark](https://community.swiftype.com/u/alark)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/deleting-wordpress-plugin-files-still-being-served-from-swiftype/830 "2018-08-25T17:56:23Z")

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Hi, I deactivated and deleted the Swiftype plugin. There are two files that are still showing up when I check my site with a page speed monitor. I would expect all items to be removed when deleting the plugin. Can you…

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## [Swiftype not indexing](https://community.swiftype.com/t/swiftype-not-indexing/823)

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**Author:** [@todd.anderson](https://community.swiftype.com/u/todd.anderson)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/swiftype-not-indexing/823 "2018-08-22T14:28:49Z")

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It seems Swiftype is no longer indexing my site. I’ve had pages that were taken down 5 days ago but are still showing up in search. When I look them up in Content, they’re still there. When I request they be reindexed, n…

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## [Can Swiftype's crawler index dynamically generated (AJAX) page content?](https://community.swiftype.com/t/can-swiftypes-crawler-index-dynamically-generated-ajax-page-content/141)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.swiftype.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/can-swiftypes-crawler-index-dynamically-generated-ajax-page-content/141 "2016-03-17T18:47:52Z")

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Is the Swiftype content crawler able to handle asynchronously served content (AJAX content)? Swiftbot is unable to process JavaScript directly, however, it can index dynamic AJAX or Single-Page Application content as …

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## [Having error in WooCommerce reward system](https://community.swiftype.com/t/having-error-in-woocommerce-reward-system/814)

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**Author:** [@alexxapaull](https://community.swiftype.com/u/alexxapaull)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2018, 7:05am UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/having-error-in-woocommerce-reward-system/814 "2018-08-17T07:05:59Z")

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I am trying to add points and rewards in WooCommerce using the YITH WooCommerce Points and Rewards Plugin but it’s giving me error as the points not increases adding a product and proceed to checkout. What should I do? I…

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## [Tracking Swiftype search with Google Tag Manager](https://community.swiftype.com/t/tracking-swiftype-search-with-google-tag-manager/771)

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**Author:** [@mryan](https://community.swiftype.com/u/mryan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/tracking-swiftype-search-with-google-tag-manager/771 "2018-08-16T17:25:54Z")

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I have implemented Google Analytics through Google Tag Manager on a site running Swiftype. Google Analytics looks for the search query as a URL variable but Swiftype passes the search query as a URL fragment. Does anyo…

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## [Filter based on URL or strings based on partial matches](https://community.swiftype.com/t/filter-based-on-url-or-strings-based-on-partial-matches/509)

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**Author:** [@trevor.chatty](https://community.swiftype.com/u/trevor.chatty)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/filter-based-on-url-or-strings-based-on-partial-matches/509 "2018-08-07T20:42:36Z")

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Hi, I am trying to implement filter thru JS. How do we do filter based on string, text functions like begins, contains, partial match etc. e.g. I would like to filter based on if the URL contains the path /data-sheet/ …

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## [Can spelling corrections be shown to the end user?](https://community.swiftype.com/t/can-spelling-corrections-be-shown-to-the-end-user/506)

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**Author:** [@mdeimel](https://community.swiftype.com/u/mdeimel)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/can-spelling-corrections-be-shown-to-the-end-user/506 "2018-08-03T18:30:20Z")

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I’m looking to see if there is a “did you mean …?” option in Swiftype that can be displayed to the end user? I’ve found this page, which seems to indicate that it is done automatically - and implies that it is not shown…

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## [Highlighting terms with character encodings](https://community.swiftype.com/t/highlighting-terms-with-character-encodings/805)

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**Author:** [@rebecca.deprey](https://community.swiftype.com/u/rebecca.deprey)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2018, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/highlighting-terms-with-character-encodings/805 "2018-08-03T12:31:58Z")

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We’ve recently started using the highlight fields functionality to highlight search terms within content titles and descriptions in our search results. I noticed an issue though where some of our PDF titles have encoded …

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## [Feature request: In app search api, can we have snippets returned by default](https://community.swiftype.com/t/feature-request-in-app-search-api-can-we-have-snippets-returned-by-default/787)

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**Author:** [@apps](https://community.swiftype.com/u/apps)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 18, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/feature-request-in-app-search-api-can-we-have-snippets-returned-by-default/787 "2018-07-18T23:15:35Z")

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Currently snippets are only returned if only specified in the result\_fields. If result\_fields is not provided the results only have the raw data. This would make maintenance and adding of new searchable fields to our a…

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## [Curl API error using PHP](https://community.swiftype.com/t/curl-api-error-using-php/779)

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**Author:** [@maulik.paddhariya](https://community.swiftype.com/u/maulik.paddhariya)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2018, 9:50am UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/curl-api-error-using-php/779 "2018-07-16T09:50:53Z")

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Hi , I am trying create a document type using API in PHP language so i have create below code but its appear error and i cant understand how to resolve this . sorry i am newbie. Here is the my code $ch = curl\_init(); …

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## [Filtering in an array of dates](https://community.swiftype.com/t/filtering-in-an-array-of-dates/776)

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**Author:** [@it1](https://community.swiftype.com/u/it1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/filtering-in-an-array-of-dates/776 "2018-07-13T16:27:17Z")

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I have an array of date, how can i write a filter to check if my array contains a date greater or smaller than a given date. my array: “departure\_dates”: \[ “2019-09-22”, “2019-07-17” \]

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## [How to associate meta tag field in search result in configuration?](https://community.swiftype.com/t/how-to-associate-meta-tag-field-in-search-result-in-configuration/646)

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**Author:** [@cfu](https://community.swiftype.com/u/cfu)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/how-to-associate-meta-tag-field-in-search-result-in-configuration/646 "2018-07-09T13:24:14Z")

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With out-of-box customize appearance search result content on Swiftype account dashboard, there is only a list of fields to select from. But we’d like to use the page description, which is tagged by meta tag name=“descri…

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## [Further control over crawler, sections field](https://community.swiftype.com/t/further-control-over-crawler-sections-field/477)

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**Author:** [@webdev1](https://community.swiftype.com/u/webdev1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2018, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/further-control-over-crawler-sections-field/477 "2018-07-06T18:58:07Z")

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Hello, is there a way to have more site wide control over how the crawler decides what information gets assigned to certain fields? Specifically docs mention that the crawler populates the sections field by grabbing th…

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## [Wildcards in Result Ranking Field](https://community.swiftype.com/t/wildcards-in-result-ranking-field/737)

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**Author:** [@expertsmaster1](https://community.swiftype.com/u/expertsmaster1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/wildcards-in-result-ranking-field/737 "2018-06-26T14:21:52Z")

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Hello everyone, First Question: on our site we have many shops, which user try to find their nearest one using their (german) zip-code. Is it possible to direct users who type any combination of a five digit number to…

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## [Search term with special characters like Hyphen or Dot returns highlighted text undefined](https://community.swiftype.com/t/search-term-with-special-characters-like-hyphen-or-dot-returns-highlighted-text-undefined/753)

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**Author:** [@roblox.search](https://community.swiftype.com/u/roblox.search)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/search-term-with-special-characters-like-hyphen-or-dot-returns-highlighted-text-undefined/753 "2018-06-25T18:07:51Z")

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Hi Team, We are using jquery search and autocomplete plugin where search plugin configuration is as follows: $("#st-search-page-input").swiftypeSearch({ engineKey: "\*\*\*\*\*\*", renderFunction: customRenderFunction…

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## [Strict matching](https://community.swiftype.com/t/strict-matching/743)

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**Author:** [@apps](https://community.swiftype.com/u/apps)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2018, 5:18am UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/strict-matching/743 "2018-06-21T05:18:29Z")

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Using the app search on the api console and via the api, it seems that the search is fuzzy and I get a lot of random results back. Is there an option to make the default search substring instead of fuzzy? If not, is ther…

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## ["Invalid JSON encoding" error when POST to app-search document endpoint with non-ASCII unicode character](https://community.swiftype.com/t/invalid-json-encoding-error-when-post-to-app-search-document-endpoint-with-non-ascii-unicode-character/741)

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**Author:** [@larry.chevres](https://community.swiftype.com/u/larry.chevres)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2018, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/invalid-json-encoding-error-when-post-to-app-search-document-endpoint-with-non-ascii-unicode-character/741 "2018-06-19T13:18:43Z")

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When I send a POST to the App Search documents endpoint if any of my fields contain non-ascii characters such as smartquotes, emoji, or foreign languages, I receive a “Invalid JSON encoding” error in response even if I s…

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## [Issues with support?](https://community.swiftype.com/t/issues-with-support/727)

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**Author:** [@svetlana](https://community.swiftype.com/u/svetlana)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2018, 11:27pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/issues-with-support/727 "2018-06-13T23:27:36Z")

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Is anyone else having issues with the support? They used to be very responsive to requests but I can not get in touch with anyone from the Swiftype! After switching from http to https the search stopped working. It lo…

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## [Set priority based on tag](https://community.swiftype.com/t/set-priority-based-on-tag/730)

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**Author:** [@gic](https://community.swiftype.com/u/gic)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/set-priority-based-on-tag/730 "2018-06-13T23:25:57Z")

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How to set the priority for search result based on the swifttype tags or html tags used in a page. For us title tag matched results needs to show first and the content of the post.

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## [Result based on no.of matching search query](https://community.swiftype.com/t/result-based-on-no-of-matching-search-query/729)

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**Author:** [@gic](https://community.swiftype.com/u/gic)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2018, 11:24pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/result-based-on-no-of-matching-search-query/729 "2018-06-13T23:24:38Z")

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When we search the two words, like “events in the city”. It will get the result which is matching event or city. We need to show the result like below, It needs to show best match. For ex, which content contains the wh…

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## [App Search Document Indexing API rate limit](https://community.swiftype.com/t/app-search-document-indexing-api-rate-limit/723)

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**Author:** [@apps](https://community.swiftype.com/u/apps)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/app-search-document-indexing-api-rate-limit/723 "2018-06-07T17:29:40Z")

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I was not able to find any rate limit documentation for document indexing. Can I be provided the rate limit for document indexing api calls? I am assuming that there is one. Thanks, Andrew

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## [Can hidden header elements be added to the sections](https://community.swiftype.com/t/can-hidden-header-elements-be-added-to-the-sections/708)

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**Author:** [@sandeep.motamarri](https://community.swiftype.com/u/sandeep.motamarri)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/can-hidden-header-elements-be-added-to-the-sections/708 "2018-05-31T18:47:21Z")

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Hi, I have some data within h6 element, and these tags are inside a hidden div. Why can’t these show up in the sections so that I can use it for filtering. Any help on how to add data to sections would be great. Thanks…

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## [Can not parse dates](https://community.swiftype.com/t/can-not-parse-dates/718)

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**Author:** [@george.jovanovic](https://community.swiftype.com/u/george.jovanovic)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/can-not-parse-dates/718 "2018-05-30T16:53:07Z")

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Hi, I´m new to Swiftype and I´m experiencing problems when indexing date fields. I got the following error when trying to change from text data type to date data type: Value ‘2018-05-29T18:01:00’ cannot be parsed as a d…

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## [Multiple Swiftype search boxes - different behaviour](https://community.swiftype.com/t/multiple-swiftype-search-boxes-different-behaviour/429)

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**Author:** [@anton.setiadi](https://community.swiftype.com/u/anton.setiadi)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2018, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/multiple-swiftype-search-boxes-different-behaviour/429 "2018-05-29T16:30:47Z")

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Is it possible to have 2 search inputs on a single page where one have autocomplete enabled and the other doesn’t? Ideally without having to write my own customisation :smiley:

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## [The new data protection law aka GDPR](https://community.swiftype.com/t/the-new-data-protection-law-aka-gdpr/693)

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**Author:** [@kub](https://community.swiftype.com/u/kub)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 12:37am UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/the-new-data-protection-law-aka-gdpr/693 "2018-05-24T00:37:19Z")

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Hi! Any news on how you handle this for your European users?!? -Kurt

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