Task Management Example

This example shows how to monitor and manage Meilisearch tasks.

What it does

1. Create an index (generates a task)
2. Add documents (generates a task)
3. Update settings (generates a task)
4. Wait for tasks to complete
5. Get individual task details
6. List all tasks with filters
7. Filter tasks by type (document operations only)

Task information shown

For each task you see:

• Task ID and type
• Status (enqueued, processing, succeeded, failed)
• Start and finish times
• Duration
• Error details if it failed

Configuration

export MEILI_HOST="http://localhost:7700"
export MEILI_API_KEY="your-admin-api-key"

Note: You need an admin API key (not a search key) to manage tasks.

Run it

go run ./examples/manage_tasks

Testing connection to Meilisearch...
✅ Connected to Meilisearch (status: available)

1. Creating index for task demonstration...
✅ Task #1 (Index Creation) completed with status: succeeded
   Duration: 2ms

2. Adding documents to generate tasks...
✅ Task #2 (Document Addition) completed with status: succeeded  
   Duration: 15ms

3. Updating settings...
✅ Task #3 (Settings Update) completed with status: succeeded
   Duration: 8ms

4. Retrieving individual task information...
Task #2:
  - Type: documentAdditionOrUpdate
  - Status: succeeded
  - Started At: 2024-01-15T10:30:45Z
  - Finished At: 2024-01-15T10:30:45Z
  - Duration: 15ms

5. Listing all tasks...
Found 3 tasks total

6. Filtering tasks by type...
Found 1 document-related tasks

Task management example completed successfully! 🎉

## Best Practices Shown

- Always wait for critical tasks to complete
- Use appropriate timeouts for task waiting
- Filter tasks efficiently for monitoring
- Handle task errors gracefully
- Monitor task performance with statistics