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[Meilisearch v1.56] Add support for sampledCount in faceting sortFacetValuesBy #1004
Description
Context
Meilisearch v1.56.0 introduces sampledCount, a new value for the sortFacetValuesBy faceting setting.
Objective
Update the SDK to support the sampledCount value in faceting.sortFacetValuesBy.
Accepted values: "alpha" (default), "count", "sampledCount". Keys are facet attribute names, "*" is the fallback for all other facets.
PATCH /indexes/{indexUid}/settings/faceting:
{
"sortFacetValuesBy": {
"*": "alpha",
"genres": "sampledCount"
}
}Tasks
- Accept
sampledCountas asortFacetValuesByvalue- Update the type/enum/constants for the sort value, if the SDK has one
- Cover get, update, and reset faceting settings
- Add test cases for the new value
- Update faceting settings with
sampledCount(*and per-attribute) and read them back
- Update faceting settings with
- Add a code sample in
.code-samples.meilisearch.yaml, under theupdate_faceting_settings_1key, it should be the equivalent of the documentation's CURL example, usingsampledCount.
Activity
Pratham2511 commentedon Oct 27, 2026
Hi @Strift, I’d like to work on this. I’ll add the new facet sort value, check its JSON serialization, cover update/read/reset with local v1.56 tests, and add the requested code sample. Could you assign this to me?
cws31 commentedon Oct 27, 2026
hey @Strift i want to work on this issue . I propose adding
sampledCountto the SDK’ssortFacetValuesBytype or enum, ensuring get, update, and reset operations correctly support the new value. I’d also add tests for wildcard (*) and per-attribute configurations, verify the settings can be read back, and updateupdate_faceting_settings_1in.code-samples.meilisearch.yamlwith a matching example.Strift commentedon Oct 28, 2026
Hello and thanks for your interest!
Feel free to open a PR for this, but we prefer not to assign issues. This sometimes discourages other contributors from opening a PR, and we've met users who asked to be assigned and never came back.
We are looking forward to reviewing your PR!
Pratham2511 commentedon Oct 28, 2026
Thanks @Strift, I’ve opened #1005 for this. Please have a look when you get a chance.
cws31 commentedon Oct 28, 2026