Include search aliases in the docs.json file

[manishrc]

https://documents.devdocs.io/docs.json currently does not include the search aliases as defined in

devdocs/assets/javascripts/models/entry.js

Lines 20 to 54 in 5c82069

	static ALIASES = {
	angular: "ng",
	"angular.js": "ng",
	"backbone.js": "bb",
	"c++": "cpp",
	coffeescript: "cs",
	crystal: "cr",
	elixir: "ex",
	javascript: "js",
	julia: "jl",
	jquery: "$",
	"knockout.js": "ko",
	kubernetes: "k8s",
	less: "ls",
	lodash: "_",
	löve: "love",
	marionette: "mn",
	markdown: "md",
	matplotlib: "mpl",
	modernizr: "mdr",
	"moment.js": "mt",
	openjdk: "java",
	nginx: "ngx",
	numpy: "np",
	pandas: "pd",
	postgresql: "pg",
	python: "py",
	"ruby.on.rails": "ror",
	ruby: "rb",
	rust: "rs",
	sass: "scss",
	tensorflow: "tf",
	typescript: "ts",
	"underscore.js": "_",
	};

devdocs/lib/docs/core/doc.rb

Lines 81 to 87 in 5c82069

	def as_json
	json = { name: name, slug: slug, type: type }
	json[:links] = links if links.present?
	json[:version] = version if version.present? || defined?(@version)
	json[:release] = release if release.present?
	json
	end

Including the search aliases will help external tools integrate better with DevDocs.

Reference issue raycast/extensions#14100 (comment)

[chrisgrieser]

related: #2210

[djpowers]

Sorry to bump a closed issue, but it looks like the full alias list is still not available in the API response. Slightly modifying @chrisgrieser's check here: #2344 (comment)

curl -sL "https://devdocs.io/docs.json" | grep "alias" | grep -v "null" | count
# 13

Compare to the list of aliases on the site (https://devdocs.io/help):

document.getElementsByClassName("_aliases")[0].querySelectorAll("td").length / 2
// 33

I confirmed that the missing aliases work on the main website. Any idea why only a portion are available? Happy to open a new issue if that's easier.

[simon04]

Hi @djpowers, I'm very sorry for the long outstanding reply. I found it very hard to troubleshoot and fix this issue. It seems that ee145d7 mostly fixed the issue?

> curl -sL "https://devdocs.io/docs.json" | grep "alias" | grep -v "null" | uniq | count
31

The problem was twofold: for one thin, doc slugs containing a version (such as python~3.13) were not handled; for the other, some alias definitions did not match a doc slug (due to a .js suffix for instance).

Cheers!

[djpowers]

@simon04 no problem at all, thanks for taking another look! Confirming I'm seeing the additional alias values coming through now. I appreciate the extra context as well.