{
  "id": 3993882,
  "title": "Don't just return results — show users WHY they matched (highlighting in pure Python)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/dont-just-return-results-show-users-why-they-matched-highlighting-in",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-28T16:36:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/priyasundaram/dont-just-return-results-show-users-why-they-matched-highlighting-in-pure-python-1a3e"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The article discusses how to improve search results by highlighting the matched terms in the search output, using the Whoosh library in pure Python. By default, search results only show the title, but highlighting the matched terms can help users quickly identify the relevant documents. The article provides a step-by-step guide on how to use Whoosh to achieve this, including installing the library, creating an index schema, adding documents, and performing a search with term highlighting. The author also mentions a potential gotcha related to highlighting fields and provides a code snippet to demonstrate the process.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}