I am looking to build a database of many files including PDF, XLSS, text, image, and other file formats. I need a way to search these files for content and metadata, while providing easy access to the file itself.
The way this would be used is I would, for example, want to find any PDFs that contained a certain phrase or keywords, and I want to be able to search for that phrase and see a list of all the files that match, along with a snippet of the matching text, and where you can click directly on the result to open the file (or download it if the system is hosted remotely). Essentially like a web search engine but for local files.
I am fine doing some development to ensure this has all of the features I need, but I don't want to reinvent any wheels. I have been exploring Elasticsearch but I am not sure if that is the route I should be going down or not.
This question's answer is an incredibly minimalist version of what I want, but I am hoping to find something closer to a database that can support the easy addition of metadata and offers clear delineation between metadata, content, and filename.
