Custom Json file defaults to index.json

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I have an index.json file that is used by the main site search. I am trying to create a secondary one for another search using output formats, but the JSON file defaults to the content in the index.json. I have copied the steps in the repo below to create the output format in my own theme.

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Or what is the recommended way to create a secondary JSON index besides index.json?

3

Example

We’re going to generate two json files in the root of the public directory. One will be named index.json, the other will be named index_2.json.

Site configuration

[outputs]
home = ['HTML', 'JSON', 'JSON_2']

# We don't need to define the JSON output format. It's baked in.
[outputFormats.JSON_2]
baseName = 'index_2'
isPlainText = true
mediaType = 'application/json'

Layouts

layouts/
└── _default/
    ├── baseof.html
    ├── home.html
    ├── home.json_2.json  <-- generates public/index_2.json
    ├── home.json.json    <-- generates public/index.json
    ├── list.html
    └── single.html

Try it:

git clone --single-branch -b hugo-forum-topic-41808 https://github.com/jmooring/hugo-testing hugo-forum-topic-41808
cd hugo-forum-topic-41808
hugo server
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This might have been the issue.