Well, the exact method you use is going to vary. If you want a purely JS method, you should parse the location.href string for the q param. Alternatively, you could use a server-side script to simply plug the provided q param into an execute statement.
Jeremy R. Geerdes Effective website design & development Des Moines, IA For more information or a project quote: http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.com http://jgeerdes.blogspot.com http://jgeerdes.wordpress.com [email protected] Unless otherwise noted, any price quotes contained within this communication are given in US dollars. If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights Wesleyan Church! And check out my blog, Adventures in Web Development, at http://jgeerdes.blogspot.com ! On Feb 26, 2009, at 1:28 PM, Scotty A wrote: > > Do you know how in CSE XML you can redirect to another CSE, in order > to increase the number of refinements (visible refinements-at least), > with a xml statement with a redirect lable that would look something > like: > > "http://www.google.com/cse?cx=....q=$q&safe=active&sa=Search"; > > This xml code will put the original search term q into the new search > as $q, and when sa=Search, will execute the search inside of the > second cse. Basically the affect I am going for with javascript/ajax/ > xhtml > > I have done something similar just with a small box on a sharepoint > site (don't get mad at me because its ms:)) with the code that looks > like: > > var q = document.getElementById("q"); > if(q && q.value.length > 0) > { > var newPage = document.getElementById("newPage"); > if(newPage) > { > var url = "http://www.google.com/cse?cref=..... > (urlhere)....xml&safe=active&q=" + q.value; > if(newPage.checked) > window.open(url); > else > document.location.href(url); > } > } > else > { > alert("Please enter one or more search words."); > } > } > > how can I the q involved so that it seems to work, but don't know how > to go from sFormDiv to the q version and still make it work. I am > wondering if there is away to right the url statement so that my > search term could entered into the searchform just like with the XML > redirect statement. I have read the RESTful interface documents and > looked at the DOCs, which seam to suggest there is a way to create a > redirect like this and to give the query term a name like q=, so that > a search could be executed by means other than putting text into the > gsc-input. > > > > Also, I have a second (actually its my third) question---http:// > groups.google.com/group/Google-AJAX-Search-API/browse_thread/thread/ > 1b29efbea57c57fa# > > On Feb 26, 11:21 am, Jeremy Geerdes <[email protected]> wrote: >> So, in short, you're wanting to execute the search control on a >> second >> page? >> >> Jeremy R. Geerdes >> Effective website design & development >> Des Moines, IA >> >> For more information or a project quote:http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.comhttp >> ://jgeerdes.blogspot.comhttp://jgeerdes.wordpress.com >> [email protected] >> >> Unless otherwise noted, any price quotes contained within this >> communication are given in US dollars. >> >> If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights >> Wesleyan Church! >> >> And check out my blog, Adventures in Web Development, >> athttp://jgeerdes.blogspot.com >> ! >> >> On Feb 25, 2009, at 12:02 PM, Scotty A wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>> I have created an AJAX API based search using the "searchForm" and >>> placed this into a DOM object in my CSS based HTML. The search works >>> fine, but I wanted to create additional search pages, because the >>> number of CREF AJAX Searchers has grown pretty large, and I wanted >>> to >>> customize each searcher for an even more specific group of >>> information. What I am trying to do is edit the code, so I can >>> utilize >>> an HTML or AJAX statement that will allow me to pass a $q or query >>> term into the searchForm on another page. I have done something >>> similar in the past with XML for CSE redirects, but I don't know how >>> to do this with AJAX. >> >>> var options = new google.search.DrawOptions(); >>> options.setSearchFormRoot(document.getElementById >>> ("searchForm")); >>> var sFormDiv = document.getElementById("searchForm"); >> >>> <--! in between these statements are the searchers--!> >> >>> this.control.draw(sFormDiv); >>> }- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-AJAX-Search-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
