That worked, thanks! You're the man!
On Aug 17, 2:57 pm, Vision Jinx <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A few things need to be addressed there. You can't (I'm pretty sure,
> but I am not a lawyer) have the Google branding on the form if your
> using it to execute a search for another app/api. So, I added a custom
> form instead and moved the Google branding to the results that are
> being generated by Google. Again, you may want to check the TOS to
> make sure this (meaning your use) is compliant with their terms
> (regarding mixing results)
>
> http://paste-it.net/public/m600992/
>
> In the function myHandler replace the alert with your other call.
>
> Also, you will probably want to strip out any code from being added to
> your code (via the search form) to prevent any code injection into
> your app also ;) (the "q" in the myHandler function)
>
> Cheers!
> Vision Jinx
>
> On Aug 17, 11:51 am, alpapa <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Thanks for the help... here's what I got-
>
> >http://paste-it.net/public/b4042ab/
>
> > On Aug 17, 1:32 pm, Vision Jinx <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Hi,
>
> > > On your search form you pass the text box value to your javascript
> > > function.
>
> > > either
>
> > > onsubmit="myFunction(this);return false;"
>
> > > or
>
> > > onsubmit="myFunction(this.textBox.value);return false;"
>
> > > function myFunction(q){
> > > // Google API Search Control
> > > searchControl.execute(q);
> > > // Your Other Searcher Function
> > > otherSearcher.whatever(q);
>
> > > }
>
> > > Since I can't see any of your code I can't be more specific ;)
>
> > > If you can provide a link to your app or paste your code in paste-it
> > > (http://paste-it.net/) or something I may be able to be a bit more
> > > specific. :)
>
> > > On Aug 17, 11:20 am, alpapa <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > Not sure I follow, could you be more specific? I'm fairly new to
> > > > using these apis. I think I understand the onsubmit, but how do I
> > > > actually get the search value from the ajax search?
>
> > > > On Aug 17, 1:10 pm, Vision Jinx <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > Hi,
>
> > > > > Tread with caution and read the Google TOS regarding not being able to
> > > > > mix results (and Google branding etc), but assuming your following the
> > > > > TOS...
>
> > > > > You just make a wrapper function for it. Attach the event to your
> > > > > search forms onsubmit handler and you can call what ever functions you
> > > > > need that way.
>
> > > > > Cheers!
> > > > > Vision Jinx
>
> > > > > On Aug 17, 10:53 am, alpapa <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > Thanks, I actually may keep the search on one page after some
> > > > > > thought. Any idea how to take the search term and pass it into the
> > > > > > other javascript element? Basically what I want to do is the same
> > > > > > as
> > > > > > twootles.com. I have both pieces working on different pages, but it
> > > > > > makes more sense that when you do a search results for both appear.
>
> > > > > > On Aug 17, 12:38 pm, Vision Jinx <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > Hi,
>
> > > > > > > Even though having the results on a different page kinda defeats
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > whole "ajaxy" feel of the app it is easily done by using a get
> > > > > > > method
> > > > > > > on your search form then on the results page you can grab the url
> > > > > > > values (window.location.search for example) and execute the
> > > > > > > searches
> > > > > > > that way. You can have a look at my source code here
> > > > > > > >>http://www.visionjinx.net/
> > > > > > > for how I am doing it with my app. (look for vj.getApi)
>
> > > > > > > Alternatively, If your using PHP (or example) then you can also
> > > > > > > grab
> > > > > > > the values that way ($_GET/$_POST) and use it when generating the
> > > > > > > page.
>
> > > > > > > Cheers!
> > > > > > > Vision Jinx
>
> > > > > > > On Aug 17, 9:11 am, alpapa <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > Better yet, is there any way to get the value that is being
> > > > > > > > searched
> > > > > > > > to use it in another javascript element? What i would like to
> > > > > > > > do is a
> > > > > > > > twitter search at the same time using juitter, by passing the
> > > > > > > > search
> > > > > > > > value into the juitter code as well.
>
> > > > > > > > On Aug 17, 9:44 am, alpapa <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > I have a php based website, I really just need the searchbox
> > > > > > > > > on every
> > > > > > > > > page and the results to appear on a standard results page,
> > > > > > > > > nothing
> > > > > > > > > fancy.
>
> > > > > > > > > On Aug 16, 9:24 pm, Jeremy Geerdes <[email protected]>
> > > > > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > There are a number of ways to do this. The easiest and best
> > > > > > > > > > solution
> > > > > > > > > > will depend very much on your application needs.
>
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>
> > > > > > > > > > On Aug 16, 2009, at 9:23 AM, alpapa wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > Is there any way to have the search results on a
> > > > > > > > > > > different page than
> > > > > > > > > > > the search box or any instructions on how to do this?
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