On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 9:44 AM, Nikolas Everett <never...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Bill Traynor <btray...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm working with a client to utilize their Google Search Appliance
>> (GSA) for searching within their externally facing customer wiki.  I'm
>> required to access the GSA through it's API and pass the following
>> parameters:
>>
>> linkID=10  (this tells the GSA what enterprise site is being searched)
>> searchTerm= the query string
>> selectionTopic=default_en (returns English results and is constant)
>> startNum=0 (the start result number)
>>
>> I've been trying to get mediawiki-gsa-engine
>> (https://code.google.com/p/mediawiki-gsa-engine/) to work
>> unsuccessfully.  And it would appear the extension is unmaintained.
>>
>> What's my path of least resistance here?  Should I simply hack the
>> SimpleSearch section of the Vector.php?
>>
>> I haven't found any other extensions in the wild that integrate with a GSA.
>>
>> Any advice would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Bill
>>
>
> At this point I think the only maintained search backend for Mediawiki is
> database backed and CirrusSearch.  CirrusSearch only targets Elasticsearch.
>
> I'm not really sure what the path of least resistance is if you are forced
> into GSA.  It might be reviving the extension but it looks like its been
> fallow for a long time.

Thanks Nik,

I may end up reviving the extension.  Right now, I'm experimenting
with $wgSearchForwardUrl which may suffice if I can get it to work.

>
> Nik
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