On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Bill Traynor <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 9:44 AM, Nikolas Everett <[email protected]> > wrote: >> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Bill Traynor <[email protected]> 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.
I've got $wgSearchForwardUrl working, however, as expected this actually pushed the User off of the wiki to the external search page. I can use this temporarily, but I'd really like to keep the User on the wiki. I guess I'll have to look at resurrecting the mediawiki-gsa-engine extension. > >> >> Nik >> _______________________________________________ >> MediaWiki-l mailing list >> To unsubscribe, go to: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
