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
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