No.. this is just the problem with returning objects in an API response instead of arrays like they should be. Now it is the clients problem to deal with. I've moaned about this numerous times and it is the thing that bugs me most about the API
In nearby we have to explicitly sort results to ensure they render in distance order and we apparently forgot to for search. On 15 Aug 2014 04:09, "Max Semenik" <[email protected]> wrote: > Has something to do with CirrusSearch beta feature? > > > On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 7:49 AM, Monte Hurd <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Whoa you're right! In Firefox when I search for "color" the color article >> is first, but in Chrome "colorado" is first... >> >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 7:07 AM, Jon Robson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> JSON objects e.g. "pages":{} in this example have arbitrary sorting. >>> >>> I'm pretty sure mobile web gets the same JSON response as you but the >>> browser parses it into the object that gets rendered. You'll notice if >>> you search for 's' on Firefox San Francisco is the top article not >>> Spain as it is in Chrome. >>> >>> Mobile web should probably alphabetize them.. anyone want to raise a >>> bug? :) >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 10:54 PM, Monte Hurd <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > Hey Max, I'm trying using the same generator query that mobile web >>> uses, but >>> > I'm getting a different results order as well. >>> > >>> > The first result of the following (searching for "s") returns San >>> Francisco >>> > as the first result, but when I search using mobile web the first >>> result is >>> > Spain. >>> > >>> > >>> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?piprop=thumbnail&pithumbsize=144&format=json&gpssearch=s&generator=prefixsearch&prop=pageimages&action=query&gpsnamespace=0&pilimit=24&gpslimit=24 >>> > >>> > Do you see any problems with the query? >>> > >>> > Thanks! >>> > >>> > >>> > On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 11:21 PM, Max Semenik <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> They're powered by the same code, producing identical results, web >>> uses >>> >> prefixsearch because it can be used as a generator. However, the >>> order of >>> >> results might be different because the API has its own ideas about >>> sorting >>> >> of page set returned by generators. Maryana, we already discussed this >>> >> briefly before WM, do you want me to work on this after my vacation? >>> >> >>> >> 11.08.2014 18:47 пользователь "Dmitry Brant" <[email protected]> >>> >> написал: >>> >>> >>> >>> I was just looking at the Mobile Web search functionality, and I >>> noticed >>> >>> that the drop-down list of search results in Mobile Web is different >>> from >>> >>> the list in our native apps for the same search term. It looks like >>> Mobile >>> >>> Web uses prefixsearch, whereas the apps are using opensearch. >>> >>> >>> >>> I'm curious what was the rationale for using a different API in the >>> apps? >>> >>> (Wouldn't we want the search results to be consistent between the >>> Apps and >>> >>> Mobile Web?) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -Dmitry >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> Mobile-l mailing list >>> >>> [email protected] >>> >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >>> >>> >>> >> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> Mobile-l mailing list >>> >> [email protected] >>> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Mobile-l mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Jon Robson >>> * http://jonrobson.me.uk >>> * https://www.facebook.com/jonrobson >>> * @rakugojon >>> >> >> > > > -- > Best regards, > Max Semenik ([[User:MaxSem]]) >
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