topic Re: Custom search in folder? in Alfresco Archive

Custom search in folder?

theoryoflinkin — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 09:46:23 GMT

Hi everyone,I'm trying to extend the default search in Alfresco Share for the "cm:content" type.What I need is, for example, when I select the "Test folder" folder, it returns me all the files inside the "Test folder".I was wondering how could I implemente this.Here is the code of my custom search:

Re: Custom search in folder?

afaust — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 09:47:03 GMT

Hello,

unless your seriously modify the Repository backend web script for the search, you can not specify a parameter to restrict searches to specific locations / contexts other than the Repository/Sites/Site X option that Alfresco offers you out of the box.
You would need to modify the search.lib.js file and evaluate your "parameter-to-be" to add a PATH clause to the FTS query.

Regards
Axel

Re: Custom search in folder?

shazada — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 17:19:00 GMT

We've got a Folder Search addon which does exactly that: http://addons.alfresco.com/addons/alfresco-share-folder-search

I've written it, just pop us an email and we'll send you it. In a while I'm going to blog about it so it will make clear.
Like Axel told you need to change more files.
You'll need to change atleast the share advsearch.js and search.js.
Define a new variable which reads your custom folder field and sends the value to search.js. A snippet of the advsearch.js:
<javascript>
onSearchClick: function ADVSearch_onSearchClick(e, obj) {
            // retrieve form data structure directly from the runtime
            var formData = this.currentForm.runtime.getFormData();

            // add DD type to form data structure
            formData.datatype = this.currentForm.type;
            this.options.searchSpace = formData.targetPath;
            if (this.options.searchSpace == null) this.options.searchSpace = "";
            // build and execute url for search page
            var url = YAHOO.lang.substitute(Alfresco.constants.URL_PAGECONTEXT + "{site}search?t={terms}&q={query}&r={repo}&rootNode={container}", {
                site: (this.options.siteId.length !== 0 ? ("site/" + this.options.siteId + "/") : ""),
                terms: encodeURIComponent(Dom.get(this.id + "-search-text").value),
                query: encodeURIComponent(YAHOO.lang.JSON.stringify(formData)),
                repo: this.options.searchRepo.toString(),
                container: encodeURIComponent(this.options.searchSpace)
            });
</javascript>
In my case this is the most valuable line<javascript> container: encodeURIComponent(this.options.searchSpace)</javascript>
So define another variable in search.js (this file has more snippets) and send it to the repo webscript, like the param rootNode:
<javascript>
_buildSearchParams: function Search__buildSearchParams(searchRepository, searchAllSites, searchTerm, searchTag, searchSort, rootNode, page) {
            var site = searchAllSites ? "" : this.options.siteId;
            var params = YAHOO.lang.substitute("site={site}&term={term}&tag={tag}&maxResults={maxResults}&sort={sort}&query={query}&repo={repo}&pageSize={pageSize}&startIndex={startIndex}&rootNode={rootNode}", {
                site: encodeURIComponent(site),
                repo: searchRepository.toString(),
                term: encodeURIComponent(searchTerm),
                tag: encodeURIComponent(searchTag),
                sort: encodeURIComponent(searchSort),
                rootNode: encodeURIComponent(rootNode),
                query: encodeURIComponent(this.options.searchQuery),
                maxResults: this.options.maxSearchResults + 1,
                // to calculate whether more results were available
                pageSize: this.options.pageSize,
                startIndex: (page - 1) * this.options.pageSize
            });
</javascript>

Re: Custom search in folder?

theoryoflinkin — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 16:06:58 GMT

Thank you for the answers.

Unfortunatly, I'm very busy on an other project at the moment and I have to leave aside my Alfresco project.

But when I will get some more free time, I will have a look on this.

shazada, could you post the link to your blog here after it's done?

Thanks in advance

Re: Custom search in folder?

sharifu — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 12:52:27 GMT

will this addon be compatible with alfresco 4.2x communiy and all future releases?

Re: Custom search in folder?

sharifu — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 13:14:32 GMT

I have found a bug on this. after a search is performed, where it says "in folder" it does not list the full path, so when it is clicked on the url take me to `http://alfrescotest:8080/share/page/repository#filter=path|%2F%2F%2FApproved`. when it shoud be `http://alfrescotest:8080/share/page/repository#filter=path|%2FSites%2FSpectrumASA%2FdocumentLibrary%2FMulti%2520Client%2FMC%2520Risk%2520Board%2F2011%2FNew%2520surveys%2FApproved&page=1`

Re: Custom search in folder?

tushar_khanka — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 08:32:37 GMT

sir this is not showing up the UI in alfresco 5.1. either i can run the UI or logic for folder search. main problem is in advancesearch.js when i call this logic works but lack the proper UI

var url = YAHOO.lang.substitute(Alfresco.constants.URL_PAGECONTEXT + "{site}search?t={terms}&q={query}&r={repo}&rootNode={container}",

and when i run the out or the box funtion that is

var url = YAHOO.lang.substitute(Alfresco.constants.URL_PAGECONTEXT + this.options.searchPath,

it show the UI but the logic for searching in folder is compromised