topic Re: opensearch in Alfresco Archive

opensearch

xerox — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:58:43 GMT

I'm using Alfresco2.1I'm trying to add other search engines(like described in the wiki)I've put the following code in the web-scripts-config-custom<engine label="Alfresco Open Source Talk" proxy="opentalk"> <url type="application/rss+xml"> http://blogs.alfr

Re: opensearch

mikef — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:29:18 GMT

Start by removing the yahoo searches. Do you get the same behaviour?

Re: opensearch

xerox — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:09:07 GMT

yes, still same behaviour.
really strange. Only the current alfresco respository is working, others not.
Another error I sometimes get, is a message box with the message :

"undefined = undefined"‍

Re: opensearch

finner — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:50:18 GMT

Hi Xerox,
Did you get the engines working ?
I copied your config without changing anything and it worked for me.

This is my web-api-config-custom.xml:


<alfresco-config>
   <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="OpenSearch">
      <opensearch>
         <engines>
       <engine label="Wikipedia Search" proxy="wikipedia">
               <url type="application/rss+xml">
http://api.search.yahoo.com/WebSearchService/rss/webSearch.xml?appid=yahoosearchwebrss&query={searchTerms}&site=wikipedia.org&start={startIndex?}&results={count?}
               </url>
            </engine> 

            <engine label="Alfresco Open Source Talk" proxy="opentalk">
               <url type="application/rss+xml">
                  http://blogs.alfresco.com/opentalk/os-query?s={searchTerms}&itemstart={startIndex?}&itempage={startPage?}&itemlimit={count?}
               </url>
            </engine>
            <engine label="Yahoo UK News" proxy="yahooUKNews">
               <url type="application/rss+xml">
                  http://uk.news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p={searchTerms}
               </url>
            </engine>

            <engine label="Yahoo Search" proxy="yahoo">
               <url type="application/rss+xml">
http://api.search.yahoo.com/WebSearchService/rss/webSearch.xml?appid=yahoosearchwebrss&query={searchTerms}&start={startIndex?}&results={count?}
               </url>
            </engine>            
         </engines>
      </opensearch>
   </config>
</alfresco-config>
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I'm on Alfresco 2.1 (Community).
Is your configuration file in the tomcat/shared/alfresco/extensions folder ?
Does your XML contain any uncommented [host] or [port] references ?

Finner

Re: opensearch

xerox — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:59:09 GMT

How can I know if my engines are working?
Does I need to enable them somewhere else?

Is your configuration file in the tomcat/shared/alfresco/extensions folder ?
Yes, in the extension folder.

Does your XML contain any uncommented [host] or [port] references ?
No. exactly the same as your code example

it's really strange

thanx in advance

Nick

Re: opensearch

finner — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:06:40 GMT

Hi Nick,
What does this return?
http://<host>:<port>/alfresco/service/search/engines?type=all

Also - in the wiki it says :

When adding new search engines, the recommendation is to place them in:
/config/alfresco/extension/web-api-config-custom.xml‍

Try defining the engines in web-api-config-custom.xml and not the web-scripts…xml

Re: opensearch

xerox — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:15:12 GMT

this output:

Engine URL Type Response Format
Alfresco Keyword Search Template URL application/atom+xml
Wikipedia Search Template URL application/rss+xml
Alfresco Keyword Search Template URL application/rss+xml
Yahoo Search Template URL application/rss+xml
Alfresco Keyword Search Template URL text/html
Alfresco Keyword Search OpenSearch Description application/opensearchdescription+xml
Yahoo UK News Template URL application/rss+xml
Alfresco Open Source Talk Template URL application/rss+xml

Re: opensearch

finner — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:58:16 GMT

Have you put the engine configs in web-api-config-custom.xml and removed from web-scripts-config-custom.xml. I haven't customised the web-scripts-config-custom.xml file.

What browser do you have ?

Re: opensearch

xerox — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:11:58 GMT

I've tried both…

explorer 6 and firefox 1.5.

I know you need explorer 7 and firefox 2 for doing a opensearch with your explorer self, but I taught for doing it from in alfresco , you didn't need those

Or am I wrong?

p.s thanx for your fast replies…

friendly regards,
Nick

Re: opensearch

finner — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:30:48 GMT

Hi Nick,
What happens when you enter this URL in the browser ?
http://api.search.yahoo.com/WebSearchService/rss/webSearch.xml?appid=yahoosearchwebrss&query=alfresco&

Re: opensearch

xerox — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:34:04 GMT

Hi,

that seems to works fine.
but form within alfresco it doesn't.
maybe something with the proxy of something like that?

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> 
- <rss version="2.0">
- <channel>
  <title>Yahoo! Search: alfresco</title> 
  <link>http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=alfresco&ei=UTF-8</link> 
  <language>en</language> 
  <description>Search results for the query alfresco</description> 
  <copyright>Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.</copyright> 
  <lastBuildDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:32:22 -0700</lastBuildDate> 
- <image>
  <url>http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nt/b/rss/rss_search.gif</url> 
  <title>Yahoo! Search</title> 
  <link>http://search.yahoo.com</link> 
  <width>142</width> 
  <height>18</height> 
  </image>
- <item>
  <title>Alfresco - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</title> 
  <link>http://uk.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5VYWXKhGfhsBQyPdmMwF;_ylu=X3oDMTB2cXVjNTM5BGNvbG8DdwRsA1dTMQRwb3MDMQRzZWMDc3IEdnRpZAM-/SIG=11p8psnif/EXP=1185525142/**http%3A//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfresco</link> 
  <description>Alfresco (software), an open source content management system. En plein air, (Alfresco in Italian), describing an activity done outside, usually painting …</description> 
  <guid isPermaLink="false">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfresco</guid> 
  </item>
- <item>
  <title>Alfresco - Open Source Enterprise Content Management (CMS) including Web Content Management</title> 
  <link>http://uk.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5VYWXKhGfhsBRiPdmMwF;_ylu=X3oDMTB2ZjQ4dDExBGNvbG8DdwRsA1dTMQRwb3MDMgRzZWMDc3IEdnRpZAM-/SIG=11cnjb7vs/EXP=1185525142/**http%3A//www.alfresco.com/</link> 
  <description>Alfresco offers open source enterprise content management including open source … Alfresco is the Open Source Alternative for Enterprise Content Management (ECM) …</description> 
  <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alfresco.com/</guid> 
  </item>
- <item>
  <title>Open Source Enterprise Content Management from Alfresco</title> 
  <link>http://uk.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5VYWXKhGfhsBSSPdmMwF;_ylu=X3oDMTB2M3MzdmZoBGNvbG8DdwRsA1dTMQRwb3MDMwRzZWMDc3IEdnRpZAM-/SIG=11cv8her6/EXP=1185525142/**http%3A//dev.alfresco.com/</link> 
  <description>The Alfresco product consists of an enterprise-scale, standards-based repository, … Alfresco is an open source, open-standards content repository built by an …</description> 
  <guid isPermaLink="false">http://dev.alfresco.com/</guid> 
  </item>
- <item>
  <title /> 
  <link /> 
  <description>Offers year-round golf instruction utilizing swing analysis video equipment and more.</description> 
  <guid isPermaLink="false" /> 
  </item>
- <item>
  <title>Alfresco Products</title> 
  <link>http://uk.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5VYWXKhGfhsBTCPdmMwF;_ylu=X3oDMTB2NW50aG1hBGNvbG8DdwRsA1dTMQRwb3MDNQRzZWMDc3IEdnRpZAM-/SIG=11lsbgcbi/EXP=1185525142/**http%3A//www.alfresco.com/products/</link> 
  <description>Alfresco is designed to be the open cms or open source cms - Alternative for … Alfresco is built by a team of leading members from DocumentumÃ‚Â® and InterwovenÃ‚Â® …</description> 
  <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alfresco.com/products/</guid> 
  </item>
- <item>
  <title>Alfresco (software) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</title> 
  <link>http://uk.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5VYWXKhGfhsBTyPdmMwF;_ylu=X3oDMTB2azJrdmpwBGNvbG8DdwRsA1dTMQRwb3MDNgRzZWMDc3IEdnRpZAM-/SIG=12479obh5/EXP=1185525142/**http%3A//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfresco_(software)</link> 
  <description>Alfresco is an open source, open standards, enterprise scale content management … Alfresco includes a content repository, an out-of-the-box web portal framework …</description> 
  <guid isPermaLink="false">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfresco_(software)</guid> 
  </item>
- <item>
  <title>Informatics Analysis Software: Alfresco</title> 
  <link>http://uk.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5VYWXKhGfhsBUiPdmMwF;_ylu=X3oDMTB2bDEyNXM5BGNvbG8DdwRsA1dTMQRwb3MDNwRzZWMDc3IEdnRpZAM-/SIG=11ujurtpi/EXP=1185525142/**http%3A//www.sanger.ac.uk/Software/Alfresco/</link> 
  <description>Alfresco. Introduction … We've decided to call this program Alfresco. … A stand-alone version of Alfresco is available for downloading. User Manual …</description> 
  <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Software/Alfresco/</guid> 
  </item>
- <item>
  <title>Alfresco: Vermont Weddings, Receptions, Catering, Flowers, Tents &amp; Party Rentals</title> 
  <link>http://uk.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5VYWXKhGfhsBVSPdmMwF;_ylu=X3oDMTB2bTU4Zm85BGNvbG8DdwRsA1dTMQRwb3MDOARzZWMDc3IEdnRpZAM-/SIG=11kb30ikm/EXP=1185525142/**http%3A//www.alfrescoweddings.com/</link> 
  <description>Alfresco Vermont Country Weddings, &amp; Tents, Catering, and Flowers, Party and … Alfresco can act as your event coordinator (without the high cost of one), by …</description> 
  <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alfrescoweddings.com/</guid> 
  </item>
- <item>
  <title>Alfresco Blogs</title> 
  <link>http://uk.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5VYWXKhGfhsBWCPdmMwF;_ylu=X3oDMTB2dW8yNmN0BGNvbG8DdwRsA1dTMQRwb3MDOQRzZWMDc3IEdnRpZAM-/SIG=11e9oq0kg/EXP=1185525142/**http%3A//blogs.alfresco.com/</link> 
  <description>Alfresco Now a Sourceforge Finalist by John Newton … Alfresco on an iPhone by Luis Sala … Alfresco + Liferay Meetup Update #4 by Luis Sala. Microsoft …</description> 
  <guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.alfresco.com/</guid> 
  </item>
- <item>
  <title>The Apache Software Foundation</title> 
  <link>http://uk.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5VYWXKhGfhsBWyPdmMwF;_ylu=X3oDMTEwc3RuNTk4BGNvbG8DdwRsA1dTMQRwb3MDMTAEc2VjA3NyBHZ0aWQD/SIG=12ottrggk/EXP=1185525142/**http%3A//dev.alfresco.com/resource/AlfrescoContributionAgreementv2.pdf</link> 
  <description>Thank you for your interest in the Alfresco content repository open source project. … grant to Alfresco, a non-exclusive, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty …</description> 
  <guid isPermaLink="false">http://dev.alfresco.com/resource/AlfrescoContributionAgreementv2.pdf</guid> 
  </item>
  </channel>
  </rss>
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Re: opensearch

finner — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:21:32 GMT

Are you searching from the dashboard or the side menu ?

Re: opensearch

xerox — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:23:51 GMT

both…
neither of them are working…

Re: opensearch

finner — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:31:38 GMT

can you post your complete web-api-config-custom.xml and I'll try it here ?

Re: opensearch

xerox — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:37:15 GMT

    
<!–  Example configuration of multiple OpenSearch engines –>


<alfresco-config>

   <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="OpenSearch">
      <opensearch>

     <engines>

                     
            
            <!–  Example: Registration of Alfresco's Open Talk Blog –>
          

            <engine label="Alfresco Open Source Talk" proxy="opentalk">
               <url type="application/rss+xml">
                  http://blogs.alfresco.com/opentalk/os-query?s={searchTerms}&itemstart={startIndex?}&itempage={startPage?}&itemlimit={count?}
               </url>
            </engine>
         <engine label="Yahoo UK News" proxy="yahooUKNews">
               <url type="application/rss+xml">
                  http://uk.news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p={searchTerms}
               </url>
            </engine>

            <engine label="Yahoo Search" proxy="yahoo">
               <url type="application/rss+xml">
                  http://api.search.yahoo.com/WebSearchService/rss/webSearch.xml?appid=yahoosearchwebrss&query={searchTerms}&start={startIndex?}&results={count?}
               </url>
            </engine>

            <engine label="Wikipedia Search" proxy="wikipedia">
               <url type="application/rss+xml">
                  http://api.search.yahoo.com/WebSearchService/rss/webSearch.xml?appid=yahoosearchwebrss&query={searchTerms}&site=wikipedia.org&start={startIndex?}&results={count?}
               </url>
            </engine>

            <engine label="Yahoo Image Search" proxy="yahooImage">
               <url type="application/rss+xml">
                  http://api.search.yahoo.com/ImageSearchService/rss/imageSearch.xml?appid=yahoosearchwebrss&query={searchTerms}&start={startIndex?}&results={count?}
               </url>
            </engine>
         </engines>

      </opensearch>
   </config>

</alfresco-config>
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Re: opensearch

mikef — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:36:20 GMT

I suspect that your Alfresco server can't get to the remote services because of a proxy/firewall issue. You can test this by calling the following urls directly from a browser on the Alfresco server machine.

http://blogs.alfresco.com/opentalk/os-query?s=alfresco

http://api.search.yahoo.com/WebSearchService/rss/webSearch.xml?appid=yahoosearchwebrss&query=alfresco&site=wikipedia.org

Re: opensearch

finner — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:03:34 GMT

Hi Nick,
Your config file works fine for me.
As an aside, be careful when calling the search URLs directly from the browser, the parameters ( {searchTerms}, {count}..etc )need to be replaced with meaningful values and the & should be &
If you remove one of the engines you've configured do they disappear from the list on the web client ?
As Mike has suggested it could be a firewall, or virus checker, or popup checker on the browser ……..?????
Is there anything in the tomcat logs to give a hint

Re: opensearch

xerox — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:43:53 GMT

I can open those urls from the browser on the server…. so really strange

If you remove one of the engines you've configured do they disappear from the list on the web client ?
yes

Is there anything in the tomcat logs to give a hint
no, nothing

it could be a firewall, or virus checker, or popup checker on the browser ……..?????
I'll have a look at it.

Re: opensearch

javauser007 — Wed, 27 May 2009 12:26:50 GMT

Hi team,
Right now i'm using labs 3.0 stable version. I configured the above code in web-script-config-custom.xml and getting the same "object null exception" any solutions for this. (this is when i try to use in IE 7).

And i want to search through google.com from alfresco (by using its opensearch). I'm facing the problem in this and posted in the forum http://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=18984 .

can anyone help me or provide the sample code for searching through google.com from alfresco using its opensearch.

any solution for object null exception ?