topic Search : Google like alerts in Alfresco Archive

Search : Google like alerts

pvk — Mon, 14 May 2007 10:11:27 GMT

Is it possible to use a "Saved Search" as something "continuously" (probably, at regular interval) running in the background ?The aim is for a user to immediately be informed of any document added to the repository that contain certain words for instance.One way would be to receive a email as soon a

Re: Search : Google like alerts

davidc — Mon, 14 May 2007 12:26:12 GMT

One option is to use the OpenSearch API which can provide search results in RSS or ATOM format. It's URL based, so can be plugged into most Feed Readers.

For Alfresco v2.0, documenation can be found here… http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/OpenSearch#Alfresco_Keyword_Search

Re: Search : Google like alerts

pvk — Mon, 14 May 2007 14:15:23 GMT

That could be a good track to follow, and indeed,

feed://127.0.0.1:8080/alfresco/service/search/keyword?q=tata&format=rss

give me the expected result, BUT with its limitation : only documents visible by guest appears in the resulting feed.

How about creating a feed returning all the matching files accessible by a given user ?
Would that be possible ?

Well, after some more reading/testing, it looks like yes : the answer to the previous URL will depend on the id of the last user who log in the web client with the browser that will manage the RSS feed.

Next step then : right now, the RSS feed points directly to the file to open (without any information about the context of that file, who it belongs to, where is it located …)
Is it then possible to modifiy the template for that feed, in order to either include these data to point to the content page of the file within alfresco web client ?

I sort of have the feeling that the solution would have something to do with Web Scripts ( http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Web_Scripts ) … that will be available only from version 2.1 of Alfresco …
Would that be right ?

Re: Search : Google like alerts

davidc — Mon, 14 May 2007 14:24:30 GMT

The OpenSearch responses are template based which can be modified for your requirements. I can't remember exactly where they're located, but look for anything named 'keywordsearch*.ftl' in the repository/config folder.

In v2.1, OpenSearch has been migrated to Web Scripts, which provides a convention for customising the associated templates.