[Questions] Content Server XML Search API

How to execute or Where to execute below referred code? Any idea how to implement Content Server XML Search API? Please suggest

// Construct the URL to the XML Search API OTUrl oUrl; oUrl.Set( "http://host.domain/OTCS/cs.exe" ); oUrl.AddQuery( "func", "search" ); oUrl.AddQuery( "where1", oQuery ); // search expression oUrl.AddQuery( "lookfor1", "complexquery" ); oUrl.AddQuery( "modifier1", "" ); // no search modifier oUrl.AddQuery( "within1", "all" ); // search content and metadata oUrl.AddQuery( "slice", "" ); // search Enterprise slice oUrl.AddQuery( "outputformat", "xml" ); oUrl.AddQuery( "startat", 1 ); // first result to return oUrl.AddQuery( "gofor", 20 ); // number of results to return oUrl.AddQuery( "thumbnails", "true" ); // Instantiate cookies object and get browser cookies from HTTP request OTCookies oCookies;

Refer URL:http://mimage.opentext.com/support/ecm/secure/documentation/contentserver/api/content_server_xml_search_api_code_examples.pdf

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eLink User

I have not done any C++ programming for years I can think off

Any SearchAPI work is akin to you going to a livelink URL and typing ?func=search

To me it looks like the author is saying if you have a working C++ program and you know how to call a webpage POST.Simply put any HTML form POST with the right parameters to search will get you results.See this simpler posting http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=3552 Usually people will just create a simple HTML file and its submit turned to the URL of a livelink server with working search.Many people get confused because of the search bar and advanced search screens that search is part of the DMS(oscript) product but actually it is an API tighly integrated with livelink a.k.a Content Server.You can just chain the parameters after ?func=search a GET operation..All people stumble with livelink authentication that is where the author is saying before calling search provide a cookie or something that OTDS gives you.I have done similar stuff like this and blogged about not in C++.

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Thomas_John

Thanks Appu for the reference.

As per the article, i was trying to understand how can one achieve this!

In the page, it is written about C++ Classes like OTUrl and others. It would be coming from some Livelink dll or api so wanted to know how it is done.

"The code examples assume the presence of a number of C++ classes that provide base functionality, as follows: OTString a Unicode string class OTUrl a class for storing a URL OTAuth a class for storing credentials OTCookies a class for storing cookies OTSite a class that sends an HTTP request to a URL and receives an HTTP response "