How to make the authentication invisible and customize the search results?

Kyle Huang

The new search API uses the func=search?where1=**** through http to do the search. It prompts the authentication; then got the content server search results. I am developing an application need the search function. I would like to use program to do the authentication, such as create a token and set the cookie or other methods. The search result has to merge to our own application. Is any method can get the result item only?

AKropp

Hello Kyle,

 

Please have a look at the resources available here:

 

https://knowledge.opentext.com/knowledge/llisapi.dll/Open/16579994

 

You will want to at least skim through the API reference, and there’s a C# sample I wrote that shows how to obtain a cookie you can use to authenticate.  Alternatively, if you’re on a newer update (I believe 10.5 2015-09 or higher) you can also use a REST auth ticket instead.  You can search the forum for a recent discussion on using the REST ticket which has some additional code snippets.

 

As far as consuming results from an external application, typically you add the parameter &outputformat=xml which, as one might expect, will produce the results in XML format ready for parsing.  There are lots of other parameters you can use to customize and refine your search results so please see the API reference for the complete list.

 

AK

 

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How to make the authentication invisible and customize the search results?

Posted by Huang, Kyle On 09/07/2016 01:37 PM

 

The new search API uses the func=search?where1=**** through http to do the search. It prompts the authentication; then got the content server search results. I am developing an application need the search function. I would like to use program to do the authentication, such as create a token and set the cookie or other methods. The search result has to merge to our own application. Is any method can get the result item only?

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