Using the Search API

Example

The following examples illustrate how to use the Search API:

Sample Code

Displaying a list of the search providers registered in the portal

               EPCM.getSAPTop().LSAPI.getSearchProviderPlugin().getProviders(initProvidersList);

//Display a menu with a list of search providers
        function initProvidersList(searchProvidersList)
{
                if( searchProvidersList ) 
                {
                        var SearchMenuItems = [];
                        for( var i = 0 ; i < searchProvidersList.length ; i++ )
                        {
                                var currSearchProvider = searchProvidersList[i];
                                SearchMenuItems[i] = {
                                        id:     currSearchProvider.getKey(),
                                        title:          currSearchProvider.getName(),
                                        click:          navigateToItem(currSearchProvider.getKey(), currSearchProvider.getNavigationType),    
// 'navigateToItem' is a method which needs to be implemented
                                        searchTypes: currSearchProvider.getSearchTypes()
                                }
                        }
                }
};

Sample Code

Displaying the categories for the default provider

               
Function getCategories()
{
        var defaultSearchProvider  = EPCM.getSAPTop().LSAPI.getSearchProviderPlugin().getDefaultProvider();
        var searchTypes = defaultSearchProvider .getSearchTypes();
        for( var i = 0 ; i < searchTypes.length ; i++ )
        {
                var currSearchType = searchTypes[i];
                var categories = currSearchType.getCategories();
                for( var j = 0 ; j < categories.length ; j++ )
                {
                        var currCategory = categories[j];
                        var categoryID = currCategory.getID();
                        var categoryTitle = currCategory.getTitle();
                        var categoryURL = currCategory.getCategoryURL(); 
                        //...
                        //Display a list of these categories
                        // ...
                }
        }       
}