2. Web services using search Application Server Interfaces (Search APIs)
The HTML and JAVA examples use code generated on the EDNA site. This can be found within the 'Developers Kit' menu located in the EdNA Online website banner (http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/go/pid/372).
HTML Search
This page, Search API HTML, provides two examples on the same page;
- the simple search box where you type in a search request.
- the advanced search providing a selection of databases and search parameters.
The page will demonstrate the rendering of the search tool within the host site look and feel. The search tools are active and can be used to search the EdNA Online database.
An example of a search API using HTML
HTML Results page for Search Boxes with URL including Header and Footer locations.
http://api.edna.edu.au/search.html?q=frogs&header=http://mysite.com/header.html&footer= http://mysite.com/footer.html
In the example above we are using the 'header' and 'footer' parameter. Replace mysite.com/header.html and mysite.com/footer.html with the location of your own header and footer. We are searching here on the term "frogs" and are using Framework header and footer.
Search Results Page Example in HTML
XML Search
In the XML instances, you will find links to external sites using four different renderings of the EdNA Search XML API. This gives you a strong feel for how the API might render on your site.
In the side bar menu you will see the examples as a menu link. The first of these is a popup of the EdNA search API as delivered to EdNA Online. The other examples are of the same feed to different sites.
