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interfacing with the appliance
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 4:17 pm
by pirwin
where can i find an API reference for interfacing with the appliance? we need to interface with it with ASP.NET/VB. is it possible to tell the box through the API to reindex just one specific page?
also, tell your developers to get working on a SOAP interface. i need one yesterday!!!
interfacing with the appliance
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:24 pm
by pirwin
since it's over a year later, i'd like to request again for a SOAP interface.
having to formulate a query string, retrieve and parse the XML, and then output the results is a very kludgy solution. with a .NET compatible SOAP interface, it would be object oriented, no needing to download the XML from the thunderstone box, no need to formulate a query string... and getting the list of categories is a bit kludgy too. if you guys are working on it, what is the status? i know there are a bunch of people that would benefit from this, besides our organization!
interfacing with the appliance
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:39 am
by jason112
The project of a full SOAP API for the Appliance has been on hold, pending other things it depends on being implemented.
We understand that a SOAP API for just searching would be very handy to have and quicker to implement, and are looking at the feasibility of doing this.
interfacing with the appliance
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:28 pm
by fowlers
Again - over a year later....
When is this thing going out the door? I have emails from tech support saying that it would be coming in version 6.3 which was supposed to be slated for late december 06/early january 07 - it's now even 6 months past that...
interfacing with the appliance
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:56 am
by jason112
We should have a beta version of a search SOAP API available early next week. I'll let you know when it's available.
interfacing with the appliance
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 2:24 pm
by fowlers
sounds good...
interfacing with the appliance
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 2:57 pm
by jason112
It is coming!
There's an appliance update going out on Friday, and this will make it available for use. The GUI will not provide a link to it yet, but we'll get you instructions on how to use it.
interfacing with the appliance
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:34 pm
by fowlers
will it be faster than returning xml?
interfacing with the appliance
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 4:06 pm
by jason112
It certainly won't be faster than printing XML directly as it uses the same internal code for determining the results, but it will be faster than the "XSL Stylesheet" result style as it won't be applying any stylesheet server-side.
interfacing with the appliance
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:15 pm
by Kai
The Friday appliance will not have SOAP yet; it is coming before the end of this month however.