VuFind API Documentation

ExternalSearch
in package
implements RecommendInterface

ExternalSearch Recommendation Module

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Chris Hallberg challber@villanova.edu

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RecommendInterface
Search Recommendations Interface

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$linkText  : string
Link text
$lookfor  : string
Search query
$template  : string
URL template string
getLinkText()  : string
Get the link text.
getUrl()  : string
Get the link URL.
init()  : void
Called before the Search Results object performs its main search (specifically, in response to \VuFind\Search\SearchRunner::EVENT_CONFIGURED).
process()  : void
Called after the Search Results object has performed its main search. This may be used to extract necessary information from the Search Results object or to perform completely unrelated processing.
setConfig()  : void
Store the configuration of the recommendation module.

Properties

Methods

getLinkText()

Get the link text.

public getLinkText() : string
Return values
string

getUrl()

Get the link URL.

public getUrl() : string
Return values
string

init()

Called before the Search Results object performs its main search (specifically, in response to \VuFind\Search\SearchRunner::EVENT_CONFIGURED).

public init(Params $params, Parameters $request) : void

This method is responsible for setting search parameters needed by the recommendation module and for reading any existing search parameters that may be needed.

Parameters
$params : Params

Search parameter object

$request : Parameters

Parameter object representing user request.

Return values
void

process()

Called after the Search Results object has performed its main search. This may be used to extract necessary information from the Search Results object or to perform completely unrelated processing.

public process(Results $results) : void
Parameters
$results : Results

Search results object

Return values
void

setConfig()

Store the configuration of the recommendation module.

public setConfig(string $settingsStr) : void
Parameters
$settingsStr : string

Settings from searches.ini.

Return values
void

Search results