Google API in ColdFusion
Hi,
I have a form field that I'd like to pass to Goggle (or some search engine) and get the results back using CFHTTP so I can use the results on my page (not Googles).
Does anyone know how to do this? I see many posts on integrating Google with your site but it is indexing your static pages. This is not what i want.
To be specific, I need to seach through an Organization Name column based on what a user keys and determine if it's in our table or ask the user if it's new. I'd like to search with the native string and if nothing is found try the "Google suggestion".
When you misspell something in a Google Search, it come back with "Showing results for xxxxxxxxxxxx".
Is ther an API where I can pass a search argument and get that "Showing results for xxxxxxxxxxxx"?
Thanks in advance,
hefterr
I have a form field that I'd like to pass to Goggle (or some search engine) and get the results back using CFHTTP so I can use the results on my page (not Googles).
Does anyone know how to do this? I see many posts on integrating Google with your site but it is indexing your static pages. This is not what i want.
To be specific, I need to seach through an Organization Name column based on what a user keys and determine if it's in our table or ask the user if it's new. I'd like to search with the native string and if nothing is found try the "Google suggestion".
When you misspell something in a Google Search, it come back with "Showing results for xxxxxxxxxxxx".
Is ther an API where I can pass a search argument and get that "Showing results for xxxxxxxxxxxx"?
Thanks in advance,
hefterr
ASKER
Hi Tomarse111,
This integration is not what I am looking for as it it is only using data on your pages. I ultimately need to search a data base column in a table for a "fuzzy match". I don't think they search your databases? (we are using SQL Server 2005)
For example
Someone keys in an organization name of :
Microsift (misspelled)
I want to find Microsoft. If you key this into most search engines, they come back with:
Showing results for microsoft
They have the "fuzzy logic" search that I'd like to use on my site. Or have them be able to do the same against my tables?
Any other search engines? Any ideas?
I've looked into "SQL Server Full Text Search" but it misses typos.
hefterr
This integration is not what I am looking for as it it is only using data on your pages. I ultimately need to search a data base column in a table for a "fuzzy match". I don't think they search your databases? (we are using SQL Server 2005)
For example
Someone keys in an organization name of :
Microsift (misspelled)
I want to find Microsoft. If you key this into most search engines, they come back with:
Showing results for microsoft
They have the "fuzzy logic" search that I'd like to use on my site. Or have them be able to do the same against my tables?
Any other search engines? Any ideas?
I've looked into "SQL Server Full Text Search" but it misses typos.
hefterr
ASKER
Is there an interface with Yahoo that i could use? I found this link :
http://developer.yahoo.com/coldfusion/howto-reqRestCF.html
What do you think?
http://developer.yahoo.com/coldfusion/howto-reqRestCF.html
What do you think?
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My request could not be acommplished. I had to research this myself.
You can however integrate Google into your site via this api:
http://www.google.co.uk/sitesearch/
Easy to use and gives you the full search listing back.