Extension:GoogleSiteSearch
 Release status: stable |
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| Implementation | Search |
| Description | Prepends to, or replaces, Special:Search results with Google CSE results |
| Author(s) | Ryan Finnie (Fo0bartalk) |
| Maintainer(s) | Sophivorus |
| Latest version | 3.1 (2022-09-23) |
| MediaWiki | 1.32+ |
| PHP | 7.0+ |
| License | GNU General Public License 2.0 or later |
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| Example | appropedia.org search result |
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| Quarterly downloads | 5 (Ranked 126th) |
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The GoogleSiteSearch extension allows you to prepend Google Custom Search Engine (CSE) results to "Special:Search" additionally to MediaWiki search results, or optionally, replace them altogether.
Installation
- Go to the Google CSE management page and add a custom search engine. Note down the "Search engine unique ID". It should be in the format
numbers:letters. - Download and move the extracted
GoogleSiteSearchfolder to yourextensions/directory.
Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/GoogleSiteSearch - Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
wfLoadExtension( 'GoogleSiteSearch' ); $wgGoogleSiteSearchCSEID = 'YOUR_CSE_ID';
- Configure as required.
Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
Configuration
The following configuration parameters are available:
$wgGoogleSiteSearchCSEID- The ID of the created Google custom search engine. Required.
$wgGoogleSiteSearchOnly- Whether to replace the the MediaWiki search results. If
true, only the CSE search results are shown. If false, the CSE results are shown above the MediaWiki results. Optional, defaults tofalse. $wgGoogleSiteSearchAppend- Whether to prepend (not append) rather than replace the Google search results. Defaults to
false. Note that under some circumstances, for example when they're too many or no search results, the relevant hook may not fire and Google search results will not be appended. $wgGoogleSiteSearchAttributes- An array of optional Custom Search element attributes. For example, to make links open in a new window/tab:
$wgGoogleSiteSearchAttributes = [ 'linkTarget' => '_blank' ];
In addition, the HTML built by the extension is customizable via the "GoogleSiteSearchHTML" hook. For example:
$wgHooks['GoogleSiteSearchHTML'][] = function ( $specialSearch, $term, &$html ) {
$html .= '<p>Example append</p>';
};
See also
- Extension:GoogleCustomWikiSearch - Offers similar functionality but appends search after, rather than before MediaWiki search if set to add to, rather than replace, search.