Search REST API: Browse

Overview

Instructions to use REST API Browse service.

Step-by-step guide

Service Name

browse

Service URL

URL_SEARCH/INSTANCE_ID/browse?INPUT_PARAMETERS

Input Parameters

Parameter	Description	Data Type	Mandatory
categoryId	The category that has been clicked to filter by	String	Yes
lang	Set the language of the query	String	Yes
start	It is used to paginate results from a query	Integer	Yes
rows	It is used to paginate results from a query	Integer	Yes
filter	Set query filters	String	No
boost	boosting query in lucene query format	String	No
facet	Set query facets	String	No
sort	Sort results	String	No
jsonCallback	Name of the callback that will be executed after the request	String	No

Sorting

Send us a request with the fields you want to use for SORTING and we will configure it.

You can find below some code samples of the api syntax for sorting.

title A-Z

sort=name_sort asc

title Z-A

sort=name_sort desc

price min to max

sort=price asc

price max to min

sort=price desc

Boosting

Boosting allows you to modify the default ranking pushing to the top the documents matching the specified queries.

Boosting Nike and Rebook products

boost=brand:Nike^2.1 OR brand:Rebook^1.3

boost parameter can be specified multiple times, so multiple queries could be specified as part of a single query using OR (as specified above) or specifying those queries in individual boost parameters.

boost=brand:Nike^2.1&brand:Rebook^1.3

Faceting

Send us a request with the list of fields that you want to use for FACETING and we will add it to the config.

Example of the api syntax for faceting, with the field brand_facet:

facet={!ex=brand_facet}brand_facet

To add more facets to the query, you should simply repeat the facet parameter.

Output

There are different outputs depending of the search results.

Results

By default, the service will return one node for the search results (content),

{
    content: {}
}

{
    content: {
        numFound: 14,
        docs: [
                {
                    name: "Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1"
                },
                {
                    name: "Samsung SNH-1010N Smartcam"
                },
        ],
        facets: [
                {
                    facet: "brand",
                    values: [
                        {
                            value: "samsung",
                            count: 13,
                            filter: "brand:samsung"
                        },
                        {
                            value: "SBS",
                            count: 1,
                            filter: "brand:SBS"
                        }
                    ]
                }
        ]
    }
}

According to the previous example:

numFound → number of the documents returned by the service
docs → Json array with the documents returned by the service. Each one will contain all the fields configured to be returned by the search service.
facets → filters, will contain one entry for each facet contained in the request using the facets param or directly configured in the search service by the EB Team.

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