Can I search Groups?

[Daivd]

The AJAX API has support for blogs, news, web, etc, but I would like
to search forums just like under the "Groups"-tab, http://groups.google.com.
Can this be done? It turns out that it is hard to google for this
question, since e.g "AJAX search API Google Groups" finds everything
on Google Groups about searching :).

I do not want to search just Google Groups, but all groups included in
the standard Groups-search, so a site filter is not what I am looking
for.

[Jeremy Geerdes]

Actually, I think that you are looking for a site restriction. You can
use a WebSearcher with its .setSiteRestriction() method to restrict
your search to a certain group or to all groups, depending on how you
do it. For instance, you could do something like this:

var searcher = new google.search.WebSearch();
searcher.setSiteRestriction('http://groups.google.com/group/Google-AJAX-Search-API')
;
searcher.execute('hello, world');

This would search just the AJAX APIs group for 'hello, world.'

Or you could do...

searcher.setSiteRestriction('http://groups.google.com');

This would search all the groups.

Hope that helps.

Jeremy R. Geerdes
Effective website design & development
Des Moines, IA

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[Daivd]

Thanks, but I do not want to search just groups.google.com. The
"Groups search" searches many, many other sites as well. Check it out
for yourself.

On Nov 3, 6:28 pm, Jeremy Geerdes <jrgeer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually, I think that you are looking for a site restriction. You can  
> use a WebSearcher with its .setSiteRestriction() method to restrict  
> your search to a certain group or to all groups, depending on how you  
> do it. For instance, you could do something like this:
>
> var searcher = new google.search.WebSearch();
> searcher.setSiteRestriction('http://groups.google.com/group/Google-AJAX-Search-API')
> ;
> searcher.execute('hello, world');
>
> This would search just the AJAX APIs group for 'hello, world.'
>
> Or you could do...
>
> searcher.setSiteRestriction('http://groups.google.com');
>
> This would search all the groups.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Jeremy R. Geerdes
> Effective website design & development
> Des Moines, IA
>
> For more information or a project quote:http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.comhttp://jgeerdes.blogspot.comhttp://jgeerdes.wordpress.com

> jgeer...@mchsi.com

>
> Unless otherwise noted, any price quotes contained within this  
> communication are given in US dollars.
>
> If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights  
> Wesleyan Church!
>

> And check out my blog, Adventures in Web Development, athttp://jgeerdes.blogspot.com

>   !
>
> On Nov 3, 2009, at 10:03 AM, Daivd wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > The AJAX API has support for blogs, news, web, etc, but I would like

> > to search forums just like under the "Groups"-tab,http://groups.google.com

[Jack in Lost]

I have the same question

Any ajax api for group search.

Same as david, I don't want to search just groups.google.com, I want
to search other groups, forums, etc.

Will Google do this?

Thanks

On Nov 4, 9:30 am, Daivd <david.fendr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks, but I do not want tosearchjust groups.google.com. The

> "Groupssearch" searches many, many other sites as well. Check it out

> for yourself.
>
> On Nov 3, 6:28 pm, Jeremy Geerdes <jrgeer...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Actually, I think that you are looking for a site restriction. You can  
> > use a WebSearcher with its .setSiteRestriction() method to restrict  

> > yoursearchto a certaingroupor to all groups, depending on how you  

> > do it. For instance, you could do something like this:
>
> > var searcher = new google.search.WebSearch();
> > searcher.setSiteRestriction('http://groups.google.com/group/Google-AJAX-Search-API')
> > ;
> > searcher.execute('hello, world');
>

> > This wouldsearchjust the AJAX APIsgroupfor 'hello, world.'

>
> > Or you could do...
>
> > searcher.setSiteRestriction('http://groups.google.com');
>

> > This wouldsearchall the groups.

>
> > Hope that helps.
>
> > Jeremy R. Geerdes
> > Effective website design & development
> > Des Moines, IA
>

> > For more information or a project quote:http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.comhttp://jgeerdes.blogspot.comhttp://jgee...

> > jgeer...@mchsi.com
>
> > Unless otherwise noted, any price quotes contained within this  
> > communication are given in US dollars.
>
> > If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights  
> > Wesleyan Church!
>
> > And check out my blog, Adventures in Web Development, athttp://jgeerdes.blogspot.com
> >   !
>
> > On Nov 3, 2009, at 10:03 AM, Daivd wrote:
>
> > > The AJAX API has support for blogs, news, web, etc, but I would like

> > > tosearchforums just like under the "Groups"-tab,http://groups.google.com

> > > .
> > > Can this be done? It turns out that it is hard to google for this

> > > question, since e.g "AJAXsearchAPI Google Groups" finds everything

> > > on Google Groups about searching :).
>

> > > I do not want tosearchjust Google Groups, but all groups included in