I am trying to determine if it is possible to configure Google Search Appliance 7.0 to index via an RSS feed URL? In this particular case, I am looking to set up a Confluence 5.1.4 RSS feed URL that is indexed via Google Search Appliance.
Not directly, you would need a custom connector or somehow have this RSS feed be converted into an HTML document that could be crawled.
The GSA allows you to push XML feeds to it so the simplest way would probably be to write a simple proxy application that accepts an RSS feed and converts the incoming RSS to the XML feed format that the GSA accepts.
It would be pretty trivial to do this conversion using XSLT.
Otherwise, as #jeromegv suggests, write a connector that accepts HTTP requests from the GSA, fetches the RSS feed and returns it to the GSA in a format it can understand.
It's worth noting that several Google for Work Search partners have developed Confluence connectors so you could probably pick up an off the shelf product to do this that will extract relevant metadata and respect security ACLs properly.
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Context: The HTML Macro is disabled on my company's Confluence.
Use-case: Embed content returned by an internal web-site.
Example: We have a table that lists various sites we have deployed. We have a Confluence page, with a table describing each, and with a URL to each.
Each site also supports a "/ping" that tells us it is live. Is there a way to embed the (simple textual) response from that ping as another column, without the use of HTML Macro?
Stretch goal: If our REST /ping returns Markup/Markdown ...is there a way to get some minimal formatting?
I am working on sth similar as well that calls a public rest api to aggregate some results on a confluence page.
Anyways, I am guessing the html macro is disabled in your company for security reasons. Since you have a specific rest api endpoints, I would suggest that you can create your own custom plugin with a macro. Design it so that the macro can take a param to know which site endpoint to call server side. You can process your requests and let the macro return a string which you can stylize however you want. This is the simplest and cheapest solution (since you won't be paying license fees for a third party addon), and also most secure since you have control over the code.
Is your confluence instance server or cloud? Have you tried asking in the atlassian community forums?
if your company can disable the free alternative then
use the paid alternative : adaptavist scriptrunner
script macro
Does anyone know if it's legal to use Google suggestqueries in a commercial product ?
As I'm using the open stream of the ajax jsonp request https://suggestqueries.google.com/complete/search?callb.... in searchengine based product.
No - it can't be legally used and the search team changes the endpoint every now and then so apps can't abuse it , however there are wrapper services which emulate / Gather data from the endpoints through their own means - http://keywordtool.io/api is an example of that
I'm new to REST APIs and trying to understand the basics of them. So lets begin by saying that I have created a simple CMS web application using PHP (You create an user, you post an entry and assign some categories maybe, etc...).
That being said, if I wanted to create a mobile app that would do the same, I'll have to create some PHP functions in order to send data as JSON or XML and also in order to process a POST or PUT request.
is a REST API the collection of those functions I'd use to handle the mobile app POST, PUT and GET request using JSON or XML as the data format? if not, can I get an example, not a definition, please.
To answer your question,yes, the REST API is a collection of those functions for any client you wish to expose it to for creating an user, posting an entry etc. The accepted data format is something you decide for your API. It may be JSON, XML or even both.
Some examples:
http://coenraets.org/blog/2011/12/restful-services-with-jquery-php-and-the-slim-framework/
http://peter.neish.net/building-a-mobile-app-backend-using-mongodb-and-slim-a-php-rest-framework/
Let me preface this question with a little background information:
I have a web based system that takes in data from the Google Analytics API and displays that information based upon each clients needs via a web interface.
I use unique URLs for each source/campaign ( Google AdWords, LinkedIn, Facebook, Display Ad Networks, etc. ) containing 'utm' variables and the system generated values. Example: url.com/?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=PPC&utm_content=1234&utm_campaign=This-is-the-campaign-name
Google Analytics is the repository, since a large majority of clients use it on their websites, it's a natural fit to use them as the workhorse for data capturing.
All of the clients have active Google AdWords campaigns, connected Google Analytics accounts, and they have enabled Auto-Tagging.
When I test a Google text ad, the link that is populated in the web browser is similar to the following: url.com/?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=PPC&utm_content=1234&utm_campaign=This-is-the-campaign-name&gclid=123xyz
My current dilemma is centered around AdWords campaigns with Auto-Tagging enabled. The data capture process for all sources ( excluding Google AdWords ) works fine. I have unique tracking codes populated in the 'utm_content' variable, therefore when I call the Google Analytics API, this tracking code acts as my unique identifier. For all Google AdWords campaigns, I update all the destination links within the ad creative to include the system generated URLs that also include the prepopulated values. When viewing the reporting in Google Analytics, the variables/values are non-existent, it is as if Google completely disregards these values and uses a back-channel from Google AdWords to Google Analytics to input the campaign properties. For these Google AdWords campaigns, the visits are not lost, but rather they are associated to the standard Google AdWords campaign/ad group in Google Analytics.
Here is a list of things that I do know:
From what I have read, disabling Auto-Tagging would fix this issue and allow the 'utm' variables and their values to be passed from Google AdWords into Google Analytics. The consequence of disabling Auto-Tagging would be the loss of click to conversion and cost data.
KISSmetrics has documented a similar issue when working with clients that also use Google Analytics. Links that contain the 'gclid', Example: url.com/?gclid=123xyz ( Auto-Tagging enabled ), will not have any additional information logged ( campaign source, medium, etc. ). Links that also contain the 'utm' variables, Example: url.com/?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=PPC&utm_content=1234&utm_campaign=This-is-the-campaign-name&gclid=123xyz, this information is passed to KISSmetrics. For this second scenario, I am assuming the KISSmetrics javascript is reading the URL variables and values.
Here is what I am trying to achieve:
I am trying to avoid having to add a proprietary javascript that reads the URL variables and values and then posts that information to an external URL.
I do not want to add line items to the current Google Analytics javascript ( example: custom variables ).
I am looking for an 'out-of-the-box' solution that perhaps takes into consideration AdWords ValueTrack parameters. My familiarity with these variables is limited, therefore I can not determine if one of these values can be used as a unique identifier to later reference when I access the data using the Google Analytics API. Or as an alternative, using a Google AdWords dimension to do the same. See http://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/reporting/core/dimsmets/adwords.
I would like to determine if it is possible to continue with the methodology of generating unique URLs, assigning them to Google AdWords campaigns, and taking the results of those campaigns from Google Analytics via their API, without compromising the click to conversion and cost data ( disabling Auto-Tagging ).
Thanks in advance for reading through my plight and any feedback you provide will be greatly appreciated.
So you are correct. When Google Analytics sees both UTM params and the auto-tagging GCLID, it discards the UTM params in favor of the GCLID.
However... acknowledging that this is an issue, especially since AdWords advertisers that use their Conversion Import feature often use both UTM and GCLID, they enabled an override switch in Google Analytics accounts that allows the use of both.
You can learn more about it in their FAQ at https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1033981?hl=en
I think this should solve your problem.
Jon
I've never used an API and was wondering how you use them... I would like to use facebook, twitter and vimeo's api,
Can someone explain the basics of using them, how do i access them and use them etc.
Please and thanks
Neil
How to use an API depends on the API. Usually the API creator has documentation on how to use their specific API.
Mostly, things work like the following:
You register to get a developer key. Then, you send requests to the service via HTTP (for example Twitter is using REST, which requires you to send XML or JSON to a specific http-URL providing your key). You get an answer from the service, which you must then parse and react to accordingly (for example filling a list with contacts, etc.).
Most of the time this all comes down to:
Create an XML or JSON document that describes the call parameters
Send the document to an URL using GET, POST or other request methods
Get the server's response
Parse and evaluate the response
The specific ways to use the API, especially performing authentication, can be found on the service's developer pages.
The best way to start if you want to use an API is to read it's documentation, find some tutorials and code examples. This is always/usually published by the one offering an API.
Good luck :)