RSS

The RSS connector gives you an easy way to connect to search engines that support RSS feeds for search results. There are limitations when using the RSS connector; you can only fetch a fixed number of results so it does not support paging. This limitation can be overcome if the search engine also supports the OpenSearch standard.

To connect to an RSS search engine, open the Perceptive Enterprise Search Administration Console:

1. Click the Indexes link on the home page
2. Click the New Index button
3. Select Federated Source and click the Next button
4. Select RSS Aggregator and click the Next button
5. You must now provide the URL where the RSS feed can be found, substituting {query} were the query text should be placed. For example, to federate the search.live.com website, the URL is:
   
   http://search.live.com/results.aspx?format=rss&q={query}
   
   Click the Next button.
6. Now you need to configure the query translator options. You can specify how each operator is to be treated by selecting one of the pre-configured options, the operators are:
1. AND
2. OR
3. NOT
4. Proximity
5. Phrases
7. You are now able to test if the connector is correctly configured, enter a search and click the test button. If results are returned, the connector is functioning correctly. You can make changes by clicking the Back button, or click the Next button to proceed.
8. Give the connector a name; this is the name that is shown to the user at search time then click Finish to save your new connector.