Add API for getting facets.#279
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Add API for getting facets.#279colinrobinsonuib wants to merge 3 commits intoProfessionalWiki:masterfrom
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It is already possible to search using facets with the existing search API.
Example:
/api.php?action=query&list=search&format=json&srsearch=john+haswbfacet%3AP1%3DQ91&srnamespace=120Is the same as searching
john haswbfacet:P1=Q91on the search page. But this only gives you the results, not the facets available to do another search. Getting those facets is crucial for building a headless application.You can search on the elasticsearch server directly as I show in this comment #275 (comment)
This PR adds a new API endpoint for retriving those values directly through mediawiki without needing to expose the elasticsearch server.
Example usage:
api.php?action=wbfacetsearch&search=john+haswbfacet:P1=Q91&format=json&namespaces=120Response: