Reference:BlueSpiceInterwikiSearch

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Extension: BlueSpiceInterwikiSearch

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Overview
Description:	Simultaneous search in multiple wikis
State:	stable	Dependency:	BlueSpice
Developer:	HalloWelt	License:	GPL-3.0-only
Type:	BlueSpice	Category:	-
Edition:	BlueSpice pro (deactivated), BlueSpice Farm (deactivated)"BlueSpice Farm (deactivated)" is not in the list (BlueSpice free, BlueSpice free (deactivated), BlueSpice pro, BlueSpice pro (deactivated), BlueSpice farm, BlueSpice farm (deactivated), BlueSpice cloud, BlueSpice cloud (deactivated)) of allowed values for the "BSExtensionInfoEdition" property.	Version:	4.1+
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Features

InterwikiSearch alows simultaneously searching other BlueSpice wikis.

Usage / features

If BlueSpiceInterwikiSearch is enabled and configured on the wiki, the Special:SearchCenter, shows results from other wikis. Results are shown as buttons on top of the results list.

Technical information

Configuration

To set up this service, wiki administrator must add following settings into LocalSettings.php:

$GLOBALS['bsgBlueSpiceInterwikiSearch']['Wiki_name'] = [
   "name" => "Wiki name", // Will be displayed as the wiki name in the results
   "api-endpoint" => "http://other.wiki.com/api.com",
   "search-on-wiki-url" => "http://other.wiki.com/Special:SearchCenter" // URL to the SearchCenter SpecialPage on target wiki
];

Note:This does not apply to BlueSpiceWikiFarm users, BlueSpiceInterwikiSearch within a WikiFarm is handled separately.

Demo

Try out InterwikiSearch in our demo

Technical Information

This information applies to BlueSpice 4. Technical details for BlueSpice cloud can differ in some cases.

Requirements

• MediaWiki: 1.39.0

Integrates into

Special pages

Configuration

Name	Value
InterwikiSearchSearchInOtherWikis	true
InterwikiSearchSilentOnError	false
InterwikiSearchSources	array ( )

Hooks

• BeforePageDisplay