On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 5:21 AM, Luigi Assom <luigi.assom@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello,

I would like to better understand the difference in using list=search VS generator=search for full-text search.

I've read list=search relies on elastic search: which are the differences in indexing and differences in returned results between list=generator and generator=search ?

Are you actually using generator=search? Below you state that you're using generator=allpages, which is obviously going to give you different results.

Try an example like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox#action=query&list=search&format=json&srsearch=dj%20tiesto&srprop=snippet|titlesnippet&indexpageids=&generator=search&gsrsearch=dj%20tiesto instead.

Brad Jorsch (Anomie)
Senior Software Engineer
Wikimedia Foundation