Hello,
Is there some issue going on with the search API. The returned
results appear to be a bit off.
For example
http://www.mediawiki.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=search&srsearch=Country
returns
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
<query>
<searchinfo totalhits="10" suggestion="Count" />
<search>
<p ns="0" title="Wikidata" snippet="A data-numbers
table: page_id revision_id name value - 301 2044 <span
class='searchmatch'>country</span>_population
80000000 301 2040 <span
class='searchmatch'>country</span>_population
75000000 <b>...</b> " size="13242"
wordcount="1760" timestamp="2010-08-15T13:43:24Z" />
<p ns="0" title="Hit stats aggregation"
snippet="Page views : geoip lookup (<span
class='searchmatch'>country</span>
or city-resolution?) Image views : What's available from
each hit: image name. thumbnail pixel width
<b>...</b> " size="2161" wordcount="311"
timestamp="2010-01-03T08:04:51Z" />
<p ns="0" title="<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
<query>
<searchinfo totalhits="10" suggestion="Count" />
<search>
<p ns="0" title="Wikidata" snippet="A data-numbers
table: page_id revision_id name value - 301 2044 <span
class='searchmatch'>country</span>_population
80000000 301 2040 <span
class='searchmatch'>country</span>_population
75000000 <b>...</b> " size="13242"
wordcount="1760" timestamp="2010-08-15T13:43:24Z" />
<p ns="0" title="Hit stats aggregation"
snippet="Page views : geoip lookup (<span
class='searchmatch'>country</span>
or city-resolution?) Image views : What's available from
each hit: image name. thumbnail pixel width
<b>...</b> " size="2161" wordcount="311"
timestamp="2010-01-03T08:04:51Z" />
<p ns="0" title="WMDE contract offers" snippet="Your
real name and <span
class='searchmatch'>country</span>
of residence. How you plan to go about implementing the desired
function. Any experience working with MediaWiki
<b>...</b> " size="1483" wordcount="206"
timestamp="2010-04-09T18:31:35Z" />
<p ns="0" title="Sites using MediaWiki/en"
snippet="com : The Unofficial ASEAN Tourism Encyclopedia, the
reference guide to 10 Southeast Asian <span
class='searchmatch'>Countries</span>.
Asian Business Round Table - http://
<b>...</b> " size="138820"
wordcount="19314" timestamp="2010-10-30T19:15:23Z" />
<p ns="0" title="Namespace manager" snippet="In the context
of Wikidata, they are intended to segregate different types of
structured content, such as person data, <span
class='searchmatch'>country</span>
information <b>...</b> " size="11305"
wordcount="1693" timestamp="2010-10-26T05:31:01Z" />
<p ns="0" title="InstantCommons" snippet="It does not
permit offline viewing, which is crucial in <span
class='searchmatch'>countries</span>
which have only intermittent network access. InstantCommons seeks
to <b>...</b> " size="6505"
wordcount="985" timestamp="2010-09-22T08:38:28Z" />
<p ns="0" title="List of extensions to be merged to the
core" snippet="There are laws in some <span
class='searchmatch'>countries</span>
forbidding logging of IPs, etc. So it should be disabled by
default. Soxred93 00:35, 26 January 2009
<b>...</b> " size="8676" wordcount="857"
timestamp="2010-09-22T12:42:56Z" />
<p ns="0" title="Summer of Code 2009" snippet="Bot for
automation interwikis adding for categories by <span
class='searchmatch'>countries</span>,
albums by artist, interwikis for categories based on interwikis for
<b>...</b> " size="12337"
wordcount="1677" timestamp="2010-03-12T12:14:19Z" />
<p ns="0" title="Sites using MediaWiki/corporate"
snippet="With more than 50,000 customers in 43 <span
class='searchmatch'>countries</span>,
Novell helps customers manage, simplify, secure and integrate their
technology <b>...</b> " size="23008"
wordcount="3174" timestamp="2010-10-21T16:40:06Z" />
</search>
</query>
</api>" snippet="Your real name and <span
class='searchmatch'>country</span>
of residence. How you plan to go about implementing the desired
function. Any experience working with MediaWiki
<b>...</b> " size="1483" wordcount="206"
timestamp="2010-04-09T18:31:35Z" />
<p ns="0" title="Sites using MediaWiki/en" snippet="com :
The Unofficial ASEAN Tourism Encyclopedia, the reference guide to 10
Southeast Asian <span
class='searchmatch'>Countries</span>.
Asian Business Round Table - http://
<b>...</b> " size="138820"
wordcount="19314" timestamp="2010-10-30T19:15:23Z" />
<p ns="0" title="Namespace manager" snippet="In the context
of Wikidata, they are intended to segregate different types of
structured content, such as person data, <span
class='searchmatch'>country</span>
information <b>...</b> " size="11305"
wordcount="1693" timestamp="2010-10-26T05:31:01Z" />
<p ns="0" title="InstantCommons" snippet="It does not
permit offline viewing, which is crucial in <span
class='searchmatch'>countries</span>
which have only intermittent network access. InstantCommons seeks
to <b>...</b> " size="6505"
wordcount="985" timestamp="2010-09-22T08:38:28Z" />
<p ns="0" title="List of extensions to be merged to the
core" snippet="There are laws in some <span
class='searchmatch'>countries</span>
forbidding logging of IPs, etc. So it should be disabled by
default. Soxred93 00:35, 26 January 2009
<b>...</b> " size="8676" wordcount="857"
timestamp="2010-09-22T12:42:56Z" />
<p ns="0" title="Summer of Code 2009" snippet="Bot for
automation interwikis adding for categories by <span
class='searchmatch'>countries</span>,
albums by artist, interwikis for categories based on interwikis for
<b>...</b> " size="12337"
wordcount="1677" timestamp="2010-03-12T12:14:19Z" />
<p ns="0" title="Sites using MediaWiki/corporate"
snippet="With more than 50,000 customers in 43 <span
class='searchmatch'>countries</span>,
Novell helps customers manage, simplify, secure and integrate their
technology <b>...</b> " size="23008"
wordcount="3174" timestamp="2010-10-21T16:40:06Z" />
</search>
</query>
</api>
Thanks
Prateek