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Advanced Search Reporting Service /click Protocol
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The following is an example request for advanced search reporting parameters:
/click?ct=desk.news&r=7&url=http%3A//www.foo.com/
bar.html&q=olympics&site=default_collection
The request URL contains the following parameters:
When a user clicks a cluster label the following example appears:
ct=cluster&cd=spanish+cuisine&q=spain&site=default_collection
This URL contains the following information:
url
URL that the user clicked.
url=http%3A//www.foo.com/
site
Required parameter. If this parameter does not
have a valid value, other parameters in the query
string do not work as expected. Limits search
results to the contents of the specified collection.
You can search multiple collections by separating
collection names with the OR character, which is
notated as the pipe symbol, or the AND
character, which is notated as a period. For more
information about the site parameter, see “site”
on page 19.
&site=collection
Value
Description
/click
Start of the advanced search reporting URL.
ct=desk.news
User clicked the News link at the top of the search
page.
r=7
The rank priority of the click is 7.
url=http%3A//www.foo.com/bar.html
The URL on which the user clicked.
q=olympics
The search query the user entered that created the
search page.
site=default_collection
The collection that is searched.
Value
Description
ct=cluster
User clicked a cluster label on the search page.
cd=spain+cuisine
The click data identifies the click for “spain cuisine.”
url=http%3A//www.foo.com/bar.html
The URL on which the user clicked.
q=spain
The search query the user entered that created the
search page.
site=default_collection
The collection that is searched.
URL Parameter
Description
Example