RDF based Search Engine

API SPECIFICATION

The hybrid search engine provides an Application Programming Interface (API) that allows the user interface and other applications to communicate and access the data and results produced by the engine.

1. Search

FuhSen engine provides the following API services to manage the search activity.

Start a search session

POST /engine/api/searches?<parameters> HTTP/1.1

Name	Value	Default	Required	Description
query	"query string"	No	Yes	Term(s) to be searched.

Get the results

GET /engine/api/searches/<uid>/results?<parameters> HTTP/1.1

Name	Value	Default	Required	Description
entityType	"entity type string"	person	Yes	Type of the entities from which you want the results: person, product, organization, and website.
uid	unique identifier	No	Yes	Unique identifier of the search activity to be deleted. it is generated in the start session service.
Accept	application/rdf+xml , text/turtle	text/turtle	No	Specifies the format of the accepted data. Every request needs to be sent with a valid Accept Header defining the requested response format. Otherwise, the response to the request will be a 406 - Not acceptable status code.

End a search session

DELETE /engine/api/searches/<uid> HTTP/1.1

Name	Value	Default	Required	Description
uid	unique identifier	No	Yes	Unique identifier of the search activity to be deleted. it is generated in the start session service.

2. Facets

3. RDF-wrapper