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Creating a Federated Search Service

The AquaLogic Interaction Development Kit (IDK) allows you to create remote Federated Search services and related configuration pages without parsing SOAP or accessing the portal API. The IDK Search API provides an abstraction from the necessary SOAP calls; you simply implement an object interface.

The following best practices apply to every federated search service:


  • Know what to expect in response to a query. You must be ready to handle pagination and authentication if necessary.
  • Check the SOAP timeout for the back-end server and calibrate your response accordingly.
  • Use relative URLs in your code to allow migration to another remote server.
For details on implementing Federated Search Services using the IDK Search API, see IDK Interfaces for Federated Search Service Development.
Parent topic: About ALI Federated Search Services

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