A plugin for Quick Search that allows you to search a ContentDM. The ContentDM instance's API must be publicly available.

Add the gem to your quick search application's Gemfile a then follow the instructions outlined in the Quick Search Configuring Searchers docs.

This plugin provides a few configuration points.

api_url: Required Base URL to your contentDM backend server where your ContentDM Api is publicly available.

records_url: Required Base URL to your public facing ContentDM site.

custom_sort: Optional Field you want records sorted by. Defaults to 'relevance'

collections: Optional A list of collectinos you would lke the search limited to. By default it searches all colelctions except unpublished colelctions.

Example Config

defaults: &defaults
  api_url: "http://backend.contentdm.org"
  records_url: "http://frontend.contentdm.org"
  sort: title
  collections:
    - collection1
    - collection2
    - collections3

development:
  <<: *defaults

test:
  <<: *defaults

staging:
  <<: *defaults

production:
  <<: *defaults

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'quick_search-contentdm'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install quick_search-contentdm

Contribution directions go here.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.