XML endpoint: search.classic
Introduction
search.classic
is an entry point of the Modern UI that emulates the format of the Classic UI's xml.cgi
script.
The modern UI provides an XML entry point, search.xml, that outputs an XML format different from the Classic UI. search.classic
tries to emulate this format, but uses the Modern UI under the hood.
Emulating the format means that if you're using an XML wrapper, you should be able to take advantage of the Modern UI without having to change the code that interpret the XML output. For example if your wrapper uses the following XML entry point: http://company.com/search/xml.cgi
, you could change the URL to http://company.com/s/search.classic
and continue using your XML wrapper.
Caveats
While most of the classic UI XML tags are emulated, some aren't:
- The faceted navigation tags
- The tier bar tags