Implementing federated search using RESETAPI

Question

Hi All,&nbsp;&nbsp;I am a newbie in Lithium Reset API call. After I read the implementing federated search via RESET API ,, it states that the response will be XML format. I am wondering whether I can get reponse on JSON. Because we are using RightNow host, the simplexml disabled in RN's PHP binary.&nbsp;&nbsp;My question is that, does the response has to be XML or can covert to JSON?&nbsp;Another option will be use YUI javascript to read XML? BUt I am not have much knowledge in this field.&nbsp;&nbsp;Any suggestions are welcome.&nbsp;&nbsp;Cheers,Qing

adamn · Answer

Hi Qing,
&nbsp;
It is possible to get the response as a JSON object. To do so, you will want to append the following query string paramter to your request:
&nbsp;
xslt=json.xsl

For example, to get the&nbsp;JSON&nbsp;object for a message you can use the following call:
http://&lt;your community url&gt;/&lt;your community id&gt;/restapi/vc/messages/id/2776?xslt=json.xsl
I hope this helps!

kaelac · Answer

That looks right.&nbsp; Here is an example from Lithosphere using your code:
&nbsp;
http://lithosphere.lithium.com/restapi/vc/search/messages?phrase=map&amp;page_size=10&amp;xslt=json.xsl

qinglau · Answer

Hi AdamN,&nbsp;That is awesome new for you. Today, i tried really hard to use Javascript covert XML2Array or XML2JSON, Not much luck.&nbsp;Am I right here?&nbsp;So, in my community URL for fedrated search is from XMLhttp://discussions.tomtom.com/tomtom/restapi/vc/search/messages?phrase=map&amp;page_size=10&amp;restapi.response_style=viewto JSON will be: discussions.tomtom.com//tomtom/restapi/vc/search/messages?phrase=map&amp;page_size=10&amp;xslt=json.xsl

qinglau · Answer

Hello Guys,Thanks all the help so far. We have kind of prove of concept of Federated search in RightNow page.&nbsp;&nbsp;In order to complete the Function, I would like to know the return JSON object length. Does Lithium has a standard way to get "length" of JSON object, or i have to create a Function by myself, like:&nbsp;Function countProperties(obj) {
  var prop;
  var propCount = 0;
  
  for (prop in obj) {
    propCount++;
  }
  return propCount;
}&nbsp;&nbsp;Thanks.&nbsp;&nbsp;

qinglau · Answer

Hello Guys,I have found that RightNow has a standard JSON.parse function. So, I can convert JSON into arrays, and get the lengthlikevar decodedStr = RightNow.JSON.parse(o.responseText);var newdata=decodedStr.responsevar length= newdata.messages.message.length;Thanks

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