NB: NO LONGER UNDER DEVELOPMENT

python-searchengine

A simple search engine which utilises whoosh, a custom html scraper and simple crawler/spider.

Requirements

System:

- python 2.6+

Python:

• whoosh
• pymongo

Installation

1. From git::

   $ git clone [email protected]:qoda/python-searchengine.git $ cd python-searchengine $ python setup.py install

Usage

Simple Usage::

1. Use from class::
    
    from searchengine import SearchEngine
    
    search_engine = SearchEngine()
    search_engine.search('"Python Search Engine" GitHub -bitbucket')
        
2. Use from method::
        
    from searchengine import searchengine
    
    searchengine(query='"Python Search Engine" GitHub -bitbucket')
        
3. Use from commandline (installed)::
    
    $ python -m searchengine.main '"Python Search Engine" GitHub -bitbucket'
    
Required Arguments:

• query - query the index

Optional Arguments:

- **index** (default: /path/to/app/index)