trigger search by url not working

[DivineSites]

Hi,

I’m trying to trigger automatic search results by URL
I saw your article about trigger search via an URL but it’s not working for me, it’s just show me the filter
for example: https://www.spectra.co.il/excel-pedia?asp_id=1&asp_s=sum

I also want to trigger the auto search by URL only by specifying a specific category and not have to enter the search term itself

is there a way to get the results page with the results of a specific search as a URL and then I can recreate this search by sending the user to that URL

thank you

[Ernest Marcinko]

Hi,

1. The search ID in the URL is not correct. The search shortcode id is 3, not 1. This should work: yoursite.com/excel-pedia?asp_id=3&asp_s=sum

2. This is a bit more complicated, but possibly doable. I am copying an answer from a different thread below, with the istructions. First, you need to navigate to the search results page, as you need the URL for that serach bar.

There is an API call, that can give you the ‘state URL’ of the current search, which is basically what you are looking for. This state URL can be requested via the javascript console.

To get a URL to a specific search state, do the following:
1. Set up the search filters as you need them. In this example I have selected the following filters: https://i.imgur.com/Ki2nv5c.png

2. Open your developer console. In Google Chrome browsers you need to hit the F12 button once, and a window will open on the bottom of the browser window. Make sure to navigate to the ‘console’ tab there, it should look like this: https://i.imgur.com/Vzbqsj0.png

3. Now, enter the following code to the console input (I’m assuming the search ID on the results page is still 3):

ASP.api(3, 1, ‘getStateURL’);
..and then hit the enter key to execute it. It should return something like this: https://i.imgur.com/dN5jDJL.png

4. That is the state URL of the current search filters and input. You can right click to copy it. Using that URL will open the same exact page with these exact filters selected.
In my case this URL was exactly this.

You can use this method to generate any states, then copy the URLs. If you visit these URLs the search is re-created with the filters and the search phrase chosen.

[DivineSites]

Hi,
thank you for your quick response.

the query in the URL is working for me

but the call to the API function to get the results URL state return false for me
I believe the id of the search results is 3 as you can see in the screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/53u2Od9.png

but I get false as a response to the API function as you can see in the screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/UGUuqsw.png
what is the meaning of the second parameter of the function is it always 1?

[Ernest Marcinko]

Hi,

Looks like the instance ID is different. Try this, it should work:

ASP.api(3, 'getStateURL');

[DivineSites]

thank you ,
it’s returning the url
but the url is not showing me the search results

the returning URL from the function:
https://www.spectra.co.il/excel-pedia/?p_asid=3&p_asp_data=1&current_page_id=3620&qtranslate_lang=0&filters_changed=1&filters_initial=0&asp_gen%5B0%5D=title&asp_gen%5B1%5D=content&asp_gen%5B2%5D=excerpt&customset%5B0%5D=videos&termset%5Bvid_cats%5D%5B0%5D=995&termset%5Bvid_cats%5D%5B1%5D=1358&termset%5Bvid_cats%5D%5B2%5D=1365&termset%5Bvid_cats%5D%5B3%5D=1366

screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/8TlLB5P.png

[Ernest Marcinko]

Indeed.

Can you try adding this string to the end of it: &asp_s=sum

So it becomes: https://www.spectra.co.il/excel-pedia/?p_asid=3&p_asp_data=1&current_page_id=3620&qtranslate_lang=0&filters_changed=1&filters_initial=0&asp_gen%5B0%5D=title&asp_gen%5B1%5D=content&asp_gen%5B2%5D=excerpt&customset%5B0%5D=videos&termset%5Bvid_cats%5D%5B0%5D=995&termset%5Bvid_cats%5D%5B1%5D=1358&termset%5Bvid_cats%5D%5B2%5D=1365&termset%5Bvid_cats%5D%5B3%5D=1366&asp_s=sum

..that should trigger the search for that query.

[DivineSites]

yes, it’s working
I don’t need the query, I want all the results in a specific category but adding &asp_s at the end gives me all the results as it has an empty query

here is the script I’m using to get the correct URL:
console.log(ASP.api(3, 'getStateURL')+'&asp_s');

thank you for the great support

[Ernest Marcinko]

Well, that would only work if you had a visible category drop-down filter. The “getStateURL” is used to return the current state of the filters.
You could perhaps try to make a category drop down filter, then select the required category, then do the “getStateURL” command. After that, don’t remove the filter from the configuration, but only hide it. Then the filter is still active, but invisible, so entering the URL the filter is still in use.

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