shmiko / metasearch

MetaSearch

Meta-Search, a web application powered by Django.

Live DEMO:

http://zeyang.alwaysdata.net/metasearch

Main features:

• Aggregated and non-aggregated search mode
• Client-side and server-side validation
• Query pre-processing
• Boolean operator support
• Optional cluster feature

Installation:

1. Make sure the following software are installed in your system:

   • Python 2.7.x ( http://python.org/download/ )
   • Django 1.5.x ( https://www.djangoproject.com/download/ )

2. Install the following Python package:

   • requests 2.0.0 ( https://pypi.python.org/pypi/requests/2.0.0 )

3. Create a new Django project or choose from one of your existing Django projects, then unzip "metasearch" folder into that project's root folder.

4. Edit the following sector in settings.py of that project:

   • In INSTALLED_APPS append 'metasearch'

5. Edit urls.py of that project:

   • In patterns() append the following line:

     url(r'^metasearch/', include('metasearch.urls')),
     

Getting it run:

• If you are using Django's own development server, just run manage.py of your project and locate http://your-domain:port/metasearch/ in your browser.

• For Apache httpd server (only applicable for version 2.2.xx), in WSGI mode:

  1. Install mod_wsgi module for Apache. ( https://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/DownloadTheSoftware?tm=2 )
  2. Open httpd.conf in your_apache_path/conf/, and append the following lines at the end of file:

     #change the path into your actual path of mod_wsgi.so
     LoadModule wsgi_module /your_apache_path/modules/mod_wsgi.so
     
     #change the path into your project's path of /static/
     Alias /static/ your_project_path/static/
     
     #change the path into your project's path of /static/
     <Directory your_project_path/static/>
     Order deny,allow
     Allow from all
     </Directory>
     
     #change the path into your project's path of wsgi.py
     WSGIScriptAlias / your_project_path/your_app/wsgi.py
     
     #change the path into your project's path
     WSGIPythonPath your_project_path
     
     #change the path into the path that contains your wsgi.py
     <Directory your_project_path/your_app>
     <Files wsgi.py>
     Order deny,allow
     Allow from all
     </Files>
     </Directory>
     

  3. Run Apache and locate http://your-domain:port/metasearch/ in your browser.

Contact me:

Zeyang Lin [e-mail]