Hook for altering parsed xml
>>> [!note] Migrated issue
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<h3 id="summary-problem-motivation">Problem/Motivation</h3>
<p>Generally, there are <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/searchappliance/documentation/50/xml_reference.html#results_xml_tags">xml elements and attributes returned by the appliance</a> that are being ignored by the google_appliance module. In my case, I'd like to decorate my search results based on mime type, which is returned as an attribute for file urls.</p>
<h3 id="summary-proposed-resolution">Proposed resolution</h3>
<p>The simplest way to do this is to continue extending the google_appliance_parse_device_response_xml function in the .module file (e.g. as was <a href="http://drupal.org/node/1250210">done for keywords</a>). A more general solution would be to provide a hook for modifying the results array. </p>
<p>The general solution would be more flexible. It would allow for removing results, parsing custom xml elements, and interoperability with multiple (future?) versions of google appliance that might have different DTDs.</p>
<h3 id="summary-remaining-tasks">Remaining tasks</h3>
<p>A patch is attached. But is this the best design? </p>
<p>Also, test, and document.</p>
<h3 id="summary-ui-changes">User interface changes</h3>
<p>None.</p>
<h3 id="summary-api-changes">API changes</h3>
<p>hook_google_appliance_results_alter(&$results, $simple_xml)</p>
<p>Frankly, I don't know how hooks get documented, so here is my example usage for adding a 'mime' element to each result that has the 'MIME' attribute.</p>
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<pre><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/*<br> * @Implements hook_google_appliance_results_alter<br> *<br> * @arg &$results<br> * results parsed so far, to be altered<br> * @arg &$simple_xml<br> * a simplexml object containing the full results returned from the appliance<br> */<br></span><span style="color: #007700">function </span><span style="color: #0000BB">local_mods_google_appliance_results_alter</span><span style="color: #007700">(&</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$results</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$simple_xml</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br> foreach (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$results</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'entry'</span><span style="color: #007700">] as &</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$res_array</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$abs_url </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$res_array</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'abs_url'</span><span style="color: #007700">];<br> if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$url_element </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$simple_xml</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">xpath</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"//U[text()='</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$abs_url</span><span style="color: #DD0000">']"</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br> if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$res_element </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$url_element</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">]-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">xpath</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"parent::*"</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$res_array</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'mime'</span><span style="color: #007700">] = </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$res_element</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">][</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'MIME'</span><span style="color: #007700">];<br> }<br> }<br> }<br>}<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span></span></pre></div>
>>> [!note] Pre-migration files
- [hook\_ga\_results\_alter.patch](https://www.drupal.org/files/hook_ga_results_alter.patch)
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