Searchlab Apps

What is this?

If you ever asked "How can I integrate a search function in my web page" then this repository is for you.

This is a collection of Search Widgets and Dashboards that can be used with the Searchlab at https://searchlab.eu and in your own web pages.

Most of these apps are also usable with YaCy because the searchlab implements the exact same search API as YaCy. Just change the API endpoint in https://github.com/yacy/searchlab_apps/blob/main/htdocs/app/_/js/conf.js

For an instant demo of these search apps just go to https://searchlab.eu and click on "Apps".

Hacking

This is very easy!

If you want to develop your own search apps, you can easily modify/extend any of the given app. We recommend to start with the websearch_lit app, just make a copy of it!

To start hacking, just clone this repository and open any of the index.html files within the app project inside the htdocs/app/ folder.

Each of those apps should work fine without hosting the html pages with a web server. Just open the corresponding index.html in your browser for testing.

Contributing Your Own Apps

If you like please give us a pull request with your new app! We love to extend the searchlab apps with community-created content.

To do so, please..

• Create a new subfolder within htdocs/app/ with the name of your app
• Create a app.json and fill it with an app description using at least the same fields as used in htdocs/app/websearch_lit/app.json. The app.json is used within https://searchlab.eu to show a proper visualization of your app.
• You must create a index.html file within your app folder.
• You must create a screenshot.png file with the exact size of 1024x1024. The image should not contain any transparency and it should show a mostly proper screenshot of your app when it is producing something useful for the user.
• You can use all css and js code as given in htdocs/app/_/css and htdocs/app/_/js, but you MUST NOT add any files to those directories. If you need any other css and js code, please link them directly from the internet or add those to your app folder in a separate css/js-path within your app folder.
• Your App must be published under the CC0 license.
• Make a pull request where only files within your app folder is added/modified, not anything else.

Everything that is merged to this repository will be pushed to https://searchlab.eu and can then be used there.

Installation

There are several options to install these apps:

• For Searchlab development and/or packaging, clone this repository aside the repository of searchlab. The build process will expect that the searchlab_apps path is in parallel.
• For integration of single apps inside your own web pages, just copy the corresponding app inside your own content. Because of the CC0 license you don't need to mention the source, just go ahead and use what you can find here. You will probably need to integrate css and js code from the htdocs/app/_/css and htdocs/app/_/js as well.
• To use your own search server, run a searchlab instance and modify the path to your instance in htdocs/app/_/js/config.js.

Support this project!

Please become a Searchlab patron by joining us at https://www.patreon.com/orbiterlab

Get Support from the Searchlab Community

You can ask for help and discuss other search engine related topics at https://community.searchlab.eu