OpenSearch Extensions

Eluta and OpenSearch

OpenSearch provides a standardized way to execute Eluta searches and have the results returned in an easily parseable XML (RSS-like) format, which can be transformed and included in your web pages.

Essentially, any Eluta query can be turned into an OpenSearch query by replacing the "search" part of the query URL with "opensearch". For example, to use opensearch to get results for "Chartered Accountant" in "Ottawa" the query would like:

http://www.eluta.ca/opensearch?imo=4&q=Chartered+Accountant&l=Ottawa

Please refer to the OpenSearch documentation for details.

Eluta's OpenSearch description file is here.

Besides the required standard OpenSearch parameters Eluta's OpenSearch interface provides the following extension search parameters:

OpenSearch Parameter	Eluta Attribute	Description
searchTerms	q	the keywords being searched for
eluta:employer	eq	words found in the job's employer's name
eluta:location	l	the location being searched in (eg. "Toronto", "Surrey, BC", "PEI", etc)
eluta:sort	sort	Order of the results. Currently supported values are: post, rank, and proximity. (Proximity only works if an eluta:location is specified.)
eluta:title	tq	words found in the job title

Eluta and OpenSearch

OpenSearch Parameter

Eluta Attribute

Description