Hi
I'm happily using the BOSS v2 API to return results from basic searches. However, my query relates to using the API to search in
urls using the optional argument
url.
When I search for particular urls via (1) the
web page at yahoo.com, I get over
30 million results. However, when I perform what I think is an identical search using (2) the
API, I get just
1 result.
Here are details of the two searches I performed:
- 1. Web page at yahoo.com: inurl: barack obama
- 2. API url: http://yboss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/web?format=json&oauth_consumer_key=<my consumer key>&oauth_nonce=<nonce>&oauth_signature=<signature>&oauth_signature_method=<method>&oauth_timestamp=<timestamp>&oauth_version=1.0&q=&url=barack%20obama (this just returns http://www.daylife.com/topic/Barack_Obama)
Please could you tell me:
- If the two search methods outlined above are expected to be equivalent?
- If the answer to the above question is no, how can I retrieve results from the API which are similar to the results returned from the web page at yahoo.com?
Any help would be much appreciated!
Many thanks
Marcus
