Today’s post is a quick code snippet from Integryst’s LockDown product (which relies heavily on search to identify objects for reporting on security configurations), and provides a pretty good sample of how to search for objects in the Plumtree / ALUI / WebCenter portal using the Search APIs. Hope you find it helpful!

See the docs for IPTSearchRequest and PT_SEARCH_SETTING for more options in developing your own search killer app.

// get the folder ID to load the grid data
string searchQuery = Request.Params["query"];

if (searchQuery == null)
return; // do nothing if there's no query

ArrayList userGroupResults = new ArrayList();
int classid, objectid;
string classname, objectname;

// get the portal session from the HTTPSession
PortalSessionManager sessionManager = PortalSessionFactory.getPortalSessionManager(Session, Request, Response);
IPTSession ptSession = sessionManager.getAPISession();

//search for users and groups that match this query
IPTSearchRequest request = ptSession.GetSearchRequest();

//turn off requests for collab/content apps
request.SetSettings(PT_SEARCH_SETTING.PT_SEARCHSETTING_APPS, PT_SEARCH_APPS.PT_SEARCH_APPS_PORTAL);

// Restrict the search to users and groups
request.SetSettings(PT_SEARCH_SETTING.PT_SEARCHSETTING_OBJTYPES, new int[] {PT_CLASSIDS.PT_USER_ID, PT_CLASSIDS.PT_USERGROUP_ID});

// Restrict the search to specific folders
request.SetSettings( PT_SEARCH_SETTING.PT_SEARCHSETTING_DDFOLDERS, objectFolder);
request.SetSettings( PT_SEARCH_SETTING.PT_SEARCHSETTING_INCLUDE_SUBFOLDERS, 1);

// make sure the appropriate fields are returned.
request.SetSettings(PT_SEARCH_SETTING.PT_SEARCHSETTING_RET_PROPS, new int[] {
	PT_PROPIDS.PT_PROPID_OBJECTID,
	PT_PROPIDS.PT_PROPID_CLASSID
});

// set search order
request.SetSettings(PT_SEARCH_SETTING.PT_SEARCHSETTING_ORDERBY, PT_PROPIDS.PT_PROPID_CLASSID);
IPTSearchQuery query = request.CreateBasicQuery(searchQuery + "*", "PT" + PT_INTRINSICS.PT_PROPERTY_OBJECTNAME);

IPTSearchResponse results = request.Search(query);

UserGroupObject tempRes;
int numUsersGroupsFound = 0;

// iterate the results
for (int x = 0; x < results.GetResultsReturned(); x++)
{
	objectname = results.GetFieldsAsString(x, PT_INTRINSICS.PT_PROPERTY_OBJECTNAME);
	objectid = results.GetFieldsAsInt(x, PT_INTRINSICS.PT_PROPERTY_OBJECTID);
	classid = results.GetFieldsAsInt(x, PT_INTRINSICS.PT_PROPERTY_CLASSID);
	classname = GenericObject.getClassNameFromID(classid);

	// search filter doesn't seem to work; make sure the classid is user or group
	if ((classid == PT_CLASSIDS.PT_USER_ID) || (classid == PT_CLASSIDS.PT_USERGROUP_ID))
	{
		// do stuff
	}
}