def select(request, q=""):
"""
Issues a select request to the search server and renders any results.
The query term is derived from the incoming URL, while additional
parameters for pagination, faceting, filtering, sorting, etc come
from the query string.
"""
if not connection.is_available():
return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse("solango_search_error"))
params = {}
facets = []
paginator = None
sort_links = []
if q:
params["q"] = q
if request.GET:
params.update(dict(request.GET.items()))
if params:
paginator = SearchPaginator(params, request)
facets = utils.get_facets_links(request, paginator.results)
sort_links = utils.get_sort_links(request)
return render_to_response(
"solango/search.html",
{"paginator": paginator, "facets": facets, "q": q, "sort_links": sort_links},
RequestContext(request),
)
def is_available(self):
"""
If you don't want Solango to check for a connection first,
set this to true.
"""
return connection.is_available()
