Site hopes to create an open source repository of searchable indices of public web pages.
Its goal is to provide a free and open version of the types of indices used by search engine giants to return results so quickly. With permission, below is the description of the service from its web site.
End-point for this service is: http://openindices.conceptexplore.com/scripts/OIHK_XmlRpcServerWithMySql.pl
You must register a user name and password with a valid email address in order to use OIHK Web Services
User name and password are required parameters in every transaction.
Current Data Source Sets (DSS):
Description - Wikipedia Snapshot of approx 135,000 URLs
DSS Id - "ce_wiki_snapshot_current"
This web service provides one main method named "multisearch" with eight sub-methods having the following names, specific parameters, and return values:
NOTE:
All sub-methods take same first four untyped or "struct" type parameters in the following order:
1 - sub method name
2 - OIHK registered user name
3 - OIHK password
4 - OIHK DSS Id
1 - word to find matching records for.
Returns: 1 string representing list of matching words, delimited with "@" character.
1 - word to find record for. Returns: 1 string representing record for parameter, see Data Format for description of format of this string.
Returns: 1 string representing number of URLs enumerated in this DSS.
1 - lower URL enumeration
2 - upper URL enumeration
Returns: 1 string representing list of file URLs with enumerations from lower URL enumeration to upper URL enumeration, inclusive, that are contained in this DSS.
1 - URL enumeration 1
2 - URL enumeration 2
... n - URL enumeration n
Returns: 1 string representing list of file URLs with enumerations equal to those listed in parameters.
Returns: 1 string representing maximum absolute value difference allowed between two parameters used in "getFileListRange".
Returns: 1 string representing maximum record length in this DSS.
Returns: 1 string representing colon delimited list of all sub method names available in this web service.