[#CODEBASE-43] facet params in URLs - make URLs less ugly

Blacklight Plugin

facet params in URLs - make URLs less ugly

Created: 17/Mar/09 05:58 PM Updated: 31/Jul/09 04:06 PM

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we want to get away from square brackets:

from f[format_facet][]=Book

to something like
f.format_facet=Book

or even simpler, if possible:
f.format=Book

???

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Matt Mitchell added a comment - 20/Mar/09 08:51 AM

There is a module in the existing lib directory called MultiParam that can do this. The syntax goes from:

?f[format_facet][]=Book&f[location_facet][]=Alderman Library

to

?f.format_facet=Book&f.location_facet=Alderman

If you have multiple values for a single field, they can be separated like:

f.library_facet=Alderman|Ivy Annex

Here's the source and tests if you're interested:

http://blacklight.rubyforge.org/svn/branches/rails-engines/trunk/rails/vendor/plugins/blacklight/lib/multi_param.rb
http://blacklight.rubyforge.org/svn/branches/rails-engines/trunk/rails/vendor/plugins/blacklight/lib/multi_param_test.rb

Matt

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Naomi Dushay added a comment - 20/Mar/09 01:08 PM

Matt has some code that did this. Naomi will talk to Matt.