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Google Search Appliance

Google Search Appliance Administrative API Developer's Guide: Java

Google Search Appliance software version 6.0
Posted June 2009

Contents

  1. Introduction
    1. Getting Started
      1. Running Samples
      2. Building Your Applications
    2. Authenticating Your Google Search Appliance Account
  2. Crawling and Indexing
    1. Crawl URLs
      1. Retrieving Crawl URLs
      2. Updating Crawl URLs
    2. Data Source Feeds
      1. Retrieving Data Source Feed Information
      2. Deleting Data Source Feeds
      3. Destroying Data Source Feeds
      4. Trusted Feed IP Addresses
        1. Retrieving Trusted Feed IP Addresses
        2. Updating Trusted Feed IP Addresses
    3. Crawl Schedule
      1. Retrieving the Crawl Schedule
      2. Updating the Crawl Schedule
    4. Crawler Access Rules
      1. Inserting a Crawler Access Rule
      2. Retrieving Crawler Access Rules
      3. Updating a Crawler Access Rule
      4. Deleting a Crawler Access Rule
    5. Host Load Schedule
      1. Retrieving the Host Load Schedule
      2. Updating the Host Load Schedule
    6. Freshness Tuning
      1. Retrieving the Freshness Configuration
      2. Updating the Freshness Configuration
      3. Recrawling URL Patterns
        1. Recrawling URL Patterns Example
    7. Collections
      1. Creating a Collection
      2. Retrieving All Collections
      3. Retrieving a Collection
      4. Updating a Collection
      5. Deleting a Collection
  3. Serving
    1. Front Ends: Remove URLs and a Relative OneBox
      1. Retrieving Front Ends, Remove URLs, and a Relative OneBox
      2. Updating Remove URLs and a Relative OneBox
      3. Inserting Front Ends and Remove URLs
      4. Deleting a Front End
    2. Output Format XSLT Stylesheet
      1. Retrieving the Output Format XSLT Stylesheet
      2. Updating the Output Format XSLT Stylesheet
    3. KeyMatch Settings
      1. Retrieving KeyMatch Settings
      2. Changing KeyMatch Settings
    4. Related Queries
      1. Retrieving Related Queries
      2. Changing Related Queries
    5. OneBox Modules Settings
      1. Retrieving OneBox Module Settings
      2. Updating OneBox Module Settings
    6. OneBox Modules Retrieve and Delete
      1. Retrieving OneBox Module Information
      2. Deleting a OneBox Module
  4. Status and Reports
    1. Pause or Resume Crawl
      1. Retrieving Crawl Status
      1. Pausing or Resuming Crawl
    2. Serving Status
      1. Retrieving Serving Status
    3. System Status
      1. Retrieving System Status
    4. Document Status
      1. Retrieving Document Status
    5. Crawl Diagnostics
      1. Document Status Values
      2. Listing Documents
      3. Viewing Crawl Diagnostics for a Document
    6. Content Statistics
      1. Retrieving Content Statistics For All Crawled Files
      2. Retrieving Content Statistics For a Crawled File
    7. Search Reports
      1. Listing a Search Report
      2. Creating a Search Report
      3. Retrieving a Search Report
      4. Updating a Search Report
      5. Deleting a Search Report
    8. Search Logs
      1. Listing a Search Log
      2. Creating a Search Log
      3. Retrieving a Search Log
      4. Updating a Search Log
      5. Deleting a Search Log
    9. Event Log
      1. Retrieving an Event Log
  5. Connector Administration
    1. Connector Managers
    2. Adding a Connector Manager
    3. Retrieving a List of Connector Managers
    4. Updating a Connector Manager
    5. Deleting a Connector Manager
  6. Federation
    1. Configuring a Federation Network
    2. Adding a Federation Node
    3. Retrieving a Node Configuration
    4. Retrieving All Node Configurations
    5. Updating a Node Configuration
    6. Deleting a Node
  7. Administration
    1. License Information
      1. Retrieving License Information
        1. Retrieving License Information Example
    2. Reset Index
      1. Retrieving Status of a Reset Index
      2. Resetting the Index
    3. Import and Export
      1. Exporting a Configuration
      2. Importing a Configuration
    4. Shutdown or Reboot
      1. Shutting Down or Rebooting

Introduction

This guide provides Java programming information about how to use the Google Data API to create, retrieve, update, and delete information for one or more Google Search Appliance devices.

Use the information in this guide to create or learn about coding Java applications that programmatically set the administrative functions for the Admin Console of a search appliance.

The audience for this guide is Java programmers who want to programmatically configure a Google Search Appliance. Before using the Google Search Appliance Administrative API, read Getting Started to download and configure required software.

Note: This guide uses data source feed to indicate the search appliance's Feeds API (described in the Feeds Protocol Developer's Guide).

The organization of this guide corresponds to the navigation features of the Google Search Appliance:

Getting Started

The google-enterprise-gdata-api open source site provides ZIP files that contain the Java client library, source code and some sample applications for your reference. The information in this section helps you understand how to write your own applications based on the client library and how to run the provided open source sample applications. You can also use the sample applications as models for your own development.

Before starting, you need the following software:

  • JDK version 5.0 or later available from Java.com downloads.
  • Apache Ant version 1.7 or later.
  • Admin Console user name and password for the search appliance to which you direct your commands.

After you download the software and acquire search appliance credentials, get started as follows:

  1. Browse to the Administrative API download site.
  2. Download the ZIP file gsa-admin-api-java-1.0.1.zip containing the client library and the sample application files.
  3. Unzip the file and navigate to the gdata/java folder. The client library JAR files are present in the lib folder and the sample applications are present in the sample folder.

Running Samples

Sample applications are located in the gdata/java/sample folder.

To see if you've installed the required software correctly, open a command prompt and change directory to the gdata/java folder. Enter the following command:

ant -f build-samples.xml sample.dashboard.run 

This command displays build output messages and opens an example dashboard that demonstrates the features of the Google Search Appliance Administrative API. You can add your search appliance configuration information to the dashboard and see the dashboard running.

To find out how to run each sample, go to gdata/java/build-samples folder and view the build file for each sample, like dashboard.xml, commandline.xml, and aclclient.xml. Look for the samples run comment. Another example of how to run the commandline sample application, enter the following command in the gdata/java folder:

ant -f build-samples.xml -Dargs="retrieve --hostname=gsa_hostname --username=gsa_user 
--password=gsa_passwd --protocol=http --port=gsa_port config crawlURLs" sample.commandline.run 

Substitute these parameters:

  • gsa_hostname -- The host name of a search appliance (specify just the host name, not the domain name)
  • gsa_port -- Port 8000, access to the Admin Console on the search appliance
  • gsa_user -- The user name for the Admin Console on the search appliance
  • gsa_password -- The password for the Admin Console on the search appliance

For example:

ant -f build-samples.xml -Dargs='retrieve --hostname=gsa42.corp.example.com --username=admin  
--password=greenparrot --protocol=http --port=8000 config crawlURLs' sample.commandline.run 

This command displays the crawl URLs for a search appliance.

The commandline sample application requires that command line arguments be passed to Ant by using the -Dargs option in the commandline.xml file.

Building Your Applications

You can build your own applications using the client library.

Copy the following client library JAR files from the gdata/java/lib folder to your development folder and add the files to your classpath environmental system variable:

  • gdata-core-1.0.jar
  • gdata-gsa-1.0.jar
  • gdata-client-1.0.jar
  • gdata-client-meta-1.0.jar
  • gdata-gsa-meta-1.0.jar

You can then use the JAR files in your application.

Authenticating Your Google Search Appliance Account

Before making API calls with the Java client library, you must construct a new GsaClient object.

In the constructor that follows, replace gsaAddr with the host name of a search applaiance, gsaPort with port 8000, myUserId and myPassword with your Admin Console authentication information:

import com.google.enterprise.apis.client.GsaClient;
GsaClient myClient = new GsaClient("gsaAddr", gsaPort, "myUserId", "myPassword");

For example:

import com.google.enterprise.apis.client.GsaClient;
GsaClient myClient = new GsaClient("gsa42.corp.example.com", 8000, "admin", "greenparrot");

Crawling and Indexing

The sections that follow describe how to configure the Crawling and Indexing features of the Admin Console:

Crawl URLs

Retrieve and update crawl URL patterns on a search appliance using the crawlURLs entry of the config feed.

PropertyDescription
doNotCrawlURLs Do Not Crawl URLs with the following patterns, separate multiple URL patterns with new line delimiters.
followURLs Follow and crawl only URLs with the following URL patterns, separate multiple URL patterns with new line delimiters.
startURLs Start crawling from the following URLs, separate multiple URL patterns with new line delimiters.

Retrieving Crawl URLs

Retrieve information about the URL patterns that the search appliance is crawling as follows:

// Send a request and print the response
GsaEntry myEntry = myClient.getEntry("config", "crawlURLs");
System.out.println("Start URLs: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("startURLs"));
System.out.println("Follow URLs: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("followURLs"));
System.out.println("Do Not Crawl URLs: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("doNotCrawlURLs"));

Updating Crawl URLs

Update the crawl URL settings on a search appliance as follows -- in the example that follows, example.com is requested for crawling, and spreadsheets are requested to not be crawled.

// Create an entry to hold properties to update
GsaEntry updateEntry = new GsaEntry();
updateEntry.setId(entryUrl);


// Add a property for adding crawl URLs to updateEntry
updateEntry.addGsaContent("startURLs", "http://www.example.com/");
updateEntry.addGsaContent("followURLs", "http://www.example.com/");
updateEntry.addGsaContent("doNotCrawlURLs", ".xls$");

// Send the request
myClient.updateEntry("config", "crawlURLs", updateEntry);

Data Source Feeds

Retrieve, delete, and destroy data source feed information for the search appliance using the feed feed. The following parameters let you search for a string and retrieve source statements.

ParameterDescription
query The query string. When used to retrieve all feed information, the query parameter is overloaded to mean the feedDataStore. When getting information about a single feed, the parameter is a query. Each log statement contains a query string to be retrieved.
startLine The starting log statement to retrieve. The default value is line 1.
maxLines The maximum number of log statements to retrieve. The default value is 50 statements.

Use the following properties to view data source feed records and content.

PropertyDescription
errorRecords The number of documents that had errors and were not added to the data source feed.
feedDataSource The name of the data source.
feedState Feed state: ACCEPTED:0, IN_PROGRESS:1, COMPLETED:2, COMPLETED_WITH_ERROR:3, FAILED_IN_ERROR:4
feedTime The system's time stamp at the start of each stage, in milliseconds.
feedType Feed type: FULL_FEED:0, INCREMENTAL:1, DELETED:2, METADATA_AND_URL:3
fromLine The starting line of a log.
logContent The log's content.
successRecords The number of documents in the search appliance index (the number of documents that were successfully indexed).
toLine The ending line of a log.
totalLines Total lines in a log.
updateMethod Indicate to delete a data source feed. This value can only be delete.

Note: You can only get information about data source feeds, and delete or destroy data source feeds. Inserting new data source feeds is not provided by this API. You can create new feeds using the Admin Console user interface.

Retrieving Data Source Feed Information

Retrieve all data source feed information from a search appliance using the feed feed:

// Send a request and print the response
Map<String, String> queries = new HashMap<String, String>(); 
queries.put("query",feedDataSource); 
GsaFeed myFeed = myClient.queryFeed("feed", queries);

for(GsaEntry myEntry : myFeed.getEntries()) {
  //get information on each myEntry
  System.out.println("Feed Name: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("entryID"));
  System.out.println("Feed Data Source: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("feedDataSource"));
  System.out.println("Feed Type: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("feedType"));
  System.out.println("Feed State: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("feedState"));
  System.out.println("Feed Time: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("feedTime"));
  System.out.println("Error Records: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("errorRecords"));
  System.out.println("Success Records: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("successRecords"));
  System.out.println("Log Content: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("logContent"));
}

You can get the individual feed information from a search appliance as follows:

GsaEntry myEntry = myClient.getEntry("feed", FEED_NAME);
System.out.println("Feed Data Source: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("feedDataSource"));
System.out.println("Feed Type: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("feedType"));
System.out.println("Feed State: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("feedState"));
System.out.println("Feed Time: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("feedTime"));
System.out.println("Error Records: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("errorRecords"));
System.out.println("Success Records: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("successRecords"));
System.out.println("Log Content: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("logContent"));

Note: A feed log of all data source feeds can be retrieved only by getting individual feeds.

Deleting Data Source Feeds

Delete a data source feed to remove all documents for a feed from the index on the search appliance. In the Admin Console, deleted feed sources are marked with Delete.

Delete data source feeds as follows:

// Create an entry to hold properties to update
GsaEntry updateEntry = new GsaEntry();


// Add a property to updateEntry
updateEntry.addGsaContent("updateMethod", "delete");
myClient.updateEntry("feed", FEED_NAME, updateEntry);

Note: Delete data source feeds only of the type FULL_FEED or incremental. After deleting a data source feed, the deleted feed still exists, and the feed type changes to DELETED.

Destroying Data Source Feeds

After deleting a data source feed, you can destroy the feed so that the feed no longer exists on the search appliance:

myClient.deleteEntry("feed", FEED_NAME);

Trusted Feed IP Addresses

Retrieve and update trusted feed IP addresses using the feedTrustedIP entry of the config feed.

Retrieve the IP addresses of trusted feeds using the trustedIPs property.

PropertyDescription
trustedIPs Trusted IP addresses. This value is a list of one or more IP addresses. Specify all to indicate that the search appliance trust all IP addresses. If the value is a list of IP addresses, separate each IP address with white space.
Retrieving Trusted Feed IP Addresses

Retrieve the trusted feed IP addresses as follows:

// Send the request and print the response
GsaEntry myEntry = myClient.getEntry("config ", "feedTrustedIP");
System.out.println("Trusted IP Addresses: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("trustedIPs"));
Updating Trusted Feed IP Addresses

Update trusted feed IP addresses as follows:

// Create an entry to hold properties to update
GsaEntry updateEntry = new GsaEntry();
updateEntry.setId(entryUrl);
    
// Add a property for the feeds trusted IP addresses 
//  to updateEntry
updateEntry.addGsaContent("trustedIPs", "127.0.0.1");
    
// Send the request
myClient.updateEntry("config", "feedTrustedIP", updateEntry);

Crawl Schedule

Retrieve and update the crawl schedule for a search appliance.

PropertyDescription
crawlSchedule The crawl schedule is only available in scheduled crawl mode. The value of crawlSchedule has the format:
Day,Time,Duration
Where:
  • Day is a number representing the days of a week: 0 means Sunday and 1 means Monday.
  • Time is a 24-hour representation of time. The time pertains to the search appliance and not the computer running the application to set the value.
  • Duration is the representation for the time period in minutes. The duration cannot be greater than 1440, which means 24 hours. A scheduled crawl begins on the values in Day and Time and continues for the Duration.
isScheduledCrawl Set to 1 if the search appliance is in scheduled crawl mode or set to 0 if the search appliance is in continuous crawl mode.

Retrieving the Crawl Schedule

Retrieve the crawl mode and get the crawl schedule as follows:

GsaEntry myEntry = myClient.getEntry("config", "crawlSchedule");
System.out.println("Is Scheduled Crawl: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("isScheduledCrawl"));
System.out.println("Crawl Schedule: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("crawlSchedule"));

Updating the Crawl Schedule

Update the crawl schedule or crawl mode as follows:

// Create an entry to hold properties to update
GsaEntry updateEntry = new GsaEntry();
updateEntry.setId(entryUrl);


// Add a property to updateEntry
updateEntry.addGsaContent("isScheduledCrawl", "1");
updateEntry.addGsaContent("crawlSchedule", "0,0300,360\n2,0000,1200");

// Send the request
myClient.updateEntry("config", "crawlSchedule", updateEntry);

Crawler Access Rules

Create, retrieve, update, and delete crawler access rules for a search appliance.

Crawler access rules instruct the crawler how to authenticate when crawling the protected content.

PropertyDescription
domain Windows domain for NTLM, or empty for HTTP Basic authorization.
isPublic Indicates whether to allow users to view results of both the public content (normally available to everyone) and the secure (confidential) content. The value can be 1 to enable users to view content as public, or 0 to require users to authenticate to view secure content.
order Indicates that the crawler access rules are sequential. The order indicates the sequence. The order is an integer value starting from 1.
password Password for authentication.
urlPattern URL pattern that matches the protected files.
username User name for authentication.

Inserting a Crawler Access Rule

Insert a new crawler access rule as follows:

// Create an entry to hold properties to insert
GsaEntry insertEntry = new GsaEntry();


// Add properties to insertEntry
insertEntry.addGsaContent("entryID", "#URL pattern for the new crawler access rule");
insertEntry.addGsaContent("domain", "domainone");
insertEntry.addGsaContent("isPublic", "1");
insertEntry.addGsaContent("username", "username");
insertEntry.addGsaContent("password", "password");

// Send the request
myClient.insertEntry("crawlAccessNTLM", insertEntry);

Retrieving Crawler Access Rules

Retrieve a list of crawler access rules as follows:

// Send a request and print the response
GsaFeed myFeed = myClient.getFeed("crawlAccessNTLM");

for(GsaEntry myEntry : myFeed.getEntries()) {
  System.out.println("URL Pattern: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("urlPattern"));
  System.out.println("User Name: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("username"));
  System.out.println("Order: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("order"));
  System.out.println("Domain: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("domain"));
  System.out.println("Is Public: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("isPublic"));
}

Retrieve an individual crawler access rule as follows:

// Send the request and print the response
GsaEntry myEntry = myClient.getEntry("crawlAccessNTLM", "urlPattern");
System.out.println("URL Pattern: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("urlPattern"));
System.out.println("User Name: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("username"));
System.out.println("Order: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("order"));
System.out.println("Domain: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("domain"));
System.out.println("Is Public: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("isPublic"));

Note:The password property doesn't appear when retrieving crawler access rules.

Updating a Crawler Access Rule

Update a crawler access rule as follows:

// Create an entry to hold properties to update
GsaEntry updateEntry = new GsaEntry();
updateEntry.setId(entryUrl);


// Add properties to updateEntry
updateEntry.addGsaContent("urlPattern", "#new URL pattern");
updateEntry.addGsaContent("domain", "newdomain");
updateEntry.addGsaContent("isPublic", "0");
updateEntry.addGsaContent("order", "2");
updateEntry.addGsaContent("username", "newuser");
updateEntry.addGsaContent("password", "newpass");

// Send the request
myClient.updateEntry("crawlAccessNTLM", "urlPattern", updateEntry);

Deleting a Crawler Access Rule

Delete a crawler access rule as follows:

myClient.deleteEntry("crawlAccessNTLM", "urlPattern");

Host Load Schedule

Retrieve and update host load schedule information from the search appliance using the hostLoad entry of the config feed.

PropertyDescription
defaultHostLoad The default web server host load, a float value. This value measures the relative load on the search appliance based on the number of connections that a search appliance can handle. You can set the defaultHostLoad to a decimal value starting at 0, where 0 indicates to not crawl the content from the number of URL patterns that you specify. Any decimal value of 1 or more sets the average number of connections per minute. A decimal value under 1 sets the percentage of time during which the search appliance opens connections. For more information, see the online help for Crawl and Index > Host Load Schedule.
exceptionHostLoad Exceptions to the default web server host load are listed as multiple lines of text where each line is in the format:
hostName startTime endTime loadFactor
Where:
  • hostName is a URL or asterisk (*) to represents all hosts. If a hostName line contains multiple load data values, separate the host line into multiple lines with each line containing one load data value, without overlap.
  • startTime and endTime are integer value between 0 and 23 (0 = 12 midnight, 23 = 11 pm).
  • loadFactor is a float value. See defaultHostLoad for an explanation of the loadFactor value.
maxURLs Maximum number of URLs to crawl, an integer value.

Retrieving the Host Load Schedule

Retrieve information about the host load schedule from a search appliance as follows:

// Send the request and print the response
myEntry = myClient.getEntry("config", "hostLoad");
System.out.println("defaultHostLoad: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("defaultHostLoad"));
System.out.println("exceptionHostLoad: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("exceptionHostLoad"));
System.out.println("maxURLs: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("maxURLs"));

Updating the Host Load Schedule

Update the host load schedule setting in a search appliance as follows:

// Create an entry to hold properties to update
GsaEntry updateEntry = new GsaEntry();
updateEntry.setId(entryUrl);

// Add a property for the Host Load Schedule to updateEntry
updateEntry.addGsaContent("defaultHostLoad", "2.4");
updateEntry.addGsaContent("exceptionHostLoad", "* 3 5 1.2 \n www.example.com 1 6 3.6");
updateEntry.addGsaContent("maxURLs", "3000");

// Send the request
myClient.updateEntry("config", "hostLoad", updateEntry);

Freshness Tuning

Increase or decrease the crawling frequency by specifying URL patterns.

PropertyDescription
archiveURLs URL patterns for pages that contain archival or rarely changing content.
forceURLs URL patterns for pages to recrawl regardless of their response to If-Modified-Since request headers.
frequentURLs URL patterns for pages that change often (typically more than once a day).

Retrieving the Freshness Configuration

Retrieve the freshness tuning configuration as follows:

GsaEntry myEntry = myClient.getEntry("config", "freshness");
System.out.println("Archive URLs: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("archiveURLs"));
System.out.println("Frequent URLs: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("frequentURLs"));
System.out.println("Force URLs: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("forceURLs"));

Updating the Freshness Configuration

Update the settings for freshness tuning as follows:

// Create an entry to hold properties to update
GsaEntry updateEntry = new GsaEntry();
updateEntry.setId(entryUrl);


// Add a property for updateEntry
updateEntry.addGsaContent("archiveURLs", "http://good/");
updateEntry.addGsaContent("frequentURLs", "http://frequent/");
updateEntry.addGsaContent("forceURLs", "http://force/");
  
// Send the request
myClient.updateEntry("config", "freshness", updateEntry);

Recrawling URL Patterns

If you discover that a set of URLs that you want to have in the search index are not being crawled you can inject a URL pattern into the queue of URLs that the search appliance is crawling. URLs may not appear in the index because changes were made to the web pages, or because a temporary error or misconfiguration was present when the crawler last tried to crawl the URL.

Property Description
recrawlURLs URL patterns to be recrawled.
Recrawling URL Patterns Example

Recrawl URL patterns as follows:

// Create an entry to hold properties to update
GsaEntry updateEntry = new GsaEntry();
  
// Add a property to updateEntry
updateEntry.addGsaContent("recrawlURLs", "http://recrawl/page.html");
  
// Send the request
myClient.updateEntry("command", "recrawlNow", updateEntry);

Collections

Retrieve, update, create, or delete the collections of documents on the search appliance.

PropertyDescription
collectionName The name of the collection to create, which is only required when creating a new collection.
doNotCrawlURLs The URL patterns of content that you want to exclude from this collection.
followURLs The URL patterns of content that you want to include in this collection.
importData Indicates that the collection settings exported from the Admin Console are only required when creating a new collection from an import.
insertMethod The method of creating a new method, which is only required when creating a new collection. Possible values: default, customize, import.

Creating a Collection

Create a new collection as follows:

// Create an entry to hold properties to insert
GsaEntry insertEntry = new GsaEntry();
  
// Add a property to insertEntry
insertEntry.addGsaContent("collectionName", "new_collection");
insertEntry.addGsaContent("insertMethod", "default");

// Send the request
myClient.insertEntry("collection", insertEntry);

Create a new collection with a default setting as follows:

insertEntry.addGsaContent("insertMethod", "default");

Specify the settings for a new collection as follows:

// Add property for insertEntry
insertEntry.addGsaContent("collectionName", "new_collection");
insertEntry.addGsaContent("insertMethod", "customize");
insertEntry.addGsaContent("followURLs", "#url to follow");
insertEntry.addGsaContent("doNotCrawlURLs", "#url to not follow");

Retrieving All Collections

Retrieve a list of collections as follows:

// Send the request and print the response
GsaFeed myFeed = myClient.getFeed("collection");

for(GsaEntry myEntry : myFeed.getEntries()) {
  System.out.println("Follow URLs: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("followURLs"));
  System.out.println("Do Not Crawl URLs: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("doNotCrawlURLs"));
}

Retrieving a Collection

Retrieve the attributes of a single collection as follows:

// Send the request and print the response
GsaEntry myEntry = myClient.getEntry("collection", "default_collection");
System.out.println("Follow URLs: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("followURLs"));
System.out.println("Do Not Crawl URLs: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("doNotCrawlURLs"));

Updating a Collection

Update the attributes of a collection as follows:

// Create an entry to hold properties to update
GsaEntry updateEntry = new GsaEntry();
updateEntry.setId(entryUrl);


// Add properties to updateEntry
updateEntry.addGsaContent("followURLs", "http://good/");
updateEntry.addGsaContent("doNotCrawlURLs", "http://frequent/");
  
// Send the request
myClient.updateEntry("collection", "default_collection", updateEntry);

Deleting a Collection

Delete a collection as follows:

myClient.deleteEntry("collection", "new_collection");

Serving

The sections that follow describe how to configure the Serving features of the Admin Console:

Front Ends: Remove URLs and a Relative OneBox

Retrieve, update, insert, or delete front ends to remove URLs or a relative OneBox for the search appliance using the frontend feed. Retrieve a front end using the following properties.

PropertyDescription
frontendOnebox OneBox Modules that are relative to this front end. This value is a comma-separated list of OneBox names. The OneBox modules are triggered for this front end in the order that you specify.
removeUrls Remove URLs that are relative to this front end. These are URL patterns that you do not want to appear in the search results for this front end.

Retrieving Front Ends, Remove URLs, and a Relative OneBox

Retrieve all the front end information for a search appliance as follows:

// Send a request and print the response
GsaFeed myFeed = myClient.getFeed("frontend");

for(GsaEntry myEntry : myFeed.getEntries()) {
  //get information for each myEntry
}

Get information about a front end as follows:

// Send a request and print the response
GsaEntry myEntry = myClient.getEntry("frontend", FRONTEND_NAME);
System.out.println("Front End OneBox: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("frontendOnebox"));
System.out.println("Remove URLs: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("removeUrls"));

Updating Remove URLs and a Relative OneBox

Update the URLs to remove from the search results, and update a OneBox module in a front end as follows:

// Create an entry to hold properties to update
GsaEntry updateEntry = new GsaEntry();
updateEntry.setId(entryUrl);


// Add properties to updateEntry
updateEntry.addGsaContent("frontendOnebox", "oneboxtwo");
updateEntry.addGsaContent("removeUrls", "http://www.example.com/");

// Send the request
myClient.updateEntry("frontend", FRONTEND_NAME, updateEntry);

Inserting Front Ends and Remove URLs

Insert a front end and remove a URL from the search results as follows:

// Create an entry to hold properties to insert
GsaEntry insertEntry = new GsaEntry();
insertEntry.setId(entryUrl);


// Add properties to insertEntry
insertEntry.addGsaContent("entryID", FRONTEND_NAME);
insertEntry.addGsaContent("removeUrls", "http://www.example3.com/");
    
// Send the request
myClient.insertEntry("frontend", insertEntry);

Deleting a Front End

Delete a front end from the search appliance as follows:

myClient.deleteEntry("frontend", FRONTEND_NAME);

Output Format XSLT Stylesheet

Retrieve and update the XSLT template and other output format-related properties for each language of each front end using the frontend entry of the outputFormat feed.

Parameter Description
language Specify a language for the output format properties that you want to retrieve. Each front end can contain multiple languages, and each language has its own output format properties. Each front end + language can have its own XSLT stylesheet. The language parameter enables you to retrieve and update a stylesheet for a front end associated with a language.

Administrators who use the Admin Console set the language in their browser and the Admin Console then displays in that language (if the Admin Console has been translated into that language). Hence the language parameter for the outputFormat feed is limited to the values to which the Admin Console is translated.

Use the following properties to access the XSLT template information.

PropertyDescription
isDefaultLanguage Set to 1 if the designated language is the default language for the specified front end, set to 0 if not.
isStyleSheetEdited Set to 0 if the style sheet is the default stylesheet that has not been previously edited. Set to 1 if the style sheet has been edited.
language When retrieving, the language is determined by the language that is specified by the query parameter. When updating, the language is passed as an entry property to specify the language of the output stylesheet.
restoreDefaultFormat Set to 1 to restore custom-edited XSLT code back to the default values. A 0 value has no effect.
styleSheetContent The output format XSLT code content.

Note: For the update action, the restoreDefaultFormat content is mutually exclusive from the styleSheetContent. For each update action, you should either restore the output format XSLT stylesheet back to the original default values, set the XSLT stylesheet to a custom format, or neither, but not both.

Retrieving the Output Format XSLT Stylesheet

Retrieve the output format stylesheet information from a search appliance as follows:

Map<String, String> queryMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
    
// Initialize the query map
queryMap.put("language", "en");
GsaEntry myEntry = myClient.queryEntry("outputFormat", "default_frontend", queryMap);
System.out.println("Language: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("language"));
System.out.println("Default Language: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("isDefaultLanguage"));
System.out.println("Is the Style Sheet Edited: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("isStyleSheetEdited"));
System.out.println("XSLT Stylesheet Content: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("styleSheetContent"));

Updating the Output Format XSLT Stylesheet

Update the output format stylesheet information in a search appliance as follows:

// Create an entry to hold properties to update
GsaEntry updateEntry = new GsaEntry();
updateEntry.setId("default_frontend");
    
// The language parameter is passed as part of 
//  the entry because we cannot use a query parameter
updateEntry.addGsaContent("language", "en");
    
// Indicate that the XSLT stylesheet has default values
updateEntry.addGsaContent("isDefaultLanguage, "1");
    
// Add this line to update the style sheet content
updateEntry.addGsaContent("styleSheetContent", "{my new style sheet XSLT}");

// Or add this line to restore the stylesheet content to 
// the default, which is mutually exclusive from the previous line
updateEntry.addGsaContent("restoreDefaultFormat", "1");
    
// Send the request and print the response
myClient.updateEntry("outputFormat", "default_frontend", updateEntry);
System.out.println("Output Format: " + updateEntry.getGsaContent("outputFormat"));
System.out.println("Default Front End: " + updateEntry.getGsaContent("default_frontend"));

KeyMatch Settings

KeyMatch settings let you promote specific web pages on your site. The following parameters let you find KeyMatches by search, and specify a starting line number and the number of lines to access.

ParameterDescription
query A query string to perform a full text search. For example, if you set computer in the query parameter, then you get all KeyMatch settings that contain the word computer.
startLine The starting line number of a result, default value is 0.
maxLines The number of result lines in a response, default value is 50 lines.

Use the following properties to set KeyMatch configurations.

Property Description
line_number The line_number of the KeyMatch configuration rule.
newLines The new KeyMatch configuration to update. This value may include multiple KeyMatch statements. The line delimiter is \n.
numLines The number of total result lines.
originalLines The original KeyMatch configurations to change. The value may include multiple KeyMatch statements. The line delimiter is \n.
startLine The starting line number of a KeyMatch configuration to change. The minimum value is 0.
updateMethod The method to change a KeyMatch configuration.
Possible values are:
  • update. Updates part of the KeyMatch configuration table to the new configurations. Delete KeyMatch configurations using the update method. See the example that follows.
  • append. Adds a new KeyMatch configuration to the end of the KeyMatch configuration table.
  • replace. Deletes all rules in the KeyMatch configuration table and then appends the new rules that you provide.

Note: The format for a KeyMatch configuration rule is as follows:
   Search_Terms,KeyMatch_Type,URL,Title

KeyMatch_Type can be: KeywordMatch, PhraseMatch, or ExactMatch.
Search_Term and URL fields cannot be empty. The KeyMatch configuration conforms to the CSV format, which uses commas to separate values.

Retrieving KeyMatch Settings

Retrieve KeyMatch settings as follows:

index Map<String, String> queryMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
  
// Initialize the query
map queryMap.put("query", "myQuery");
queryMap.put("startLine", "0");
queryMap.put("maxLines", "50");
  
// Send the request and print the response
GsaEntry myEntry = myClient.getEntry("keymatch", "myFrontend", queryMap);
Iterator i = myEntry.getAllGsaContents().entrySet().iterator();
while (i.hasNext()) {
  Map.Entry me = (Map.Entry)i.next();
  if (me.getKey().matches("\\d+")) {
    System.out.println("The lines for " + my.getKey() + " are: " + my.getValue()); 
  }
}
System.out.println("The number of lines are: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("numLines"));

Changing KeyMatch Settings

The following example appends KeyMatch settings:

// Create an entry to hold properties to append
GsaEntry appendEntry = new GsaEntry();
appendEntry.setId("myFrontend");
appendEntry.addGsaContent("updateMethod", "append");
 
// Prepare new content
String newLines = 
  "image,KeywordMatch,http://images.google.com/,Google Image Search\n" +
  "video,KeywordMatch,http://www.youtube.com/,Youtube\n" +
  "rss feed,PhraseMatch,http://www.google.com/reader,Reader";
appendEntry.addGsaContent("newLines", newLines);
  
// Send the request to the search appliance
myClient.updateEntry("keymatch", "myFrontend", appendEntry);

The following example updates KeyMatch settings:

// Create an entry to hold properties to update
GsaEntry updateEntry = new GsaEntry();
updateEntry.setId("myFrontend");
updateEntry.addGsaContent("updateMethod", "update");
  
// Set the start line number
updateEntry.addGsaContent("startLine", 0);
  
// Provide the original content
String originalLines = 
  "image,KeywordMatch,http://images.google.com/,Google Image Search\n" +
  "video,KeywordMatch,http://www.youtube.com/,Youtube\n" +
  "rss feed,PhraseMatch,http://www.google.com/reader,Reader";
updateEntry.addGsaContent("originalLines", originalLines);
  
// Prepare new content
String newLines = 
  ",,,\n" +
  "video,KeywordMatch,http://video.google.com/,Video Search\n" +
  "rss feed,PhraseMatch,http://www.example.com/,RSS example";
updateEntry.addGsaContent("newLines", newLines);
  
// Send the request to the search appliance
myClient.updateEntry("keymatch", "myFrontend", updateEntry);

Note: Delete a setting by changing the statement to three commas (,,,).

The following example replaces KeyMatch settings:

// Create an entry to hold properties to replace
GsaEntry replaceEntry = new GsaEntry();
replaceEntry.setId("myFrontend");
replaceEntry.addGsaContent("updateMethod", "replace");
  
// Prepare new content
String newLines = 
  "image,KeywordMatch,http://images.google.com/,Google Image Search\n" +
  "video,KeywordMatch,http://www.youtube.com/,Youtube\n" +
  "rss feed,PhraseMatch,http://www.google.com/reader,Reader";
replaceEntry.addGsaContent("newLines", newLines);
  
// Send the request to the search appliance
myClient.updateEntry("keymatch", "myFrontend", replaceEntry);

Related Queries

Use related queries to associate alternative words or phrases with specified search terms. Related queries are also known as synonyms. Use the following parameters to search for a query and access lines from a starting line number and for a maximum amount of lines.

Parameter Description
query A query string to perform a full-text search.
startLine The starting line number of the result, the default value is to start at line 0.
maxLines The number of result lines in the response, the default value is 50 lines.

Use the following properties to access related queries.

Property Description
line number The line number of the related query configuration rule (in all the rules).
newLines The new related query configuration to add. This value may include multiple lines of related query statements. The delimiter is \n.
numLines The total number of result lines.
originalLines The original related query configuration to change. This value may include multiple lines of related query statements. The delimiter is \n.
startLine The starting line number of the related query configuration to change. The minimum value is 0.
updateMethod The method to use to change related query configurations.
Possible values are:
  • update. Updates part of the related query configuration table to the new configuration. Deletes related query configurations using the update method. See the example that follows.
  • append. Adds a new related query configuration to the end of the synonym configuration table.
  • replace. Deletes all rules in the related query configuration table and then appends the new rules that you provide.

Note: A related query configuration rule is in the following format:
   Search_Terms,Related_Queries

The Search_Terms and the Related_Queries values cannot be empty. The related query configuration rules conform to the CSV format, which uses commas to separate values.

Retrieving Related Queries

Retrieve related queries as follows:

Map<String, String> queryMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
    
// Initialize the query map
queryMap.put("query", "myQuery");
queryMap.put("startLine", "0");
queryMap.put("maxLines", "50");
    
// Send the request and print the response
GsaEntry myEntry = myClient.getEntry("synonym", "myFrontend", queryMap);

Iterator i = myEntry.getAllGsaContents().entrySet().iterator();
while (i.hasNext()) {
  Map.Entry me = (Map.Entry)i.next();
  if (me.getKey().matches("\\d+")) 
  {
    System.out.println("The line " + my.getKey() + " is: " + my.getValue());
  }
}

Changing Related Queries

The following example appends related queries:

// Create an entry to hold properties to append
GsaEntry appendEntry = new GsaEntry();
appendEntry.setId("myFrontend");
appendEntry.addGsaContent("updateMethod", "append");
  
// Prepare new content
String newLines = "airplane,aircraft\n" + "google,googol\n" + "stock,security";
appendEntry.addGsaContent("newLines", newLines);
  
// Send the request to the search appliance
myClient.updateEntry("synonym", "myFrontend", appendEntry);

The following example updates related queries:

// Create an entry to hold properties to update
GsaEntry updateEntry = new GsaEntry();
updateEntry.setId("myFrontend");
updateEntry.addGsaContent("updateMethod", "update");
  
// Set the starting line number
updateEntry.addGsaContent("startLine", 0);
  
// Provide the original content
String originalLines = "airplane,aircraft\ngoogle,googol";
updateEntry.addGsaContent("originalLines", originalLines);
  
// Prepare new content
String newLines = "airplane,helicopter\n,";
updateEntry.addGsaContent("newLines", newLines);
  
// Send the request to the search appliance
myClient.updateEntry("synonym", "myFrontend", updateEntry);

Note: Delete a setting by changing the statement to a comma (,) value.

The following example replaces related queries:

// Create an entry to hold properties to replace
GsaEntry replaceEntry = new GsaEntry();
replaceEntry.setId("myFrontend");
replaceEntry.addGsaContent("updateMethod", "replace");
  
// Prepare new content
String newLines = "airplane,aircraft\n" + "google,googol\n" + "stock,security";
replaceEntry.addGsaContent("newLines", newLines);
  
// Send the request to the search appliance
myClient.updateEntry("synonym", "myFrontend", replaceEntry);

OneBox Modules Settings

Retrieve and update OneBox module settings for the search appliance using the config feed.

Retrieving OneBox Module Settings

Retrieve OneBox information for a search appliance as follows:

// Send the request and print the response
GsaEntry myEntry = myClient.getEntry("config", "oneboxSetting");
System.out.println("Max Results: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("maxResults"));
System.out.println("Timeout: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("timeout"));

The properties for retrieving a OneBox are as follows:

Property Description
maxResults Maximum number of results.
timeout OneBox response timeout in milliseconds.

Updating OneBox Module Settings

Update the OneBox settings for a search appliance as follows -- in this example three results are requested and the timeout is set to 2000 milliseconds.

// Create an entry to hold properties to update
GsaEntry updateEntry = new GsaEntry();
updateEntry.setId(entryUrl);


// Add properties for the OneBox settings to updateEntry
updateEntry.addGsaContent("maxResults", "3");
updateEntry.addGsaContent("timeout", "2000");
    
// Send the request
myClient.updateEntry("config", "oneboxSetting", updateEntry);

OneBox Module Retrieve and Delete

Retrieve and delete OneBox modules from the search appliance using the onebox feed.

Property Description
logContent The logs content of OneBox logs.

Note: Inserting a new OneBox module, updating an existing OneBox module, and retrieving a detailed configuration of a OneBox module are not supported by this API.

Retrieving OneBox Module Information

Retrieve information about all the OneBox modules from a search appliance using the onebox feed:

// Send the request and print the response
GsaFeed myFeed = myClient.getFeed("onebox");

for(GsaEntry myEntry : myFeed.getEntries()) {
  // Get information on each myEntry
  System.out.println("OneBox Name: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("entryID"));
}

Note: Because detailed information about the OneBox configuration not supported by this API, the onebox feed provides only OneBox module names.

Retrieve an individual OneBox module's log information from a search appliance as follows:

// Send the request and print the response
GsaEntry myEntry = myClient.getEntry("onebox",ONEBOX_NAME);
System.out.println("OneBox Log: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("logContent"));

Note: You can only retrieve OneBox log entries individually.

Deleting a OneBox Module

Delete a OneBox module from a search appliance as follows:

myClient.deleteEntry("onebox", ONEBOX_NAME);

Status and Reports

The sections that follow describe how to configure the Status and Reports features of the Admin Console:

Pause or Resume Crawl

Check crawl status, pause the crawl, or resume the crawl.

PropertyDescription
pauseCrawl Indicates: 1 if crawl is paused, 0 if crawling is occurring.

Retrieving Crawl Status

Retrieve the status of crawl as follows:

// Send the request and print the response
GsaEntry myEntry = myClient.getEntry("command", "pauseCrawl");
System.out.println("Pause Crawl: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("pauseCrawl"));

Pausing or Resuming Crawl

Pause or resume a crawl as follows:

// Create an entry to hold properties to update
GsaEntry updateEntry = new GsaEntry();


// Add properties to updateEntry
updateEntry.addGsaContent("pauseCrawl", "0");
updateEntry.addGsaContent("doNotCrawlURLs", "http://frequent/");

// Send the request
myClient.updateEntry("command", "pauseCrawl", updateEntry);

Serving Status

Retrieve the serving status for the search appliance using the servingStatus entry of the status feed.

PropertyDescription
queriesPerMinute Average queries per minute served recently on the search appliance.

Retrieving Serving Status

Retrieve the current search appliance serving status as follows:

GsaEntry myEntry = myClient.getEntry("status", "servingStatus");
System.out.println("Queries Per Minute: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("queriesPerMinute"));

System Status

System status for the search appliance can be retrieved through the systemStatus entry of the status feed.

PropertyDescription
cpuTemperature Temperature of the CPU. Set to 0 if okay, 1 if caution, 2 if critical.
diskCapacity Remaining disk capacity of a search appliance. Set to 0 if okay, 1 if caution, 2 if critical.
machineHealth Health of the motherboard. Set to 0 if okay, 1 if caution, 2 if critical.
overallHealth Overall health of the a search appliance. Set to 0 if okay, 1 if caution, 2 if critical.
raidHealth Health of the RAID array. Set to 0 if okay, 1 if caution, 2 if critical.

Note: Some health properties may not exist in certain versions of the search appliance.

Retrieving System Status

Retrieve a the current search appliance system status as follows:

GsaEntry myEntry = myClient.getEntry("status", "systemStatus");
System.out.println("Overall Health: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("overallHealth"));
System.out.println("Disk Capacity: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("diskCapacity"));
System.out.println("RAID Health: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("raidHealth"));
System.out.println("CPU Temperature: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("cpuTemperature"));
System.out.println("Machine Health: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("machineHealth"));

Document Status

Retrieve document status using the properties that follow.

PropertyDescription
crawledURLsToday The number of documents crawled since yesterday. (Note that the time pertains to the search appliance, not the computer sending this request.)
crawlPagePerSecond Current crawling rate.
errorURLsToday The document errors since yesterday.
filteredBytes The document bytes that have been filtered.
foundURLs The number of URLs found that match crawl patterns.
servedURLs The total number of documents that have been served.

Retrieving Document Status

Retrieve the document status as follows:

GsaEntry myEntry = myClient.getEntry("status", "documentStatus");
System.out.println("Served URLs: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("servedURLs"));
System.out.println("Crawled Pages Per Second: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("crawlPagePerSecond"));
System.out.println("Crawled URLs Today: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("crawledURLsToday"));
System.out.println("Found URLs: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("foundURLs"));
System.out.println("Filtered Bytes: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("filteredBytes"));
System.out.println("Error URLs Today: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("errorURLsToday"));

Crawl Diagnostics

List crawled documents and retrieve the status of documents in a search appliance using the diagnostics feed.

Document Status Values

The following tables list the document status values.

Note: Use the all to indicate any status value.

Successful Crawl:

Success Value Crawl Description
1 Crawled from remote server
2 Crawled from cache

Crawl Errors:

Errors Retrieval Error
7 Redirect without a location header
11Document not found (404)
12 Other HTTP 400 errors
14HTTP 0 error
15Permanent DNS failure
16Empty document
17Image conversion failed
22Authentication failed
25Conversion error
32HTTP 500 error
33 The robots.txt file is unreachable
35Temporary DNS failure
36Connection failed
37Connection timeout
38Connection closed
40Connection refused
41Connection reset
43No route to host
50Other error

Crawl Exclusions:

Excluded Description
3 Not in the URLs to crawl
4 In the URLs to not crawl
5Off domain redirect
6Long redirect chain
8Infinite URL space
9Unhandled protocol
10 URL is too long
13 The robots.txt file indicates to not index
18Rejected by rewrite rules
19Unknown extension
20 Disallowed by a meta tag
24 Disallowed by the robots.txt file
26Unhandled content type
27 No filter for this content type
34 robots.txt forbidden

Listing Documents

Query parameters:

Value Description
collectionName Name of a collection that you want to list. The default value is the last used collection.
flatList Indicates: false: (Default) List the files and directories specified by the URL. true: List all files specified by a URL as a flat list.
negativeState Indicates: false: (Default) Return documents with a status equal to view.
true: Return documents with a status equal to view.
pageNum The page you want to view. The files from a URL may be separated into several pages to return. Page numbers start from 1. The default value is 1.
sort The key field on which to sort:
Key Description
"" The default value.
crawled Sort by the number or crawled documents.
errors Sort by the number of errors.
excluded Sort by the number of excluded documents.
file sort by file name.
host Sort by host name.
uriAt The prefix of URL of a document that you want to list. The default value is "".
view The filter of document status. The values of view are described in Document Status Values. The default value is all.

List documents by sending an authenticated GET request to the root entry of the diagnostics feed.


A description entry, a set of document status entries and a set of directory status entries are returned.

Description entry properties:

Property Description
Entry Name description
numPages The total number of pages to return.
uriAt URL prefix taken from the query parameters.

Directory status entry properties:

Property Description
Entry Name The URL of the directory.
numCrawledURLs The number of crawled documents in this directory,
numExcludedURLs The number of excluded URLs in this directory.
numRetrievalErrors The number of retrieval error documents in this directory.
type DirectoryContentData or HostContentData.

Document status entry properties:

Property Description
Entry Name The URL of the document.
docState The status of this document. See Document Status Values for possible docState values.
isCookieServerError Indicates if a cookie server error occurred.
pageRank The page rank value.
timeStamp The last time the search appliance processed this document.
type FileContentData

Example:

Map<String, String> queries = new HashMap<String, String>();
queries.put("uriAt","http://server.com/secured/test1/");
GsaFeed myFeed = myClient.queryFeed("diagnostics", queries);

for(GsaEntry entry : myFeed.getEntries()) {
   System.out.println(entry.getGsaContent("entryID"));
 if (entry.getGsaContent("entryID").equals("description")) {
   System.out.println("Number of Pages: " + entry.getGsaContent("numPages"));
   System.out.println("URI At: " + entry.getGsaContent("uriAt"));
 } else if (entry.getGsaContent("type").equals("DirectoryContentData" )||
     entry.getGsaContent("type") .equals("HostContentData")) {
     System.out.println("Type: " + entry.getGsaContent("type"));
     System.out.println("Number of Crawled URLs: " + entry.getGsaContent("numCrawledURLs"));
     System.out.println("Number of Retrieval Errors: " + entry.getGsaContent("numRetrievalErrors"));
     System.out.println("Number of Excluded URLs: " + entry.getGsaContent("numExcludedURLs"));
 } else if (entry.getGsaContent("type").equals("FileContentData")) {
     System.out.println("Type: " + entry.getGsaContent("type"));
     System.out.println("Time Stamp: " + entry.getGsaContent("timeStamp"));
     System.out.println("Document State: " + entry.getGsaContent("docState"));
     System.out.println("Page Rank: " + entry.getGsaContent("pageRank"));
     System.out.println("Is Cookie Server Error: " + entry.getGsaContent("isCookieServerError"));
 }
}

Viewing Crawl Diagnostics for a Document

Retrieve detailed information about a document by sending an authenticated GET request to a document status entry of the diagnostics feed. The parameter is as follows.

Parameter Description
collectionName Name of the collection for which you want to view crawl diagnostics.

A detailed document status entry is returned.

Detailed document status entry properties:

Property Description
Entry Name The URL of the document.
backwardLinks The number of backward links to this document.
collectionList A list of collections that contain this document.
contentSize The size of the document content.
contentType The type of the document.
crawlFrequency The frequency at which the document is being scheduled to crawl, with possible values of seldom, normal, and frequent.
crawlHistory A multi-line history of the document crawl including the timestamp when the document was crawled, the document status code and description in the following format:
timestamp  status_code  status_description
timestamp  status_code  status_description


For status code values, see Document Status Values.
currentlyInflight If the document is currently in process.
date The date of this document.
forwardLinks The number of forward links for this document.
isCached Indicates if the cached page for this document is ready.
lastModifiedDate The last modified date of this document.
latestOnDisk The timestamp of the version being served.
pageRank The page rank value.
GsaEntry entry = myClient.getEntry("diagnostics",
  "http://server.com/secured/test1/doc_0_2.html");
System.out.println("Page Rank: " + entry.getGsaContent("pageRank"));
System.out.println("Collection List: " + entry.getGsaContent("collectionList"));
System.out.println("Forward Links: " + entry.getGsaContent("forwardLinks"));
System.out.println("Backward Links: " + entry.getGsaContent("backwardLinks"));
System.out.println("Is Cached: " + entry.getGsaContent("isCached"));
System.out.println("Document Date: " + entry.getGsaContent("date"));
System.out.println("Last Modified Date: " + entry.getGsaContent("lastModifiedDate"));
System.out.println("Latest Serving Version Timestamp: " +
  entry.getGsaContent("latestOnDisk"));
System.out.println("Currently In Process: " + entry.getGsaContent("currentlyInflight"));
System.out.println("Content Size: " + entry.getGsaContent("contentSize"));
System.out.println("Content Type: " + entry.getGsaContent("contentType"));
System.out.println("Crawl Frequency: " + entry.getGsaContent("crawlFrequency"));
System.out.println("Crawl History: " + entry.getGsaContent("crawlHistory"));

Content Statistics

Retrieve content statistics for each kind of document using the contentStatistics feed.

Common query parameters for all requests:

Parameter Description
collectionName Name of the collection for which you want to view content statistics.

Content statistics entry properties:

Property Description
avgSize The average document size for this content type.
Entry Name The MIME type of the documents, such as, plain/text.
maxSize The maximum document size for the crawled files with this MIME type.
minSize The minimum document size for the crawled files with this MIME type.
numFiles The total number of crawled files for this MIME type.
totalSize The total size of all crawled files for this MIME type.

Retrieving Content Statistics For All Crawled Files

Retrieve content statistics for all crawled files in a search appliance by sending an authenticated GET request to the root entry of the contentStatistics feed.

A list of content statistics entries are returned.

GsaFeed myFeed = myClient.getFeed("contentStatistics");
for(GsaEntry entry : myFeed.getEntries()) {
 System.out.println("Entry Name: " + entry.getGsaContent("entryID"));
 System.out.println("Maximum Size: " + entry.getGsaContent("maxSize"));
 System.out.println("Minimum Size: " + entry.getGsaContent("minSize"));
 System.out.println("Total Size: " + entry.getGsaContent("totalSize"));
 System.out.println("Average Size: " + entry.getGsaContent("avgSize"));
 System.out.println("Number of Files: " + entry.getGsaContent("numFiles"));
}

Retrieving Content Statistics For a Crawled File

Retrieve content statistics for a single crawled file by sending an authenticated GET request to a content statistics entry of the contentStatistics feed.

The following content statistics for a crawled file are returned:

GsaEntry entry = myClient.getEntry("contentStatistics", "text/html");
System.out.println("Maximum Size: " + entry.getGsaContent("maxSize"));
System.out.println("Minimum Size: " + entry.getGsaContent("minSize"));
System.out.println("Total Size: " + entry.getGsaContent("totalSize"));
System.out.println("Average Size: " + entry.getGsaContent("avgSize"));
System.out.println("Number of Files: " + entry.getGsaContent("numFiles"));

Search Reports

Generate, update, and delete search reports using the searchReport feed.

Search report entry properties:

Property Description
collectionName (Write only) The collection name--only use to create a search report.
diagnosticTerms The description of a search report. The default value is "".
Entry Name Search_Report_Name@Collection_Name
isFinal (Read only) Indicates if a search report contains a final result. If so, it means the last update date is later than the reportDate.
reportContent (Read only) The search report content. Only use for requests to get search report content when the content is ready.
reportCreationDate (Read only) The creation date of a search report.
reportDate The dates of each query that is collected in the search report.
reportName (Write only) The report name--only use to create a search report.
reportState (Read only) The status of a search report:
Value Description
0 The search report is initializing.
1 The search report is generating.
2 The search report is complete.
3 A non-final complete report is generating
4 The last report generation failed.
topCount The number of top queries to generate.
withResults Indicates if a query should only count searches that have results. The default value is false.

Listing a Search Report

List search report entries by sending an authenticated GET request to the root entry of the searchReport feed. Query parameter:

Parameter Description
collectionName Collection Name of search report. The default value is all.collections.

A list of search report entries returns:

GsaFeed myFeed = myClient.getFeed("searchLog");
for(GsaEntry entry : myFeed.getEntries()) {
 System.out.println("Entry Name: " + entry.getGsaContent("entryID"));
 System.out.println("Report State: " + entry.getGsaContent("reportState"));
 System.out.println("Report Creation Date: " + entry.getGsaContent("reportCreationDate"));
 System.out.println("Report Date: " + entry.getGsaContent("reportDate"));
 System.out.println("Is Final: " + entry.getGsaContent("isFinal"));
 System.out.println("With Results: " + entry.getGsaContent("withResults"));
 System.out.println("Top Count: " + entry.getGsaContent("topCount"));
 System.out.println("Diagnostic Terms: " + entry.getGsaContent("diagnosticTerms"));
}

Creating a Search Report

Create a new search report entry by sending an authenticated POST request to the root entry of the searchReport feed.

The possible date formats for reports are as follows.

Purpose Format
Date date_month_day_year
Month month_month_year
Year year_year
Date range range_month_day_year_month_day_year

For example to specify the range of dates from 2 January 2009 to 23 September 2009, use this statement:

insertEntry.addGsaContent("reportDate", "range_1_2_2009_9_23_2009"); 

The following example generates and returns a new search report entry:

GsaEntry insertEntry = new GsaEntry();
insertEntry.addGsaContent("reportName", "bbb");
insertEntry.addGsaContent("collectionName", "default_collection");
insertEntry.addGsaContent("reportDate", "month_5_2009");

insertEntry.addGsaContent("withResults", "true");
insertEntry.addGsaContent("topCount", "100");

myClient.insertEntry("searchReport", insertEntry);

Retrieving a Search Report

Retrieve the search report status and get search log content by sending an authenticated GET request to a search report entry of the searchReport feed.

A search report entry with log content (if content is ready) is returned:

GsaEntry entry = myClient.getEntry("searchReport", "bbb@default_collection");
System.out.println("Entry Name: " + entry.getGsaContent("entryID"));
System.out.println("Report State: " + entry.getGsaContent("reportState"));
System.out.println("Report Creation Date: " + entry.getGsaContent("reportCreationDate"));
System.out.println("Report Date: " + entry.getGsaContent("reportDate"));
System.out.println("Is Final: " + entry.getGsaContent("isFinal"));
System.out.println("With Results: " + entry.getGsaContent("withResults"));
System.out.println("Top Count: " + entry.getGsaContent("topCount"));
System.out.println("Diagnostic Terms: " + entry.getGsaContent("diagnosticTerms"));

status = entry.getGsaContent("reportState");
if (status.equals("2") || status.equals("3")) {
 System.out.println("Report Content: " + entry.getGsaContent("reportContent"));
}

Updating a Search Report

Update the search report status and get search report content by sending an authenticated PUT request to a search report entry of the searchReport feed. There are no properties.

A search log entry is returned:

GsaEntry updateEntry = new GsaEntry();
myClient.updateEntry("searchReport","bbb@default_collection");

Deleting a Search Report

Delete a search report by sending an authenticated DELETE request to a search report entry of the searchReport feed.

The search report entry will be deleted:

myClient.deleteEntry("searchReport", "bbb@default_collection");

Search Logs

Generate, update, and delete a search log using the searchLog feed. A search log lists all search queries for a specified time frame in a format similar to a common log format (CLF).

Search log entry properties:

Property Description
collectionName (Write-only) The collection name--use only to create a search log.
Entry Name Search_Log_Name@Collection_Name
fromLine (Read only) The first line of a search log that is returned in the log content--only returned when getting search log content and the content is ready.
isFinal (Read only) If the search log contains the final result. If so, it means the last update date is later than the reportDate.
logContent (Read only) A part of the content of the search log--only returned when getting search log content and the content is ready.
reportCreationDate (Read only) The creation date of a search log.
reportDate The dates of the queries in the search log.
reportName (Write-only) The report name--use only to create a search log.
reportState (Read only) Search log status:
Value Description
0 Initialized.
1 Report is generating.
2 Report completed.
3 Non-final complete report is generating.
4 Last report generation failed.
toLine (Read only) The last line of a search log that is returned in the log content--only returned when getting search log content and the content is ready.
totalLines (Read only) The number of lines of a search log that are returned in the log content--only returned when getting search log content and the content is ready.

Listing a Search Log

List search log entries by sending an authenticated GET request to the root entry of the searchLog feed.

Parameter Description
collectionName Collection name of a search log. The default value is all.collections.

A list of search log entries will be returned.

GsaFeed myFeed = myClient.getFeed("searchLog");
for(GsaEntry entry : myFeed.getEntries()) {
 System.out.println("Entry Name: " + entry.getGsaContent("entryID"));
 System.out.println("Report State: " + entry.getGsaContent("reportState"));
 System.out.println("Report Creation Date: " + entry.getGsaContent("reportCreationDate"));
 System.out.println("Report Date: " + entry.getGsaContent("reportDate"));
 System.out.println("Is Final: " + entry.getGsaContent("isFinal"));
}

Creating a Search Log

Create a new search log entry by sending an authenticated POST request to the root entry of the searchLog feed.

A new search log entry will be generated and returned.

GsaEntry insertEntry = new GsaEntry();
insertEntry.addGsaContent("reportName", "bbb");
insertEntry.addGsaContent("collectionName", "default_collection");
insertEntry.addGsaContent("reportDate", "date_3_25_2009");

myClient.insertEntry("searchLog", insertEntry);

Retrieving a Search Log

Check the search log status and get search log content by sending an authenticated GET request to the search log entry of the searchLog feed using the following query parameters.

ParameterDescription
query Query string for the logContent. The logContent contains many lines of logs. The query string applies to each line, and only lines that contain the query string are returned.
maxLines The maximum logContent lines to retrieve. The default value is 50 lines.
startLine The first logContent lines to retrieve. The default value is 1 line.

A search log entry with logContent, if content is ready, is returned.

Map<String, String> queries = new HashMap<String, String>();
queries.put("query","User");
queries.put("startLine","1");
queries.put("maxLine","10");

GsaEntry entry = myClient.queryEntry("searchLog", "bbb@default_collection", queries);
System.out.println("Entry Name: " + entry.getGsaContent("entryID"));
System.out.println("Report State: " + entry.getGsaContent("reportState"));
System.out.println("Report Creation Date: " + entry.getGsaContent("reportCreationDate"));
System.out.println("Report Date: " + entry.getGsaContent("reportDate"));
System.out.println("Is Final: " + entry.getGsaContent("isFinal"));
status = entry.getGsaContent("reportState");
if (status.equals("2") || status.equals("3")) {
 System.out.println("Log Content: " + entry.getGsaContent("logContent"));
 System.out.println("To Line: " + entry.getGsaContent("toLine"));
 System.out.println("From Line: " + entry.getGsaContent("fromLine"));
 System.out.println("Total Lines: " + entry.getGsaContent("totalLines"));
 }

Updating a Search Log

Update the search log status and get search log content by sending an authenticated PUT request to the search log entry of the searchLog feed. No properties are required.

GsaEntry updateEntry = new GsaEntry();
myClient.updateEntry("searchLog","bbb@default_collection");

Deleting a Search Log

Update the search log status and get search log content by sending an authenticated DELETE request to a search log entry of the searchLog feed.

The search log entry will be deleted.

myClient.deleteEntry("searchLog", "bbb@default_collection");

Event Log

Retrieve lines from the event log for a search appliance by using the eventLog entry of the logs feed. The following parameters let you make a query, specify a starting line, and specify the number of event log statements to retrieve.

Parameter Description
query Query string for the logContent. The logContent contains many lines of logs. The query string applies to each line, only lines that contain the query string are returned.
startLine The starting line number to retrieve from the event log. The default value is 1.
maxLines The maximum number of lines in the event log to retrieve. The default value is 50 lines.

Use the following properties to retrieve event log lines and event log content.

PropertyDescription
fromLine The starting line of a log.
logContent The log's content.
toLine The ending line of a log.
totalLines Total lines of the log.

Retrieving an Event Log

Retrieve the event log information from a search appliance as follows:

Map<String, String> queries = new HashMap<String, String>();
queries.put("query","User");
queries.put("startLine","10");
queries.put("maxLine","2");
GsaEntry myEntry = myClient.queryEntry("logs", "eventLog", queries);
System.out.println("Log Content: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("logContent"));
System.out.println("Total Lines: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("totalLines"));
System.out.println("From Line: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("fromLine"));
System.out.println("To Line: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("toLine"));

Connector Administration

The sections that follow describe how to configure the Connector Administration features of the Admin Console.

Connector Managers

Add, retrieve, update, and delete a connector manager associated with a search appliance.

PropertyDescription
description A description of the connector manager.
url The URL of the application server where the connector manager is installed.
status The status of the connection between the search appliance and the connector manager that is deployed on an application server. The value can be Connected or Disconnected. The Disconnected value may occur if the application server is down or there are problems on the network.

Adding a Connector Manager

Add a connector manager to a search appliance as follows:

// Create an entry to hold properties to insert
GsaEntry insertEntry = new GsaEntry();

// Add property for insertEntry
insertEntry.addGsaContent("entryID", "ConnectorManagerOne");
insertEntry.addGsaContent("description", "Connector Manager One Description");
insertEntry.addGsaContent("url", "http://example.com:port/");

// Send the request
myClient.insertEntry("connectorManager", insertEntry);

Retrieving a List of Connector Managers

Retrieve a list of connector managers as follows:

// Send the request and print the response
GsaFeed myFeed = myClient.getFeed("connectorManager");

for(GsaEntry myEntry : myFeed.getEntries()) {
  System.out.println("Status: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("status"));
  System.out.println("Description: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("description"));
  System.out.println("URL: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("url"));
}

Retrieve an individual connector manager as follows:

// Send the request and print the response
GsaEntry myEntry = myClient.getEntry("connectorManager", "ConnectorManagerOne");
System.out.println("Status: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("status"));
System.out.println("Description: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("description"));
System.out.println("URL: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("url"));

Updating a Connector Manager

Update the description and URL for a connector manager as follows:

// Create an entry to hold the properties to update
GsaEntry updateEntry = new GsaEntry();
updateEntry.setId(entryUrl);


// Add properties to updateEntry
updateEntry.addGsaContent("description", "new description");
updateEntry.addGsaContent("url", "#new URL");

// Send the request
myClient.updateEntry("connectorManager", "ConnectorManagerOne", updateEntry);

Deleting a Connector Manager

Delete a connector manager as follows:

myClient.deleteEntry("connectorManager", "ConnectorManagerOne");

Federation

The sections that follow describe how to configure Federation features of the Admin Console:

Federation is also known as dynamic scalability. The federation feed provides Federation features.

Configuring a Federation Network

Retrieve, update, create, or delete the federation node configuration and retrieve the node configuration of all nodes in the network on the Google Search Appliance.

PropertyDescription
applianceId The ID of the search appliance, required to identify the node during node operations.
federationNetworkIP The private tunnel IP address (virtual address) for the node. This address must be an RFC 1918 address. Note: A federation works best when the IP addresses of the nodes are numerically near, such as 10.1.1.1, 10.1.1.2, 10.1.1.3, and so on. The search appliance disallows a federation for nodes that are not in the same /16 subnet. This is a problem only if there are more than 65534 nodes in a federation network. Federation nodes communicate on TCP port 10999.
hostname The host name of the search appliance.
nodeType The type of search appliance. Possible values:
PRIMARY: The node merges results from other nodes.
SECONDARY: The node serves results to the other nodes.
PRIMARY_AND_SECONDARY: The node acts as both a primary and secondary node.
scoringBias The scoring bias value for this node. Valid values are integers between -99 and 99. The scoring bias value reflects the weighting to be given to results from this node. A higher value means a higher weighting. The values and their equivalent in the Admin Console are:
Less influence No influence More influence
-99 -80 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 99
secretToken The secret token that you use to establish a connection to this node. This token can be any non-empty string. The remote search appliance needs this token for the connection handshake.

Adding a Federation Node

Add a federation node as follows:

// Create an entry to hold properties to insert
GsaEntry insertEntry = new GsaEntry();
insertEntry.setId(entryUrl);


// In the following example code, add a secondary 
// node with arbitrary values for the various settings.
// Add properties to insertEntry
insertEntry.addGsaContent("entryID", "node_appliance_id");
insertEntry.addGsaContent("nodeType", "SECONDARY");
insertEntry.addGsaContent("federationNetworkIP", "10.0.0.2");
insertEntry.addGsaContent("secretToken", "token");
insertEntry.addGsaContent("hostname", "corp.domain.x.com");
insertEntry.addGsaContent("scoringBias", "20");

// Send the request
myClient.insertEntry("federation", insertEntry);

Retrieving a Node Configuration

Retrieve the configuration information about a federation node as follows:

// Send a request and print the response
GsaEntry myEntry = myClient.getEntry("federation", "applianceId");
String type = myEntry.getGsaContent("nodeType");
System.out.println("Node Type: " + type);
System.out.println("Federation Network IP: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("federationNetworkIP"));
System.out.println("Host Name: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("hostname"));
System.out.println("Secret Token: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("secretToken"));
System.out.println("Scoring Bias: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("scoringBias"));

if (type.equals("SECONDARY")) {
  System.out.println("Remote Front End: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("remoteFrontend"));
  System.out.println("Node Timeout: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("slaveTimeout"));
}

if (type.equals("PRIMARY") || type.equals("PRIMARY_AND_SECONDARY")) {
  System.out.println("Secondary Nodes: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("secondaryNodes"));
}

Retrieving All Node Configurations

Retrieve information on all federation nodes as follows:

// Send the request and print the response
GsaFeed myFeed = myClient.getFeed("federation");

for (GsaEntry gsaEntry : myFeed.getEntries()) {
  // Process each entry
}

Updating a Node Configuration

Update the configuration of a node as follows:

// Create an entry to hold properties to update
GsaEntry updateEntry = new GsaEntry();
updateEntry.setId(entryUrl);


// Add properties to updateEntry
updateEntry.addGsaContent("entryID", "applianceId");
updateEntry.addGsaContent("nodeType", "PRIMARY");
updateEntry.addGsaContent("federationNetworkIP", "10.0.0.3");
updateEntry.addGsaContent("secretToken", "new_secret_token");
updateEntry.addGsaContent("hostname", "new_hostname");
updateEntry.addGsaContent("scoringBias", "20");

// Send the request
myClient.updateEntry("federation", "applianceId", updateEntry);

Deleting a Node

Delete a node as follows:

myClient.deleteEntry("federation", "applianceId");

Administration

The sections that follow describe how to configure Administration features of the Admin Console:

License Information

Retrieve license Information from the search appliance using the licenseInfo entry of the info feed.

Note: You can only license information, but not update or install a new license through this API.

Retrieving License Information

Retrieve license information using the following properties.

PropertyDescription
applianceID Provides the identification value for the Google Search Appliance software. This value is also known as the serial number for the search appliance.
licenseID Provides the unique license identification value.
licenseValidUntil Identifies when the search appliance software license expires.
maxCollections Indicates the maximum number of collections. You can configure collections at the Crawl and Index > Collections page.
maxFrontends Indicates the maximum number of front ends. You can configure front ends at the Serving > Front Ends page.
maxPages Maximum number of content items that you can index with this product. Content items include documents, images, and content from the feeds interface.
Retrieving License Information Example

Retrieve the license Information from a search appliance as follows:

// Send the request and print the response
GsaEntry myEntry = myClient.getEntry("info", "licenseInfo");
System.out.println("Appliance ID: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("applianceID"));
System.out.println("License ID: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("licenseID"));
System.out.println("License Valid Until: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("licenseValidUntil"));
System.out.println("Maximum Front Ends: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("maxFrontends"));
System.out.println("Maximum Pages: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("maxPages"));
System.out.println("Maximum Collections: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("maxCollections"));

Reset Index

Reset the index for a search appliance using the following properties.

Caution: Resetting an index deletes all the documents in the index. Depending on the number of documents to crawl, crawling an index can take many days to complete.

PropertyDescription
resetIndex 1 if index is reset, 0 if index is not reset.
resetStatusCode Status code for resetting index.
resetStatusMessage Status message: ERROR, PROGRESS, READY.

Retrieving Status of a Reset Index

Retrieve the status of a reset index as follows:

// Send the request and print the response
GsaEntry myEntry = myClient.getEntry("command", "resetIndex");
System.out.println("Reset Index: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("resetIndex"));
System.out.println("Reset Status Code: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("resetStatusCode"));
System.out.println("Reset Status Message: " + myEntry.getGsaContent("resetStatusMessage"));

Resetting the Index

Reset the index as follows:

// Create an entry to hold properties to update
GsaEntry updateEntry = new GsaEntry();
    
// Add a property to updateEntry
updateEntry.addGsaContent("resetIndex", "1");
myClient.updateEntry("command", "resetIndex", updateEntry);

Import and Export

Import or export a search appliance configuration using the importExport entry of the config feed.

The following is the common query parameter for all requests.

Parameter Description
password The password of the exported configuration.

Specify importExport entry properties.

Property Description
password The password of the configuration file.
xmlData The content of an exported configuration saved as XML data.

Exporting a Configuration

Export a search appliance configuration by sending an authenticated GET request to the importExport entry of the config feed.

The following importExport entry is returned:

Map<String, String> queries = new HashMap<String, String>();
queries.put("password","12345678");

GsaEntry entry = myClient.queryEntry("config", "importExport");
System.out.println("XML Data: " + entry.getGsaContent("xmlData"));

Importing a Configuration

Import a search appliance configuration sending an authenticated PUT request to the importExport entry of the config feed.

GsaEntry updateEntry = new GsaEntry();
updateEntry.addGsaContent("xmlData", "<config data>");
updateEntry.addGsaContent("password", "12345678");

myClient.updateEntry("config", "importExport", updateEntry);

Shutdown or Reboot

Shut down or reboot the search appliance.

PropertyDescription
command Command sent to the search appliance. The command can be shutdown or reboot.
runningStatus Indicates the search appliance status:
  • shuttingDown: If you sent the shutdown command.
  • rebooting: If you sent the reboot command.
  • running: If the search appliance is operating normally.

Shutting Down or Rebooting

Shut down or reboot the search appliance as follows:

// Create an entry to hold properties to update
GsaEntry updateEntry = new GsaEntry();


// Add a property to updateEntry
updateEntry.addGsaContent("command", "reboot");

myClient.updateEntry("command", "shutdown", updateEntry);