mod_cache might help, assuming that performance gets better as your query string grows.
--Doug On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Ethan Gruber <ewg4x...@gmail.com> wrote: > It doesn't seem very efficient. It is taking me at least 30 seconds to load > a page of 'a*' in http://id.loc.gov/authorities/search/ > > On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Houghton,Andrew <hough...@oclc.org> wrote: > >> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of >> > Winona Salesky >> > Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 11:00 AM >> > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU >> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Auto-suggest and the id.loc.gov LCSH web >> > service >> > >> > Quoting Ethan Gruber <ewg4x...@gmail.com>: >> > >> > > I have a need to integrate the LCSH terms into a web form that uses >> > > auto-suggest to control the vocabulary. Is this technically possible >> > with >> > > the id.loc.gov service? >> >> Why can't you just add a "*" to the end of the data in your search form >> and send the request to the id.loc.gov search, per: >> >> <http://id.loc.gov/authorities/techcenter/searching.html> >> >> then parse the response? >> >> >> Andy. >> >
