Hi omr, Thanks for pointing these out. We found a problem with the filter parameter, and will be working on getting it fixed. I don't have an ETA, but it shouldn't take too long. If other people are relying on this parameter, please let us know, so we can better prioritize (Right now, I believe that it's little used).
Regarding your comment about totalResults, you're correct about its inaccuracies (the old Web Search API also has this problem), and you make a great point about documentation. Watch for a docs update coming soon to clarify. Cheers, Adam On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 1:37 PM, omr <[email protected]> wrote: > (Pardon my posting here in the forum instead of the issue-tracker.) > > In the Custom Search forum, another user of the JSON/Atom CS API has > reported two issues: > > (1) The user observed that the documented filter parameter > ("filter=0") has no apparent effect on results returned from this API > (the result set will be the same regardless of whether the filter > parameter value is 0, 1 or unspecified). > > (I realize that the API is in Labs, but the current documentation > indicates that the filter parameter should have the intended effect.) > > (2) The user encountered another issue that is actually well-known, > but not yet mentioned in that API's documentation: that the > (estimated) "totalResults" value is often far from accurate. > > (IIUC that issue has long been familiar to users of the XML API. > Since 2007, the XML API documentation has at least acknowledged that > the estimated total result count "...may not be accurate." > Suggestion: could the same caveat be added to the JSON/Atom API docs?) > > Here's the original thread: > > > http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/customsearch/thread?tid=098b113c18a5730d > > -- omr > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google AJAX APIs" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en.
