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Bug 351493

Summary:	REST search differs from website search
Product:	[Technology] MPC	Reporter:	Mohsen Vakilian <reprogrammer>
Component:	Install	Assignee:	Nathan Gervais <nathan>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	b.muskalla, ian.skerrett, krabatz, nchen, reckord, reprogrammer, snegara2
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
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Description Mohsen Vakilian

2011-07-07 17:29:02 EDT

Build Identifier: 20110615-0604

We've set up an update site for our plug-in called codingspectator (codingspectator.cs.illinois.edu) and we've added it to Eclipse Marketplace to make it even easier to install our plug-in (See marketplace.eclipse.org/content/codingspectator/). But, we are unable to find codingspectator in the listings at "Help -> Eclipse Marketplace..." on Eclipse Helios SR2 and Indigo. When we search for "CodingSpectator", we get no matches. But, when we click on "Browse for more solutions.". We find CodingSpectator on the resulting page and we're able to install it from there.

Others have reported similar problems with the Marketplace client. See <http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/mv/msg/214994/687559/#msg_687559> and <http://stackoverflow.com/q/6438713/130224>.

Why doesn't the Eclipse Marketplace client find codingspectator directly at "Help -> Eclipse Marketplace..."?

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to Help > Eclipse Marketplace...
2. Enter CodingSpectator in the "Find" search field.
3. Hit the "Go" button.
4. The Marketplace client won't find any matches for CodingSpectator. But, will present a link with title "0 matches. Browse for more solutions.". If you click on the link, Eclipse will open the page of CodingSpectator on Eclipse Marketplace.

Comment 1 Benjamin Muskalla

2011-07-09 10:21:47 EDT

The problem is that the search on the website and the API search differ pretty heavily.

Searching for CodeInspector leads to 0 results if done with the REST API http://marketplace.eclipse.org/api/p/search/apachesolr_search/codingspectator

As this is a server-side problem, I'm pushing this over to you Nathan.

Comment 2 Benjamin Muskalla

2011-08-18 17:20:33 EDT

*** Bug 355167 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Carsten Reckord

2014-11-26 08:15:25 EST

I don't think this is true anymore. Aside from MPC generally not showing certain entries (e.g. only member companies and open-source tools are shown in MPC), the search looks consistent to me now.