SearchServer2008Express Search Webservice

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Published on Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:44:56 GMT Indexed on 2012/07/10 15:17 UTC
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I was working on calling the Search Server 2008 Express search webservice from Powershell.  I kept getting

 <ResponsePacket xmlns="urn:Microsoft.Search.Response"><Response domain=""><Status>ERROR_NO_RESPONSE</Status><DebugErrorMessage>The search request was unable to connect to the Search Service.</DebugErrorMessage></Response></ResponsePacket>

I checked the user authorization, the webservice search status, even the WSDL.  

Turns out the URL for the SearchServer2008 search webservice was incorrect.  I was calling 

$URI= "http://ss2008/_vti_bin/spsearch.asmx?WSDL"

and it should have been

$URI= "http://ss2008/_vti_bin/search.asmx?WSDL"

Here is my sample powershell script:

# WSS Documentation http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb862916.aspx

$error.clear()

#Bad SearchServer2008Express Search URL 

$URI= "http://ss2008/_vti_bin/spsearch.asmx?WSDL"

#Good SearchServer2008Express Search URL 

$URI= "http://ss2008/_vti_bin/search.asmx?WSDL"

$search = New-WebServiceProxy -uri $URI -namespace WSS -class Search -UseDefaultCredential 

$queryXml = "<QueryPacket Revision='1000'>

  <Query >

    <SupportedFormats>

      <Format revision='1'>urn:Microsoft.Search.Response.Document.Document</Format>

    </SupportedFormats>

    <Context>

      <QueryText language='en-US' type='MSSQLFT'>SELECT Title, Path, Description, Write, Rank, Size FROM Scope() WHERE CONTAINS('Microsoft')</QueryText>

      <!--<QueryText language='en-US' type='TEXT'>Microsoft</QueryText> -->

    </Context>

  </Query>

</QueryPacket>"

 

$statusResponse = $search.Status()

write-host '$statusResponse:'  $statusResponse

 

$GetPortalSearchInfo = $search.GetPortalSearchInfo()

write-host '$GetPortalSearchInfo:'  $GetPortalSearchInfo

 

$queryResult = $search.Query($queryXml)

write-host '$queryResult:'  $queryResult

 

 

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