README.md

CustomSiteSearch with google cse

Introduction

CustomSiteSearch is a drop in custom site search javascript for your website. It uses Google cse so the results you will receive is google results. see example here: https://customsitesearch.azurewebsites.net

Prerequisite

1. A Custom search engine from Google
2. Create a API projekt
3. Enable Custom Search API
4. Create Credentials create an API Key of type browser key

Usage

Add the the css file to your page

<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/customsitesearch.css">

If you wan't to use the animated version you need to add Daniel Edens animate.css

<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/animate.css">

Add the following before your </body> tag

<script src="customesitesearch.js"></script>
<script>
    customSiteSearch.init({
    apiKey: 'AIzaSyAGo4_uNuY5GO0dQrOotb4y_WbRtIMpLqQ', //Required
    searchEngineId:'009217477393466868233:i5scrqug9fy', //Required
	button: 'open-css', //optional
	placeholder: 'Search site', //optional
	background: '#f6f6f6;', //optional
	backgroundOpacity: '100', //optional
	animate: { open: 'slideInDown', close: 'slideOutUp' } //Optional butRequires animate.css https://github.com/daneden/animate.css
    });
</script>

Then you create a element with the id of open-css or an existing element and insert the id in the button property in settings object.

Or if you wan't you can just call customSiteSearch.open(); wherever you wan't.

TODO

1. Fix the formatting on the search results.
2. Fix paging of results