Prepare external documents - Fluid Topics

The external documents connector relies on the use of a control file.

The following example uploads the official website of Fluid Topics with a short description and title. It also gives the external document some metadata attributes.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<controlFile>
  <resources>
    <resource lang="en-US">
      <title>Fluid Topics website</title>
      <originId>fluid-topics-website</originId>
      <originUrl>https://www.fluidtopics.com</originUrl>
      <description>Consolidate your content and connect your customers with the right product knowledge, when and where they need it. Provide relevant, up-to-date, personalized and trusted answers!</description>
      <metas>
        <meta key="content_type">
          <value>Website</value>
        </meta>
        <meta key="product">
          <value>Fluid Topics</value>
        </meta>
      </metas>
    </resource>
  </resources>
</controlFile>

Elements	Required?	Description
`title`	No	The title of the document in the search result. When not provided, the value of `title` is the value of `originUrl`.
`originUrl`	Yes	The URL of the document in the search result.
`originId`	No	When not provided, the value of `originId` is the value of `originUrl`, with `://` and slashes replaced by dashes. If the URL ends with a slash, the slash is also not kept. For example, `https://www.fluidtopics.com/product/content-delivery-platform/` becomes `https-www.fluidtopics.com-product-content-delivery-platform`.
`description`	No	The description of the document in the search result. Fluid Topics indexes the content of the description, which means that it is possible to search for a word in it.
`metas`	No	The metadata of the document.

The previous example produces the following example:

A search result in Fluid Topics. The title of the document is 'Fluid Topics website'. It is next to an HTML5 icon. Below the title and icon, there is a description of the document.

It is possible to add multiple <resource> elements to publish multiple external documents.

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External Documents Connector Reference Guide