In this article you’ll find:
Goal
This article provides information on how to configure the connector for a Kentico project.
Prerequisite
Installed Kentico connector - Kentico: Installing the connector
Steps to configure Kentico connector
From the application selector side menu (F2 or button top left) choose the Settings application.
Go to Integration / Hawksearch where you’ll find the settings for the connector.
Search settings
Client Guid / Tracking Key - The client guid / tracking key for your Hawksearch instance. You can find this in your Hawksearch user profile at e.g. https://dev.hawksearch.net/admin/contact.aspx in the Setup Info category.
Base search API Url - This is the base Hawksearch search API Url, e.g. https://searchapi-dev.hawksearch.net
Tracking Url - This is the Hawksearch tracking Url, e.g. https://tracking-dev.hawksearch.net/api/trackevent/Indexing settings
Indexing settings
Indexing enabled - Is the indexing functionality enabled.
Delta indexing enabled - Is delta indexing enabled. Delta indexing means that whenever you insert / update / delete an object that has a corresponding Field Mapping defined, the connector automatically sends the updated information to Hawksearch.
Indexing type - Here you can choose between the 2 indexing options - File Export and Web Api. The File Export option generates text files which need to be submitted to Hawksearch while the Web Api option sends API requests to Hawksearch with the necessary information.
API Key - The API key for your Hawksearch instance. You can find this in your Hawksearch user profile at e.g. https://dev.hawksearch.net/admin/contact.aspx in the Setup Info category.
Base dashboard API Url - This is the base Hawksearch dashboard API Url, e.g. https://dev.hawksearch.net/api/v9