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Co-authored-by: Alexander Zarei <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Alexander Zarei <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Chris <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <[email protected]>
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// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
#pragma warning disable CS0618 // ITextSearch is obsolete - Sample demonstrates legacy interface usage
using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Data;
using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Plugins.Web.Bing;
using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Plugins.Web.Google;
namespace GettingStartedWithTextSearch;
/// <summary>
/// This example shows how to create and use a <see cref="ITextSearch"/>.
/// </summary>
public class Step1_Web_Search(ITestOutputHelper output) : BaseTest(output)
{
/// <summary>
/// Show how to create a <see cref="BingTextSearch"/> and use it to perform a search.
/// </summary>
[Fact]
public async Task BingSearchAsync()
{
// Create an ITextSearch instance using Bing search
var textSearch = new BingTextSearch(apiKey: TestConfiguration.Bing.ApiKey);
var query = "What is the Semantic Kernel?";
// Search and return results
KernelSearchResults<string> searchResults = await textSearch.SearchAsync(query, new TextSearchOptions { Top = 4 });
await foreach (string result in searchResults.Results)
{
Console.WriteLine(result);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Show how to create a <see cref="GoogleTextSearch"/> and use it to perform a search.
/// </summary>
[Fact]
public async Task GoogleSearchAsync()
{
// Create an ITextSearch instance using Google search
var textSearch = new GoogleTextSearch(
searchEngineId: TestConfiguration.Google.SearchEngineId,
apiKey: TestConfiguration.Google.ApiKey);
var query = "What is the Semantic Kernel?";
// Search and return results
KernelSearchResults<string> searchResults = await textSearch.SearchAsync(query, new TextSearchOptions { Top = 4 });
await foreach (string result in searchResults.Results)
{
Console.WriteLine(result);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Show how to use <see cref="BingTextSearch"/> with the new generic <see cref="ITextSearch{TRecord}"/>
/// interface and LINQ filtering for type-safe searches.
/// </summary>
[Fact]
public async Task BingSearchWithLinqFilteringAsync()
{
#pragma warning disable CA1859 // Use concrete types when possible for improved performance - Sample intentionally demonstrates interface usage
// Create an ITextSearch<BingWebPage> instance for type-safe LINQ filtering
ITextSearch<BingWebPage> textSearch = new BingTextSearch(apiKey: TestConfiguration.Bing.ApiKey);
#pragma warning restore CA1859
var query = "What is the Semantic Kernel?";
// Use LINQ filtering for type-safe search with compile-time validation
var options = new TextSearchOptions<BingWebPage>
{
Top = 4,
Filter = page => page.Language == "en" && page.IsFamilyFriendly == true
};
// Search and return strongly-typed results
Console.WriteLine("\n--- Bing Search with LINQ Filtering ---\n");
KernelSearchResults<BingWebPage> searchResults = await textSearch.GetSearchResultsAsync(query, options);
await foreach (BingWebPage page in searchResults.Results)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Name: {page.Name}");
Console.WriteLine($"Snippet: {page.Snippet}");
Console.WriteLine($"Url: {page.Url}");
Console.WriteLine($"Language: {page.Language}");
Console.WriteLine($"Family Friendly: {page.IsFamilyFriendly}");
Console.WriteLine("---");
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Show how to use <see cref="GoogleTextSearch"/> with the new generic <see cref="ITextSearch{TRecord}"/>
/// interface and LINQ filtering for type-safe searches.
/// </summary>
[Fact]
public async Task GoogleSearchWithLinqFilteringAsync()
{
#pragma warning disable CA1859 // Use concrete types when possible for improved performance - Sample intentionally demonstrates interface usage
// Create an ITextSearch<GoogleWebPage> instance for type-safe LINQ filtering
ITextSearch<GoogleWebPage> textSearch = new GoogleTextSearch(
searchEngineId: TestConfiguration.Google.SearchEngineId,
apiKey: TestConfiguration.Google.ApiKey);
#pragma warning restore CA1859
var query = "What is the Semantic Kernel?";
// Use LINQ filtering for type-safe search with compile-time validation
var options = new TextSearchOptions<GoogleWebPage>
{
Top = 4,
Filter = page => page.Title != null && page.Title.Contains("Semantic") && page.DisplayLink != null && page.DisplayLink.EndsWith(".com")
};
// Search and return strongly-typed results
Console.WriteLine("\n--- Google Search with LINQ Filtering ---\n");
KernelSearchResults<GoogleWebPage> searchResults = await textSearch.GetSearchResultsAsync(query, options);
await foreach (GoogleWebPage page in searchResults.Results)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Title: {page.Title}");
Console.WriteLine($"Snippet: {page.Snippet}");
Console.WriteLine($"Link: {page.Link}");
Console.WriteLine($"Display Link: {page.DisplayLink}");
Console.WriteLine("---");
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Show how to create a <see cref="BingTextSearch"/> and use it to perform a search
/// and return results as a collection of <see cref="BingWebPage"/> instances.
/// </summary>
[Fact]
public async Task SearchForWebPagesAsync()
{
// Create an ITextSearch instance
ITextSearch textSearch = this.UseBingSearch ?
new BingTextSearch(
apiKey: TestConfiguration.Bing.ApiKey) :
new GoogleTextSearch(
searchEngineId: TestConfiguration.Google.SearchEngineId,
apiKey: TestConfiguration.Google.ApiKey);
var query = "What is the Semantic Kernel?";
// Search and return results using the implementation specific data model
KernelSearchResults<object> objectResults = await textSearch.GetSearchResultsAsync(query, new() { Top = 4 });
if (this.UseBingSearch)
{
Console.WriteLine("\n--- Bing Web Page Results ---\n");
await foreach (BingWebPage webPage in objectResults.Results)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Name: {webPage.Name}");
Console.WriteLine($"Snippet: {webPage.Snippet}");
Console.WriteLine($"Url: {webPage.Url}");
Console.WriteLine($"DisplayUrl: {webPage.DisplayUrl}");
Console.WriteLine($"DateLastCrawled: {webPage.DateLastCrawled}");
}
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("\n--- Google Web Page Results ---\n");
await foreach (Google.Apis.CustomSearchAPI.v1.Data.Result result in objectResults.Results)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Title: {result.Title}");
Console.WriteLine($"Snippet: {result.Snippet}");
Console.WriteLine($"Link: {result.Link}");
Console.WriteLine($"DisplayLink: {result.DisplayLink}");
Console.WriteLine($"Kind: {result.Kind}");
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Show how to create a <see cref="BingTextSearch"/> and use it to perform a search
/// and return results as a collection of <see cref="TextSearchResult"/> instances.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// Having a normalized format for search results is useful when you want to process the results
/// for different search services in a consistent way.
/// </remarks>
[Fact]
public async Task SearchForTextSearchResultsAsync()
{
// Create an ITextSearch instance
ITextSearch textSearch = this.UseBingSearch ?
new BingTextSearch(
apiKey: TestConfiguration.Bing.ApiKey) :
new GoogleTextSearch(
searchEngineId: TestConfiguration.Google.SearchEngineId,
apiKey: TestConfiguration.Google.ApiKey);
var query = "What is the Semantic Kernel?";
// Search and return results as TextSearchResult items
KernelSearchResults<TextSearchResult> textResults = await textSearch.GetTextSearchResultsAsync(query, new() { Top = 4 });
Console.WriteLine("\n--- Text Search Results ---\n");
await foreach (TextSearchResult result in textResults.Results)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Name: {result.Name}");
Console.WriteLine($"Value: {result.Value}");
Console.WriteLine($"Link: {result.Link}");
}
}
}