ATG 10.1.2, Endeca guided search: Implementing search field

Question

My team is working on implementing an application with ATG Commerce 10.1.2 and Endeca Guided Search 3.1.1, but no Endeca Experience Manager.
We understand that in a keyword search HTTP request that gets sent from ATG to Endeca, the following URI parameters must be present:
Ntt = Search keywords
Ntx = Match mode
Ntk = The search interface
Is there an ATG OOTB (out-of-the-box) component or mechanism for generating keyword search requests to Endeca guided search?
Or do we need to build the URI for the request from ATG to Endeca guided search with custom code?
Thanks!
-Jon

Answer 1

If you would have been using the experience manager then you could have created/used cartidge for search box and inserted in your pages as below to show search textbox. here (/content/Shared/Global Search Configuration/Search Box) is path where Search Box cartidge is located in experience manager (you can refer CRS10.1.2 for it)
<dsp:droplet name="InvokeAssembler">
<dsp:param name="contentCollection"
value="/content/Shared/Global Search Configuration/Search Box"/>
<dsp:oparam name="output">
<dsp:getvalueof var="searchBox"
vartype="com.endeca.infront.assembler.ContentItem"
param="contentItem" />
<dsp:renderContentItem contentItem="${searchBox}" />
</dsp:oparam>
</dsp:droplet>
but now since you are not using the experience manager and cartidges you would need to have something below like code to show text search box to query endeca
<dsp:page>
<dsp:importbean bean="/OriginatingRequest" var="originatingRequest"/>
<dsp:importbean bean="/atg/multisite/Site" var="currentSite"/>
<dsp:importbean bean="/atg/endeca/assembler/SearchFormHandler"/>
<dsp:getvalueof var="contextPath" vartype="java.lang.String" value="${originatingRequest.contextPath}"/>
<dsp:form action="${contextPath}/browse" id="searchForm" >
<input type="hidden" name="Nty" value="${Nty}"/>
<input name="Ntt" value="${searchText}" type="text" />
<dsp:input type="hidden" value="${currentSite.id}" bean="SearchFormHandler.siteIds"/>
<dsp:input type="submit" bean="SearchFormHandler.search" value="submit" />
</dsp:form>
</dsp:page>