The Mashup API

The Mashup API, also known as the "Access API", provides a public HTTP interface to access the commands defined in Exalead CloudView's Search API configuration.

The Mashup API provides a standardized way to search and retrieve results from heterogeneous sources, called feeds. You can use independent feeds to retrieve different types of information, or nested feeds to enrich results from a previous feed.

You therefore have two APIs for search in your applications, the Search API and the Mashup API. For more information, see Choosing between the Mashup API and the Search API in the Exalead CloudView Mashup Programmer's Guide.