DataparkSearch Engine 4.26 reference manual: The Web searching software
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# Using `libdpsearch` library

The `libdpsearch` is available for using it in third party applications. You can easily add search into your own application using library and include files installed in `/lib` and `/include` DataparkSearch directories. Each application which uses `libdpsearch` must have `dpsearch.h` header file included.

## `dps-config` script

When compiled with one of supported SQL back-end, `libdpsearch` requires some dependent libraries, for example `libmysqlclient`. You can find `dps-config` script in `/bin` directory of DataparkSearch installation. This script helps to take in account required dependencies. `dps-config` script can take several options in it's command line. By default `dps-config` outputs all available options:

    Usage: ./dps-config [OPTIONS]
    Options:
            [--version]
            [--libs]
            [--cflags]

When executed with `--libs` command line option `dps-config` outputs all required to `libdpsearch` linker flags, for example:

    # ./dps-config --libs
    -lm -L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient \
    -L/usr/local/dpsearch/lib -ldpsearch

So you may insert `dps-config` `--libs` into CC compiler command line:

    cc myprog.c -o myprog `dps-config --libs`

## DataparkSearch API

There is no detailed description of DataparkSearch API yet. This is because API is currently under rapid development and may have major changes from version to version. You may use `search.c` as an example of application which uses `libdpsearch` library.

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