README.md

Wikipedia-Search-Engine

Search Engine on Wikipedia dump with support for field queries

Requirements

• Python 2.6 or above
• Python libraries:
  • Porter Stemmer
  • XML Parser
  • NLTK

Index can be generated using:

  ./index.sh  "path_to_wiki_dump"

For Searching:

  python search.py

Sample Query

• Plain query
  
• Field query: "C:Plane B:Bus T:Air"

Term Field Abbreviations: b:Body, t:Title e:External Link, c:Category

You can download a small dump to test run from here.