Xapian discuss - Apr 2024 - Is there a front-end for using xapian-omega rather than the terminal? Could a Xapian database be accessed from web-browsers?

Hello friends, I have installed xapian-omega for my system installed
from Official Debian GNU/Linux Live 11.6.0 lxde 2022-12-17T11:46, It
is an old edition but I am okay with it,
I tasted the power of xapian while using recoll. I read that xapian is
a powerful database building package for character strings, and
indexes a directory of files really well.
I want to use xapian-omega as a customisable web interface for
searching Xapian databases.
My need is to create a list, like the text and phrase index at the end
of books with position within the docs.
Question: whether there is a front-end for using xapian-omega rather
than the terminal? I guessed that since xapian-omega provides a
customisable web interface, could the database be accessed from
web-browsers like Mozilla Firefox?

Version: Recoll 1.28.5 + Xapian 1.4.18
packages installed:
apache2 (2.4.56-1~deb11u2)
apache2-bin (2.4.56-1~deb11u2)
apache2-data (2.4.56-1~deb11u2)
apache2-utils (2.4.56-1~deb11u2)
libapr1 (1.7.0-6+deb11u2)
libaprutil1 (1.6.1-5+deb11u1)
libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 (1.6.1-5+deb11u1)
libaprutil1-ldap (1.6.1-5+deb11u1)
liblua5.3-0 (5.3.3-1.1+deb11u1)
xapian-omega (1.4.18-2)

Best wishes,
Rajib B
A dedicated debian and Knoppix user

On Wed, Apr 17, 2024 at 09:07:27AM +0530, Susmita/Rajib
wrote:
> I want to use xapian-omega as a customisable web interface for
> searching Xapian databases.
> My need is to create a list, like the text and phrase index at the end
> of books with position within the docs.
> Question: whether there is a front-end for using xapian-omega rather
> than the terminal? I guessed that since xapian-omega provides a
> customisable web interface, could the database be accessed from
> web-browsers like Mozilla Firefox?
Yes - it's in the xapian-omega package you already have installed:

/usr/lib/cgi-bin/omega/omega

You may need to configure apache to tell it to use this for a URL on
your site.

Cheers,
    Olly