namespace :best_bets do desc 'Update the BestBets SOLR index from best_bets.yml' task :update_index => :environment do require 'rsolr' best_bets_yaml = File.join Rails.root, "/config/best_bets.yml" best_bets = YAML.load_file(best_bets_yaml)['best_bets'] solr = RSolr.connect :url => QuickSearch::Engine::APP_CONFIG['best_bets']['solr_url'] solr.delete_by_query('*:*') records = [] best_bets.each do |id, value| record = { :id => id, :title => value['title'], :url => value['url'], :description => value['description'], :keywords => value['keywords'] } records << record end solr.add(records) solr.commit end end