=RSolr

A Ruby client for Apache Solr. RSolr has been developed to be simple and extendable. It features transparent JRuby DirectSolrConnection support and a simple Hash-in, Hash-out architecture.

== Installation:
  gem sources -a http://gemcutter.org
  sudo gem install rsolr

==Related Resources & Projects
* {Solr}[http://lucene.apache.org/solr/]
* {RSolr Google Group}[http://groups.google.com/group/rsolr]
* {RSolr::Ext}[http://github.com/mwmitchell/rsolr-ext] -- an extension kit for RSolr
* {Sunspot}[http://github.com/outoftime/sunspot] -- an awesome Solr DSL, built with RSolr
* {Blacklight}[http://blacklightopac.org] -- a next generation Library OPAC, built with RSolr
* {solr-ruby}[http://wiki.apache.org/solr/solr-ruby] -- the original Solr Ruby Gem
* {java_bin}[http://github.com/kennyj/java_bin] -- Provides javabin/binary parsing for Ruby

== Simple usage:
  require 'rubygems'
  require 'rsolr'
  solr = RSolr.connect :url=>'http://solrserver.com'
  
  # send a request to /select
  response = rsolr.select :q=>'*:*'
  
  # send a request to a custom request handler; /catalog
  response = rsolr.request '/catalog', :q=>'*:*'
  
  # alternative to above:
  response = rsolr.catalog :q=>'*:*'

== Querying
Use the #select method to send requests to the /select handler:
  response = solr.select({
    :q=>'washington',
    :start=>0,
    :rows=>10
  })

The params sent into the method are sent to Solr as-is. The one exception is if a value is an array. When an array is used, multiple parameters are generated for the Solr query. Example:
  
  solr.select :q=>'roses', :fq=>['red', 'violet']

The above statement generates this Solr query:
  
  ?q=roses&fq=red&fq=violet

Use the #request method for a custom request handler path:
  response = solr.request '/documents', :q=>'test'

A shortcut for the above example:
  response = solr.documents :q=>'test'


== Updating Solr
Updating can be done using native Ruby structures. Hashes are used for single documents and arrays are used for a collection of documents (hashes). These structures get turned into simple XML "messages". Raw XML strings can also be used.

Raw XML via  #update
  solr.update '</commit>'
  solr.update '</optimize>'

Single document via #add
  solr.add :id=>1, :price=>1.00

Multiple documents via #add
  documents = [{:id=>1, :price=>1.00}, {:id=>2, :price=>10.50}]
  solr.add documents

When adding, you can also supply "add" xml element attributes and/or a block for manipulating other "add" related elements (docs and fields) when using the #add method:
  
  doc = {:id=>1, :price=>1.00}
  add_attributes = {:allowDups=>false, :commitWithin=>10.0}
  solr.add(doc, add_attributes) do |doc|
    # boost each document
    doc.attrs[:boost] = 1.5
    # boost the price field:
    doc.field_by_name(:price).attrs[:boost] = 2.0
  end

Delete by id
  solr.delete_by_id 1
or an array of ids
  solr.delete_by_id [1, 2, 3, 4]

Delete by query:
  solr.delete_by_query 'price:1.00'
Delete by array of queries
  solr.delete_by_query ['price:1.00', 'price:10.00']

Commit & optimize shortcuts
  solr.commit
  solr.optimize

== Response Formats
The default response format is Ruby. When the :wt param is set to :ruby, the response is eval'd resulting in a Hash. You can get a raw response by setting the :wt to "ruby" - notice, the string -- not a symbol. RSolr will eval the Ruby string ONLY if the :wt value is :ruby. All other response formats are available as expected, :wt=>'xml' etc..

===Evaluated Ruby (default)
  solr.select(:wt=>:ruby) # notice :ruby is a Symbol
===Raw Ruby
  solr.select(:wt=>'ruby') # notice 'ruby' is a String

===XML:
  solr.select(:wt=>:xml)
===JSON:
  solr.select(:wt=>:json)

You can access the original request context (path, params, url etc.) by calling the #raw method:
  response = solr.select :q=>'*:*'
  response.raw[:status_code]
  response.raw[:body]
  response.raw[:url]

The raw is a hash that contains the generated params, url, path, post data, headers etc., very useful for debugging and testing.