solr-ruby exposes the power of Solr as a Ruby DSL (domain specific language).

Visit the solr-ruby wiki for more information: http://wiki.apache.org/solr/solr-ruby

USAGE

First launch Solr:

cd solr

java -jar start.jar

In a separate shell, launch {{{irb -Ilib}}}:

require 'solr' # load the library

include Solr # Allow Solr:: to be omitted from class/module references

# connect to the solr instance

conn = Connection.new('http://localhost:8983/solr', :autocommit => :on)

# add a document to the index

conn.add(:id => 123, :title_text => 'Lucene in Action')

# update the document

conn.update(:id => 123, :title_text => 'Solr in Action')

# print out the first hit in a query for 'action'

response = conn.query('action')

print response.hits[0]

# iterate through all the hits for 'action'

conn.query('action') do |hit|

puts hit.inspect

end

# delete document by id

conn.delete(123)

INSTALLATION

First run the tests:

rake

then build the gem:

rake package

and install the versioned gem:

gem install pkg/solr-x.x.x.gem

LICENSE

This package is licensed using the Apache Software License 2.0.

<http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>