Yeah you don't need Java to use Solr. PHP, Curl, Python, HTTP Request APIs all work fine.
The purpose of Solr is to wrap Lucene into a REST-like API that anyone can call using HTTP. On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Otis Gospodnetic <otis_gospodne...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Short answer: Yes, you can deploy a Solr cluster and write an application that > talks to it without writing any Java (but it may be PHP or Python or.... > unless > that application is you typing telnet my-solr-server 8983 ....) > > Otis > ---- > Sematext :: http://sematext.com/ :: Solr - Lucene - Nutch > Lucene ecosystem search :: http://search-lucene.com/ > > > > ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Jack Repenning <jrepenn...@collab.net> >> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org >> Sent: Thu, May 5, 2011 6:28:31 PM >> Subject: Testing the limits of non-Java Solr >> >> What's the probability that I can build a non-trivial Solr app without >> writing >>any Java? >> >> I've been planning to use Solr, Lucene, and existing plug-ins, and sort of >>hoping not to write any Java (the app itself is Ruby / Rails). The dox (such >>as >>http://wiki.apache.org/solr/FAQ) seem encouraging. [I *can* write Java, but >>my >>planning's all been "no Java."] >> >> I'm just beginning the design work in earnest, and I suddenly notice that it >>seems every mail thread, blog, or example starts out Java-free, but somehow >>ends up involving Java code. I'm not sure I yet understand all these >>snippets; >>conceivably some of the Java I see could just as easily be written in another >>language, but it makes me wonder. Is it realistic to plan a sizable Solr >>application without some Java programming? >> >> I know, I know, I know: everything depends on the details. I'd be interested >>even in anecdotes: has anyone ever achieved this before? Also, what are the >>clues I should look for that I need to step into the Java realm? I >>understand, >>for example, that it's possible to write filters and tokenizers to do stuff >>not >>available in any standard one; in this case, the clue would be "I can't find >>what I want in the standard list," I guess. Are there other things I should >>look for? >> >> -==- >> Jack Repenning >> Technologist >> Codesion Business Unit >> CollabNet, Inc. >> 8000 Marina Boulevard, Suite 600 >> Brisbane, California 94005 >> office: +1 650.228.2562 >> twitter: http://twitter.com/jrep >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >
