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Tuesday 23 July 2013

RESTful Java Web Service For Solr


You have your Solr server set-up, now what?  You want people to be able to perform queries and have some control over what can be input, well you need a Java Web Service!  This is a short guide on how to create your Java Web Service which may not be tailored to your particular needs but you can tweak it as you please.

Set-Up

To set up the Java Web Service you will need:
  • Netbeans 7 with GlassFish
  • Solr Set-up and Running


Steps Involved

Project Set-Up

  • Start Netbeans and Go to FileNew ProjectJava WebWeb Applications and then hit Next.
  • Give your project a name and then hit Next
  • Ensure that Glassfish is the selected server and hit Finish

HelloResource.java

  • Right click the Default Package and create a new Java Class and call it HelloResource.java
  • Enter the following code:

    import java.net.URL;
    import javax.ws.rs.GET;
    import javax.ws.rs.Path;
    import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
    import javax.ws.rs.QueryParam;
    import java.io.BufferedReader;
    import java.io.InputStreamReader;
    import java.net.URLConnection;
     
    /**
     *
     * @author alamil
     */
     
    //Looks for hello in the pathname
    @Path("hello")
    public class HelloResource {
     
        /**
         *
         * @param arg
         * @param rows
         * @return
         */
        @GET
        @Path("/query")     //Looks for /query in the pathname
        @Produces("text/xml")       //Returns xml
        public String hello(@QueryParam("q") String arg, @QueryParam("rows") String rows, @QueryParam("filter") String filter){
     
            //Variables
            String xmldoc = "";
            String inputLine;
     
            //If the user has not selected a number of rows to display then 50 is set to defualt
            if (rows == null) 
                rows = "50";
     
            //If the user has not selected fields to filter on then it uses the default
            if (filter == null)
                filter = "id,title";
     
            try{
     
                //Trys to connect to the Solr Server with the query
                URL solr = new URL("http://localhost:8080/solr/select?q=url:(" + arg.replaceAll(" ","%20") 
                        + ")^25%20text:(" + arg.replaceAll(" ","%20") + ")&fl=" + filter + "&rows=" + rows);
     
                URLConnection yc = solr.openConnection();
     
                //Reads the returned xml file from the server
                BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(yc.getInputStream()));
     
                while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null){ 
                        xmldoc = xmldoc + inputLine;
                }
     
                //Close the file
                in.close();
     
                //Return the xml document (Replacing the %20's with spaces)
                return xmldoc.replaceAll("%20", " ");
            }catch (Exception e){
                    return "Exception";
            }
        }
    }

RESTConfig.java

  • Right click the Default Package and create a new Java Class and call it RESTConfig.java
  • Enter the following code:

    import javax.ws.rs.core.Application;
    import javax.ws.rs.ApplicationPath;
    /**
     *
     * @author alamil
     */
    @ApplicationPath("SearchInt")
    public class RESTConfig extends Application {
     
    }

Testing

  • Go to RunRun Project and your server should start
  • A browser window will open to the index.html page that is there which you can tweak and edit to your own liking
  • Start your solr server
  • In your browser, Navigate to:
    localhost:8080/HelloRest/SearchInt/hello/query?q=[query term]&filter=[filter term]&rows=[rows]
  • The input parameters set up are:
    1. q=… : representing the keywords in the query
    2. rows=… : representing the number of rows you wish to have returned
    3. filter=… :representing which fields are displayed to the user
Your server and Solr server may be running from the same port which can cause problems

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