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pysolr
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``pysolr`` is a lightweight Python wrapper for `Apache Solr`_. It provides an
interface that queries the server and returns results based on the query.

.. _`Apache Solr`: http://lucene.apache.org/solr/


Status
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.. image:: https://secure.travis-ci.org/django-haystack/pysolr.png
   :target: https://secure.travis-ci.org/django-haystack/pysolr

`Changelog <https://github.com/django-haystack/pysolr/blob/master/CHANGELOG.rst>`_

Features
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* Basic operations such as selecting, updating & deleting.
* Index optimization.
* `"More Like This" <http://wiki.apache.org/solr/MoreLikeThis>`_ support (if set up in Solr).
* `Spelling correction <http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SpellCheckComponent>`_ (if set up in Solr).
* Timeout support.
* SolrCloud awareness

Requirements
============

* Python 2.7 - 3.5
* Requests 2.0+
* **Optional** - ``simplejson``
* **Optional** - ``kazoo`` for SolrCloud mode

Installation
============

``sudo python setup.py install`` or drop the ``pysolr.py`` file anywhere on your
PYTHONPATH.


Usage
=====

Basic usage looks like:

.. code-block:: python

    # If on Python 2.X
    from __future__ import print_function
    import pysolr

    # Setup a Solr instance. The timeout is optional.
    solr = pysolr.Solr('http://localhost:8983/solr/', timeout=10)

    # How you'd index data.
    solr.add([
        {
            "id": "doc_1",
            "title": "A test document",
        },
        {
            "id": "doc_2",
            "title": "The Banana: Tasty or Dangerous?",
        },
    ])
    
    # Note that the add method has commit=True by default, so this is 
    # immediately committed to your index.

    # Later, searching is easy. In the simple case, just a plain Lucene-style
    # query is fine.
    results = solr.search('bananas')

    # The ``Results`` object stores total results found, by default the top
    # ten most relevant results and any additional data like
    # facets/highlighting/spelling/etc.
    print("Saw {0} result(s).".format(len(results)))

    # Just loop over it to access the results.
    for result in results:
        print("The title is '{0}'.".format(result['title']))

    # For a more advanced query, say involving highlighting, you can pass
    # additional options to Solr.
    results = solr.search('bananas', **{
        'hl': 'true',
        'hl.fragsize': 10,
    })

    # You can also perform More Like This searches, if your Solr is configured
    # correctly.
    similar = solr.more_like_this(q='id:doc_2', mltfl='text')

    # Finally, you can delete either individual documents...
    solr.delete(id='doc_1')

    # ...or all documents.
    solr.delete(q='*:*')

.. code-block:: python

    # For SolrCloud mode, initialize your Solr like this:

    zookeeper = pysolr.ZooKeeper("zkhost1:2181,zkhost2:2181,zkhost3:2181")
    solr = pysolr.SolrCloud(zookeeper, "collection1")


Multicore Index
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Simply point the URL to the index core:

.. code-block:: python

    # Setup a Solr instance. The timeout is optional.
    solr = pysolr.Solr('http://localhost:8983/solr/core_0/', timeout=10)


Custom Request Handlers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. code-block:: python

    # Setup a Solr instance. The trailing slash is optional.
    solr = pysolr.Solr('http://localhost:8983/solr/core_0/', search_handler='/autocomplete', use_qt_param=False)


If ``use_qt_param`` is ``True`` it is essential that the name of the handler is exactly what is configured
in ``solrconfig.xml``, including the leading slash if any (though with the ``qt`` parameter a leading slash is not
a requirement by SOLR). If ``use_qt_param`` is ``False`` (default), the leading and trailing slashes can be
omitted.

If ``search_handler`` is not specified, pysolr will default to ``/select``.

The handlers for MoreLikeThis, Update, Terms etc. all default to the values set in the ``solrconfig.xml`` SOLR ships
with: ``mlt``, ``update``, ``terms`` etc. The specific methods of pysolr's ``Solr`` class (like ``more_like_this``,
``suggest_terms`` etc.) allow for a kwarg ``handler`` to override that value. This includes the ``search`` method.
Setting a handler in ``search`` explicitly overrides the ``search_handler`` setting (if any).


LICENSE
=======

``pysolr`` is licensed under the New BSD license.

Running Tests
=============

The ``run-tests.py`` script will automatically perform the steps below and is recommended for testing by
default unless you need more control.

Running a test Solr instance
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Downloading, configuring and running Solr 4 looks like this::

    ./start-solr-test-server.sh

Running the tests
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The test suite requires the unittest2 library:

Python 2::

    python -m unittest2 tests

Python 3::

    python3 -m unittest tests

