Solr 5 introduced a lot of changes to the world of the API’s and functionalities around Solr. JSON API and facets were the one that were moved from HeliosSearch project and resulted in users being able to send queries using JSON, which is a bit more human friendly compared to long queries constructed as URI. In this post we will introduce you to the world on JSON request API in Solr.
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Solr 4.2: Index structure reading API
With the release of Solr 4.2 we’ve got the possibility to use the HTTP protocol to get information about Solr index structure. Of course, if one wanted to do that prior to Solr 4.2 it could be achieved by fetching the schema.xml file, parsing it and then getting the needed information. However when Solr 4.2 was released we’ve got a dedicated API which can return the information we need without the need of parsing the whole schema.xml file.