Solr includes an output format specifically for Python, but JSON output is a little more robust.
Simple Python
Making a query is a simple matter. First, tell Python you will need to make HTTP connections.
from urllib2 import *Now open a connection to the server and get a response. The wt query parameter tells Solr to return results in a format that Python can understand.
connection = urlopen('http://localhost:8983/solr/collection_name/select?q=cheese&wt=python')
response = eval(connection.read())Now interpreting the response is just a matter of pulling out the information that you need.
print response['response']['numFound'], "documents found."
# Print the name of each document.
for document in response['response']['docs']:
print " Name =", document['name']Python with JSON
JSON is a more robust response format, but you will need to add a Python package in order to use it. At a command line, install the simplejson package like this:
sudo easy_install simplejsonOnce that is done, making a query is nearly the same as before. However, notice that the wt query parameter is now json (which is also the default if not wt parameter is specified), and the response is now digested by simplejson.load().
from urllib2 import *
import simplejson
connection = urlopen('http://localhost:8983/solr/collection_name/select?q=cheese&wt=json')
response = simplejson.load(connection)
print response['response']['numFound'], "documents found."
# Print the name of each document.
for document in response['response']['docs']:
print " Name =", document['name']
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