[Solr Wiki] Update of "SolPython" by IanBicking

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    print 'name field =', doc['name']
  }}}
  
+ == Using normal JSON ==
+ 
+ Using {{{eval}}} is generally considered bad form and dangerous in Python.  In theory if you trust the remote server it is okay, but if something goes wrong it means someone can run arbitrary code on your server (attacking eval is very easy).
+ 
+ It would be better to use a Python JSON library like [http://undefined.org/python/#simplejson simplejson].  It would look like:
+ 
+ {{{
+ from urllib2 import *
+ import simplejson
+ conn = urlopen('http://localhost:8983/solr/select?q=iPod')
+ rsp = simplejson.load(conn)
+ ...
+ }}}
+ 
+ Safer, and as you can see, easy.
+