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index pdf files

I wrote a simple java program to import a pdf file. I can get a result when I do search *:* from admin page. I get nothing if I search a word. I wonder if I did something wrong or miss set something. 

Here is part of result I get when do *:* search:
*********************************************
- <doc>
- <arr name="attr_Author">
  <str>Hristovski D</str> 
  </arr>
- <arr name="attr_Content-Type">
  <str>application/pdf</str> 
  </arr>
- <arr name="attr_Keywords">
  <str>microarray analysis, literature-based discovery, semantic predications, natural language processing</str> 
  </arr>
- <arr name="attr_Last-Modified">
  <str>Thu Aug 12 10:58:37 EDT 2010</str> 
  </arr>
- <arr name="attr_content">
  <str>Combining Semantic Relations and DNA Microarray Data for Novel Hypotheses Generation Combining Semantic Relations and DNA Microarray Data for Novel Hypotheses Generation Dimitar Hristovski, PhD,1 Andrej Kastrin,2...............
*********************************************
Please help me out if anyone has experience with pdf files. I really appreciate it!

Thanks so much,


RE: index pdf files

Posted by "Ma, Xiaohui (NIH/NLM/LHC) [C]" <xi...@mail.nlm.nih.gov>.
Thanks so much. I didn't know how to make any changes in schema.xml for pdf files. I used solr default schema.xml. Please tell me what I need do in schema.xml.

The simple java program I use is following. I also attached that pdf file. I really appreciate your help!
*********************************
public class importPDF {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    try {
        String fileName = "pub2009001.pdf";
        String solrId = "pub2009001.pdf";

      indexFilesSolrCell(fileName, solrId);

    } catch (Exception ex) {
      System.out.println(ex.toString());
    }
  }

 public static void indexFilesSolrCell(String fileName, String solrId)
    throws IOException, SolrServerException {
    String urlString = "http://lhcinternal.nlm.nih.gov:8989/solr/lhcpdf";
    SolrServer solr = new CommonsHttpSolrServer(urlString);

    ContentStreamUpdateRequest up
      = new ContentStreamUpdateRequest("/update/extract");

    up.addFile(new File(fileName));

    up.setParam("literal.id", solrId);
    up.setParam("uprefix", "attr_");
    up.setParam("fmap.content", "attr_content");

    up.setAction(AbstractUpdateRequest.ACTION.COMMIT, true, true);
    solr.request(up);
  }
}
********************************************

-----Original Message-----
From: Marco Martinez [mailto:mmartinez@paradigmatecnologico.com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 11:45 AM
To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
Subject: Re: index pdf files

To help you we need the description of your fields in your schema.xml and
the query that you do when you search only a single word.

Marco Martínez Bautista
http://www.paradigmatecnologico.com
Avenida de Europa, 26. Ática 5. 3ª Planta
28224 Pozuelo de Alarcón
Tel.: 91 352 59 42


2010/8/12 Ma, Xiaohui (NIH/NLM/LHC) [C] <xi...@mail.nlm.nih.gov>

> I wrote a simple java program to import a pdf file. I can get a result when
> I do search *:* from admin page. I get nothing if I search a word. I wonder
> if I did something wrong or miss set something.
>
> Here is part of result I get when do *:* search:
> *********************************************
> - <doc>
> - <arr name="attr_Author">
>  <str>Hristovski D</str>
>  </arr>
> - <arr name="attr_Content-Type">
>  <str>application/pdf</str>
>  </arr>
> - <arr name="attr_Keywords">
>  <str>microarray analysis, literature-based discovery, semantic
> predications, natural language processing</str>
>  </arr>
> - <arr name="attr_Last-Modified">
>  <str>Thu Aug 12 10:58:37 EDT 2010</str>
>  </arr>
> - <arr name="attr_content">
>  <str>Combining Semantic Relations and DNA Microarray Data for Novel
> Hypotheses Generation Combining Semantic Relations and DNA Microarray Data
> for Novel Hypotheses Generation Dimitar Hristovski, PhD,1 Andrej
> Kastrin,2...............
> *********************************************
> Please help me out if anyone has experience with pdf files. I really
> appreciate it!
>
> Thanks so much,
>
>

RE: index pdf files

Posted by "Ma, Xiaohui (NIH/NLM/LHC) [C]" <xi...@mail.nlm.nih.gov>.
Thanks so much for your help! I defined dynamic field in schema.xml as following:
<dynamicField name="metadata_*" type="string" indexed="true" stored="true" multiValued="false"/>

But I wonder what I should put for <uniqueKey>????</uniqueKey>.

I really appreciate your help!

-----Original Message-----
From: Stefan Moises [mailto:moises@shoptimax.de] 
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 1:58 PM
To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
Subject: Re: index pdf files

Maybe this helps: 
http://www.packtpub.com/article/indexing-data-solr-1.4-enterprise-search-server-2

Cheers,
Stefan

Am 12.08.2010 19:45, schrieb Ma, Xiaohui (NIH/NLM/LHC) [C]:
> Does anyone know if I need define fields in schema.xml for indexing pdf files? If I need, please tell me how I can do it.
>
> I defined fields in schema.xml and created data-configuration file by using xpath for xml files. Would you please tell me if I need do it for pdf files and how I can do?
>
> Thanks so much for your help as always!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marco Martinez [mailto:mmartinez@paradigmatecnologico.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 11:45 AM
> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
> Subject: Re: index pdf files
>
> To help you we need the description of your fields in your schema.xml and
> the query that you do when you search only a single word.
>
> Marco Martínez Bautista
> http://www.paradigmatecnologico.com
> Avenida de Europa, 26. Ática 5. 3ª Planta
> 28224 Pozuelo de Alarcón
> Tel.: 91 352 59 42
>
>
> 2010/8/12 Ma, Xiaohui (NIH/NLM/LHC) [C]<xi...@mail.nlm.nih.gov>
>
>    
>> I wrote a simple java program to import a pdf file. I can get a result when
>> I do search *:* from admin page. I get nothing if I search a word. I wonder
>> if I did something wrong or miss set something.
>>
>> Here is part of result I get when do *:* search:
>> *********************************************
>> -<doc>
>> -<arr name="attr_Author">
>>   <str>Hristovski D</str>
>>   </arr>
>> -<arr name="attr_Content-Type">
>>   <str>application/pdf</str>
>>   </arr>
>> -<arr name="attr_Keywords">
>>   <str>microarray analysis, literature-based discovery, semantic
>> predications, natural language processing</str>
>>   </arr>
>> -<arr name="attr_Last-Modified">
>>   <str>Thu Aug 12 10:58:37 EDT 2010</str>
>>   </arr>
>> -<arr name="attr_content">
>>   <str>Combining Semantic Relations and DNA Microarray Data for Novel
>> Hypotheses Generation Combining Semantic Relations and DNA Microarray Data
>> for Novel Hypotheses Generation Dimitar Hristovski, PhD,1 Andrej
>> Kastrin,2...............
>> *********************************************
>> Please help me out if anyone has experience with pdf files. I really
>> appreciate it!
>>
>> Thanks so much,
>>
>>
>>      
>    

-- 
*******************************************
Stefan Moises
Senior Softwareentwickler

shoptimax GmbH
Guntherstraße 45 a
90461 Nürnberg
Amtsgericht Nürnberg HRB 21703
GF Friedrich Schreieck

Tel.: 0911/25566-25
Fax:  0911/25566-29
moises@shoptimax.de
http://www.shoptimax.de
*******************************************


RE: index pdf files

Posted by "Ma, Xiaohui (NIH/NLM/LHC) [C]" <xi...@mail.nlm.nih.gov>.
I got the following error when I index some pdf files. I wonder if anyone has this issue before and how to fix it. Thanks so much in advance!

***********************************
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"/>
<title>Error 500 </title>
</head>
<body><h2>HTTP ERROR: 500</h2><pre>org.apache.tika.exception.TikaException: Unexpected RuntimeException from org.apache.tika.parser.pdf.PDFParser@44ffb2

org.apache.solr.common.SolrException: org.apache.tika.exception.TikaException: Unexpected RuntimeException from org.apache.tika.parser.pdf.PDFParser@44ffb2
        at org.apache.solr.handler.extraction.ExtractingDocumentLoader.load(ExtractingDocumentLoader.java:211)
        at org.apache.solr.handler.ContentStreamHandlerBase.handleRequestBody(ContentStreamHandlerBase.java:54)
        at org.apache.solr.handler.RequestHandlerBase.handleRequest(RequestHandlerBase.java:131)
        at org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore.execute(SolrCore.java:1316)
        at org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter.execute(SolrDispatchFilter.java:338)
        at org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter.doFilter(SolrDispatchFilter.java:241)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1089)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:365)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:216)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.SessionHandler.handle(SessionHandler.java:181)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.handle(ContextHandler.java:712)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.handle(WebAppContext.java:405)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:211)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:114)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:139)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.handle(Server.java:285)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:502)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection$RequestHandler.content(HttpConnection.java:835)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:641)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:202)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:378)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.bio.SocketConnector$Connection.run(SocketConnector.java:226)
        at org.mortbay.thread.BoundedThreadPool$PoolThread.run(BoundedThreadPool.java:442)
Caused by: org.apache.tika.exception.TikaException: Unexpected RuntimeException from org.apache.tika.parser.pdf.PDFParser@44ffb2
        at org.apache.tika.parser.CompositeParser.parse(CompositeParser.java:121)
        at org.apache.tika.parser.AutoDetectParser.parse(AutoDetectParser.java:105)
        at org.apache.solr.handler.extraction.ExtractingDocumentLoader.load(ExtractingDocumentLoader.java:190)
***********************************

-----Original Message-----
From: Stefan Moises [mailto:moises@shoptimax.de] 
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 1:58 PM
To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
Subject: Re: index pdf files

Maybe this helps: 
http://www.packtpub.com/article/indexing-data-solr-1.4-enterprise-search-server-2

Cheers,
Stefan

Am 12.08.2010 19:45, schrieb Ma, Xiaohui (NIH/NLM/LHC) [C]:
> Does anyone know if I need define fields in schema.xml for indexing pdf files? If I need, please tell me how I can do it.
>
> I defined fields in schema.xml and created data-configuration file by using xpath for xml files. Would you please tell me if I need do it for pdf files and how I can do?
>
> Thanks so much for your help as always!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marco Martinez [mailto:mmartinez@paradigmatecnologico.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 11:45 AM
> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
> Subject: Re: index pdf files
>
> To help you we need the description of your fields in your schema.xml and
> the query that you do when you search only a single word.
>
> Marco Martínez Bautista
> http://www.paradigmatecnologico.com
> Avenida de Europa, 26. Ática 5. 3ª Planta
> 28224 Pozuelo de Alarcón
> Tel.: 91 352 59 42
>
>
> 2010/8/12 Ma, Xiaohui (NIH/NLM/LHC) [C]<xi...@mail.nlm.nih.gov>
>
>    
>> I wrote a simple java program to import a pdf file. I can get a result when
>> I do search *:* from admin page. I get nothing if I search a word. I wonder
>> if I did something wrong or miss set something.
>>
>> Here is part of result I get when do *:* search:
>> *********************************************
>> -<doc>
>> -<arr name="attr_Author">
>>   <str>Hristovski D</str>
>>   </arr>
>> -<arr name="attr_Content-Type">
>>   <str>application/pdf</str>
>>   </arr>
>> -<arr name="attr_Keywords">
>>   <str>microarray analysis, literature-based discovery, semantic
>> predications, natural language processing</str>
>>   </arr>
>> -<arr name="attr_Last-Modified">
>>   <str>Thu Aug 12 10:58:37 EDT 2010</str>
>>   </arr>
>> -<arr name="attr_content">
>>   <str>Combining Semantic Relations and DNA Microarray Data for Novel
>> Hypotheses Generation Combining Semantic Relations and DNA Microarray Data
>> for Novel Hypotheses Generation Dimitar Hristovski, PhD,1 Andrej
>> Kastrin,2...............
>> *********************************************
>> Please help me out if anyone has experience with pdf files. I really
>> appreciate it!
>>
>> Thanks so much,
>>
>>
>>      
>    

-- 
*******************************************
Stefan Moises
Senior Softwareentwickler

shoptimax GmbH
Guntherstraße 45 a
90461 Nürnberg
Amtsgericht Nürnberg HRB 21703
GF Friedrich Schreieck

Tel.: 0911/25566-25
Fax:  0911/25566-29
moises@shoptimax.de
http://www.shoptimax.de
*******************************************


RE: index pdf files

Posted by "Ma, Xiaohui (NIH/NLM/LHC) [C]" <xi...@mail.nlm.nih.gov>.
Thanks so much. I got it work now. I really appreciate your help!
Xiaohui 

-----Original Message-----
From: Stefan Moises [mailto:moises@shoptimax.de] 
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 1:58 PM
To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
Subject: Re: index pdf files

Maybe this helps: 
http://www.packtpub.com/article/indexing-data-solr-1.4-enterprise-search-server-2

Cheers,
Stefan

Am 12.08.2010 19:45, schrieb Ma, Xiaohui (NIH/NLM/LHC) [C]:
> Does anyone know if I need define fields in schema.xml for indexing pdf files? If I need, please tell me how I can do it.
>
> I defined fields in schema.xml and created data-configuration file by using xpath for xml files. Would you please tell me if I need do it for pdf files and how I can do?
>
> Thanks so much for your help as always!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marco Martinez [mailto:mmartinez@paradigmatecnologico.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 11:45 AM
> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
> Subject: Re: index pdf files
>
> To help you we need the description of your fields in your schema.xml and
> the query that you do when you search only a single word.
>
> Marco Martínez Bautista
> http://www.paradigmatecnologico.com
> Avenida de Europa, 26. Ática 5. 3ª Planta
> 28224 Pozuelo de Alarcón
> Tel.: 91 352 59 42
>
>
> 2010/8/12 Ma, Xiaohui (NIH/NLM/LHC) [C]<xi...@mail.nlm.nih.gov>
>
>    
>> I wrote a simple java program to import a pdf file. I can get a result when
>> I do search *:* from admin page. I get nothing if I search a word. I wonder
>> if I did something wrong or miss set something.
>>
>> Here is part of result I get when do *:* search:
>> *********************************************
>> -<doc>
>> -<arr name="attr_Author">
>>   <str>Hristovski D</str>
>>   </arr>
>> -<arr name="attr_Content-Type">
>>   <str>application/pdf</str>
>>   </arr>
>> -<arr name="attr_Keywords">
>>   <str>microarray analysis, literature-based discovery, semantic
>> predications, natural language processing</str>
>>   </arr>
>> -<arr name="attr_Last-Modified">
>>   <str>Thu Aug 12 10:58:37 EDT 2010</str>
>>   </arr>
>> -<arr name="attr_content">
>>   <str>Combining Semantic Relations and DNA Microarray Data for Novel
>> Hypotheses Generation Combining Semantic Relations and DNA Microarray Data
>> for Novel Hypotheses Generation Dimitar Hristovski, PhD,1 Andrej
>> Kastrin,2...............
>> *********************************************
>> Please help me out if anyone has experience with pdf files. I really
>> appreciate it!
>>
>> Thanks so much,
>>
>>
>>      
>    

-- 
*******************************************
Stefan Moises
Senior Softwareentwickler

shoptimax GmbH
Guntherstraße 45 a
90461 Nürnberg
Amtsgericht Nürnberg HRB 21703
GF Friedrich Schreieck

Tel.: 0911/25566-25
Fax:  0911/25566-29
moises@shoptimax.de
http://www.shoptimax.de
*******************************************


Re: index pdf files

Posted by Stefan Moises <mo...@shoptimax.de>.
Maybe this helps: 
http://www.packtpub.com/article/indexing-data-solr-1.4-enterprise-search-server-2

Cheers,
Stefan

Am 12.08.2010 19:45, schrieb Ma, Xiaohui (NIH/NLM/LHC) [C]:
> Does anyone know if I need define fields in schema.xml for indexing pdf files? If I need, please tell me how I can do it.
>
> I defined fields in schema.xml and created data-configuration file by using xpath for xml files. Would you please tell me if I need do it for pdf files and how I can do?
>
> Thanks so much for your help as always!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marco Martinez [mailto:mmartinez@paradigmatecnologico.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 11:45 AM
> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
> Subject: Re: index pdf files
>
> To help you we need the description of your fields in your schema.xml and
> the query that you do when you search only a single word.
>
> Marco Martínez Bautista
> http://www.paradigmatecnologico.com
> Avenida de Europa, 26. Ática 5. 3ª Planta
> 28224 Pozuelo de Alarcón
> Tel.: 91 352 59 42
>
>
> 2010/8/12 Ma, Xiaohui (NIH/NLM/LHC) [C]<xi...@mail.nlm.nih.gov>
>
>    
>> I wrote a simple java program to import a pdf file. I can get a result when
>> I do search *:* from admin page. I get nothing if I search a word. I wonder
>> if I did something wrong or miss set something.
>>
>> Here is part of result I get when do *:* search:
>> *********************************************
>> -<doc>
>> -<arr name="attr_Author">
>>   <str>Hristovski D</str>
>>   </arr>
>> -<arr name="attr_Content-Type">
>>   <str>application/pdf</str>
>>   </arr>
>> -<arr name="attr_Keywords">
>>   <str>microarray analysis, literature-based discovery, semantic
>> predications, natural language processing</str>
>>   </arr>
>> -<arr name="attr_Last-Modified">
>>   <str>Thu Aug 12 10:58:37 EDT 2010</str>
>>   </arr>
>> -<arr name="attr_content">
>>   <str>Combining Semantic Relations and DNA Microarray Data for Novel
>> Hypotheses Generation Combining Semantic Relations and DNA Microarray Data
>> for Novel Hypotheses Generation Dimitar Hristovski, PhD,1 Andrej
>> Kastrin,2...............
>> *********************************************
>> Please help me out if anyone has experience with pdf files. I really
>> appreciate it!
>>
>> Thanks so much,
>>
>>
>>      
>    

-- 
*******************************************
Stefan Moises
Senior Softwareentwickler

shoptimax GmbH
Guntherstraße 45 a
90461 Nürnberg
Amtsgericht Nürnberg HRB 21703
GF Friedrich Schreieck

Tel.: 0911/25566-25
Fax:  0911/25566-29
moises@shoptimax.de
http://www.shoptimax.de
*******************************************


RE: index pdf files

Posted by "Ma, Xiaohui (NIH/NLM/LHC) [C]" <xi...@mail.nlm.nih.gov>.
Does anyone know if I need define fields in schema.xml for indexing pdf files? If I need, please tell me how I can do it. 

I defined fields in schema.xml and created data-configuration file by using xpath for xml files. Would you please tell me if I need do it for pdf files and how I can do?

Thanks so much for your help as always!

-----Original Message-----
From: Marco Martinez [mailto:mmartinez@paradigmatecnologico.com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 11:45 AM
To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
Subject: Re: index pdf files

To help you we need the description of your fields in your schema.xml and
the query that you do when you search only a single word.

Marco Martínez Bautista
http://www.paradigmatecnologico.com
Avenida de Europa, 26. Ática 5. 3ª Planta
28224 Pozuelo de Alarcón
Tel.: 91 352 59 42


2010/8/12 Ma, Xiaohui (NIH/NLM/LHC) [C] <xi...@mail.nlm.nih.gov>

> I wrote a simple java program to import a pdf file. I can get a result when
> I do search *:* from admin page. I get nothing if I search a word. I wonder
> if I did something wrong or miss set something.
>
> Here is part of result I get when do *:* search:
> *********************************************
> - <doc>
> - <arr name="attr_Author">
>  <str>Hristovski D</str>
>  </arr>
> - <arr name="attr_Content-Type">
>  <str>application/pdf</str>
>  </arr>
> - <arr name="attr_Keywords">
>  <str>microarray analysis, literature-based discovery, semantic
> predications, natural language processing</str>
>  </arr>
> - <arr name="attr_Last-Modified">
>  <str>Thu Aug 12 10:58:37 EDT 2010</str>
>  </arr>
> - <arr name="attr_content">
>  <str>Combining Semantic Relations and DNA Microarray Data for Novel
> Hypotheses Generation Combining Semantic Relations and DNA Microarray Data
> for Novel Hypotheses Generation Dimitar Hristovski, PhD,1 Andrej
> Kastrin,2...............
> *********************************************
> Please help me out if anyone has experience with pdf files. I really
> appreciate it!
>
> Thanks so much,
>
>

Re: index pdf files

Posted by Marco Martinez <mm...@paradigmatecnologico.com>.
To help you we need the description of your fields in your schema.xml and
the query that you do when you search only a single word.

Marco Martínez Bautista
http://www.paradigmatecnologico.com
Avenida de Europa, 26. Ática 5. 3ª Planta
28224 Pozuelo de Alarcón
Tel.: 91 352 59 42


2010/8/12 Ma, Xiaohui (NIH/NLM/LHC) [C] <xi...@mail.nlm.nih.gov>

> I wrote a simple java program to import a pdf file. I can get a result when
> I do search *:* from admin page. I get nothing if I search a word. I wonder
> if I did something wrong or miss set something.
>
> Here is part of result I get when do *:* search:
> *********************************************
> - <doc>
> - <arr name="attr_Author">
>  <str>Hristovski D</str>
>  </arr>
> - <arr name="attr_Content-Type">
>  <str>application/pdf</str>
>  </arr>
> - <arr name="attr_Keywords">
>  <str>microarray analysis, literature-based discovery, semantic
> predications, natural language processing</str>
>  </arr>
> - <arr name="attr_Last-Modified">
>  <str>Thu Aug 12 10:58:37 EDT 2010</str>
>  </arr>
> - <arr name="attr_content">
>  <str>Combining Semantic Relations and DNA Microarray Data for Novel
> Hypotheses Generation Combining Semantic Relations and DNA Microarray Data
> for Novel Hypotheses Generation Dimitar Hristovski, PhD,1 Andrej
> Kastrin,2...............
> *********************************************
> Please help me out if anyone has experience with pdf files. I really
> appreciate it!
>
> Thanks so much,
>
>

Re: index pdf files

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