solr-ruby exposes the power of Solr as a Ruby DSL (domain specific language). Visit the solr-ruby wiki for more information: http://wiki.apache.org/solr/solr-ruby USAGE First launch Solr: cd solr java -jar start.jar In a separate shell, launch {{{irb -Ilib}}}: require 'solr' # load the library include Solr # Allow Solr:: to be omitted from class/module references # connect to the solr instance conn = Connection.new('http://localhost:8983/solr', :autocommit => :on) # add a document to the index conn.add(:id => 123, :title_text => 'Lucene in Action') # update the document conn.update(:id => 123, :title_text => 'Solr in Action') # print out the first hit in a query for 'action' response = conn.query('action') print response.hits[0] # iterate through all the hits for 'action' conn.query('action') do |hit| puts hit.inspect end # delete document by id conn.delete(123) INSTALLATION First run the tests: rake then build the gem: rake package and install the versioned gem: gem install pkg/solr-x.x.x.gem LICENSE This package is licensed using the Apache Software License 2.0.