Solrj API with Basic Authentication

[Shamik Bandopadhyay]

Hi,

  I'm looking into the option of adding basic authentication using Solrj
API. Currently, I'm using the following code for querying Solr.

SolrClient client = new CloudSolrClient("127.0.0.1:9983");
((CloudSolrClient)client).setDefaultCollection("gettingstarted");
ModifiableSolrParams param = getSearchSolrQuery();
try{
QueryResponse res = client.query(param);
                 //facets
                 List<FacetField> fieldFacets = solrResp.getFacetFields();
                // results
                SolrDocumentList docs = solrResp.getResults();
                // Spelling
                SpellCheckResponse spellCheckResponse =
solrResp.getSpellCheckResponse();
  }catch(Exception ex){
ex.printStackTrace();
  }finally{
try {
client.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

The QueryReponse object is well-constructed and provides clean APIs to
parse the result.

Now, to use the basic authentication, we need to use a SolrRequest object
instead.

SolrClient client = new CloudSolrClient("127.0.0.1:9983");
((CloudSolrClient)client).setDefaultCollection("gettingstarted");
ModifiableSolrParams param = getSearchSolrQuery();
SolrRequest solrRequest = new QueryRequest(param);
solrRequest.setBasicAuthCredentials(USER, PASSWORD);
try{
NamedList<Object> results = client.request(solrRequest);
for (int i = 0; i < results.size(); i++) {
System.out.println("RESULTS: " + i + " " + results.getName(i) + " : " +
results.getVal(i));
}
  }catch(Exception ex){
ex.printStackTrace();
  }finally{
try {
client.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

Since my existing APIs use QueryResponse res = client.query(param) , moving
to NamedList<Object> results = client.request(solrRequest) translates to a
bunch of code change. Moreover, by using SolrRequest, I lose the option
of delete, getById methods which doesn't accept solr request object.

Just wondering if there's another way to use Basic Authentication , perhaps
setting at the ModifiableSolrParams level. Ideally, i would like to retain
QueryResponse or UpdateResponse objects instead.

Any pointers will be appreciated.

-Thanks,
Shamik