Hmmm ... I think this is a valid use case and it might be a good idea to support it in someway. I will post this thread on the dev-mailing list to seek opinion.
Cheers Avlesh On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 11:39 PM, William Pierce <evalsi...@hotmail.com>wrote: > Thanks, Avlesh. Yes, I did take a look at the event listeners. As I > mentioned this would require us to write Java code. > > Our app(s) are entirely windows/asp.net/C# so while we could add Java in a > pinch, we'd prefer to stick to using SOLR using its convenient REST-style > interfaces which makes no demand on our app environment. > > Thanks again for your suggestion! > > Cheers, > > Bill > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Avlesh Singh" <avl...@gmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 10:59 AM > To: <solr-user@lucene.apache.org> > Subject: Re: Adding callback url to data import handler...Is this possible? > > > Had a look at EventListeners in >> DIH?http://wiki.apache.org/solr/DataImportHandler#EventListeners >> >> Cheers >> Avlesh >> >> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 11:21 PM, William Pierce <evalsi...@hotmail.com >> >wrote: >> >> Folks: >>> >>> I am pretty happy with DIH -- it seems to work very well for my >>> situation. >>> Thanks!!! >>> >>> The one issue I see has to do with the fact that I need to keep polling >>> <<url>>/dataimport to check if the data import completed successfully. I >>> need to know when/if the import is completed (successfully or otherwise) >>> so >>> that I can update appropriate structures in our app. >>> >>> What I would like is something like what Google Checkout API offers -- a >>> callback URL. That is, I should be able to pass along a URL to DIH. Once >>> it has completed the import, it can invoke the provided URL. This >>> provides >>> a callback mechanism for those of us who don't have the liberty to change >>> SOLR source code. We can then do the needful upon receiving this >>> callback. >>> >>> If this functionality is already provided in some form/fashion, I'd love >>> to >>> know. >>> >>> All in all, great functionality that has significantly helped me out! >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> - Bill >>> >> >>
