The stream.file/stream.url/stream.body parameters allow a GET to alter the index. The core management operations are also useable from GET.
This allows one to bookmark and mail around a link that changes or blows up the index. Apparently this is not ReStFuL It is IMVHO insane. On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 7:45 AM, Chantal Ackermann <chantal.ackerm...@btelligent.de> wrote: > On Wed, 2010-06-30 at 16:12 +0200, Yonik Seeley wrote: >> Solr's APIs are described as "REST-like", and probably do qualify as >> "restful" the way the term is commonly used. >> >> I'm personally much more interested in making our APIs more powerful >> and easier to use, regardless of any REST purity tests. >> >> -Yonik >> http://www.lucidimagination.com > > > Hi Yonik, > > yes, please - and thanks! > > I'm again and again positively surprised how efficient and yet simple > SOLR's (and Lucene's) query and response language (incl. response > formats) is. Some things seem complex/difficult at first (like dismax or > function queries) but turn out to be simple/easy to use considering the > complexity of the problems they solve. > > Chantal > > -- Lance Norskog goks...@gmail.com