: To get this to work correctly, the following server side config was needed : (I started from a barebones solr config)
: 1. Add apache-solr-cell-3.5.0.jar to the <solrhost>/lib directory (or : wherever solr can access jars) as this contains the class : ExtractingRequestHandler : 2. Add the appropriate handler for /update/extract in the solrconfig.xml : (this uses the ExtractingRequestHandler class). what barebones solr config did you start with? the example configs that ship with solr have included /update/extract since 1.4.0 -Hoss
