Just tested this feature few days ago with eZFind 2.3 and it is possible but it is not something that is explainable in a forum post. There are some tweaks needed, some bug fixing and some advanced solr setup & configuration know-how. And some XML and REST programming :)
There are some nasty bugs with eZ Find 2.3 as released to have a smooth integration with arbitrary external sources/indexes. But stay tuned for a new year (=somewhere in January) community edition / intermediate release that will fix these and other issues.
I think I've figured it out. I will need to create an intermediate webservice. Now, results from this service are in one xml with plain text, separated by tags (so solr can know the difference) This will be another source for solr. And when it finds the result, I need to create a link somehow... nasty stuff, but needed. It would be a great feature! Thank you both..
Nicolas Pastorino
Thursday 23 December 2010 7:01:20 am
Good to read you could work around this Ivan !
I am sure the forthcoming versions of eZ Publish will provide a nice boilerplate for indexing 3rd party data !
Cheers,
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Nicolas Pastorino
Director Community - eZ
Member of the Community Project Board
I think I've figured it out. I will need to create an intermediate webservice. Now, results from this service are in one xml with plain text, separated by tags (so solr can know the difference) This will be another source for solr. And when it finds the result, I need to create a link somehow... nasty stuff, but needed. It would be a great feature! Thank you both..
Ok, you are promoted to eZ Find expert and you can give answers on the forum from now on ;)
