Kevin Cowan, Author at Lucidworks

Articles by Kevin Cowan

Securing Solr: Tips and Tricks You Really Need to Know

As of release 5.2, Solr comes out-of-the-box with both authentication and authorization APIs, allowing you to define users, roles and...

Fusion Working for You: Streaming in a JavaScript Stage

"Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, Search is but a Stream..." The concept of streaming is a relatively new feature in Fusion/Solr;...

JavaScript Multithreading Example with Nashorn

Threading is now possible in JavaScript. Learn how to instantiate a thread in a JavaScript stage using Nashorn.

Making Fusion Work for You: A Custom JSON ObjectMapper in a JavaScript Stage

"It is not down in any map; true places never are." -- Herman Melville Out-of-the-box, Fusion contains a wealth of...

Extracting Values From Element Attributes Using Jsoup and a JavaScript Stage

While Fusion comes with built-in Jsoup selector functionality, it is limited in its extraction capability. If you want to do...

Generating a Sitemap from a Solr Index

Our clients often ask if Solr supports generating a sitemap from an existing Solr Index. While Solr has a full-featured...

Fusion Working for You: A Custom Sitemap Crawler JavaScript Stage

One of the most powerful features of Fusion is the built-in JavaScript stage. However, you shouldn't really think of this...