Chapter 6. Indexing Data Using Apache Tika
In previous chapters, we saw how we can use the data import handler provided by Solr to index data using various datasources (JDBC and file datasource). In this chapter, we'll see how we can index data for various file formats, such as MS Word, Excel, PDF and many more. We'll cover the following topics:
- Introducing Apache Tika
- Configuring Apache Tika in Solr
- Indexing PDF and Word documents
Introducing Apache Tika
Apache Tika is an open source library that is used for document type detection and content extraction from various file formats. It uses various existing document parsers and document type detection techniques to detect and extract data. Using Tika, we can develop a universal type detector and content ...
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