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Using JavaScript to read a JSON feed from Solr on a remote server- how is it actually done?

I cannot seem to get this to work, I have heard rumours that you actually need a jsonp object.

Does anybody have a code snippet for reading a JSON feed from Solr on a remote server?

Solution

  • Solution:

    <script type='text/javascript' src='//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
$.getJSON("http://remotehost:8080/solr/select/?q=jaberwocky&wt=json&json.wrf=?", function(result){
 alert("hello" + result.response.docs[0].name);
});
</script>

    The complicated bit is understanding nameless callbacks in this case json.wrf=?. Basically if you add json.wrf=? to your solr url it will start working

    JSONP appears to be a red herring in this instance