Re: Standalone pages

Interestingly, if you don’t even need to add a template to the server (filesystem) at all with Solr’s VelocityResponseWriter:

	http://localhost:8983/solr/select?wt=velocity&v.template=t&v.template.t=template%20from%20thin%20air

;)

But even with /browse, you can override bits and pieces (thanks to Velocity’s resource loader trickery) of a template (from thin air):

     http://localhost:8983/solr/browse?v.template.header=Solritas!

And maybe more to your liking, you could leverage /browse as-is, and switch the template, even dynamically (this time you’d save it to the file system or pass the whole template in as a HTTP parameter like above):

     http://localhost:8983/solr/browse?v.template=test - which will use your test.vm file.  Your template gets all the data that is presented in /browse should you choose to render it.

While I love hammers, if all you wanted was Velocity “server pages”, Solr’s VelocityResponseWriter admittedly is overkill.  *I’d* still do it that way :), but that’s just me (Mr. VrW).  However, I’m all for your data being in Solr, and having it be immediately navigable with straightforward Velocity templating is a real treat!

	Erik



On Oct 9, 2014, at 9:13 AM, [email protected] wrote:

> Hi Erik,
> 
> thank you for your reply.
> 
> However, come to think of it, my question is not SOLR-specific.
> 
> I would like to know if it is possible to create lightweight Web pages with Velocity, in Tomcat, without resorting to servlets, JSP, etc.
> 
> In other words, can you add a Velocity template to a Tomcat server as easily as you can drop a .php file in an Apache server's DocumentRoot directory.
> 
> Many thanks.
> 
> Philippe
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Mail original -----
> De: "Erik Hatcher" <[email protected]>
> À: "Velocity Users List" <[email protected]>
> Envoyé: Jeudi 9 Octobre 2014 14:59:02
> Objet: Re: Standalone pages
> 
> Philiippe - I just noticed you posted this to the velocity user list.  How Solr uses Velocity is perhaps a bit niche/different, so best to ask over on the Solr user list for future questions about the Solr/Velocity integration.  But I’m on both lists :)
> 
> 	Erik
> 
> On Oct 9, 2014, at 4:19 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I am using currently the Velocity templates that come with the example provided with SOLR, in Tomcat 7.
>> 
>> I would like to add a Velocity template called test.vm, in the example/solr/mycollection directory, to display an HTML page containing an image.
>> 
>> Unfortunately, the following URL
>> 
>> http://myserver:8983/solr/mycollection/test
>> 
>> returns a 404 error.
>> 
>> http://myserver:8983/solr/mycollection/browse
>> 
>> works, though.
>> 
>> How does one create "standalone" Velocity pages, such as test.vm?
>> 
>> Many thanks.
>> 
>> Philippe
>> 
>> 
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