Standalone pages
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 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@velocity.apache.org
Re: Standalone pages
Philippe - Here’s how I do it: - Define a request handler matching the end-point url you want. /test in your case: velocity 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 > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@velocity.apache.org > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@velocity.apache.org
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, phi...@free.fr 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 > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@velocity.apache.org > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@velocity.apache.org
Re: Standalone pages
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" À: "Velocity Users List" 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, phi...@free.fr 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 > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@velocity.apache.org > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@velocity.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@velocity.apache.org
RE: Standalone pages
It depends on the contents of your velocity file. If your velocity file contains no variables that need replaced by the velocity engine and is simply an html page then the answer is yes. You simply need to place the file in a directory that is accessible via url. I'm assuming you have an images folder or some other folder where you can currently access image from e.g. You would simply put your velocity file in a similar directory and reference it http://myserver:8983/static/velocityfile.vm. You would also need to make sure your server is configured to send the proper content-type headers for such a request (map .vm extensions to content-type text/html). If your velocity file is not static and has variables or velocity code that needs processed then your best bet might be to create a filter such that urls of *.vm get processed by this filter and the results spit out. -Original Message- From: phi...@free.fr [mailto:phi...@free.fr] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 8:13 AM To: Velocity Users List Subject: Re: Standalone pages 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" À: "Velocity Users List" 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, phi...@free.fr 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 > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@velocity.apache.org > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@velocity.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@velocity.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@velocity.apache.org
Re: Standalone pages
The VelocityTools project provides several servlets that make it easy to serve up dynamic Velocity pages. http://velocity.apache.org/tools/devel/ On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 6:56 AM, Logan Stinger wrote: > It depends on the contents of your velocity file. > > If your velocity file contains no variables that need replaced by the > velocity engine and is simply an html page then the answer is yes. You > simply need to place the file in a directory that is accessible via url. > I'm assuming you have an images folder or some other folder where you can > currently access image from e.g. src="myserver:8983/images/myimage.png"/> You would simply put your > velocity file in a similar directory and reference it > http://myserver:8983/static/velocityfile.vm. You would also need to make > sure your server is configured to send the proper content-type headers for > such a request (map .vm extensions to content-type text/html). > > If your velocity file is not static and has variables or velocity code > that needs processed then your best bet might be to create a filter such > that urls of *.vm get processed by this filter and the results spit out. > > > -Original Message- > From: phi...@free.fr [mailto:phi...@free.fr] > Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 8:13 AM > To: Velocity Users List > Subject: Re: Standalone pages > > 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" > À: "Velocity Users List" > 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, phi...@free.fr 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 > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@velocity.apache.org > > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@velocity.apache.org > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@velocity.apache.org > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@velocity.apache.org > >
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, phi...@free.fr 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" > À: "Velocity Users List" > 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, phi...@free.fr 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 >> >> >> - >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@velocity.apache.org >> > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@velocity.apache.org > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@velocity.apache.org > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@velocity.apache.org
Re: Standalone pages
> I would like to know if it is possible to create lightweight Web pages with > Velocity, in Tomcat, without resorting to servlets, JSP, etc. I’m am using a custom server built in java using apache http-core, no J2EE at all - just a plain old web server and using velocity built into a couple of existing Java apps. So yes this is definintely possible. While some of the accompanying libraries in the velocity bundle are J2EE servlet specific, there is nothing requiring this in the core engine. In fact I found the degree of control you have over management of contexts makes it a very nice fit in my environment and easy to work with after a thorough read of the docs. Regards, David smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
