Re: [htdig-dev] Can I index pages on demand?

[Neal R. <ne...@ri...>]

On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, Lahiri, Pallab (Cognizant) wrote:

>
>  Hello,
>  I have few queries on htdig
>  1. Is it possible to index pdf files in a directory from a web application.
>  My requirement is that user will upload pdf files using the Web App and in the very next step she/he should get to see that file in the search result if it
>  matches the search criteria . I want to call rundig programatically as and when required . Is it possible?

    This is possible if you hook a file-upload cgi program to fork a script 
to rerun the indexer.

    Or you can use the facilites provided in libhtdigphp & libhtdig

>  2. Can htdig index multiple directories ?

   Sure

>  3. Is there any  API available for htdig

    the code directory libhtdig & libhtdigphp contain an API of sorts.  AS 
of yet the PHP version doesn't include the necessary wrapper to call 
index/store commands via PHP.  I could easily add these.

>  I would greatly appreciate some help on this.
>  Regards,
>  Pallab

Thanks

Neal Richter