Parse a document stored on the server

Use this API to parse a file located on the server hosting your OpenSearchServer instance.

Requirement: OpenSearchServer v1.5.9

Call parameters

URL: /services/rest/parser/{parser_name}?lang={optional_lang}&p.{any_parser_property}={property_value}&path={file_path}

Method: PUT

Header:

• Content-Type (required): application/json
• Accept (optional returned type): application/json or application/xml

URL parameters:

• parser_name (required): The name of the parser to use.
• lang (optionnal): The language of the document.
• p.{any_parser_property} (optionnal): Any property of the parser.
• file_path (optionnal): File path for file to parse.

Success response

The parser has been applied to file whose path has been given as parameter. Every extracted fields are returned.

HTTP code:
200

Content (application/json):

{
"items":[
[
{
"fieldName":"author",
"values":[
"m.garden"
]
},
{
"fieldName":"content",
"values":[
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.",
"Vivamus facilisis enim in libero rhoncus, id pretium augue porta.",
"Cras nec ante risus. Aenean condimentum, velit non"
"blandit egestas, leo felis pharetra sapien, sed feugiat."
]
},
{
"fieldName":"creation_date",
"values":[
"Tue Feb 10 11:43:28 CET 2013"
]
},
{
"fieldName":"lang",
"values":[
"fr"
]
},
{
"fieldName":"lang_method",
"values":[
"ngram recognition"
]
},
{
"fieldName":"modification_date",
"values":[
"Tue Feb 12 11:43:28 CET 2013"
]
},
{
"fieldName":"number_of_pages",
"values":[
"2"
]
},
{
"fieldName":"producer",
"values":[
"GPL Ghostscript 8.64"
]
},
{
"fieldName":"title",
"values":[
"Rules of competition"
]
}
]
]
}

Error response

The parsing failed. The reason is provided in the content.

HTTP code:
500

Sample call

Using CURL:

curl -XPUT -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
http://localhost:8080/services/rest/parser/pdf?p.pdfCrackCommandLine=/usr/bin/pdfcrack&path=/home/henry/rulesofcompetitions.pdf

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