Configuring SearchBlox

Before using Drupal Data Source, install SearchBlox successfully and create a Custom Collection.

Configuring Drupal Account

you need to enable JSON API extension by adding it to Drupal from local import
Download Link: https://www.drupal.org/project/jsonapi

Configuring Drupal Data Source

Download the SearchBlox Connector UI. Extract the downloaded zip to a folder.

Contact support@searchblox.com to request the download link for SearchBlox Connectors UI. The following steps include the example paths for both Windows as well as Linux. In Windows, the connector would be installed in the C drive.

Unzip the archive under C:* or /opt*.
Create a data folder on your drive where the files would be temporarily stored.
Configure the following properties once you create a data source in the connector UI.

Accessing Connector UI


username	User Name
password	Password
data-directory	Data Folder where the data needs to be stored. Make sure it has write permission.
api-key	SearchBlox API Key. API key would be available in Admin Dashboard Menu -> Admin ->Licence page
colname	The name of the custom collection in SearchBlox.
url	SearchBlox URL
drupalurl	Drupal url http:///drupal/jsonapi/node/
drupalloginurl	Drupal login url http:///drupal/user/login?_format=json
drupalcontenturl	Drupal content url http:///drupal/node/
max-folder-size	Maximum size of static folder after which it should be sweeped in MB.
servlet url & delete-api-url:	Make sure that the port number is right. If your SearchBlox runs in 8080 port the URLs should be right by default.