Configuring SearchBlox

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

Configuring Drupal for Connector

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 Connector

All the files related to the connector should be available in the same folder that is, all files should be extracted into the same folder.
Create a data folder on your drive where the files would be temporarily stored and mention in yml files.
Contact [email protected] to request the download link for SearchBlox Drupal connector. In Windows, the connector would be installed in the C drive.

Steps to Configure and Run the Drupal Connector

Download the SearchBlox Drupal connector. Extract the downloaded zip to a folder.
Unzip the archive under *C:*
Configure the drupal.yml file which includes Drupal properties and SearchBlox properties as listed in the following:


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.

The content details of drupal.yml are provided here:

#User credentials
username: admin
password: welcome
#Data Folder where the data needs to be stored Make sure it has write permission
data-directory: C:\CONNECTORS\drupal\data
#SearchBlox API Key
api-key: 13D521208E33EAE378A19F14047E210D
#The name of the collection
colname: drupal
#SearchBlox URL
url: http://localhost:8080/searchblox/rest/v2/api/
#confluence URL
#Drupal url
drupalurl: http://127.0.0.1/drupal/jsonapi/node/
drupalloginurl: http://127.0.0.1/drupal/user/login?_format=json
drupalcontenturl: http://127.0.0.1/drupal/node/
#The Excluded formats wont be indexed
#exclude-formats: [.war,.zip,.tar.gz]
#The Excluded folders wont be indexed. Note:no trailing or leading slashes Eg: test/searchblox
#exclude-folders: [Data Dictionary,Guest Home,Imap Attachments,IMAP Home,User Homes,Shared,swsdp]
servlet-url: http://localhost:8080/searchblox/servlet/SearchServlet
#maximum size of static folder aftre which it should be sweeped in MB
max-folder-size: 2
delete-api-url: http://localhost:8080/searchblox/api/rest/docdelete

Start running the drupal_connector.exe file for Windows