Developer documentation

This section of the documentation contains technical reference materials for software developers who want to configure and customize Lucidworks Search. Refer to this reference documentation to help manage your Lucidworks Search deployment and develop front-end search applications. To develop and integrate with Lucidworks Search, you should have a working knowledge of Java, Solr, and RESTful architecture. When developing front-end applications, familiarity with Javascript is also helpful.

Typically, Lucidworks Search clients do not have developer access in production environments. Some API endpoints require certain roles and permissions that you may not have access to, or may only access on lower environments. To learn more, see roles and permissions.

Configuration

Refer to the Configuration specifications for detailed reference documentation related to REST APIs, parsers, pipeline stages, and jobs. Use Lucidworks Search REST APIs to create custom integrations and applications. Automate administrative tasks, manage your Fusion instance, deploy and run machine learning models, and more.

Front-end development

Learn about front-end development with Fusion and how to configure common search application features, like autocomplete. This section also contains examples of typical API and query calls when configuring front-end applications.

Javadocs

Javadocs provide descriptions of the classes and methods used in Lucidworks Search that you can use when developing front-end search applications.