# Search inside files

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/search-inside-files/195126>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 17, 2010, 11:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/search-inside-files/195126 "2010-09-17T11:08:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![vincenzo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e9bcb4/32.png) [@vincenzo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vincenzo)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 11:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/search-inside-files/195126/1 "2010-09-17T11:08:34Z")

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Hello all,

Do you have more informations about developping a search functionnality  
to search inside PDF, Word, Excell, … files ?

I think I have to use acts\_as\_solr but I don’t find any information  
about searching in documents.

Thank you !

Vincenzo

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**Author:** ![vincenzo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e9bcb4/32.png) [@vincenzo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vincenzo)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 11:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/search-inside-files/195126/2 "2010-09-17T11:50:56Z")

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Vincenzo Ruggiero wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> Do you have more informations about developping a search functionnality  
> to search inside PDF, Word, Excell, … files ?
> 
> I think I have to use acts\_as\_solr but I don’t find any information  
> about searching in documents.
> 
> Thank you !
> 
> Vincenzo

If possible refer rich document processing in Solr. Solr can process and  
index docuements like PDF, Word, Excel etc.

> **[Home](https://lucidworks.com/)**
>
> Lucidworks helps you capture insights from every action and apply them to the next. Learn about our website search platform on this page and contact us today!

–  
Regards,

T.Veerasundaravel.  
[http://tinyurl.com/25vma7h](http://tinyurl.com/25vma7h)  
@veerasundaravel

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**Author:** ![vincenzo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e9bcb4/32.png) [@vincenzo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vincenzo)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 11:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/search-inside-files/195126/3 "2010-09-20T11:36:59Z")

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Veera S. wrote:

> Vincenzo Ruggiero wrote:
> 
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > Do you have more informations about developping a search functionnality  
> > to search inside PDF, Word, Excell, … files ?
> > 
> > I think I have to use acts\_as\_solr but I don’t find any information  
> > about searching in documents.
> > 
> > Thank you !
> > 
> > Vincenzo
> 
> If possible refer rich document processing in Solr. Solr can process and  
> index docuements like PDF, Word, Excel etc.
> 
> [Website Search Platform | Lucidworks](http://www.lucidimagination.com/blog/2009/09/14/posting-rich-documents-to-apache-solr-using-solrj-and-solr-cell-apache-tika/)
> 
> –  
> Regards,
> 
> T.Veerasundaravel.  
> [http://tinyurl.com/25vma7h](http://tinyurl.com/25vma7h)  
> @veerasundaravel

Thank you!

Do you have any information about doing this with rails ?

Vincenzo

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**Author:** ![vincenzo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e9bcb4/32.png) [@vincenzo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vincenzo)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 12:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/search-inside-files/195126/4 "2010-09-20T12:21:47Z")

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I found this, I will try it now:

> **[Home](https://lucidworks.com/)**
>
> Lucidworks helps you capture insights from every action and apply them to the next. Learn about our website search platform on this page and contact us today!