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​API - Stop the Web Crawler

Web Crawler

Stop the Web Crawler

Permanently stops the web crawler by killing all running processes and removing the cron schedule. The crawler will not run again until manually restarted. If you only want to temporarily pause crawling, use the Pause API instead.

  1. GET https://opensolr.com/solr_manager/api/stop_crawl
  2. Parameters:
    1. email - (required) your opensolr registration email address
    2. api_key - (required) your opensolr api_key
    3. core_name - (required) the name of the index you wish to stop the web crawler for
  3. Example: https://opensolr.com/solr_manager/api/stop_crawl?email=PLEASE_LOG_IN&
api_key=PLEASE_LOG_IN&core_name=my_solr_core
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