How to set TIKA_SERVER_ENDPOINT from tika-python lib

Question

The excellent lib tika-python in its documentation at https://github.com/chrismattmann/tika-python shows that it is possible to set the tika_server.jar file to avoid downloading with each use of the algorithm. Has anyone done this and can post the configuration?

The first time the algorithm is used, tika_server.jar is downloaded so that lib can use it. I want to avoid this download by setting the file locally.

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def extraiPDF(f):
    resultado = []
    tika.TikaClientOnly = True
    raw = parser.from_file(f)
    metadados = raw["metadata"]
    conteudo  = raw["content"] 
    conteudo  = (conteudo).replace('\n', '').replace('\r\n', '').replace('\r', '').replace('\\', '').replace('\t', ' ')
    resultado.append(conteudo)
    resultado.append(metadados)
    return resultado

Set it on the command line, or do it the normal Python way with [os.putenv](https://docs.python.org/2/library/os.html#os.putenv)? — Gagravarr, Jul 01 '19 at 20:39
@Gagravarr - in normal Python way please. Inside the code, not in command line. Thanks for your attention. — erfelipe, Jul 03 '19 at 21:29

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 04 '20 at 13:55

To run the tika server after downloaded it execute this bash script.

#!/bin/bash

TIKA_PORT=9998
TIKA_HOST=localhost
CURRENT_USER=$(whoami) 
TIKA_JAR_URL="http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/apache/tika/tika-server/1.19/tika-server-1.19.jar"
TIKA_WORKSPACE=$HOME/tika
TIKA_FILE_NAME="tika_server.jar"

echo -e "Current user: $CURRENT_USER"

if [ ! -f $TIKA_WORKSPACE/$TIKA_FILE_NAME ]; then
    echo -e "Downloading tika-server.jar"

    if [ ! -d "$TIKA_WORKSPACE" ]; then
        echo -e "making tika workspace"
        mkdir $TIKA_WORKSPACE
    fi

    wget -c $TIKA_JAR_URL -O $TIKA_WORKSPACE/$TIKA_FILE_NAME 
fi

echo -e "## Setting environment vars"

export TIKA_SERVER_ENDPOINT="http://$TIKA_HOST:$TIKA_PORT"
echo -e "TIKA_SERVER_ENDPOINT to $TIKA_SERVER_ENDPOINT"

export TIKA_CLIENT_ONLY=True
echo -e "TIKA_CLIENT_ONLY to $TIKA_CLIENT_ONLY"

echo -e "## Starting tika server on: $TIKA_WORKSPACE"
cd $TIKA_WORKSPACE

java -jar tika_server.jar -h $TIKA_HOST

How to set TIKA_SERVER_ENDPOINT from tika-python lib

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