Content Component 25.4
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# DREADDDATA

NOTE: This index action requires a POST request method. For details on how to use a POST request method, refer to the Knowledge Discovery Administration Guide.

Allows you to index data over a socket into a Content component. Use this index action if the data is not accessible by the Content components that you are indexing into. Parameters that you use with `DREADDDATA` override any equivalent settings in the Content configuration file.

You specify the data to index in the POST data (see Data).

NOTE: If your Content configuration file does not contain a field process to allow it to read the destination databases from a document field, you must also specify either DREDbName or DatabaseFields.

You can choose a deduplication option either by setting the KillDuplicates index action parameter, or by adding your KillDuplicatesOption directly to the end of the `#DREENDDATA` string in your POST request. If you do not set either option, Content uses the value of the KillDuplicates configuration parameter.

If you have set DelayedSync to `True` or you have set a high MaxSyncDelay in the configuration file, some time might elapse before a file is available for query.

NOTE: The request body must end with a blank line (`\r\n\r\n`)

## Request Structure

    DREADDDATA?[optionalParameters] HTTP/1.0
    [OptionalHeaders]

    Data
    #DREENDDATAKillDuplicatesOption

You can also use `HTTP/1.1`.

## Examples

The following examples show a HTTP request performing a `DREADDDATA` index action.

Example 1:

    POST /DREADDDATA?LanguageType=EnglishUTF8 HTTP/1.0
    Content-Length: 604
    #DREREFERENCE 392348A0
    #DREFIELD authorname1="Brown"
    #DREFIELD authorname2="Edgar"
    #DREFIELD title="Dr."
    #DREDATE 1998/08/06
    #DRETITLE
    Jurassic Molecules
    #DRECONTENT
    Using a technique called test tube evolution, scientists created a nucleic acid enzyme, the first known enzyme that uses an amino acid to start chemical activity. Scientists hope that the creation of this molecule will lead to the elusive precursor. The precursor, by definition, will have to contain both the genetic code for replication and an enzyme to trigger self replication.
    #DREDBNAME Science
    #DREENDDOC
    #DREENDDATAREFERENCE

Example 2:

    POST /DREADDDATA?DREDbName=Poetry&DateFields=*/Date HTTP/1.0
    Content-Length: 515
    Content-Type: application/xml
    <DOCUMENT>
    <DREREFERENCE>572801A2</DREREFERENCE>
    <AUTHOR>George Eliot</AUTHOR>
    <Date>2005/24/03</Date>
    <DRETITLE>Roses</DRETITLE>
    <DRECONTENT>
    You love the roses - so do I. I wish
    The sky would rain down roses, as they rain
    From off the shaken bush. Why will it not?
    Then all the valley would be pink and white
    And soft to tread on. They would fall as light
    As feathers, smelling sweet; and it would be
    Like sleeping and like waking, all at after!
    </DRECONTENT>
    </DOCUMENT>
    #DREENDDATANOOP

## Required Parameters

The following action parameters are required.

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
Data | The IDX or XML file to index.

## Optional Parameters

This action accepts the following optional parameters.

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
ACLFields | Fields that contain ACLs (Access Control Lists)
CantHaveFields | Fields to discard.
CreateDatabase | Whether to create unknown databases in the index action.
DatabaseFields | Fields that identify the database to store a document in. You must set either DatabaseFields or DREDbName unless your Content configuration allows it to read the destination database from a document field.
DateFields | Fields from which to read a document’s date.
Delete | Deletes the IDX or XML file after indexing.
DocumentDelimiters | Fields that indicate the beginning and end of a document.
DocumentFormat | The format of the file to index.
DREDbName | The database in which to store a document. You must set either DatabaseFields or DREDbName unless your Content configuration allows it to read the destination database from a document field.
ExpiryDateFields | Fields that contain a document’s expiry date.
FlattenIndexFields | Fields in an XML document to index as one level.
IDXFieldPrefix | An alternative name for the `DOCUMENT` sub-tree.
IndexFields | Fields to store as index fields.
KeepExisting | Modifies the KillDuplicatesOption operation.
KillDuplicates | Determines how Content handles duplicate content.
KillDuplicatesOption | Determines how Content handles duplicate content.
KillDuplicatesDB | The database to move duplicate documents to.
KillDuplicatesDBField | The name of a field in duplicate documents containing the name of the database to move duplicate documents to.
KillDuplicatesMatchDBs | The databases to search for duplicate matches.
KillDuplicatesMatchTargetDB | The databases to search for duplicate documents.
KillDuplicatesPreserveFields | Whether to copy existing IDX fields to a newer copy of the same document.
LanguageFields | Fields that contain the document language type.
LanguageType | The language type of the file to index.
MustHaveFields | IDX file fields to store in Content.
SectionFields | Fields that indicate the start of a new document section.
SecurityFields | Fields that contain the document security type.
SecurityType | The security type of the document to index.
TitleFields | Fields that contain a document’s title.

This index action accepts the following standard index action parameters.

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
IgnoreMaxPendingItems | Whether to ignore the IndexQueueMaxPendingItems limit for this index action.
IndexUID | An identification code for any document tracking events.
NoArchive | Turn off configured archiving for the index action.
Priority | The priority for the index job.

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Product: Knowledge Discovery Content Component 25.4

Topic Title: DREADDDATA