Interview with Andrew - Q6

Finally, what is the crawler plug-in APIs that you mentioned? Can the Java expert in my company develop custom crawlers using the APIs that are available with SES?

Yes. You are on the right track.

The Crawler Plug-in API enables the users to create their own secure crawler plug-in to meet their requirements. The Crawler Plug-in API is used to crawl and index proprietary document repositories. The plug-in collects document URLs and associated metadata from the repository and returns the information to the Oracle SES crawler. The crawler plug-in must be implemented in Java using the Oracle SES Crawler Plug-in API.

Scroll through the pages of this tutorial to learn about different types of plug-ins and the steps to develop them in detail.