simple passthrough query version

rails/hamster/app/controllers/solr_controller.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
+require 'open-uri'
+
+
 class SolrController < ApplicationController
+  $select_url = 'http://localhost:8983/solr/select/'
+
   def index
+    @search = request[:q]
+    if @search != nil
+      @results = open("#{$select_url}?q=#{@search}&indent=on").read
+    end
+  end
+
+  def browse
   end
 
 end