Creating Suggest As You Type for Solr

says_example.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

#this is how to create suggest as you type for finding a name (searching over last and first names)

#the search is only issued upon 3 characters or more because too many results will come back otherwise. This is a search for "tho" which could be Thomas (a first name) or Thompson (a last name).
curl "http://localhost:8983/solr/select?indent=on&qf=first_name%20last_name&defType=edismax&facet=truel&facet.field=first_name&facet.field=last_name&facet.mincount=1&fl=first_name%20last_name&q=tho*&facet.prefix=tho"

#as soon as a space is issued notice the change in the facet.prefix
curl "http://localhost:8983/solr/select?indent=on&qf=first_name%20last_name&defType=edismax&facet=truel&facet.field=first_name&facet.field=last_name&facet.mincount=1&fl=first_name%20last_name&q=thomas+&facet.prefix="

#starting the second name
curl "http://localhost:8983/solr/select?indent=on&qf=first_name%20last_name&defType=edismax&facet=truel&facet.field=first_name&facet.field=last_name&facet.mincount=1&fl=first_name%20last_name&q=thomas+r*&facet.prefix=r"