buildSolrQuery.js

/**
 * Build a SOLR query using kay-value pairs from queryObject.
 * @param  {Object} queryObject Object conaining the name and value for each search parameter.
 * @return {String}             Query string to be appended to URL
 */
function buildSOLRQuery(queryObject) {
  var queryString = '';
  for (key in queryObject) {
    if (queryObject[key] !== '') {
      queryString += (queryString ? ' AND ' : '') + //If queryString is not empty, add '&' at the beginning
      key + ':' + queryObject[key];
    }
  }
  return queryString;
}