Hey Rob. 
Hopefully you have found a way to solve this, otherwise i have had the same issue.
On a site i had to import a article from a api, i only stored the id which should be retrieved when the specefic page was loaded. The content from the api should also be searchable.
The thing i did: i hooked up on the inderEvent via GatheringNodeDataHandler, in here i could add a new field to the index with the information i retrieved from the api. 

I can give some code examples if the above dosn't make proper sense :)

- Niclas Schumacher

Hi Niclas

Could you post some examples please?  I'm just looking into implementing something along these lines

Thanks

Hey James. 
Sure.

i created a clas called WebsiteSearchIndexerEvents, (WebsiteSearch is my the name of my indexer) extending ApplicationStartupHandler. Created a GatheringNodeDataHandler method, which i hooked to my indexer 

var indexer = ExamineManager.Instance.IndexProviderCollection["WebsiteIndexer"];

indexer.GatheringNodeData += GatheringNodeDataHandler; 

then you just gather the information you need to put into the index , and do e.Fields.Add("Field", content); 

If this explenation dosn't cut it, ill be glad to put the code up :) 

But the rest of my code is problem specefic. So as long you do the 2-3 things ive told, you should be set :)

Briliant, thanks Niclas, I'll give it a try....

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