A sample project with Algolia. This project will (when provided with Algolia API credentials) index the dataset in dataset/bestbuy.json in Algolia. It will also set up the index with some basic configuration around searchable attributes, facets, etc. This project also includes a UI to interact with the indexed data on Algolia.
This sample application is configurable via environment variables. A .env.example is provided.
The data from the dataset may be indexed to Algolia via running yarn index.
The search UI may be run locally via yarn start. To build the UI, yarn build may be used. The built html/css/js is created in dist/.
This project helped me introduce myself to the Algolia product. It was created in under a day and provided me with a great overview of the search service Algolia provides. If I were to take a bit more time to refine this project, I'd want to:
- Ensure I'm properly batching and avoiding rate-limiting in the indexer. I noticed the sdk provides some (perhaps all) of this functionality, but to quickly work with stream-json, I opted to send objects one-at-a-time. Ideally I'd store up just under 10MB of objects and send those for indexing in one batch. I'd also need to find out the rate limiting details to avoid hitting those.
- Explore more of the widgets available in the widget showcase. Particularly, I think I could have hooked up the ratings (ratingsMenu) and free shipping (toggleRefinement) widgets to provide a better UX.
- Implemented infinite scroll, or provide a better pagination experience.
- Provided a way to share search results via routing urls.
Overall, I'd highly recommend someone to take a dataset, get it indexed, and start playing around with Algolia! I was seriously impressed at the amount of functionality that I've seen take weeks to build using other solutions.