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Implementing a Search Box and Results Component

Explore how to implement the SearchBox and Hits components using Algolia API in a React app. Understand how to perform text-based searches, customize search triggers, and display dynamic search results to create an effective search experience.

We'll cover the following...

Overview

In the previous lesson, we talked about the root component of our search functionality and the composition of the search feature.

In this lesson, we will start implementing the building blocks of the search functionality by starting to import the SearchBox and the Hits component.

SearchBox

The SearchBox component is used to perform a text-based search query on Algolia by the user, which is the main entry point of any search functionality.

import React from 'react';
import {
  InstantSearch,
  SearchBox,
} from
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