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Getting Started with Algolia API

Name: Getting Started with Algolia API
Price: 59 USD
Author: Malik Elgabroun

Gain insights into how Algolia API works, explore building search experiences, and discover extending widgets to create a tailored, fast search in your application.

13 lessons

Created by Malik Elgabroun

What's included

13 lessons across 4 modules
1 quizzes with instant feedback
AI Tutor on every lesson

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What You'll Learn

Identify Algolia core components and explain how the search API enables fast search interactions
Set up Algolia indices, API keys, and a search client via the dashboard or API
Send and batch records to Algolia for efficient indexing using API or dashboard workflows
Configure index settings like searchable attributes and faceting to control results and filtering
Apply customRanking settings to tailor search result ordering via API or dashboard
Build a React InstantSearch UI with SearchBox, Hits, Highlight, Stats, filters, and Pagination
Extend InstantSearch widgets using connectors and higher order components to create custom UI components

Learning Roadmap

13 Lessons1 Quiz

Introduction to Algolia

Get familiar with Algolia's setup and key terms for effective search functionality.

Overview of Algolia

Algolia Setup

Sending and Managing Data in Algolia

Discover the logic behind sending and managing data, settings, and custom rankings in Algolia.

Sending Data to the Algolia Server

Managing Data with Algolia

Managing Data by Adding Custom Ranking to Our Search Results

Step by Step Implementation

6 Lessons

Work your way through implementing search components using Algolia API in a React app.

Extending Algolia's Widgets

2 Lessons

Build a foundation in customizing Algolia's InstantSearch components using connectors and APIs.

Certificate of Completion

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About this course

WHY I WROTE THIS COURSE

In this course, you will learn how the Algolia API works by understanding its main components. The end goal is for you to be able to integrate Algolia into your application to deliver tailored, fast search experiences. In the first half, you will learn how to build a full search experience using Algolia's search API and by utilizing Algolia's InstantSearch library. In the second half, you will learn how to extend Algolia's widgets by building a custom search experience. By the end of this course, you will have gained hands-on experience by building a fully functional search experience using Algolia.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Malik Elgabroun

Frontend developer at Redbox Digital, Adobe Certified Magento Frontend Developer

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