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Algolia allows us to provide our users with lightning-fast, typo-tolerant search no matter where our users are.

Fast and reliable search is a critical component to Strava's mission. Algolia has been a valuable partner in providing us with the tools to connect Strava athletes.

Our goal at 8Tracks is to push the barrier on what's possible in terms of music discovery. That wouldn't be possible without Algolia's API.

Every day, Stripe users around the world get fast and relevant answers to their questions when they search our developer documentation. Algolia's analytics provide us with useful insights that help continually improve our developer experience.

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Co-Founder & CTO

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Developer Relations Lead

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Push your data

Ruby
my_index = Algolia::Index.new('contacts')
my_index.add_object :firstname => "Jimmie",
                    :lastname => "Barninger",
                    :company => "California Paint"
class Contact < ActiveRecord::Base
  include AlgoliaSearch

  algoliasearch do
    attribute :firstname, :lastname, :company
  end
end
myIndex = apiClient.init_index("contacts")
myIndex.add_object({"firstname": "Jimmie",
                    "lastname": "Barninger",
                    "company": "California Paint"})
from django.contrib.algoliasearch import AlgoliaIndex

class YourModelIndex(AlgoliaIndex):
    fields = ('firstname', 'lastname', 'company')
$myIndex = $apiClient->initIndex("contacts");
$myIndex->addObject([
    "firstname" => "Jimmie",
    "lastname" => "Barninger",
    "company" => "California Paint",
]);
/**
 *
 * @ORM\Entity
 *
 * @Algolia\Index()
 *
 */
class Contact
{
    /**
     * @var string
     *
     * @ORM\Column(name="firstname", type="string")
     * @Algolia\Attribute
     */
    protected $firstname;
}
const myIndex = apiClient.initIndex('contacts');
myIndex
  .addObject({
    firstname: 'Jimmie',
    lastname: 'Barninger',
    company: 'California Paint',
  })
  .then(content => console.log(content))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
Index<Contact> index = client.initIndex("contacts", Contact.class);
index.addObject(
  new Contact()
    .setFirstname("Jimmie")
    .setLastname("Barninger")
    .setCompany("California Paint")
);
//For the DSL
import algolia.AlgoliaDsl._

//For basic Future support, you might want to change this by your own ExecutionContext
import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global

//case class of your objects
case class Contact(firstname: String,
                   lastname: String,
                   compagny: String)

val indexing: Future[Indexing] = client.execute {
  index into "contacts" `object` Contact("Jimmie", "Barninger", "California Paint")
}
object := algoliasearch.Object{
    "firstname": "Jimmie",
    "lastname":  "Barninger",
}
res, err = index.AddObject(object)
Index myIndex = apiClient.InitIndex("contacts");
        var jsonObject = new JObject();
        jsonObject.Add("firstname", "Jimmie");
        jsonObject.Add("lastname", "Barninger");
        jsonObject.Add("company", "California Paint");
        myIndex.AddObject(jsonObject);
let myIndex = apiClient.getIndex("contacts")
let n = [
    "firstname": "Jimmie",
    "lastname": "Barninger",
    "company": "California Paint"
]
myIndex.addObject(n)
Index myIndex = apiClient.initIndex("contacts");
    JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject()
            .put("firstname", "Jimmie")
            .put("lastname", "Barninger")
            .put("company", "California Paint");
    myIndex.addObjectAsync(jsonObject, null);

Back-end

Build search UX

Javascript
<div id="searchbox"></div>
<div id="hits"></div>

<script>
  const { searchBox, hits } = instantsearch.widgets;
  search.addWidget(searchBox({ container: "#searchbox" }));
  search.addWidget(hits({ container: '#hits' }));
  search.start();
</script>
const App = (
  <Search>
    <SearchBox />
    <Results />
    <Pagination />
    <RefinementList
      attributeName="company"
    />
  </Search>
);
<RelativeLayout
    xmlns:algolia="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <com.algolia.instantsearch.ui.views.SearchBox
        android:id="@+id/search_box"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
  
    <com.algolia.instantsearch.ui.views.Stats
        android:id="@+id/search_box"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="<wrap_co></wrap_co>ntent"/>

    <com.algolia.instantsearch.ui.views.Hits
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        algolia:itemLayout="@layout/hits_item"/>
</RelativeLayout>
<ais-index>
  <ais-search-box />
  <ais-results>
    <template scope="{ result }">
      <h2>{{ result.name }}</h2>
      <p>{{ result.description }}</p>
    </template>
  </ais-results>
  <ais-refinement-list attributeName="company" />
  <ais-pagination />
</ais-index>
@Component({
  selector: 'search-ui',
  template: `
    <input type="search" (input)="search()">
    <div *ngFor="let result of results">{{result.title.highlighted}}</div>
    `
})
export algolia(App);
var searcher: Searcher!
var searchBar: UISearchBar!

func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    let client = Client(appID: "appID", apiKey: "apiKey")
    let index = client.index(withName: "indexName")
    searcher = Searcher(index: index, resultHandler: resultHandler)
    searchBar.delegate = self
}

func resultHandler(results: SearchResults?, error: Error?, userInfo: [String: Any]) {
    print(results?.hits)
}

func searchBar(_ searchBar: UISearchBar, textDidChange searchText: String) {
    searcher.params.query = searchText
    searcher.search()
}

Front-end