Strapi plugin strapi-algolia

A strapi plugin to sync your strapi content with Algolia.

Getting started

1. Installation

Strapi v5 - Use latest version

With Yarn

yarn add strapi-plugin-strapi-algolia@latest

With NPM

npm install --save strapi-plugin-strapi-algolia@latest

Strapi v4 - Use version 1.x.x

With Yarn

yarn add strapi-plugin-strapi-algolia@1

With NPM

npm install --save strapi-plugin-strapi-algolia@1

2. Setup environment variables

ALGOLIA_ADMIN_KEY=your_algolia_app_id
ALGOLIA_APP_ID=your_algolia_api_key

3. Configure the plugin

In Javascript

Add the following code to ./config/plugins.js

'use strict';

module.exports = ({ env }) => ({
  // ...
  'strapi-algolia': {
    enabled: true,
    config: {
      apiKey: env('ALGOLIA_ADMIN_KEY'),
      applicationId: env('ALGOLIA_APP_ID'),
      contentTypes: [
        { name: 'api::article.article' },
        // ...
      ],
    },
  },
});

In Typescript

Add the following code to ./config/plugins.ts

export default ({ env }) => ({
  // ...
  'strapi-algolia': {
    enabled: true,
    config: {
      apiKey: env('ALGOLIA_ADMIN_KEY'),
      applicationId: env('ALGOLIA_APP_ID'),
      contentTypes: [
        { name: 'api::article.article' },
        // ...
      ],
    },
  },
});

All configurations options

Property	Description	Type	Default value
applicationId	Algolia application ID	string (required)
apiKey	Algolia API Key	string (required)
indexPrefix	Prefix for the Algolia index	string	`${strapi.config.environment}_`
contentTypes	Array of content types needed to be indexed	Array<object> (required)
contentTypes.name	Name of the content type	string (required)
contentTypes.index	Algolia index for the current content type	string
contentTypes.idPrefix	Prefix for the item id	string
contentTypes.populate	Which fields needed to be indexed on Algolia, by default all the properties are indexed	object	'*' = All fields
contentTypes.hideFields	Which fields needed to be hidden on Algolia, by default all the properties are indexed	Array<string>	[]
contentTypes.transformToBooleanFields	Which fields needed to be transform from null to boolean on Algolia	Array<string>	[]

UI

For each content type configured in the plugin, a new button will be added to the content type list. This button will allow you to index all the content of the content type.

Endpoints

Index all the content of a content-type

Call the following endpoint /strapi-algolia/index-all-articles with POST method.

The body must be like this:

{
  "name": "api::article.article"
}

You must be admin and add an authorization bearer token in the header.

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN

Example with curl:

curl --request POST \
  --url https://YOUR_STRAPI_INSTANCE/strapi-algolia/index-all-articles \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
	"name": "api::article.article"
}'