medusa-plugin-algolia-extended
v0.0.20
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Extended Algolia search plugin for Medusa
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Features
- Flexible configurations for specifying searchable and retrievable attributes.
- Remove draft products from Algolia index
- Utilize Algolia's powerful search functionalities including typo-tolerance, query suggestions, results ranking, and more.
- Access Medusa container inside the transfomer function for unlimited possibilities
- Additional logging, for instance how many documents are sent to Algolia for indexing
Prerequisites
How to Install
1. Run the following command in the directory of the Medusa backend:
npm install medusa-plugin-algolia-extended
2. Set the following environment variables in .env
:
ALGOLIA_APP_ID=<YOUR_APP_ID>
ALGOLIA_ADMIN_API_KEY=<YOUR_ADMIN_API_KEY>
3. In medusa-config.js
add the following at the end of the plugins
array:
const plugins = [
// ...
{
resolve: `medusa-plugin-algolia`,
options: {
applicationId: process.env.ALGOLIA_APP_ID,
adminApiKey: process.env.ALGOLIA_ADMIN_API_KEY,
settings: {
products: {
indexSettings: {
searchableAttributes: ["title", "description"],
attributesToRetrieve: [
"id",
"title",
"description",
"handle",
"thumbnail",
"variants",
"variant_sku",
"options",
"collection_title",
"collection_handle",
"images",
],
},
transformer: async (product, container) => ({
objectID: product.id,
// other attributes...
}),
},
},
},
},
]
Test the Plugin
1. Run the following command in the directory of the Medusa backend to run the backend:
npm run start