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• Thin & minimal low-level HTTP client to interact with Algolia's API
• Works both on the browser and node.js
• UMD and ESM compatible, you can use it with any module loader
• Built with TypeScript

To get started, you first need to install algoliasearch (or any other available API client package). All of our clients comes with type definition, and are available for both browser and node environments.

yarn add [email protected]
# or
npm install [email protected]
# or
pnpm add [email protected]

Add the following JavaScript snippet to the of your website:

// for the full client
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/algoliasearch.umd.js"></script>

// for the lite client
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/lite/builds/browser.umd.js"></script>

You can now import the Algolia API client in your project and play with it.

import { algoliasearch } from 'algoliasearch';

const client = algoliasearch('YOUR_APP_ID', 'YOUR_API_KEY');

// or with the lite client
import { liteClient } from 'algoliasearch/lite';

const client = liteClient('YOUR_APP_ID', 'YOUR_API_KEY');

For full documentation, visit the Algolia JavaScript API Client.

Encountering an issue? Before reaching out to support, we recommend heading to our FAQ where you will find answers for the most common issues and gotchas with the client. You can also open a GitHub issue

The Algolia JavaScript API Client is an open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.