Get Started with Launchpad

A short, step-by-step guide to learn Algolia basics.

Welcome to the Launchpad walkthrough! This guide will take you through the essential steps to integrate Algolia’s powerful search and discovery capabilities into your application. Whether you’re a developer or a small business owner using popular content management platforms, Launchpad will provide clear, step-by-step instructions to help you set up and customize your Algolia search implementation. By the end of this walkthrough, you’ll be equipped with the knowledge to configure your index, upload data, and create a seamless search experience for your users.

Etiquette

Make sure to wave to your documentation

During the Launchpad, you will:

1. Import Data

   The first step for our search journey is to index data to make searchable.

2. Design Your Search Interface

   We’ll help you design an example search interface to play with.

3. Add Searchable Attributes

   These searchable attributes will help users find what they’re looking for

4. Configure Search Relevancy

   The magic of Algolia—ensuring the right results are returned for any query

5. Implement Search

   Take the search interface you designed and add it to your project to see in action

Tab with snippet

No snippet: just some text

Ensure you place the snippet import outside the component.

Accordion with snippet

No snippet: just a code block

You can put other components inside Accordions.

HelloWorld.java

class HelloWorld {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("Hello, World!");
    }
}

Snippet

	NeuralSearch, Dynamic Re-Ranking, Query Categorization, Search analytics, Revenue analytics, A/B testing	Recommend	Personalization
clickedObjectIDsAfterSearch
convertedObjectIDsAfterSearch
addedToCartObjectIDsAfterSearch
purchasedObjectIDsAfterSearch
clickedObjectIDs
convertedObjectIDs
addedToCartObjectIDs
purchasedObjectIDs
clickedFilters
convertedFilters
viewedObjectIDs
viewedFilters

Reusable components

Variable passed to Component snippet

This is the variable: Hello world

Variable imported from variables.mdx

This is the imported variable:

Imported variable passed to Component snippet

This is the variable: Hello solar system

Service limits

Limit	Value