Algolia Insights

Send your event data from RudderStack to Algolia Insights.

Algolia is a popular site search and discovery platform. It helps businesses build and optimize their users’ product search and discovery experience, resulting in enhanced online engagement, increased conversion rates, and better user lifetime value.

RudderStack supports Algolia Insights as a destination to which you can seamlessly send your customer data.

Connection compatibility

Destination info
  • Status: Generally Available
  • Supported sources: Android, iOS , Web, Unity, AMP , Cloud, React Native , Flutter, Cordova, Warehouse, Shopify
  • Refer to it as ALGOLIA in the Integrations object.

Connection modes
SourceCloud modeDevice modeHybrid mode
AMPsupportednot supportednot supported
Androidsupportednot supportednot supported
Cloudsupportednot supportednot supported
Cordovasupportednot supportednot supported
Fluttersupportednot supportednot supported
iOSsupportednot supportednot supported
React Nativesupportednot supportednot supported
Shopifysupportednot supportednot supported
Unitysupportednot supportednot supported
Warehousesupportednot supportednot supported
Websupportednot supportednot supported
Supported message types
SourceIdentifyPageTrackScreenGroupAlias
Cloud mode
Supported sourcesnot supportednot supportedsupportednot supportednot supportednot supported

Getting started

Once you have confirmed that your source platform supports sending events to Algolia, follow these steps:

  • From your RudderStack dashboard, add the source. From the list of destinations, select Algolia.
  • Assign a name to the destination and click Next. You should then see the following screen:

Connection settings

This section details the connection settings required to configure Algolia as a destination in RudderStack.

  • Enter your Algolia API Key and Application ID.
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To get the Algolia API key and Application ID, go to your Algolia dashboard. Under the API Keys menu, copy the values under Application ID and Search-Only API Key.
  • Under Event Settings, you can add the Event Name and its corresponding Event Type. These are optional fields and can also be passed via the track call.
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The event-eventType mapping passed via the track call will get a higher precedence over the mapping specified in the dashboard.
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If the event-eventType mapping is not specified in the dashboard and these fields are not passed in the track call as well, then the event will be discarded.
  • Finally, click Next. Algolia will now be enabled as a destination in RudderStack.

Track

The track call lets you send events related to your customers’ product usage. The required fields are event, eventType, index, and either objectIds or filters.

Note that the Event Name (event) and Event Type (eventType) can be mapped in the dashboard while configuring the destination. Note that the eventType value set in properties in the track call will have a higher precedence over the dashboard mapping.

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In case you have already specified the mapping in the dashboard, you don’t need to send the same eventType in the track call.
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To send a new event via track which is not specified in the dashboard, make sure you include the eventType inside the properties of the call. Otherwise, the event will be discarded.

The following table includes all track fields with their relative mapping to the Algolia fields:

RudderStack FieldAlgolia FieldCriteria
indexindex
eventTypeeventType
timestamptimestamp
queryIdqueryID
filtersfilters
objectIdsobjectIDs
positionspositions
message.properties.eventSubtypeeventSubtypeApplicable if eventType is conversion. Allowed values for eventSubtype are addToCart, and purchase.
message.properties.valuevalue
properties.currencycurrencyRequired field if you send value and products array where any product’s information contains price/quantity/discount.
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RudderStack looks for these fields within the properties field of the event payload. userId or anonymousId is mapped to userToken in Algolia.

A sample track call is as shown:

rudderanalytics.track("event name", {
  eventType: "click",
  index: "index1",
  timestamp: 1630649198801,
  objectIds: ["objId1", "objId2"],
  positions: [1, 2],
  queryId: "e28d338dbfbbdcb4678d9d30a5e286ee"
});

To successfully send events to Algolia, the following criteria must be met:

FieldCriteria
eventTypeValues can only be either of click, view or conversion. Otherwise, the event will be discarded.
timestampMust be in milliseconds UNIX epoch and must be maximum 4 days old.
queryIdMust be a 32-character Hexadecimal string.
filtersMust be an array of strings. If it has more than 10 strings, only the first 10 values will be passed.
objectIdsMust be an array of strings. If it has more than 20 strings, only the first 20 values will be passed.
positionsMust be an array of integers. It must be passed for only click type events. Only the first 20 values will be passed.
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For all event types (eventType), either filters or objectIds must be passed and not both. If both or none of the fields are passed, the event will be discarded.
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For the click event type, if you pass objectIds, then you must pass either both or none of the positions and queryId fields. If only either of the fields are present, the event will be discarded.

Also, the length of objectIds and positions arrays should be equal. Otherwise, the event will be discarded.

Ecommerce events

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This destination does not strictly adhere to the RudderStack Ecommerce Event Spec.

For Algolia Insights, RudderStack supports the products array for two ecommerce events - Product List Viewed and Order Completed.

An example is shown below:

rudderanalytics.track("product list viewed", {
  index: "index1",
  products: [
    {
      objectId: "objectId",
      position: 1
    }
  ]
});

Rudderstack also supports sending DataObjects, if you send the products array for conversion event type:

RudderStack Product PropertyAlgolia Data Object PropertyCriteria
message.properties.products[#i].queryIDqueryID-
message.properties.products[#i].pricepricemessage.properties.currency must be present.
message.properties.products[#i].quantityquantitymessage.properties.currency must be present.
message.properties.products[#i].discountdiscountmessage.properties.currency must be present.

FAQ

What happens if the Event Name - Event Type mapping is not specified in the dashboard as well as in the track call?

If the Event - Event Type mapping is not specified in the dashboard and these fields are not passed in the track call as well, then the event will be discarded.


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