Search

List of methods

Search index search search search search search Search Search searchAsync Search search search	Method used for querying an index.
Search for facet values searchForFacetValues searchForFacetValues searchForFacetValues search_for_facet_values search_for_facet_values SearchForFacetValues searchForFacetValues searchForFacetValues SearchForFacetValues searchForFacetValues search into facet values	Search for a set of values within a given facet attribute. Can be combined with a query.
Search multiple indices multipleQueries multipleQueries multipleQueries multiple_queries multiple_queries MultipleQueries multipleQueries multipleQueriesAsync MultipleQueries multipleQueries multiQueries	Perform a search on several indices at the same time, with one method call.
Find Object findObject findObject findObject find_object find_object FindObject findObject FindObject Find Object findObject findObject	Find an object by the given condition. Can be used to debug relevance.
Get Object Position getObjectPosition getObjectPosition getObjectPosition get_object_position get_object_position getObjectPosition getObjectPosition getObjectPosition Get Object Position Get Object Position getObjectPosition	Retrieve the given object’s position in the given results set. Can be used to debug relevance.
Find answers findAnswers findAnswers findAnswers find_answers find_answers FindAnswers findAnswers FindAnswers findAnswers Find answers findAnswers	Search your index with natural-language understanding (NLU) AI using Algolia Answers.

Building search UIs

If you are building a web application, we recommend using one of our frontend search UI libraries instead of the API client directly.

For example, here is what Algolia’s Instant Search UI offers:

An out of the box, good-looking Search UI, easily customizable, with instant results and unlimited facets and filters, and many other configurable features
Better response time because the request does not need to go through your own servers, but instead is communicated directly to the Algolia servers from your end users
As a consequence, your servers will be far less burdened by real-time searching activity

To get started building search UIs, take a look at our guides: