Required API Key: any key with the search ACL

Method signature
$index->findObject(function callback)

$index->findObject(function callback, {
    // All the following parameters are optional
    'query' => string,
    'paginate' => bool
})

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About this method

Find an object by the given condition. Can be used to debug relevance.

findObject may be used to debug the relevance of a specific object. This method accepts a condition and returns the first matching object along with its position information in the result set.

The findObject method uses search internally so it can also retrieve the position for a given query. For simply retrieving an object, you can use the more efficient getObjects method instead.

Examples

Read the Algolia CLI documentation for more information.

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$index->findObject(function($obj) {
  return array_key_exists('firstname', $obj) && 'Jimmie' === $obj['firstname'];
});

// With a query
$options1 = [ 'query' => 'query string' ];
$index->findObject(function($obj) {
  return array_key_exists('firstname', $obj) && 'Jimmie' === $obj['firstname'];
}, $options1);

// With a query and only the first page
$options2 = [ 'query' => 'query string', 'paginate' => false ];
$index->findObject(function($obj) {
  return array_key_exists('firstname', $obj) && 'Jimmie' === $obj['firstname'];
}, $options2);

Parameters

callback
type: function
Required

The callback used to find the object.

query
type: string
default: empty string
Optional

The query used to search.

paginate
type: boolean
default: true
Optional

Whether to paginate the search results.

requestOptions
type: key/value mapping
default: No request options
Optional

A mapping of request options, when using this method.

index
type: string
Required

Only for Scala - The name of the index to query.

Response

This section shows the JSON response returned by the API. Each API client encapsulates this response inside objects specific to the programming language, so that the actual response might be different. You can view the response by using the getLogs method. Don’t rely on the order of attributes in the response, as JSON doesn’t guarantee the ordering of keys in objects.

JSON format

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{
  "object": {
    "firstname": "Jimmie",
    "lastname": "Barninger",
    "_highlightResult": {
      "firstname": {
        "value": "<em>Jimmie</em>",
        "matchLevel": "partial"
      },
      "lastname": {
        "value": "Barninger",
        "matchLevel": "none"
      },
      "company": {
        "value": "California <em>Paint</em> & Wlpaper Str",
        "matchLevel": "partial"
      }
    }
  },
  "position": 0,
  "page": 0
}
Field Description
object
key/value mapping

The hit matching your callback.

A hit is made of the schemaless JSON object that you stored in the index.

However, Algolia enriches them with additional fields like _highlightResult.

object: {
    field1 : "",
    field2 : "",
    [...],

    _highlightResult: {
      [...]
    }
}
position
integer

Number of the matching object’s position in the result set (zero-based).

page
integer

Number of the current page (zero-based). See the page search parameter.

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