Search dictionary entries

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Required API Key: any key with the settings ACL

Method signature
$client->searchDictionaryEntries(
  string dictionary,
  string query,
  // any params or requestOptions
);

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About this method

Search for entries in a dictionary.

Examples

Read the Algolia CLI documentation for more information.

Search stop word entries

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$client->searchDictionaryEntries('stopwords', 'und');
$client->searchDictionaryEntries('stopwords', 'und',
  array('language' => 'de')
);

Parameters

dictionary
type: string
Required

Type of the dictionary entries you want to search:

  • stopwords
  • plurals
  • compounds
query
type: string
Required

The term to search for in the dictionary.

params

Key-value mapping with specific dictionary_search_parameter.

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

A mapping of request options to send along with the request.

dictionary_search_parameter

page
type: integer
default: 0
Optional

Page of search results to fetch.

hitsPerPage
type: integer
default: 0
Optional

Number of hits retrieved per page of search results. Accepted range: [1, 1000].

language
type: string
Optional

The language ISO code of the dictionary (for example “de” for German).

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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{
  "hits": [
    {
      "objectID": "under",
      "language": "en",
      "word": "under",
      "type": "custom"
    },
    {
      // ...
    }
  ],
  "nbHits": 2,
  "page": 0
  "nbPages": 1
}
Field Description
hits

An array of dictionary entries. Can contain either a list of stopword_entry, plural_entry or compound_entry.

nbHits
integer

Number of entries matching the query.

page
integer

Returned page number (zero-based) of paginated search results.

nbPages
integer

Total number of pages.

dictionary_entry ➔ stopword_entry

Field Description
objectID
string

Unique identifier of the stop word.

language
string

The language ISO code of the dictionary (for example “de” for German).

word
string

The stop word you want to add or update. When word already exists in the standard dictionary provided by Algolia, the entry can be overridden by the one you provide.

type
string

Set to “standard” if the entry is in the default Algolia stop words dictionary. Otherwise, set to “custom”.

dictionary_entry ➔ plural_entry

Field Description
objectID
string

Unique identifier of the plural word.

language
string

The language ISO code of the dictionary (for example “de” for German).

words
string
Required

List of word declensions. The entry overrides existing entries when any of these words exist in the standard dictionary provided by Algolia.

type
string

Set to “standard” if the entry is in the default Algolia plurals dictionary. Otherwise, set to “custom”.

dictionary_entry ➔ compound_entry

Field Description
objectID
string

Unique identifier of the compound word entry.

language
string

The language ISO code of the dictionary (for example “de” for German).

word
string
  • When decomposition is empty: adds word as a compound atom.

    For example, atom “kino” decomposes the query “kopfkino” into “kopf” and “kino”.

  • When decomposition isn’t empty: creates a decomposition exception.

    For example, when decomposition is set to ["hund", "hutte"]exception “hundehutte” decomposes the word into “hund” and “hutte”, discarding the linking morpheme “e”.

decomposition
string array
  • When empty, the key word is considered as a compound atom.
  • Otherwise, it’s the decomposition of word.
type
string

Set to “standard” if the entry is in the default Algolia compound words dictionary. Otherwise, set to “custom”.

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