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# simple

> Default mapping between InstantSearch state and the URL.

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```js Signature theme={"system"}
const routing = {
  stateMapping: simple(),
};
```

## Import

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  ```js Package manager theme={"system"}
  import { simple } from "instantsearch.js/es/lib/stateMappings";
  ```

  ```js CDN theme={"system"}
  const { simple } = instantsearch.stateMappings;
  // or directly use instantsearch.stateMappings.simple()
  ```
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## About this widget

This `simple` state mapping is the default for the `instantsearch` object's
[routing](/doc/api-reference/widgets/instantsearch/js#param-routing) option.

The router provides an API that lets you customize some of its behaviors.
To get a sense of what you can do with the API,
see [Routing URLs](/doc/guides/building-search-ui/going-further/routing-urls/js).

The only transformation applied by the function is the omission of `configure`.

```js JavaScript icon=code theme={"system"}
simple().stateToRoute({
  instant_search: {
    query: "Apple",
    page: 5,
    configure: {
      hitsPerPage: 4,
    },
  },
});

// gives as output:
// {
//   instant_search: {
//     query: 'Apple',
//     page: 5,
//   },
// }
```

## Examples

```js JavaScript icon=code theme={"system"}
instantsearch({
  // ...
  routing: {
    stateMapping: simple(),
  },
});
```