Go API clients
The Go API clients let you interact with Algolia’s APIs from your Go backend.
Install the library
All API clients are part of the algoliasearch-client-go
package,
which you can install with the go get
command.
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go get github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-client-go/v4
Test your installation
To test your installation, try running a short program that adds a record to a test index, searches your index, and prints the results.
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If you haven’t already, create an Algolia account.
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Copy the following code into a new file
hello_algolia.go
. ReplaceALGOLIA_APPLICATION_ID
andALGOLIA_API_KEY
with values from your account. Make sure to use an API key withaddObject
andsearch
permissions.Copy1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61
// File: hello_algolia.go package main import ( "fmt" "github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-client-go/v4/algolia/search" ) func main() { appID := "ALGOLIA_APPLICATION_ID" // API key with `addObject` and `search` ACL apiKey := "ALGOLIA_API_KEY" indexName := "test-index" record := map[string]any { "objectID": "object-1", "name": "test record", } client, err := search.NewClient(appID, apiKey) if err != nil { panic(err) } // Add record to an index saveResp, err := client.SaveObject( client.NewApiSaveObjectRequest(indexName, record), ) if err != nil { panic(err) } // Wait until indexing is done _, err = client.WaitForTask(indexName, saveResp.TaskID) if err != nil { panic(err) } // Search for 'test' searchResp, err := client.Search( client.NewApiSearchRequest( search.NewEmptySearchMethodParams().SetRequests( []search.SearchQuery{ *search.SearchForHitsAsSearchQuery( search.NewEmptySearchForHits().SetIndexName(indexName).SetQuery("time"), ), }, ), ), ) if err != nil { panic(err) } fmt.Println(searchResp.Results) }
In production, don’t include your credentials in your code. Use environment variables instead.
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Run:
go run hello_algolia.go
If the command is successful, you’ll see the API response.
Next steps
You can view your new index in the Algolia dashboard.