Ruby API clients

The Ruby API clients let you interact with Algolia’s APIs from your Ruby backend.

If you’re building a Ruby on Rails app, see Set up Algolia for Ruby on Rails.

Install the library

All API clients are part of the algolia gem. You’ll need Ruby 2.2 or later.

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gem install algolia -v '>= 3.0.0' '< 4.0'

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.

1. If you haven’t already, create an Algolia account.

2. Copy the following code into a new file hello_algolia.rb. Replace ALGOLIA_APPLICATION_ID and ALGOLIA_API_KEY with values from your account. Make sure to use an API key with addObject and search permissions.

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   # File: hello_algolia.rb
   require "algolia"
   
   app_id = "ALGOLIA_APPLICATION_ID"
   # API key with `addObject` and `search` ACL
   api_key = "ALGOLIA_API_KEY"
   index_name = "test-index"
   
   client = Algolia::SearchClient.create(app_id, api_key)
   
   record = { objectID: "object-1", name: "test record" }
   
   # Add record to an index
   save_resp = client.save_object(
     index_name = index_name,
     body = record
   )
   
   # Wait until indexing is done
   client.wait_for_task(
     index_name = index_name,
     task_id = save_resp.task_id
   )
   
   # Search for 'test'
   results = client.search(
     search_method_params = {
       requests: [{ indexName: index_name, query: "test" }]
     }
   )
   
   puts results.to_json
   

   In production, don’t include your credentials in your code. Use environment variables instead.

3. Run: ruby hello_algolia.rb

If the command is successful, you’ll see the API response in JSON format.

Next steps

You can view your new index in the Algolia dashboard.