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.

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

2. Copy the following code into a new file hello_algolia.go. 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.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("test"),
                       ),
                   },
               ),
            ),
       )
   
       if err != nil {
           panic(err)
       }
   
       fmt.Println(searchResp.Results)
   }
   

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

3. 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.