Sep 25, 2025
Composition API client
The Composition API client is part of the algoliasearch package.
You can add this package to your pom.xml file for Maven:
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<dependency>
<groupId>com.algolia</groupId>
<artifactId>algoliasearch</artifactId>
<version>4.26.0</version>
</dependency>
or to your build.gradle file for Gradle:
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implementation 'com.algolia:algoliasearch:4.26.0'
To use the Composition client, add these imports to your files:
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import com.algolia.api.CompositionClient;
import com.algolia.config.*;
To create an instance of the client:
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CompositionClient client = new CompositionClient("ALGOLIA_APPLICATION_ID", "ALGOLIA_API_KEY");
List of methods
Each method makes one request to the Composition API.
Search
| client.search | Run a Composition |
| client.searchForFacetValues | Search for facet values |
Compositions
| client.listCompositions | List compositions |
| client.getComposition | Retrieve a composition |
| client.putComposition | Upsert a composition |
| client.deleteComposition | Delete a composition |
| client.multipleBatch | Batch action to multiple compositions |
Composition Rules
| client.getRule | Retrieve a rule |
| client.putCompositionRule | Upsert a composition rule |
| client.deleteCompositionRule | Delete a Composition Rule |
| client.saveRules | Create or update or delete composition rules |
| client.searchCompositionRules | Search for composition rules |
Advanced
| client.getTask | Check task status |