algolia-hello-world

name	algolia-hello-world
description	Create a minimal working Algolia example — index records and search them. Use when starting a new Algolia integration, testing your setup, or learning the saveObjects/searchSingleIndex pattern. Trigger: "algolia hello world", "algolia example", "algolia quick start", "first algolia search".
allowed-tools	Read, Write, Edit, Bash(npm:*), Bash(node:*), Bash(npx:*)
version	1.6.0
license	MIT
author	Jeremy Longshore <[e-mail]>
tags	["saas","search","algolia"]
compatibility	Designed for Claude Code

Algolia Hello World

Overview

Index records into Algolia and search them back — the two fundamental operations. Uses the algoliasearch v5 client where all methods live on the client directly (no initIndex).

Prerequisites

• algoliasearch v5 installed (npm install algoliasearch)
• ALGOLIA_APP_ID and ALGOLIA_ADMIN_KEY environment variables set
• See algolia-install-auth for setup

Instructions

Step 1: Index Records with saveObjects

import { algoliasearch } from 'algoliasearch';

const client = algoliasearch(
  process.env.ALGOLIA_APP_ID!,
  process.env.ALGOLIA_ADMIN_KEY!
);

// saveObjects adds or replaces records. Each must have objectID
// (or Algolia auto-generates one).
const { taskID } = await client.saveObjects({
  indexName: 'movies',
  objects: [
    { objectID: '1', title: 'The Matrix', year: 1999, genre: 'sci-fi' },
    { objectID: '2', title: 'Inception', year: 2010, genre: 'sci-fi' },
    { objectID: '3', title: 'Pulp Fiction', year: , :  },
  ],
});


 client.({ : , taskID });
.();