Algolia

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image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/algolia.png
name: Algolia
description: Algolia is a hosted search and discovery platform that delivers fast, typo-tolerant search, browse, recommendations
  and personalization through a suite of REST APIs and edge-distributed infrastructure. It powers search experiences for ecommerce,
  media, SaaS and content sites, pairing a synchronous indexing and query control plane with event-driven Insights, Recommend,
  A/B Testing and Personalization products. Algolia generates every first-party API client and its reference documentation
  from 15 public OpenAPI documents totalling 342 operations, and has extended the platform into the agent layer with two managed
  MCP servers, an Agent Studio runtime and 18 self-published Agent Skills.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/algolia/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-05-04'
modified: '2026-08-27'
x-source: api-evangelist
x-category: Search
x-type: company
x-tier: 2
x-tier-reason: enriched-from-existing-artifacts
tags:
- Search
- Discovery
- Recommendations
- Personalization
- Analytics
- E-Commerce
tags_raw:
- Search
- Discovery
- Recommendations
- Personalization
- Analytics
- Ecommerce
apis:
- name: Algolia Search API
  description: Core indexing and search API for adding, updating and deleting records and querying them with typo-tolerant,
    faceted, geo-aware and rule-driven search served from globally distributed search nodes. The largest surface in the estate
    at 78 operations, and the one carrying the retry strategy, asynchronous-task and API-key ACL semantics the rest of the
    platform inherits.
  humanURL: https://www.algolia.com/doc/rest-api/search/
  baseURL: https://{appid}-dsn.algolia.net
  tags:
  - Search
  - Indexing
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.algolia.com/doc/rest-api/search/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.algolia.com/doc/api-reference/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/algolia-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/algolia-algoliasearch-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/algolia-search-api-overlay.yaml
- name: Algolia Insights API
  description: Inbound event-ingestion API for click, conversion, view and purchase signals that feed Personalization, Recommend,
    A/B Testing and Analytics. Accepts events; does not emit them, which is why Algolia publishes no AsyncAPI or webhook contract.
  humanURL: https://www.algolia.com/doc/rest-api/insights/
  baseURL: https://insights.algolia.io
  tags:
  - Analytics
  - Event
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.algolia.com/doc/rest-api/insights/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/algolia-insights-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/algolia-insights-api-overlay.yaml
- name: Algolia Recommend API
  description: Returns related-products, frequently-bought-together, trending and look-alike recommendations trained from
    Insights events and catalog data, plus the Recommend rules that override them.
  humanURL: https://www.algolia.com/doc/rest-api/recommend/
  baseURL: https://{appid}-dsn.algolia.net
  tags:
  - Recommendations
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.algolia.com/doc/rest-api/recommend/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/algolia-recommend-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/algolia-recommend-api-overlay.yaml
- name: Algolia Analytics API
  description: Reports top searches, no-result searches, click and conversion rates, revenue and other search analytics aggregated
    from query and Insights data. One of only six Algolia APIs that returns machine-readable x-ratelimit-* response headers.
  humanURL: https://www.algolia.com/doc/rest-api/analytics/
  baseURL: https://analytics.algolia.com
  tags:
  - Analytics
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.algolia.com/doc/rest-api/analytics/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/algolia-analytics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/algolia-analytics-api-overlay.yaml
- name: Algolia A/B Testing API
  description: 'Creates and manages A/B tests across index configurations and relevance settings, scoring variants on click-through
    and conversion. Two live versions: v3 is current, and the entire v2 surface is marked deprecated in Algolia''s own contract.'
  humanURL: https://www.algolia.com/doc/rest-api/abtesting/
  baseURL: https://analytics.algolia.com
  tags:
  - Experimentation
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.algolia.com/doc/rest-api/abtesting/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/algolia-abtesting-v3-api-openapi.yml
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/algolia-abtesting-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/algolia-abtesting-v3-api-overlay.yaml
- name: Algolia Personalization API
  description: Configures and applies user-affinity profiles built from Insights events to re-rank search and browse results
    per user.
  humanURL: https://www.algolia.com/doc/rest-api/personalization/
  baseURL: https://personalization.{region}.algolia.com
  tags:
  - Personalization
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.algolia.com/doc/rest-api/personalization/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/algolia-personalization-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/algolia-personalization-api-overlay.yaml
- name: Algolia Advanced Personalization API
  description: 'The successor to classic Personalization: real-time user profiles, personalization strategies and a dedicated
    error-code reference. Runs on its own AI personalization host and publishes the only per-product error catalogue in the
    estate.'
  humanURL: https://www.algolia.com/doc/guides/personalization/advanced-personalization/what-is-advanced-personalization/
  baseURL: https://ai-personalization.{region}.algolia.com
  tags:
  - Personalization
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - REST
  tags_raw:
  - Personalization
  - AI
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.algolia.com/doc/guides/personalization/advanced-personalization/what-is-advanced-personalization/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/algolia-advanced-personalization-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/algolia-advanced-personalization-api-overlay.yaml
- name: Algolia Crawler API
  description: Manages Algolia's hosted web crawler that extracts content from websites and pushes it into indices on a schedule.
    The only Algolia API that authenticates with HTTP Basic rather than the x-algolia-* header pair.
  humanURL: https://www.algolia.com/doc/tools/crawler/getting-started/overview/
  baseURL: https://crawler.algolia.com/api
  tags:
  - Crawler
  - Ingestion
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.algolia.com/doc/tools/crawler/getting-started/overview/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/algolia-crawler-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/algolia-crawler-api-overlay.yaml
- name: Algolia Ingestion API
  description: Connector-based data ingestion that pulls records from databases, storage and ecommerce platforms into Algolia
    indices via managed sources, destinations, transformations and tasks. The largest connector surface at 61 operations,
    and the only Algolia API with real dry-run operations.
  humanURL: https://www.algolia.com/doc/rest-api/ingestion/
  baseURL: https://data.{region}.algolia.com
  tags:
  - Ingestion
  - Connectors
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.algolia.com/doc/rest-api/ingestion/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/algolia-ingestion-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/algolia-ingestion-api-overlay.yaml
- name: Algolia Query Suggestions API
  description: Generates and maintains query-suggestion indices from popular searches to power as-you-type autocomplete.
  humanURL: https://www.algolia.com/doc/rest-api/query-suggestions/
  baseURL: https://query-suggestions.{region}.algolia.com
  tags:
  - Search
  - Autocomplete
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.algolia.com/doc/rest-api/query-suggestions/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/algolia-query-suggestions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/algolia-query-suggestions-api-overlay.yaml
- name: Algolia Composition API
  description: Composes multiple search sources into one curated result set - smart groups, curated queries and composition
    rules - so a single request returns a merchandised, multi-source response.
  humanURL: https://www.algolia.com/doc/rest-api/composition/
  baseURL: https://{appId}.algolia.net
  tags:
  - Search
  - Merchandising
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.algolia.com/doc/rest-api/composition/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/algolia-composition-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/algolia-composition-api-overlay.yaml
- name: Algolia Agent Studio API
  description: 'Algolia''s agent-building runtime: agents, conversations, tools, memory, guardrails and per-turn context,
    exposed as 42 REST operations. Notably, Agent Studio can itself consume third-party MCP tools, so Algolia is both an MCP
    server and an MCP client.'
  humanURL: https://www.algolia.com/doc/guides/algolia-ai/agent-studio
  baseURL: https://{APPLICATION_ID}.algolia.net/agent-studio
  tags:
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - Agents
  - REST
  tags_raw:
  - AI
  - Agents
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.algolia.com/doc/guides/algolia-ai/agent-studio
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/algolia-agent-studio-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/algolia-agent-studio-api-overlay.yaml
- name: Algolia Monitoring API
  description: 'Exposes server status, latency, indexing and reachability metrics for a specific application''s Algolia infrastructure.
    More than a status page: an agent can query the health of its own cluster rather than the global service.'
  humanURL: https://www.algolia.com/doc/rest-api/monitoring/
  baseURL: https://status.algolia.com
  tags:
  - Monitoring
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.algolia.com/doc/rest-api/monitoring/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/algolia-monitoring-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/algolia-monitoring-api-overlay.yaml
- name: Algolia Usage API
  description: Returns per-application usage metrics (operations, records, search volume) for cost and quota tracking. The
    one documented Algolia REST API for which no OpenAPI document is published in the api-clients-automation spec repository.
  humanURL: https://www.algolia.com/doc/rest-api/usage/
  baseURL: https://usage.algolia.com
  tags:
  - Usage
  - FinOps
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.algolia.com/doc/rest-api/usage/
- name: Algolia Productivity MCP Server
  description: Algolia-managed remote MCP server giving an agent user-scoped, read-only access to search, index listing and
    the full analytics surface, authorized by the signed-in user's own Algolia permissions. OAuth 2.1 with PKCE and dynamic
    client registration, discoverable via RFC 8414 and RFC 9728 metadata.
  humanURL: https://www.algolia.com/doc/guides/model-context-protocol
  baseURL: https://mcp.algolia.com
  tags:
  - MCP
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - Agents
  - Search
  tags_raw:
  - MCP
  - AI
  - Agents
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.algolia.com/doc/guides/model-context-protocol
  - type: MCPServer
    url: mcp/algolia-mcp.yml
  - type: ToolCrosswalk
    url: mcp/algolia-tool-crosswalk.yml
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: scopes/algolia-scopes.yml
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.algolia.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://www.algolia.com/developers/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.algolia.com/doc/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://www.algolia.com/doc/api-reference/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://www.algolia.com/doc/guides/getting-started/quick-start/
- type: Support
  url: https://support.algolia.com/hc/en-us
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.algolia.com/blog/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/algolia
- type: Signup
  url: https://dashboard.algolia.com/users/sign_up
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.algolia.com/pricing/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.algolia.com/policies/terms/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.algolia.com/policies/privacy/
- type: Status
  url: https://status.algolia.com
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.algolia.com
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://www.algolia.com/doc/libraries/sdk/changelog/javascript
- type: Plans
  url: plans/algolia-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/algolia-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/algolia-finops.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/algolia-authentication.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/algolia-domain-security.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/algolia-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
  url: security/algolia-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/algolia-trust-center.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: security/algolia-trust-center.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/algolia-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/algolia-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/algolia-cli.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/algolia-components.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/algolia-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/algolia-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/algolia-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/algolia-changelog.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/algolia-conformance.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/algolia-data-model.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/algolia-scopes.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/algolia-well-known.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/algolia-llms.txt
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/algolia-mcp.yml
- type: ToolCrosswalk
  url: mcp/algolia-tool-crosswalk.yml
features:
- name: Hosted Search Infrastructure
  description: Typo-tolerant, faceted, geo-aware search served from globally distributed search nodes (DSN) with sub-50ms
    latency targets.
- name: Recommendations
  description: Related-products, frequently-bought-together, trending, and look-alike models trained from catalog and event
    data.
- name: Personalization
  description: Per-user re-ranking of results driven by affinity profiles built from Insights events.
- name: A/B Testing
  description: Native experimentation across index configurations and relevance settings scored on engagement.
- name: Crawler and Ingestion
  description: Hosted web crawler plus connector-based ingestion to keep indices in sync with external sources.
- name: Search Analytics
  description: Top searches, no-result queries, and click/conversion analytics for relevance tuning.
useCases:
- name: Ecommerce Site Search
  description: Power product search, browse, and filtering for online stores with merchandising rules and personalization.
- name: Content and Media Discovery
  description: Search across articles, media libraries, and documentation with autocomplete and query suggestions.
- name: In-App Search
  description: Add fast, relevant search to SaaS and mobile applications via official client libraries.
- name: Recommendations and Upsell
  description: Drive related-item and frequently-bought-together widgets from catalog and behavioral data.
integrations:
- name: Ecommerce Platforms
  description: Connectors and apps for Shopify, commercetools, BigCommerce, and Salesforce Commerce Cloud.
- name: Frontend Libraries
  description: InstantSearch (JavaScript, React, Vue, Angular, iOS, Android) and Autocomplete UI libraries.
- name: Official API Clients
  description: First-party clients for JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, PHP, Java, Ruby, Go, C#, Kotlin, Swift, Scala, and Dart.
solutions:
- name: Retail and Ecommerce
  description: Search, browse, merchandising, and recommendations tuned for conversion on product catalogs.
- name: Media and Publishing
  description: Content discovery and recommendation across large editorial and media libraries.
- name: B2B and SaaS
  description: Embedded search and discovery inside applications, dashboards, and documentation.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-artifact-summary:
  openapi_documents: 15
  operations: 342
  deprecated_operations: 25
  mcp_servers: 2
  agent_skills_provider_published: 18
  llms_txt: 2
  contract_source: https://github.com/algolia/api-clients-automation/tree/main/specs/bundled
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  date: '2026-08-27'
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