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Introduction

Mercur uses Algolia as a search engine to boost product search accuracy and serving trending/recommended items. The integration features auto product indexing, whenever any of the product attributes was changed or a new product review is created.

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Setup

In order to use Algolia, an account is needed. After registration, enter ALGOLIA_APP_ID and ALGOLIA_API_KEY obtained from the Algolia dashboard into the .env file.

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Configuration

See the full settings reference here!

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Events

In order to persist consistency between database and Algolia, every time any change in indexed entities happens an event is emitted, for example:
  • algolia.products.changed
  • algolia.products.deleted
We use also intermediate events, that also should trigger synchronization with Algolia (of related products):
  • algolia.intermediate.fulfillment_set.changed
  • algolia.intermediate.service_zone.changed
  • algolia.intermediate.shipping_option.changed
  • algolia.intermediate.stock_location.changed
  • algolia.intermediate.inventory_item.changed
Each event is connected to the subscriber, which is responsible for refetching the entity and updating it in Algolia.