This library is an adapter that connects the search engine ItemsJS with the opensource tool Instantsearch (powered by Algolia) that lets you quickly build a search interface in your front-end application.
🔧 Installation
✏️ Usage
👀 Demo
📜 Features
🤝 Contribute
Use npm to install itemsjs-instantsearch-adapter.
npm install instantsearch-itemsjs-adapter
Instantsearch-ItemsJS-adapter does not create any UI component by itself.
To be able to create a search interface, you'll need to install Instantsearch as well.
import { createIndex, getSearchClient } from "instantsearch-itemsjs-adapter";
const data = [{ "id":1,"title": "Iphone 7", "category":"Apple","price":109.95 },
{"id":1,"title": "Samsung notce 10","category":"Samsung","price":109.95 }]
const options = {
searchableFields: ["title"],
query: "",
aggregations: {
category: {
title: "category",
size: 10,
conjunction: false,
},
price: {
show_facet_stats: true
},
},
sortings: {
price_asc: {
field: "price",
order: "asc",
},
price_desc: {
field: "price",
order: "desc",
},
},
};
const index = createIndex(data, options);
const searchClient = getSearchClient(index);options Options are from the ItemsJS API found here: ItemsJS
To see an implementation of this adapter go to unplatform-io/clientside-instantsearch-demo.
| Component | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
| Autocomplete | ❌ | Is not supported by ItemsJS |
| Breadcrumb | ✔️ | |
| ClearRefinements | ✔️ | |
| Configure | ✔️ | |
| ConfigureRelatedItems | ❌ | Is not supported by ItemsJS |
| CurrentRefinements | ✔️ | |
| DynamicWidgets | ❌ | Cannot be imported from react-instanstsearch-dom (version 6.12.1) |
| HierarchicalMenu | ✔️ | |
| Highlight | ❌ | Is not supported by ItemsJS |
| Hits | ✔️ | |
| HitsPerPage | ✔️ | |
| Index | ❌ | Is not supported by ItemsJS |
| InfiniteHits | ✔️ | |
| InstantSearch | ✔️ | |
| Menu | ✔️ | |
| MenuSelect | ✔️ | |
| NumericMenu | ✔️ | |
| Pagination | ✔️ | |
| Panel | ✔️ | |
| QueryRuleContext | ❌ | Is not supported by ItemsJS |
| QueryRuleCustomData | ❌ | Is not supported by ItemsJS |
| RangeInput | ✔️ | |
| RangeSlider | ✔️ | |
| RatingMenu | ✔️ | |
| RefinementList | ✔️ | |
| RelevantSort | ❌ | Is not supported by ItemsJS |
| ScrollTo | ✔️ | |
| SearchBox | ✔️ | |
| SearchState | ✔️ | |
| Snippet | ❌ | Is not supported by ItemsJS |
| SortBy | ✔️ | |
| StateResults | ✔️ | |
| Stats | ✔️ | |
| ToggleRefinement | ✔️ | |
| VoiceSearch | ✔️ |
The Breadcrumb widget allows a user to see where the current page is in relation to the facet’s hierarchy.
| Parameter | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
| attributes | ✔️ | |
| separator | ✔️ | |
| rootURL | ✔️ | |
| transformItems | ✔️ | |
| translations | ✔️ |
The ClearRefinements widget allows a user to delete all applied filters.
| Parameter | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
| clearsQuery | ✔️ | |
| translations | ✔️ | |
| transformItems | ✔️ |
The Configure widget allows a user to set fixed search parameters.
This widget can contain all Search Parameters, see this site for more information.
The CurrentRefinements widget allows a user to see wich filters are apllied.
| Parameter | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
| clearsQuery | ❌ | Do not set this to true, the interface will no longer work properly. |
| transformItems | ✔️ |
The HierarchicalMenu widget allows a user to filter on a single value for an attribute.
| Parameter | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
| attributes | ✔️ | |
| defaultRefinement | ✔️ | |
| facetOrdering | ❌ | Is not supported by ItemsJS |
| limit | ✔️ | |
| showMore | ✔️ | |
| showMoreLimit | ✔️ | |
| separator | ❌ | |
| rootPath | ✔️ | |
| showParentLevel | ✔️ | |
| transformItems | ✔️ | |
| translations | ✔️ |
The Hits widget allows a user to see the result of their search.
| Parameter | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
| hitComponent | ✔️ |
The HitsPerPage widget allows a user to select how many hits wil appear on a page.
| Parameter | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
| items | ✔️ | |
| defaultRefinement | ✔️ | |
| transformItems | ✔️ |
The InfiniteHits widget allows a user to see the result of their search.
| Parameter | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
| showPrevious | Can only be used if URL Sync is implemented. | |
| hitComponent | ✔️ | |
| translations | ✔️ | |
| cache | ✔️ |
The InstantSearch widget allows a user to let all connected components (or widgets) interact with the searchState.
| Parameter | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
| indexName | ✔️ | |
| searchClient | ✔️ | |
| searchState | ✔️ | |
| resultsState | ✔️ | |
| createURL | ✔️ | |
| onSearchStateChange | ✔️ | |
| onSearchParameters | ✔️ | |
| refresh | There is no proof that this parameter works. | |
| stalledSearchDelay | ✔️ |
The Menu widget allows a user to filter on a single value for an attribute.
| Parameter | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
| attribute | ✔️ | |
| defaultRefinement | ✔️ | |
| facetOrdering | ❌ | Is not supported by ItemsJS |
| limit | ✔️ | |
| showMore | ✔️ | |
| showMoreLimit | ✔️ | |
| searchable | ❌ | Is not supported by ItemsJS, |
| transformItems | ✔️ | |
| translations | ✔️ |
The MenuSelect widget allows a user to filter on a single value for an attribute.
| Parameter | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
| attribute | ✔️ | |
| defaultRefinement | ✔️ | |
| facetOrdering | ❌ | Is not supported by ItemsJS |
| limit | ✔️ | |
| transformItems | ✔️ | |
| translations | ✔️ |
The NumericMenu widget allows a user to filter on a numeric field through the given ranges.
| Parameter | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
| attribute | ✔️ | |
| items | ✔️ | |
| defaultRefinement | ✔️ | |
| transformItems | ✔️ | |
| translations | ✔️ |
show_facet_stats needs to be true, for more information see Facet Stats.
The Pagination widget allows a user to change the current page.
| Parameter | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
| defaultRefinement | ✔️ | |
| showFirst | ✔️ | |
| showPrevious | ✔️ | |
| showNext | ✔️ | |
| showLast | ✔️ | |
| padding | ✔️ | |
| totalPages | ✔️ | |
| translations | ✔️ |
The Panel widget allows a user to wrap other widgets in a consistent design.
| Parameter | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
| className | ✔️ | |
| header | ✔️ | |
| footer | ✔️ |
The rangeInput widget allows a user to filter on a numeric field using a minimum and/or maximum input.
| Parameter | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
| attribute | ✔️ | |
| defaultRefinement | ✔️ | |
| min | ✔️ | |
| max | ✔️ | |
| precision | ✔️ | |
| translations | ✔️ |
show_facet_stats needs to be true, for more information see Facet Stats.
The RangeSlider widget allows a user to filter on a numeric field using a minimum and/or maximum input.
| Parameter | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
| attribute | ✔️ | |
| defaultRefinement | ✔️ | |
| min | ✔️ | |
| max | ✔️ |
show_facet_stats needs to be true, for more information see Facet Stats.
The RatingMenu widget allows a user to filter on a numeric field by clicking on stars.
| Parameter | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
| attribute | ✔️ | |
| defaultRefinement | ✔️ | |
| min | ✔️ | |
| max | ✔️ | |
| translations | ✔️ |
show_facet_stats needs to be true, for more information see Facet Stats.
The RefinementList widget allows a user to filter on a facet/field.
| Parameter | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
| attribute | ✔️ | |
| defaultRefinement | ✔️ | |
| facetOrdering | ❌ | Is not supported by ItemsJS |
| operator | ❌ | ✔️Buildtime workaround available, see below |
| limit | ✔️ | |
| showMore | ✔️ | |
| showMoreLimit | ✔️ | |
| searchable | ❌ | Is not supported by ItemsJS, |
| transformItems | ✔️ | |
| translations | ✔️ |
✔️Operator workaround:
Can be passed to ItemsJS buildtime (not available at runtime).
Set conjunction to true (OR operator) or false (AND operator).
aggregations: {
category: {
title: "category",
conjunction: false,
}
}The ScrollTo widget allows a user to automatically scroll to an object when the searchState is adjusted.
| Parameter | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
| scrollOn | ✔️ |
The SearchBox widget allows a user to search text based.
| Parameter | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
| defaultRefinement | Text appears in the search box but the dataset is not searched. | |
| autoFocus | ✔️ | |
| searchAsYouType | ✔️ | |
| showLoadingIndicator | ✔️ | There is no proof that this parameter works. |
| submit | ✔️ | There is no proof that this parameter works. |
| reset | ✔️ | |
| loadingIndicator | ✔️ | There is no proof that this parameter works. |
| focusShortcuts | ✔️ | |
| onSubmit | ✔️ | |
| onReset | ✔️ | |
| on* | ✔️ | |
| translations | ✔️ |
The SearchState widget allows a user to update their search parameters. When updated automaticly searched.
The sortBy widget allows a user to change the way hits are sorted.
| Parameter | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
| items | ✔️ | |
| defaultRefinement | ✔️ | |
| transformItems | ✔️ |
With Instantsearch-ItemsJS-adapter you have to define the same key from your configuration sorting for the sortBy value.
ItemsJS documentation for the configuration and searching can be found here ItemsJS configuration
sortings: {
price_asc: { field: "price", order: "asc", },
price_desc: { field: "price", order: "desc", },
},
<SortBy
defaultRefinement=""
items={[
{ value: "price_desc", label: "High to low" },
{ value: "price_asc", label: "Low to high" },
]}
/>The usage of the sortBy widget differs from the one found in Aloglia's documentation.
Instantsearch-ItemsJS-adapter does not make use of a replica indices
The StateResults widget allows a user to access the searchState and the searchResults of InstantSearch. For instance, this widget allows you to create results/no results or query/no query pages.
The Stats widget allows a user to displays the total number of matching hits and the time it took to get them (time spent in ItemsJS)
| Parameter | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
| translations | ✔️ |
The ToggleRefinement widget allows a user to on/off filtering feature based on an attribute value
| Parameter | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
| attribute | ✔️ | |
| label | ✔️ | |
| value | ✔️ | |
| defaultRefinement | ✔️ |
The VoiceSearch widget allows a user to perform a voice-based query.
| Parameter | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
| searchAsYouSpeak | ✔️ | |
| buttonTextComponent | ✔️ | |
| statusComponent | ✔️ | |
| translations | ✔️ |
For all nummeric fields show_facet_stats: true is required to calculate Instantsearch facet_stats and to avoid errors, it should be passed to ItemsJS, as shown below.
aggregations: {
price: { show_facet_stats: true, },
},
<NumericMenu
attribute="price"
items={[
{ label: "Less than 10", end: 10 },
{ label: "10 till 25", start: 10, end: 25 },
{ label: "25 till 50", start: 25, end: 50 },
{ label: "More than 50", start: 50 },
]}
/>
<RangeInput attribute="price" />
<RangeSlider attribute="price" />
<RatingMenu attribute="price" />Help to this project is appreciated. If you want to help please use Jest and ESlint mentioned below, before creating a pull request.
To check functionalities run Jest tests, and if you make a new functionality also write some tests for this code.
npm run test
To keep the code clean run ESlint and resolve the errors when you're done programming.
npm run eslintTo automaticly resolve the errors run:
npm run eslint:fix