API Parameters
Scope
Each parameter in this page has a scope. Scope signifies the timing of when the parameter takes effect.
There are three scopes:
-
settings
: They can only be used in thesetSettings
method. -
search
: They can only be used in thesearch
method. -
settings
search
: The setting can be used in thesetSettings
method and be overridden in thesearch
method.
All parameters used in setSettings
are called "Index Settings". They change the index during indexing time; they impact all searches. All parameters used in search
are called "Query Parameters". Their effect is temporary, impacting only the current query.
While many query parameters override an index setting, some add new functionality. Some parameters can be used at both indexing and query time. See more here.
Parameters list
Search
query
search
|
The text to search in the index. |
similarQuery
search
|
Overrides the query parameter and performs a more generic search that can be used to find “similar” results. |
Attributes
searchableAttributes
settings
|
The complete list of attributes that will be used for searching. |
attributesForFaceting
settings
|
The complete list of attributes that will be used for faceting. |
unretrievableAttributes
settings
|
List of attributes that cannot be retrieved at query time. |
attributesToRetrieve
settings search
|
Gives control over which attributes to retrieve and which not to retrieve. |
restrictSearchableAttributes
search
|
Restricts a given query to look in only a subset of your searchable attributes. This setting overrides searchableAttributes for specific searches. |
Ranking
ranking
settings
|
Controls the way results are sorted. |
customRanking
settings
|
Specifies the |
replicas
settings
|
Creates replicas, exact copies of an index. |
Filtering
filters
search
|
Filter the query with numeric, facet and/or tag filters. |
facetFilters
search
|
Filter hits by facet value. |
optionalFilters
search
|
Create filters for ranking purposes, where records that match the filter are ranked highest. |
numericFilters
search
|
Filter on numeric attributes. |
tagFilters
search
|
Filter hits by tags. |
sumOrFiltersScores
search
|
Determines how to calculate the total score for filtering. |
Faceting
facets
search
|
Facets to retrieve. |
maxValuesPerFacet
settings search
|
Maximum number of facet values to return for each facet during a regular search. If you want to change the number of retrieved facet hits during a search for facet values, see maxFacetHits. |
facetingAfterDistinct
search
|
Force faceting to be applied after de-duplication (via the Distinct setting). |
sortFacetValuesBy
settings search
|
Controls how facet values are sorted. |
Highlighting/Snippeting
attributesToHighlight
settings search
|
List of attributes to highlight. |
attributesToSnippet
settings search
|
List of attributes to snippet, with an optional maximum number of words to snippet. |
highlightPreTag
settings search
|
The HTML string to insert before the highlighted parts in all highlight and snippet results. |
highlightPostTag
settings search
|
The HTML string to insert after the highlighted parts in all highlight and snippet results. |
snippetEllipsisText
settings search
|
String used as an ellipsis indicator when a snippet is truncated. |
restrictHighlightAndSnippetArrays
settings search
|
Restrict highlighting and snippeting to items that matched the query. |
Pagination
page
search
|
Specify the page to retrieve. |
hitsPerPage
settings search
|
Set the number of hits per page. In most cases, page/hitsPerPage is the recommended method for pagination. Check our full discussion on pagination approaches. |
offset
search
|
Specify the offset of the first hit to return. In most cases, page/hitsPerPage is the recommended method for pagination. This setting is part of an alternative paging approach. |
length
search
|
Set the number of hits to retrieve (used only with offset). In most cases, page/hitsPerPage is the recommended method for pagination. This setting is part of an alternative paging approach. |
paginationLimitedTo
settings
|
Set the maximum number of hits accessible via pagination. |
Typos
minWordSizefor1Typo
settings search
|
Minimum number of characters a word in the query string must contain to accept matches with 1 typo. |
minWordSizefor2Typos
settings search
|
Minimum number of characters a word in the query string must contain to accept matches with 2 typos. |
typoTolerance
settings search
|
Controls whether typo tolerance is enabled and how it is applied. |
allowTyposOnNumericTokens
settings search
|
Whether to allow typos on numbers (“numeric tokens”) in the query string. |
disableTypoToleranceOnAttributes
settings search
|
List of attributes on which you want to disable typo tolerance. |
disableTypoToleranceOnWords
settings
|
List of words on which you want to disable typo tolerance. |
separatorsToIndex
settings
|
Control which separators are indexed. |
Geo Search
aroundLatLng
search
|
Search for entries around a central geolocation, enabling a geo search within a circular area. |
aroundLatLngViaIP
search
|
Search for entries around a given location automatically computed from the requester’s IP address. |
aroundRadius
search
|
Define the maximum radius for a geo search (in meters). |
aroundPrecision
search
|
Precision of geo search (in meters), to add grouping by geo location to the ranking formula. |
minimumAroundRadius
search
|
Minimum radius (in meters) used for a geo search when aroundRadius is not set. |
insideBoundingBox
search
|
Search inside a rectangular area (in geo coordinates). |
insidePolygon
search
|
Search inside a polygon (in geo coordinates). |
Languages
ignorePlurals
settings search
|
Treats singular, plurals, and other forms of declensions as matching terms. |
removeStopWords
settings search
|
Removes stop (common) words from the query before executing it. |
camelCaseAttributes
settings
|
List of attributes on which to do a decomposition of camel case words. |
decompoundedAttributes
settings
|
Specify on which attributes in your index Algolia should apply word-splitting (“decompounding”). |
keepDiacriticsOnCharacters
settings
|
Characters that should not be automatically normalized by the search engine. |
queryLanguages
settings search
|
Sets the languages to be used by language-specific settings and functionalities such as ignorePlurals, removeStopWords, and CJK word-detection. |
Query rules
enableRules
search settings
|
Whether rules should be globally enabled. |
ruleContexts
search
|
Enables contextual rules. |
Personalization
enablePersonalization
search
|
Enable the Personalization feature. |
personalizationImpact
search
|
Define the impact of the Personalization feature. |
userToken
search
|
Associates a certain user token with the current search. |
Query strategy
queryType
search settings
|
Controls if and how query words are interpreted as prefixes. |
removeWordsIfNoResults
settings search
|
Selects a strategy to remove words from the query when it doesn’t match any hits. |
advancedSyntax
settings search
|
Enables the advanced query syntax. |
optionalWords
settings search
|
A list of words that should be considered as optional when found in the query. |
disablePrefixOnAttributes
settings
|
List of attributes on which you want to disable prefix matching. |
disableExactOnAttributes
settings search
|
List of attributes on which you want to disable the |
exactOnSingleWordQuery
settings search
|
Controls how the |
alternativesAsExact
settings search
|
List of alternatives that should be considered an exact match by the |
advancedSyntaxFeatures
settings search
|
Allows you to specify which advanced syntax features are active when ‘advancedSyntax’ is enabled. |
Performance
numericAttributesForFiltering
settings
|
List of numeric attributes that can be used as numerical filters. |
allowCompressionOfIntegerArray
settings
|
Enables compression of large integer arrays. |
Advanced
attributeForDistinct
settings
|
Name of the de-duplication attribute to be used with the distinct feature. |
distinct
settings search
|
Enables de-duplication or grouping of results. |
getRankingInfo
search
|
Retrieve detailed ranking information. |
clickAnalytics
search
|
Enable the Click Analytics feature. |
analytics
search
|
Whether the current query will be taken into account in the Analytics. |
analyticsTags
search
|
List of tags to apply to the query for analytics purposes. |
synonyms
search
|
Whether to take into account an index’s synonyms for a particular search. |
replaceSynonymsInHighlight
settings search
|
Whether to highlight and snippet the original word that matches the synonym or the synonym itself. |
minProximity
settings search
|
Precision of the |
responseFields
settings search
|
Choose which fields the response will contain. Applies to search and browse queries. |
maxFacetHits
settings search
|
Maximum number of facet hits to return during a search for facet values. If you want to change the number of retrieved facet values for a regular search, see maxValuesPerFacet. |
percentileComputation
search
|
Whether to include or exclude a query from the processing-time percentile computation. |
attributeCriteriaComputedByMinProximity
settings search
|
When |
userData
settings
|
Lets you store custom data in your indices. |