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Integrating Typesense with Algolia's Autocomplete-JS Library

TLDR Metahub asks about integrating Typesense with Algolia's autocomplete-js UI library. Jason suggests using the getSources parameter and the Typesense JS client.

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May 19, 2021 (30 months ago)

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Metahub

11:03 PM

Hi, what's the recommended approach for integrating Typesense with Algolia's new standalone autocomplete-js UI library (https://github.com/algolia/autocomplete)? Can the existing Typesense Adapter for InstantSearch.js be used for that also, or not really?

May 20, 2021 (30 months ago)

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Jason

12:34 AM

Hi Metahub you want to hook into getSources parameter of autocomplete, and use the Typesense JS client to make a search request: https://www.algolia.com/doc/ui-libraries/autocomplete/core-concepts/sources/#using-asynchronous-sources

Metahub

02:59 AM

Perfect. Thanks, Jason!

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