Algolia Search integration Plugin

Algolia is a hosted search service platform that helps businesses of all sizes to offer relevant and timely search experiences for end users of e-commerce platforms. Algolia integration helps the store owners implement faster, predictive, and optimized search results which enhance the user experience exponentially on any e-commerce solution, compared to default nopCommerce search.
If you want the best way integrate Algolia search services on your nopCommerce solution, then nopStation is here with its Algolia Search Integration plugin. This search integration plugin is one of nopStation’s many class-leading plugins for nopCommerce. This plugin lets customers easily search and filter through categories, vendors, manufacturers, specifications, product ratings, prices, and much more, letting them find what they’re looking for.

PRE-REQUISITES

The plugin requires you to install the Nop-Station Core plugin first.
An Algolia account is needed

INSTALLATION

Download the Algolia Search Plugin from our store https://nop-station.com/customer/downloadableproducts
Go to Administration → Configuration → Local plugins
Upload the NopStation.AlgoliaSearch zip file using the "Upload plugin or theme" button
Go to Administration, reload the 'list of plugins'. Install 'Nop-Station Core' Plugin first and then install 'Nop-Station Algolia Search'
To make the plugins functional, restart the application

ALGOLIA ACCOUNT CONFIGURATION

Register or Login into your Algolia account
Go to Algolia Dashboard → Settings → API Keys
Copy API Keys and paste into plugin configuration page
In some cases, Usage API Key might be missing. It is not mandatory

CONFIGURATION

Go to Admin → Nop Station → Plugins → Algolia Search → Configuration
Enter the Algolia Application id
Enter the Algolia Search only key
Enter the Algolia Admin key
Enter the Algolia Monitoring key
Enter the Algolia Usage key
Check to allow customers to filter by product categories
Maximum number of categories show in filter.
Check to allow customers to filter by product vendors.
Maximum number of vendors show in filter.
Check to allow customers to filter by product manufacturers.
Maximum number of manufacturers show in filter.
Check to allow customers to filter by product specifications.
Maximum number of specifications show in filter.
Check to allow customers to sort products. Click 'Update index' if the value of this property is changed.
Allowed sorting options. Click 'Update index' if the value of this property is changed.
Check to allow customers to filter by product price range.
Check to allow customers to filter by product rating.
Check to show products count on product search page.
Click Save button
Click Update index button to update Algolia index according to the plugin configuration

UPDATABLE ITEMS

Here you can see all the products, categories, manufacturers, vendors list which are not yet updated with algolia.
Click Update all button to update

UPLOAD EXISTING PRODUCTS

Go to Admin → Nop Station → Plugins → Algolia Search → Upload Products
Enter product id range
Click Upload button