@algolia/generative-experiences-js

JavaScript UI components for Algolia Generative Experiences.

Algolia Generative Experiences is a beta feature according to Algolia’s Terms of Service (“Beta Services”).

✨ Features

• JavaScript UI library to use Algolia's Generative Experiences
• UMD and ESM compatible, you can use it with any module loader
• Built with TypeScript

Installation

All Generative Experiences packages are available on the npm registry.

yarn add @algolia/generative-experiences-js
# or
npm install @algolia/generative-experiences-js

Without a package manager (CommonJS)

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@algolia/generative-experiences-js/dist/index.umd.js"></script>
<script>
  const generativeExperiences = window['@algolia/generative-experiences-js'];

  generativeExperiences.shoppingGuidesHeadlines({
    client: commerceClient,
    container: '#headlines',
    userToken: 'MyUserToken',
    category: 'category',
  });
</script>

Usage

To get started, you need a container for your headlines or content to go in. If you don't have containers already, you can insert them into your markup:

<div id="shoppingGuidesHeadlines"></div>
<div id="shoppingGuidesContent"></div>
<div id="shoppingGuidesFeedback"></div>

Initialize the algolia generative experiences client

const options = {
  appId: 'YourApplicationID',
  indexName: 'YourIndexName',
  searchOnlyAPIKey: 'YourSearchOnlyAPIKey',
  region: 'us',
};

const client = createClient(options);

Parameters:

• appId The Algolia Application ID
• indexName The Algolia Index used for generating and displaying shopping guides
• searchOnlyAPIKey The Algolia Search API Key needed for reading index data
• writeAPIKey The Algolia Write API Key needed for generating guides
• region The Region of the Algolia Application. Can be either us or eu. Default is us

Shopping Guides Headlines

Insert your headlines by calling the shoppingGuidesHeadlines function and providing the container. It can be a CSS selector or an Element.

/** @jsx h */
import { h } from 'preact';
import { shoppingGuidesHeadlines } from '@algolia/generative-experiences-js';
import { createClient } from '@algolia/generative-experiences-api-client';

const options = {
  appId: 'YourApplicationID',
  indexName: 'YourIndexName',
  searchOnlyAPIKey: 'YourSearchOnlyAPIKey',
};

const client = createClient(options);

shoppingGuidesHeadlines({
  container: '#shoppingGuidesHeadlines',
  client: client,
  userToken: 'MyUserToken',
  showImmediate: true,
  showFeedback: true,
  category: 'category',
});

Prop name	Type	Default	Description	Notes
client	-	N/A	The Algolia Generative Experiences client.	required
category	string	N/A	The category to use for retrieving/generating the headlines.	required
nbHeadlines	number | undefined	4	The number of headlines to display.	-
onlyPublished	boolean	true	Only return headlines that have had their content generated.	-
showImmediate	boolean	false	Whether to generate/display the headlines on load.	-
showFeedback	boolean	false	Whether to show the feedback buttons.	-
userToken	string	N/A	The user token needed for computing feedback.	required if showFeedback is true
getters	CommersGetters	-	The custom gathers that help you fetch images and add links.	-
itemComponent	ReactNode	Widget with title, description, image and link to full guide.	Component to display the headlines.	-
view	ViewProps	-	The view component into which your shopping guide headlines will be rendered.	-
children	ReactNode	-	The children to render.	-
classNames	HeadlinesButtonClassNames	-	The class names for the component.	-

Shopping Guide Content

Insert a guide's content by calling the shoppingGuidesContent function and providing the container. It can be a CSS selector or an Element.

/** @jsx h */
import { h } from 'preact';
import { shoppingGuidesContent } from '@algolia/generative-experiences-js';
import { createClient } from '@algolia/generative-experiences-api-client';

const options = {
  appId: 'YourApplicationID',
  indexName: 'YourIndexName',
  searchOnlyAPIKey: 'YourSearchOnlyAPIKey',
};

const client = createClient(options);

shoppingGuidesContent({
  container: '#shoppingGuidesContent',
  client: client,
  userToken: 'MyUserToken',
  showFeedback: true,
  objectID: '123',
  itemComponent({ hit }) {
    return <div>{hit.name}</div>;
  },
});

Prop name	Type	Default	Description	Notes
client	-	N/A	The Algolia Generative Experiences client.	required
objectID	string	N/A	The objectID for the guide to be retrieved/generated.	required
itemComponent	ReactNode	N/A	Component to display items (from an algolia index) listed throughout the guide.	required
onlyPublished	boolean	true	Only display published guides.	-
showImmediate	boolean	true	Whether to generate/display the content on load.	-
showFeedback	boolean	false	Whether to show the feedback buttons.	-
userToken	string	N/A	The user token needed for computing feedback.	required if showFeedback is true
getters	CommersGetters	-	The custom gathers that help you fetch images and add links.	-
children	ReactNode	-	The children to render.	-
view	ViewProps	-	The view component into which your guide content will be rendered.	-
classNames	ContentClassNames	-	The class names for the component.	-

Shopping Guides Feedback

Insert the feedback component by calling the shoppingGuidesFeedback function and providing the container. It can be a CSS selector or an Element.

/** @jsx h */
import { h } from 'preact';
import { shoppingGuidesFeedback } from '@algolia/generative-experiences-js';
import { createClient } from '@algolia/generative-experiences-api-client';

const options = {
  appId: 'YourApplicationID',
  indexName: 'YourIndexName',
  searchOnlyAPIKey: 'YourSearchOnlyAPIKey',
};

const client = createClient(options);

shoppingGuidesFeedback({
  container: '#shoppingGuidesFeedback',
  client: client,
  userToken: 'MyUserToken',
  objectIDs: ['123'],
  voteTarget: 'content',
});

Prop name	Type	Default	Description	Notes
client	-	N/A	The Algolia Generative Experiences client.	required
objectIDs	string	N/A	Array of objectIDs for gathering feedback.	required
userToken	string	N/A	The user token needed for computing feedback.	required
voteTarget	'content' | 'headline'	content	The target of the feedback.	required
children	ReactNode	-	The children to render.	-
view	ViewProps	-	The view component to render your feedback widget.	-
classNames	FeedbackClassNames	-	The class names for the component.	-

Customisation with getters

Some of the generated shopping guides may contain placeholders for website-specific content. These are used for the links to the product pages, guide pages as well as images.

To replace these placeholders with your website-specific content, use the getters parameter for shoppingGuidesHeadlines() or shoppingGuidesContent().

/** @jsx h */
import { h } from 'preact';
import { shoppingGuidesHeadlines } from '@algolia/generative-experiences-js';
import { createClient } from '@algolia/generative-experiences-api-client';

const options = {
  appId: 'YourApplicationID',
  indexName: 'YourIndexName',
  searchOnlyAPIKey: 'YourSearchOnlyAPIKey',
};

const client = createClient(options);

const customGetters = {
  /**
  * URL for a specific guide.
  */
  guideURL: (objectID) => `/shopping-guide/${objectID}`,
  /**
   * URL for a specific product.
   */
  objectURL: (objectID) => `/product/${objectID}`,
  /**
   * List of images for a product.
   */
  images: (object) =>
    object.images.map((image) => ({ src: image.url, alt: image.alt })),
};

shoppingGuidesHeadlines({
    container: '#shoppingGuidesHeadlines',
    client: client,
    userToken: 'MyUserToken',
    showImmediate: true,
    showFeedback: true,
    getters: customGetters,
    category: 'category',
});

Styling

// TBD

❓ Troubleshooting

Encountering an issue? Before reaching out to support, we recommend checking the GitHub Discussions. You can also open a Github issue.

📄 License

The project is an open-sourced software, licensed under the MIT license.