Custom Search w/ Algolia + CMS

[Scott_Van_Zandt]

Is there anyway to index Algolia with Webflow? Send and update your data | Algolia

Importing through the API?

Any work around?

[Scott_Van_Zandt]

Webflow CMS API Reference - with this?

[davidvm (David Vargas)]

Hi @Scott_Van_Zandt, did you find a way around this?

I only found this other reference to Algolia search:

Integrating Algolia to Website

I tried Algolia and found it to be insanely complicated. Also, you need to export your database and import it for them to index it. That’s not happening with Webflow. I tried out Google custom search and found that it works pretty well. Here’s a tutorial I put together. http://forum.webflow.com/t/adding-google-search-with-a-custom-field-and-button/24605

Thanks.

[Scott_Van_Zandt]

I did not find a simple way to reindex the Algolia set-up yet. I’ll update when I do

[Zacchino]

@Scott_Van_Zandt
Did you find a way to automatically sync / re-index a Webflow CMS with Algolia… By any chance (and if yes, care to share a quick tutorial)?

[Scott_Van_Zandt]

Hey @Zacchino, not sure it’s possible without some custom code and external held files. I’d reccomend using the @webflow search functionality recently added to the platform!

[jamesvclements (oldfriends.studio)]

@Scott_Van_Zandt any chance you’ve revisited this? Or did Webflow’s native search functionality do the trick, and you abandoned the ability to instantly search?

[mddanishyusuf (Mohd Danish)]

See this hack to sync data to Algolia from Webflow CMS. https://youtu.be/-MKK-XxuKas