How to use the search function, there is no documentation yet

[sishen654]

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[brc-dd]

You need to apply for Algolia Docsearch, if it gets approved you need to configure crawler etc. there and add your Algolia config in .vitepress/config.ts like this:

vitepress/docs/.vitepress/config.ts

Lines 34 to 38 in bc47197

	algolia: {
	appId: '8J64VVRP8K',
	apiKey: 'a18e2f4cc5665f6602c5631fd868adfd',
	indexName: 'vitepress'
	},

[sishen654]

thank you!I'll give it a try.

[Szymon-dziewonski]

@brc-dd could you maybe help out how to set up crawler? i cant manage to run it to have index for algolia

[sishen654]

@brc-dd could you maybe help out how to set up crawler? i cant manage to run it to have index for algolia

I'm sorry I don't have time to do this crawler yet, you can look at the user manual on the official website or some libraries that use crawler, such as Vite or Vue3

[Szymon-dziewonski]

@sishen654 maybe Im wrong but I read and heard from my friend who did it, crawler is available for some pro acc, for open source you need to file for it via this form https://www.algolia.com/for-open-source/ then they set up crawler for your page, I did it, when I will have some update will write here :)

[brc-dd]

@Szymon-dziewonski Yeah, when your docsearch account is approved, you'll get access to an admin console where you can configure the crawler. These are their recommended templates: https://docsearch.algolia.com/docs/templates/ . You can customize them accordingly if you're getting some weird results. (I'm not managing VitePress' crawler, so I can't tell for sure what is the exact config we are using.)

[e3d]

Search is essential for vitepress. Not every projects get supported by agolia docsearch. It would be great for vitepress to have its own.

[isuke01]

Yes What about the private repos? I could use standard algolia, just Have no idea how to setup crawler/push data from VP?