How to Implement Site Search with Next.js

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Last updated: Jul 16, 2022

How are y'all implementing site search so that ppl can search for articles with Nextjs

Jul 16, 2022, 7:54 PM

With which framework?

Jul 16, 2022, 7:58 PM

Nextjs

Jul 16, 2022, 8:12 PM

Then you would typically have an API route that does the search. And you would query that endpoint in your frontend.

Jul 16, 2022, 8:16 PM

I saw there's an algolia search plugin, I wonder if that's worth a try

Jul 16, 2022, 8:19 PM

Oooh, I guess it depends how complex your data is and how critical the search feature is. Algolia is pretty complicated.

Jul 16, 2022, 8:22 PM

Meh not that complicated, I just need the title, image and slug returned so they can search and click on it

Jul 16, 2022, 8:25 PM

I mean on the frontend yes. But the Algolia setup is not trivial imo. I personally found it very overwhelming.

Jul 16, 2022, 8:28 PM

Oh I meant in terms of the data being critical and the search feature isn't super critical

Jul 16, 2022, 8:30 PM

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