How to Create a Search Engine
If you already have an account with a store running and Search Engines created, and you’d like to add more (for example, in the case that you want to have one Search Engine per language), this step-by-step guide will help you configure and integrate them quickly and easily, with no technical expertise required.
Keep reading to learn more:
- Create a Search Engine by selecting “Create Search Engine” from the SE dropdown menu in the top bar. Alternatively, go to Configuration > Store Search Engines > click “Create Search Engine”.
- Choose a data type: Product or Other type of data (such as blog posts, categories, or web pages).
- Select how you want to index your data.
- File or Feed URL: enter your feed URL or drop the CSV, XML or TXT file.
- Connect via API: use our API to index data.
- Choose “Use sample store data” to explore Doofinder with demo content.
- Select a language from the dropdown menu to display results on your SE.
- Choose a currency to display prices.
- Once finished, click "Create Search Engine".
- Click “Done” to be redirected to the Indices page, where you can watch your indexing process finish.

After clicking “Create Search Engine” a pop-up will appear:
In this step, you will define the configuration of your Search Engine. You will choose how to feed your product information, the language, and currency.
What kind of data are you going to store?
For Other type of data, the currency option is disabled, you can select only the language. If you add a Product data feed later, you will need to select a currency.
How do you want to index your data?
Choose between:
With this option, a feed URL box will appear to add a URL or to upload a file.
With this option, a feed URL box will appear to add a URL or to upload a file.
You can replace it with your own store data whenever you’re ready. The sample data is in English and uses EUR as the currency by default.
Language
Currency

Once it’s completed, you’ll be able to set up Search, Recommendations, and Quiz Maker for this Search Engine, unlocking all the benefits Doofinder has to offer.
