Create a Search Engine

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:

1. 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”.


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.

Use this page when you index your data yourself, through a feed URL, a file or our API. If your store is connected through one of our official plugins, the plugin creates and connects its Search Engines for you.

What kind of data are you going to store?

2. Choose a data type: Product or Other type of data (such as blog posts, categories, or web pages).

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?

3. Select how you want to index your data.

Choose between:

• File or Feed URL: enter your feed URL or drop the CSV, XML or TXT file.

With this option, a feed URL box will appear to add a URL or to upload a file.

• Connect via API: send your product data directly through Doofinder's API.

The Search Engine is created with an empty index, and your products reach it through the API calls you make. You only choose the language and the currency.

• Choose “Use sample store data” to explore Doofinder with demo content.

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

4. Select a language from the dropdown menu to display results on your SE.

Currency

5. Choose a currency to display prices.
6. Once finished, click "Create Search Engine".

7. Click “Done” to be redirected to the Indices page, where you can watch your indexing process finish.

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.