Algolia Data Handling

Overview

Algolia stores your records in their cloud. You control what data goes in (via saveObjects), what comes back (via attributesToRetrieve), and what users can search (via searchableAttributes). For privacy compliance, you must filter PII before indexing and implement deletion workflows.

Data Flow: Source → Algolia → User

Source Database        Transform           Algolia Index           Search Response
┌──────────┐     ┌──────────────┐     ┌──────────────────┐     ┌──────────────┐
│ Full user │     │ Strip PII    │     │ Searchable       │     │ Retrieved    │
│ record    │ ──▶ │ Truncate     │ ──▶ │ fields only      │ ──▶ │ fields only  │
│ (all cols)│     │ Normalize    │     │ + ranking data   │     │ (UI needs)   │
└──────────┘     └──────────────┘     └──────────────────┘     └──────────────┘

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