parseAlgoliaHitSnippet

Returns the snippeted parts of an Algolia hit.

Example with a single string#

import { parseAlgoliaHitSnippet } from '@algolia/autocomplete-preset-algolia';
// Fetch an Algolia hit
const hit = {
name: 'Laptop',
_snippetResult: {
name: {
value: '__aa_highlight__Lap__/aa_highlight__top',
},
},
};
const snippetParts = parseAlgoliaHitSnippet({
hit,
attribute: 'name',
});
// => [{ value: 'Lap', isHighlighted: true }, { value: 'top', isHighlighted: false }]

Example with nested attributes#

import { parseAlgoliaHitSnippet } from '@algolia/autocomplete-preset-algolia';
// Fetch an Algolia hit
const hit = {
name: {
type: 'Laptop',
},
_snippetResult: {
name: {
type: {
value: '__aa_highlight__Lap__/aa_highlight__top',
},
},
},
};
const snippetParts = parseAlgoliaHitSnippet({
hit,
attribute: ['name', 'type'],
});
// => [{ value: 'Lap', isHighlighted: true }, { value: 'top', isHighlighted: false }]

Params#

hit#

AlgoliaHit | required

The Algolia hit to retrieve the attribute value from.

attribute#

string | string[] | required

The attribute to retrieve the snippet value from. You can use the array syntax to reference the nested attributes.

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