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Meilisearch Has a Free API: Lightning-Fast Search Engine for Your Apps
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Meilisearch Has a Free API: Lightning-Fast Search Engine for Your Apps

via Dev.to TutorialAlex Spinov

Meilisearch is an open-source, lightning-fast search engine that provides instant search-as-you-type experiences. With typo tolerance, faceted search, and a RESTful API, it integrates into any application in minutes. What Is Meilisearch? Meilisearch is a Rust-based search engine designed for end-user facing search. It returns results in under 50ms, handles typos, and supports multiple languages out of the box. Think Algolia, but open-source and self-hosted. Key Features: Search in under 50ms Typo tolerance Faceted search and filtering Geo search Multi-language support Synonyms and stop words Tenant tokens (multi-tenancy) RESTful API Quick Start # Install and run curl -L https://install.meilisearch.com | sh ./meilisearch --master-key = "your-master-key" # Or via Docker docker run -d -p 7700:7700 -v meili_data:/meili_data \ getmeili/meilisearch:latest \ meilisearch --master-key = "your-master-key" Meilisearch API: Index and Search import requests MEILI = " http://localhost:7700 " HEADERS

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