https://github.com/GitbookIO/plugin-algolia

Power search using Algolia

Use Algolia as a back-end to index and search your book’s content.

This plugins requires gitbook >=4.0.0.

How to use it?

Create an Algolia account

• Sign up to Algolia
• Set up a basic index.
• Access your API keys settings, and keep this page open for the next 
  steps.

Set up the plugin in your book. 
- Open Settings > Plugins Store interface in the GitBook Editor. 
- Install the algolia plugin. 
- Specify the following values in the modal for your book:

    Algolia Index Name, which is the name of the index you set up in Algolia web.
    Algolia Application ID, which is your unique application ID for API identification.
    Algolia Search-Only API Key, which is the unique ID for search queries.
    Is your Algolia account free, which you leave as true if you have what Algolia call a "Hacker Account".
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Or if you prefer, you can declare the plug-in values in the book.json file. Add the plugin and its configuration to your book.json:

{
    "plugins": ["algolia"],
    "pluginsConfig": {
        "algolia": {
            "index": "algolia-index-name",
            "applicationID": "algolia-application-id",
            "publicKey": "algolia-search-only-api-key",
            "freeAccount": "true"
        }
    }
}
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Set Algolia Environment Variables

If you are using the GitBook Editor, you can specify the ALGOLIA_PRIVATEKEY in the Settings of your book.

• Login to https://www.gitbook.com
• Go to the Settings of the book you want to add the environment 
  variable to.
• Scroll down to the Environment Variables group.
• Add a new variable, named ALGOLIA_PRIVATEKEY, and put your Admin API 
  Key as value.

If you are using the command line, pass your Admin API Key as an environment variable when launching gitbook:

$ ALGOLIA_PRIVATEKEY="algolia-admin-api-key" gitbook serve
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• 支持中文搜索
• 断词很好
• 免费账户基本够用
• 还不确定在不翻的情况下能不能正常搜索