Algolia connector

Set up the Algolia connector in Kaivo: authentication, configuration, the 5 BigQuery tables it syncs, and answers to common questions.

Written By Lauri Raivio

Last updated 16 days ago

Kaivo is a fully managed data platform that syncs your Algolia data into a Google BigQuery warehouse and keeps it up to date automatically. There is no pipeline to build and no infrastructure to run, so you can spend your time analysing your data from Algolia instead of moving it.

What is the Algolia connector

Sync your Algolia search data into BigQuery with Kaivo to analyse what users search for and how your indices are configured.

Category	Tech
Authentication	API key
Setup	Self-service

Getting started with the Algolia connector

Sign up for Kaivo and create a workspace.
Connect your Algolia account.
Choose which tables to sync.
Wait for the initial sync to finish.
Query your data in BigQuery or your favourite AI or BI tool.

Authenticating Algolia

Authenticate with your API Key.

Field	Description
API Key

Configuring the Algolia connector

When you set up the connector, you provide:

Field	Description
Application ID	The application ID for your Algolia account, found in Settings.
Indexes Search Query	Search parameters for the indexes_query stream, in Algolia's searchSingleIndex format (e.g. `query=shoes&hitsPerPage=1000`).
Start Date	Any data before this date will not be fetched.

Tables and columns synced from Algolia

Kaivo syncs 5 tables from Algolia into a dedicated dataset in your BigQuery warehouse. Click any table to see its columns and types.

available_languages (110 columns)

Column	Type	Description
`_kaivo_id`	`STRING`	Primary key that uniquely identifies the row. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`af__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`ar__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`ar__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`az__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`bg__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`bg__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`bn__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`ca__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`ca__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`cs__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`cs__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`cy__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`da__compounds__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`da__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`da__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`de__compounds__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`de__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`de__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`el__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`en__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`en__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`eo__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`es__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`es__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`et__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`eu__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`eu__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`fa__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`fi__compounds__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`fi__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`fi__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`fo__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`fr__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`fr__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`ga__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`gl__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`gl__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`he__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`hi__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`hi__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`hu__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`hu__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`hy__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`hy__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`id__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`id__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`is__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`it__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`it__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`ja__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`ja__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`ka__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`kk__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`ko__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`ko__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`ku__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`ky__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`lt__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`lt__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`lv__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`mi__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`mn__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`mr__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`mr__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`ms__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`mt__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`nb__compounds__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`nb__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`nl__compounds__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`nl__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`nl__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`no__compounds__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`no__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`no__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`ns__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`pl__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`pl__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`ps__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`pt__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`pt__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`pt_br__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`qu__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`ro__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`ro__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`ru__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`ru__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`sk__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`sk__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`sq__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`sv__compounds__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`sv__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`sv__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`sw__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`ta__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`te__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`th__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`tl__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`tn__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`tr__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`tr__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`tt__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`uk__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`uk__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`ur__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`ur__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`uz__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`zh__plurals__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`zh__stopwords__nb_custom_entries`	`FLOAT64`
`_kaivo_extracted_at`	`TIMESTAMP`	Timestamp that shows when the row was extracted. Auto-generated by Kaivo.

indexes_query (42 columns)

Column	Type	Description
`_kaivo_id`	`STRING`	Primary key that uniquely identifies the row. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`type`	`STRING`
`_highlight_result__name__match_level`	`STRING`
`_highlight_result__name__value`	`STRING`
`_highlight_result__original_language__match_level`	`STRING`
`_highlight_result__original_language__value`	`STRING`
`_highlight_result__original_title__match_level`	`STRING`
`_highlight_result__original_title__value`	`STRING`
`_highlight_result__overview__match_level`	`STRING`
`_highlight_result__overview__value`	`STRING`
`_highlight_result__short_description__match_level`	`STRING`
`_highlight_result__short_description__value`	`STRING`
`_ranking_info__filters`	`FLOAT64`
`_ranking_info__first_matched_word`	`FLOAT64`
`_ranking_info__geo_distance`	`FLOAT64`
`_ranking_info__geo_precision`	`FLOAT64`
`_ranking_info__nb_exact_words`	`FLOAT64`
`_ranking_info__nb_typos`	`FLOAT64`
`_ranking_info__proximity_distance`	`FLOAT64`
`_ranking_info__user_score`	`FLOAT64`
`_ranking_info__words`	`FLOAT64`
`attribution`	`STRING`
`backdrop_path`	`STRING`
`best_selling_rank`	`FLOAT64`
`id`	`FLOAT64`
`name`	`STRING`
`object_id`	`STRING`
`original_language`	`STRING`
`original_title`	`STRING`
`overview`	`STRING`
`popularity`	`FLOAT64`
`poster_path`	`STRING`
`release_date`	`STRING`
`sale_price`	`FLOAT64`
`sale_price_range`	`STRING`
`shipping`	`STRING`
`short_description`	`STRING`
`title`	`STRING`
`url`	`STRING`
`vote_average`	`FLOAT64`
`vote_count`	`FLOAT64`
`_kaivo_extracted_at`	`TIMESTAMP`	Timestamp that shows when the row was extracted. Auto-generated by Kaivo.

Subtable: indexes_query___highlight_resultnamematched_words

Column	Type	Description
`_kaivo_parent_id`	`STRING`	Foreign key referencing _kaivo_id in the parent table. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`_kaivo_id`	`STRING`	Primary key that uniquely identifies the row. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`value`	`JSON`
`_kaivo_extracted_at`	`TIMESTAMP`	Timestamp that shows when the row was extracted. Auto-generated by Kaivo.

Subtable: indexes_query___highlight_result__original_language__matched_words

Column	Type	Description
`_kaivo_parent_id`	`STRING`	Foreign key referencing _kaivo_id in the parent table. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`_kaivo_id`	`STRING`	Primary key that uniquely identifies the row. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`value`	`JSON`
`_kaivo_extracted_at`	`TIMESTAMP`	Timestamp that shows when the row was extracted. Auto-generated by Kaivo.

Subtable: indexes_query___highlight_result__original_title__matched_words

Column	Type	Description
`_kaivo_parent_id`	`STRING`	Foreign key referencing _kaivo_id in the parent table. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`_kaivo_id`	`STRING`	Primary key that uniquely identifies the row. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`value`	`JSON`
`_kaivo_extracted_at`	`TIMESTAMP`	Timestamp that shows when the row was extracted. Auto-generated by Kaivo.

Subtable: indexes_query___highlight_resultoverviewmatched_words

Column	Type	Description
`_kaivo_parent_id`	`STRING`	Foreign key referencing _kaivo_id in the parent table. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`_kaivo_id`	`STRING`	Primary key that uniquely identifies the row. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`value`	`JSON`
`_kaivo_extracted_at`	`TIMESTAMP`	Timestamp that shows when the row was extracted. Auto-generated by Kaivo.

Subtable: indexes_query___highlight_result__short_description__matched_words

Column	Type	Description
`_kaivo_parent_id`	`STRING`	Foreign key referencing _kaivo_id in the parent table. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`_kaivo_id`	`STRING`	Primary key that uniquely identifies the row. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`value`	`JSON`
`_kaivo_extracted_at`	`TIMESTAMP`	Timestamp that shows when the row was extracted. Auto-generated by Kaivo.

Subtable: indexes_query__cast

Column	Type	Description
`_kaivo_parent_id`	`STRING`	Foreign key referencing _kaivo_id in the parent table. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`_kaivo_id`	`STRING`	Primary key that uniquely identifies the row. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`character`	`STRING`
`name`	`STRING`
`_kaivo_extracted_at`	`TIMESTAMP`	Timestamp that shows when the row was extracted. Auto-generated by Kaivo.

Subtable: indexes_query__categories

Column	Type	Description
`_kaivo_parent_id`	`STRING`	Foreign key referencing _kaivo_id in the parent table. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`_kaivo_id`	`STRING`	Primary key that uniquely identifies the row. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`value`	`JSON`
`_kaivo_extracted_at`	`TIMESTAMP`	Timestamp that shows when the row was extracted. Auto-generated by Kaivo.

Subtable: indexes_query__crew

Column	Type	Description
`_kaivo_parent_id`	`STRING`	Foreign key referencing _kaivo_id in the parent table. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`_kaivo_id`	`STRING`	Primary key that uniquely identifies the row. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`job`	`STRING`
`name`	`STRING`
`_kaivo_extracted_at`	`TIMESTAMP`	Timestamp that shows when the row was extracted. Auto-generated by Kaivo.

Subtable: indexes_query__genres

Column	Type	Description
`_kaivo_parent_id`	`STRING`	Foreign key referencing _kaivo_id in the parent table. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`_kaivo_id`	`STRING`	Primary key that uniquely identifies the row. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`value`	`STRING`
`_kaivo_extracted_at`	`TIMESTAMP`	Timestamp that shows when the row was extracted. Auto-generated by Kaivo.

Subtable: indexes_query__keywords

Column	Type	Description
`_kaivo_parent_id`	`STRING`	Foreign key referencing _kaivo_id in the parent table. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`_kaivo_id`	`STRING`	Primary key that uniquely identifies the row. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`value`	`STRING`
`_kaivo_extracted_at`	`TIMESTAMP`	Timestamp that shows when the row was extracted. Auto-generated by Kaivo.

indexes_settings (14 columns)

Column	Type	Description
`_kaivo_id`	`STRING`	Primary key that uniquely identifies the row. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`version`	`FLOAT64`
`exact_on_single_word_query`	`STRING`
`highlight_post_tag`	`STRING`
`highlight_pre_tag`	`STRING`
`hits_per_page`	`FLOAT64`
`max_values_per_facet`	`FLOAT64`
`min_word_sizefor1_typo`	`FLOAT64`
`min_word_sizefor2_typos`	`FLOAT64`
`pagination_limited_to`	`FLOAT64`
`query_type`	`STRING`
`remove_words_if_no_results`	`STRING`
`separators_to_index`	`STRING`
`_kaivo_extracted_at`	`TIMESTAMP`	Timestamp that shows when the row was extracted. Auto-generated by Kaivo.

Subtable: indexes_settings__alternatives_as_exact

Column	Type	Description
`_kaivo_parent_id`	`STRING`	Foreign key referencing _kaivo_id in the parent table. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`_kaivo_id`	`STRING`	Primary key that uniquely identifies the row. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`value`	`STRING`
`_kaivo_extracted_at`	`TIMESTAMP`	Timestamp that shows when the row was extracted. Auto-generated by Kaivo.

Subtable: indexes_settings__attributes_for_faceting

Column	Type	Description
`_kaivo_parent_id`	`STRING`	Foreign key referencing _kaivo_id in the parent table. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`_kaivo_id`	`STRING`	Primary key that uniquely identifies the row. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`value`	`STRING`
`_kaivo_extracted_at`	`TIMESTAMP`	Timestamp that shows when the row was extracted. Auto-generated by Kaivo.

Subtable: indexes_settings__custom_ranking

Column	Type	Description
`_kaivo_parent_id`	`STRING`	Foreign key referencing _kaivo_id in the parent table. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`_kaivo_id`	`STRING`	Primary key that uniquely identifies the row. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`value`	`STRING`
`_kaivo_extracted_at`	`TIMESTAMP`	Timestamp that shows when the row was extracted. Auto-generated by Kaivo.

Subtable: indexes_settings__ranking

Column	Type	Description
`_kaivo_parent_id`	`STRING`	Foreign key referencing _kaivo_id in the parent table. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`_kaivo_id`	`STRING`	Primary key that uniquely identifies the row. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`value`	`STRING`
`_kaivo_extracted_at`	`TIMESTAMP`	Timestamp that shows when the row was extracted. Auto-generated by Kaivo.

Subtable: indexes_settings__searchable_attributes

Column	Type	Description
`_kaivo_parent_id`	`STRING`	Foreign key referencing _kaivo_id in the parent table. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`_kaivo_id`	`STRING`	Primary key that uniquely identifies the row. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`value`	`STRING`
`_kaivo_extracted_at`	`TIMESTAMP`	Timestamp that shows when the row was extracted. Auto-generated by Kaivo.

indices (11 columns)

Column	Type	Description
`_kaivo_id`	`STRING`	Primary key that uniquely identifies the row. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`created_at`	`STRING`
`data_size`	`FLOAT64`
`entries`	`FLOAT64`
`file_size`	`FLOAT64`
`last_build_time_s`	`FLOAT64`
`name`	`STRING`
`number_of_pending_tasks`	`FLOAT64`
`pending_task`	`BOOL`
`updated_at`	`STRING`
`_kaivo_extracted_at`	`TIMESTAMP`	Timestamp that shows when the row was extracted. Auto-generated by Kaivo.

logs (16 columns)

Column	Type	Description
`_kaivo_id`	`STRING`	Primary key that uniquely identifies the row. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`answer`	`STRING`
`answer_code`	`STRING`
`index`	`STRING`
`ip`	`STRING`
`method`	`STRING`
`nb_api_calls`	`STRING`
`processing_time_ms`	`STRING`
`query_body`	`STRING`
`query_headers`	`STRING`
`query_nb_hits`	`STRING`
`query_params`	`STRING`
`sha1`	`STRING`
`timestamp`	`STRING`
`url`	`STRING`
`_kaivo_extracted_at`	`TIMESTAMP`	Timestamp that shows when the row was extracted. Auto-generated by Kaivo.

Subtable: logs__inner_queries

Column	Type	Description
`_kaivo_parent_id`	`STRING`	Foreign key referencing _kaivo_id in the parent table. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`_kaivo_id`	`STRING`	Primary key that uniquely identifies the row. Auto-generated by Kaivo.
`index_name`	`STRING`
`user_token`	`STRING`
`_kaivo_extracted_at`	`TIMESTAMP`	Timestamp that shows when the row was extracted. Auto-generated by Kaivo.

How the Algolia sync works

After the first load, Kaivo keeps your BigQuery warehouse up to date for you. Where Algolia supports it, each sync pulls only new and changed records so it stays fast; otherwise it refreshes the whole table. Every record keeps its original ID, so you won't get duplicate rows.

Frequently asked questions

How long does the initial sync take for Algolia?

It depends on how much history is in your Algolia account. Most initial syncs finish within minutes, while large accounts can take a few hours. After that, syncs only fetch new and changed records, so they're much faster.

Can I sync only some tables or columns?

Yes. You pick which tables to sync when you set up the connection and can change the selection later. Tables you don't select are never copied to your warehouse.

What happens when Algolia's schema changes?

New fields are never added automatically. You choose which fields to sync, so data you haven't selected (sensitive personal data, for example) never lands in your warehouse. When a new field appears, it becomes available for you to add. What happens to removed or renamed fields depends on a table's sync mode: full-refresh tables always match what's currently in Algolia, so dropped fields disappear, while incremental tables keep their existing columns and history, so an old field stays and newly added fields fill in over time.

Your data lives in your own Kaivo-managed BigQuery warehouse, so the most direct option is to delete or anonymise specific records right in BigQuery. If you delete data in Algolia instead, full-refresh tables drop it on the next sync, while incremental tables keep it, so you would remove the row in BigQuery or ask us to run a full refresh. To remove everything, delete the Algolia connector in Kaivo and all of its synced data is deleted with it.

Common use cases for Algolia data

Search analysis

Use logs to see top queries, no-result searches, and how search demand changes over time.

Index inventory

Track indices and indexes_settings to document how each index is configured.

Query monitoring

Bring indexes_query data into BigQuery to watch performance and usage patterns.

Language coverage

Use available_languages to check which locales your search supports.

Use Algolia data in your AI and BI tools

Once Algolia data lands in your Kaivo-managed BigQuery warehouse, you can explore it with AI tools or any BI tool that connects to BigQuery. Here's how the most common destinations work with Algolia data.

Claude

Use Kaivo's MCP server to give Claude secure, workspace-scoped access to your data. Setup guide →

Power BI

Microsoft's BI tool with a native BigQuery connector. Supports direct query and scheduled refresh. Setup guide →

Data Studio

Free Google BI tool with native BigQuery support. One-click connection to your Kaivo warehouse; great for SMB teams on Google Workspace. Setup guide →

Tableau

The premium analytics standard, with native BigQuery integration. Setup guide →

Google Sheets

Use Connected Sheets to query BigQuery directly from a spreadsheet, with no SQL. Setup guide →

Excel

Connect via Power Query's BigQuery connector. Setup guide →

Metabase

Open-source BI tool with strong BigQuery support. Setup guide →

See our pricing page for Algolia connector pricing and plan details.

Adform: Sync Adform to BigQuery.
Amplitude: Sync Amplitude to BigQuery.
Auth0: Sync Auth0 to BigQuery.
Convex: Sync Convex to BigQuery.
GitHub: Sync GitHub to BigQuery.
GitLab: Sync GitLab to BigQuery.

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