Is there a local server of Algolia for offline testing?

[developers]

Hello!

I wonder if there's a local server for Algolia, so that I can test my Rails app locally.

Right now my Rails app connects to Algolia; it's not really a good way to develop a Rails app.

Thank you!

[dzello]

There is no mock server version of Algolia today.

What I would suggest is to create a mock component that returns predictable responses and load that in your dev/test environment instead of the actual Algolia client.

You could also use something like the vcr gem to mock at the HTTP level.

[vvinder]

Hi @dzello, I was wondering if anything changed since Jun 17, we have an engineering team that uses Algolia online services, and it would be extremely helpful to be able to run Algolia search services for local use (not for testing, rather for local development). This way the collections could be local to the user machine and engineers would not overwrite each other collections.

Thanks,

[felipegaiacharly]

@vvinder I’ve been working in this local implementation of Algolia for local development and integration tests https://github.com/marconi1992/algolite, only a few features are already implemented but I’m moving fast to finish them because I also using it in a personal project. feel free to use it and give feedback.