Quick Search

Introduction#

This use case enables your users to swiftly and effectively search for products that align with their preferences and activity on your platform. It ensures a seamless and efficient search experience tailored to their specific needs and text input.

Scenario Setup#

In the Recombee Admin UI, navigate to the Scenarios section and choose Create Scenario.

1. Enter a Scenario ID. Select a distinctive label for your recommendation scenario, such as "search-products"
2. Choose Recommendation type - Search Items

The Search Items endpoint performs a full-text search within the products. If you want to show matching categories or vendors besides the product, you can create additional scenarios of type Search Item Segments.

Logic#

The Logic defines the behavior of the recommendation engine.

• Choose the search:personalized logic type from the Universal Models

You can adjust how much the results are biased towards the user (as opposed to strictly following the full-text results) by setting the personalizationImpact parameter.

Filters#

Requesting Search Results#

1. HTML Widget - create a Quick Search HTML Widget using the visual editor in the Admin UI.
2. API & SDK - request the Search Items endpoint of the Recombee API using an SDK of your choice.

For more information, navigate to the Integration tab of the Scenario in the Admin UI.