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Displays trending items recommendations using Algolia’s Recommend API.

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Usage

import instantsearch from 'instantsearch.js';
import { trendingItems } from 'instantsearch.js/es/widgets';

const search = instantsearch({
  indexName: 'instant_search',
  searchClient
});

search.addWidgets([
  trendingItems({
    container: '#trending-items'
  })
]);

search.start();

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Parameters

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container
string | HTMLElement
required
CSS selector or HTMLElement to insert the widget.
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facetName
string
The facet attribute to get recommendations for (optional, for facet-specific trending).
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facetValue
string
The facet value to get recommendations for (required if facetName is provided).
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limit
number
Number of recommendations to retrieve.
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threshold
number
Threshold for the recommendations confidence score (between 0 and 100).
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queryParameters
object
Additional search parameters to send to the Algolia API.
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fallbackParameters
object
Search parameters to use when not enough recommendations are available.
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escapeHTML
boolean
default:"true"
Whether to escape HTML tags from items string values.
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transformItems
function
Function to transform the items before rendering.
(items: Hit[], { results: RecommendResponse }) => Hit[]
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templates
object
Templates to use for the widget.
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cssClasses
object
CSS classes to add to the widget elements.

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Examples

trendingItems({
  container: '#trending-items',
  limit: 6,
  templates: {
    item(hit, { html }) {
      return html`
        <div>
          <img src="${hit.image}" alt="${hit.name}" />
          <h3>${hit.name}</h3>
          <p>$${hit.price}</p>
        </div>
      `;
    }
  }
});

trendingItems({
  container: '#trending-items',
  facetName: 'category',
  facetValue: 'Electronics',
  limit: 4,
  templates: {
    header: 'Trending in Electronics',
    item(hit) {
      return `
        <article>
          <img src="${hit.image}" />
          <h4>${hit.name}</h4>
          <span class="price">$${hit.price}</span>
        </article>
      `;
    }
  }
});

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With header and count

trendingItems({
  container: '#trending-items',
  templates: {
    header({ items }) {
      return `<h2>Trending Now (${items.length})</h2>`;
    },
    item(hit) {
      return `
        <div class="trending-product">
          <img src="${hit.image}" />
          <div>${hit.name}</div>
          <div class="price">$${hit.price}</div>
        </div>
      `;
    }
  }
});

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With empty state

trendingItems({
  container: '#trending-items',
  templates: {
    item(hit) {
      return `<div class="product">${hit.name}</div>`;
    },
    empty() {
      return '<p>No trending items available right now.</p>';
    }
  }
});

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Transform items to add badges

trendingItems({
  container: '#trending-items',
  transformItems(items) {
    return items.map((item, index) => ({
      ...item,
      trendingRank: index + 1,
      badge: index < 3 ? 'Hot' : 'Trending'
    }));
  },
  templates: {
    item(hit) {
      return `
        <div>
          <span class="badge">${hit.badge} #${hit.trendingRank}</span>
          <h4>${hit.name}</h4>
        </div>
      `;
    }
  }
});

trendingItems({
  container: '#trending-items',
  facetName: 'brand',
  facetValue: 'Apple',
  limit: 5,
  templates: {
    header: 'Trending Apple Products',
    item(hit) {
      return `<div>${hit.name} - $${hit.price}</div>`;
    }
  }
});

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With threshold

trendingItems({
  container: '#trending-items',
  threshold: 80,
  limit: 8,
  templates: {
    item(hit) {
      return `<div class="item">${hit.name}</div>`;
    }
  }
});

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HTML output

<div class="ais-TrendingItems">
  <ol class="ais-TrendingItems-list">
    <li class="ais-TrendingItems-item">
      <!-- Item template content -->
    </li>
    <!-- More items -->
  </ol>
</div>

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Notes

  • Requires Algolia Recommend to be enabled on your account.
  • The widget uses the Trending Items model.
  • Can show global trends or facet-specific trends.
  • Both facetName and facetValue must be provided together.
  • Results are based on user behavior and item popularity.

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