Returning the number of results?

Question

I'm looking to return the number of results found in an ajax fashion on Algolia instant search.

A little field saying something like "There are X number of results" and refines as the characters are typed.

I've read you utilise 'nbHits' but i'm unsure of how to go about it.. Being from a design background.

Thanks for help in advance.

And what have you tried so far? – Uwe Allner Mar 25 '17 at 15:07 — Uwe Allner, Mar 25 '17 at 15:07

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 26 '17 at 21:44

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The instantsearch.js stats widget shows the number of results and speed of the search. If you don't want to use the widget, I believe you can still use {{nbHits}} inside of your template wherever you want the number to print.

answered Mar 26 '17 at 21:44

Josh Dzielak

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 28 '17 at 10:39

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Very easy when you know how, Thanks for pointing me in the right direction Josh.

This works:

search.addWidget(
    instantsearch.widgets.stats({
        container: '.no-of-results'
    })
);

answered Mar 28 '17 at 10:39

John Macpherson

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Returning the number of results?

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