Algolia clone index collections during copy operation

Here's how I managed to implement automatic clone by "spying" their API from the inspector while trying the operations in the Mechandising Studio.

Premise: authentication is the same you use to interact with index, with Algolia app id and API key passed as headers.

1. Read List (Discovery)

   • Endpoint: GET https://experiences.algolia.com/1/collections?indexName={sourceIndexName}&offset=0&limit=50.

   • This returns basic metadata

2. Read Detail

   • Endpoint: GET https://experiences.algolia.com/1/collections/{collectionid}.

   • Retrieves the full object, specifically the records array (for manual pins) and the conditions object (for dynamic rules).

3. Write/Clone (Target Index)

   • Endpoint: POST https://experiences.algolia.com/1/collections.

   • Payload Mapping:

     • add: Map the records array from Step 2.

     • conditions: Map the conditions object from Step 2.

     • name / description: Copy these strings from Step 2.

   • Example

     {
       "name": "Some collection",
       "indexName": "targetIndexName",
       "description": "Description (optional)",
       "add": [
         "objectID1",
         "objectID_2"
       ],
       "remove": [],
       "conditions": {
         "rules": [
           {
             "attribute": "brand",
             "operator": "is",
             "value": "Apple"
           }
         ]
       }
     }
     

Hope this helps!