Integration Overview

This section provides an overview of Content Search integration. The steps given below include everything you need to know from preparing and sending your data, setting up Content Search pixels and integrating the Content Search API. Detailed documentation for each of the steps is linked in the individual steps. 

1. Prepare your Data (Data Format)

As part of the integration, you must prepare your site data to make your content along with metadata searchable. Ensure that your data is in the required JSON format so that Bloomreach can process your data 

To read in detail about the data format required for Content Search, see the Format your Data page.

2. Send your Data

Once your data is prepared as per the format prescribed (in Step 1), your data must be populated into a Catalog. A catalog is a dataset grouped together based on unique site attributes such as site ID (for multi-site accounts). To populate your catalog, send your data (in jsonl) to Bloomreach. You can choose any of the following two methods:

• DataConnect PUT API (for first time upload of your data)
• DataConnect PATCH API (for incremental changes to your data)

The step-by-step process of sending the data to Bloomreach is documented on the Send Your Data page. 

3. Integrate Pixels

A pixel is a JavaScript tracker that you must add to your website pages to capture customer actions. This data is used to power intelligent Content Search on your website. 

To integrate the pixel, add a Javascript snippet to all the pages, on all the versions- desktop, mobile, and tablet. You can simply add the tracking code snippet to your global footer to ensure it is added everywhere. Different events require different Javascript tracking snippets and should be added individually.

The following pixels are required to power Content Search:

1. Search Page View Pixel
2. Search Event Pixel
3. Suggest Event Pixel
4. Content Page View Pixel

You can read about the complete Pixel documentation for Content Search on the Pixel Deployment page. 

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If you are an existing customer that already has the core Bloomreach Pixels, read about the use of the "catalogs" in the Pixel Deployment Page to understand how the Content Search Pixel works.

4. Integrate Content Search API

The Content Search API sends a keyword query to retrieve results about content on your site. You can apply additional filters and facets to return content that either includes or exclude specified attributes like colors and brands. Before you integrate the API, make sure you understand how our APIs work by going through the API Deployment page.  

The complete API documentation for Content Search is available here.