> For a complete page index of the Captain API documentation, fetch https://docs.captain.dev/llms.txt?excludeSpec=true

# Import from Algolia

> Captain is a fully managed API for deterministic file search over unstructured data. Connect cloud storage (S3, GCS, Azure, R2), index files, and query retrieved chunks with metadata.

## Docs

- [Import from Algolia](https://docs.runcaptain.com/guides/product-search/algolia-import/overview.md): Copy an Algolia index into a new Captain catalog from the console, with its products, search settings, synonyms and merchandising rules.
- [What gets imported](https://docs.runcaptain.com/guides/product-search/algolia-import/what-gets-imported.md): How an Algolia index's products, settings, synonyms and merchandising rules map into a Captain catalog.
- [Troubleshooting](https://docs.runcaptain.com/guides/product-search/algolia-import/troubleshooting.md): Timing for large Algolia imports, what each error means, and what happens when an import fails.