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Connect Algolia

You need API key and Application ID. About two minutes.

1Get these from Algolia

API key

Paste the Algolia API key
  1. Open Settings, API Keys, then the All API Keys tab.
  2. Click New API Key.
  3. Under ACL, tick analytics and usage, then create the key.
  4. Copy the new key from the list.

Dashboard, Settings, API Keys. The key needs the analytics ACL. A search-only key is refused by the usage API.

Open the page

https://dashboard.algolia.com/account/api-keys/all

Application ID

ABCDE12345
  1. Open Settings, API Keys.
  2. Copy the Application ID shown alongside the keys.

On the same page. Not a secret, but it names the application.

Open the page

https://dashboard.algolia.com/account/api-keys/all

2Add it to CreditBar

  1. Open CreditBar from the menu bar and choose Settings, then Accounts.
  2. Click Add account and pick Algolia.
  3. Paste the API key and the Application ID into the matching fields, and give the account a label you will recognise.
  4. Click Test connection, then Add. Numbers appear in the menu bar within a minute.

Keys are stored in your Mac's Keychain and only ever sent to Algolia. Nothing passes through a CreditBar server.

3What it reads

Reports
search requests per day over the window, and the current record count
Calls
https://usage.algolia.com/1/usage/{statistics}
Refreshes
At most every 15 minutes
API docs
Algolia reference, checked 2026-09-18

Billed search requests, which is total_search_requests less the Query Suggestions share. Algolia publishes no plan allowance here, so this is a count.