Mysql json field and algolia - algolia

Question

i want to add this table to the algolia:
+-------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+-------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| data | json | NO | | NULL | |
| id | int(10) unsigned | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment |
+-------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
there is only one row on this table and content of data is:
[
{
"id":"7cc481e3eab24b4ef9ccc945c00f7784",
"desc":"shirts desc",
"name":"Shirts",
"slug":"shirts",
"image":"7cc481e3eab24b4ef9ccc945c00f7784.jpeg",
"categories":[
]
},
{
"id":"67d188521fa8531dd3e2044814cb942342",
"desc":"some desc",
"name":"Jackets",
"slug":"jackets",
"image":"67d188521fa8531dd3e2044814cb942342.jpeg",
"categories":[
{
"id":"671a83b87369ee6773774c0d6d4455e2",
"desc":"sealed desc",
"name":"Sealedq",
"slug":"sealedq",
"image":""
}
]
},
{
"id":"ad03b6be35714f7bb7f2ecc82d512c79",
"desc":"some desc",
"name":"Trousers",
"slug":"trousers",
"image":"ad03b6be35714f7bb7f2ecc82d512c79.jpg"
},
{
"id":"ea265cbc18db7ad6b3a3013af3070890",
"desc":"some desc",
"name":"Sweaters",
"slug":"sweaters",
"image":"ea265cbc18db7ad6b3a3013af3070890.jpeg"
}
]
these all work with Laravel 5.2,
when i send these data to algolia, it will create only one record and set objectID to id of table.
How can i send only data field to algolia and set id of data field as objectID?
i use this code for just to test and it works for me, but i think this is not the right way, maybe i should use Synonyms.
$client = new AlgoliaSearch\Client("AppID", "AdminKey");
$index = $client->initIndex('catalog');
$results = Model::select('data')->first();
$results = json_decode($results->data, true);
if ($results)
{
$batch = array();
// iterate over results and send them by batch of 10000 elements
foreach ($results as $row)
{
// select the identifier of this row
$row['objectID'] = $row['id'];
array_push($batch, $row);
}
return $index->saveObjects($batch);
}

Answer 1

How can i send only data field to algolia and set id of data field as objectID?
i use this code for just to test and it works for me, but i think this is not the right way, maybe i should use Synonyms.
Parsing the content of the data on your side and adding it to the object is the right way to go. I don't know the PHP framework you're using but you can probably do something like:
$batch = array();
$rows = Model::select('*')->all();
foreach ($rows as $row) {
$row['objectID'] = $row['id']
$row['data'] = json_decode($row['data'], true);
array_push($batch, $row);
}
$index->saveObjects($batch);
Synonyms are used for something else. You can read more here