Add AI Search to your ReadMe docs

What is ReadMe

ReadMe is a platform for creating documentation.

Get an API key

Go to the Inkeep Dashboard
Select your project under Projects
Go to the Integrations tab
Click on Create integration
Select Web
Provide a Name and URL (optional) for the integration
Click on Create
Click the Example < /> button to get your API key and view suggested settings

Connect the script

Navigate to Appearance of the project settings
Open the Custom Include Tags tab
Add the below code to the HEAD HTML section

<script id="inkeep-script" src="https://unpkg.com/@inkeep/uikit-js@0.3.19/dist/embed.js" type="module" defer></script>

Next, in the FOOTER HTML section add the below code to hide the default search bar:

<style>
  .rm-SearchToggle {
    display: none;
  }
</style>

Then add the search bar:

<script type="text/javascript" defer>
  const inkeepScript = document.getElementById("inkeep-script");
  const readmeHeaderSearch = document.querySelector(".rm-Header-search");
  const inkeepDiv = document.createElement("div");
  inkeepDiv.id = "inkeepSearchBar";
  
    // configure and initialize the widget
  const addInkeepWidget = () => {
    const inkeepWidget = Inkeep().embed({
      componentType: "SearchBar",
      targetElement: "#inkeepSearchBar",
      colorModeSync: {
        observedElement: document.documentElement,
        isDarkModeCallback: (el) => {
          const currentTheme = el.getAttribute("data-color-mode");
          return currentTheme === "dark";
        },
        colorModeAttribute: "data-color-mode",
      },
      properties: {
        baseSettings: {
          apiKey: "INKEEP_API_KEY", // required
          integrationId: "INKEEP_INTEGRATION_ID", // required
          organizationId: "INKEEP_ORGANIZATION_ID", // required
          primaryBrandColor: "#26D6FF", // your brand color, widget color scheme is derived from this
          organizationDisplayName: "Inkeep",
          // ...optional settings
          theme: {
            // stylesheetUrls: ['/path/to/stylesheets'], // optional
            // ...optional settings
          },
        },
        modalSettings: {
          // optional settings
          openShortcutKey: "L"
        },
        searchSettings: {
          // optional settings
        },
        aiChatSettings: {
          // optional settings
          botAvatarSrcUrl: "https://mydomain.com/mylogo", // use your own bot avatar
          quickQuestions: [
            "Example question 1?",
            "Example question 2?",
            "Example question 3?",
          ],
        },
      },
    });
  };
 
  const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
  	readmeHeaderSearch.appendChild(inkeepDiv)
  });
  observer.observe(document.head, { childList: true });
 
  inkeepScript.addEventListener("load", () => {
		addInkeepWidget(); // initialize the widget
  });
</script>

Press Save to apply your changes.

For a full list of customizations, check out the Search Bar documentation.

Add AI Search to your ReadMe docs

What is ReadMe

Get an API key

Connect the script

Initialize the widget

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