Pipelines

📢 Note: The API is currently in Beta.

In Vectorize you can create pipelines to ingest data from multiple sources into a Vector Database. In this guide, we will deploy a pipeline that will ingest a local file.

Source: Create a File Upload connector

Make sure to include the code and imports from the Getting Started page.

First, we create a File Upload connector that will hold our file.

Python

connectors_api = v.ConnectorsApi(api)
response = connectors_api.create_source_connector(org, [v.CreateSourceConnector(
        name="From api",
        type=v.SourceConnectorType.FILE_UPLOAD)
    ]
)
source_connector_id = response.connectors[0].id

Node.js

const sourceResponse = await connectorsApi.createSourceConnector({
    organization: org,
    createSourceConnector: [
            {type: SourceConnectorType.FileUpload, name: "My first upload connector"}
    ]
});
const sourceConnectorId = sourceResponse.connectors[0].id;

Then, we can upload the file:

Python

import urllib3, json, os

file_path = "path/to/file.pdf"

http = urllib3.PoolManager()
uploads_api = v.UploadsApi(api)
metadata = {"created-from-api": True}
upload_response = uploads_api.start_file_upload_to_connector(
        org, source_connector_id, v.StartFileUploadToConnectorRequest(
            name=file_path.split("/")[-1],
            content_type="application/pdf",
            # add additional metadata that will be stored along with each chunk in the vector database
            metadata=json.dumps(metadata))
)

with open(file_path, "rb") as f:
    response = http.request("PUT", upload_response.upload_url, body=f, headers={"Content-Type": "application/pdf", "Content-Length": str(os.path.getsize(file_path))})
if response.status != 200:
    print("Upload failed: ", response.data)
else:
    print("Upload successful")

Node.js

const fileBuffer = fs.readFileSync("path/to/file.pdf");

const uploadResponse = await uploadsApi.startFileUploadToConnector({
    organization: org,
    connectorId: sourceConnectorId,
    startFileUploadToConnectorRequest: {
        name: "file.pdf",
        contentType: "application/pdf",
        // add additional metadata that will be stored along with each chunk in the vector database
        metadata: JSON.stringify({"mymeta": true})
    }
})

const fetchResponse = await fetch(uploadResponse.uploadUrl, {
    method: 'PUT',
    body: fileBuffer,
    headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/pdf'
    },
});
if (!fetchResponse.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Failed to upload file: ${fetchResponse.statusText}`);
}

AI Platform and Vector Database

We will use the Built-In AI Platform and Vector Database. Since they already exist in the platform, we need to retrieve their IDs.

Python

ai_platforms = connectors_api.get_ai_platform_connectors(org)
builtin_ai_platform = [c.id for c in ai_platforms.ai_platform_connectors if c.type == v.AIPlatformType.VECTORIZE][0]

vector_databases = connectors_api.get_destination_connectors(org)
builtin_vector_db = [c.id for c in vector_databases.destination_connectors if c.type == v.DestinationConnectorType.VECTORIZE][0]

Node.js

const aiPlatformResponse = await connectorsApi.getAIPlatformConnectors({
    organization: org
});
const builtinAIPlatformId = aiPlatformResponse.aiPlatformConnectors.find((connector) => connector.type === AIPlatformType.Vectorize).id;

const destinationResponse = await connectorsApi.getDestinationConnectors({
        organization: org
    });
const builtinVectorDatabaseId = destinationResponse.destinationConnectors.find((connector) => connector.type === DestinationConnectorType.Vectorize).id;

Configure and deploy the pipeline

Now we need to configure the pipeline property and deploy it.

Python

response = pipelines.create_pipeline(org, v.PipelineConfigurationSchema(
    source_connectors=[v.SourceConnectorSchema(id=source_connector_id, type=v.SourceConnectorType.FILE_UPLOAD, config={})],
    destination_connector=v.DestinationConnectorSchema(id=builtin_vector_db, type=v.DestinationConnectorType.VECTORIZE, config={}),
    ai_platform=v.AIPlatformSchema(id=builtin_ai_platform, type=v.AIPlatformType.VECTORIZE, config={}),
    pipeline_name="My Pipeline From API",
    schedule=v.ScheduleSchema(type="manual")
))
pipeline_id = response.data.id
pipeline_id

Node.js

const response = await pipelinesApi.createPipeline({
        organization: org,
        pipelineConfigurationSchema: {
            pipelineName: "My Pipeline From API",
            sourceConnectors: [{id: sourceConnectorId, type: SourceConnectorType.FileUpload, config: {}}],
            destinationConnector: {
                id: builtinVectorDatabaseId,
                type: DestinationConnectorType.Vectorize,
                config: {}
            },
            aiPlatform: {
                id: builtinAIPlatformId,
                type: AIPlatformType.Vectorize,
                config: {}
            },
            schedule: {type: "manual"}
        }

    })
const pipelineId = response.data.id;
console.log(`Pipeline ID: ${pipelineId}`)

The pipeline will be deployed and our file will be ingested into the Vector Database.

Next steps

Now you can either decide to perform a Vector Search or generate a Private Deep Research.