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Class: VectorStoreIndex

The VectorStoreIndex, an index that stores the nodes only according to their vector embedings.

Hierarchy

Constructors

constructor

Private new VectorStoreIndex(init)

Parameters

NameType
initVectorIndexConstructorProps

Overrides

BaseIndex.constructor

Defined in

packages/core/src/indices/vectorStore/VectorStoreIndex.ts:42

Properties

docStore

docStore: BaseDocumentStore

Inherited from

BaseIndex.docStore

Defined in

packages/core/src/indices/BaseIndex.ts:156


indexStore

Optional indexStore: BaseIndexStore

Inherited from

BaseIndex.indexStore

Defined in

packages/core/src/indices/BaseIndex.ts:158


indexStruct

indexStruct: IndexDict

Inherited from

BaseIndex.indexStruct

Defined in

packages/core/src/indices/BaseIndex.ts:159


serviceContext

serviceContext: ServiceContext

Inherited from

BaseIndex.serviceContext

Defined in

packages/core/src/indices/BaseIndex.ts:154


storageContext

storageContext: StorageContext

Inherited from

BaseIndex.storageContext

Defined in

packages/core/src/indices/BaseIndex.ts:155


vectorStore

vectorStore: VectorStore

Overrides

BaseIndex.vectorStore

Defined in

packages/core/src/indices/vectorStore/VectorStoreIndex.ts:40

Methods

asQueryEngine

asQueryEngine(options?): BaseQueryEngine

Create a new query engine from the index. It will also create a retriever and response synthezier if they are not provided.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
options?Objectyou can supply your own custom Retriever and ResponseSynthesizer
options.nodePostprocessors?BaseNodePostprocessor[]-
options.preFilters?unknown-
options.responseSynthesizer?ResponseSynthesizer-
options.retriever?BaseRetriever-

Returns

BaseQueryEngine

Overrides

BaseIndex.asQueryEngine

Defined in

packages/core/src/indices/vectorStore/VectorStoreIndex.ts:247


asRetriever

asRetriever(options?): VectorIndexRetriever

Create a new retriever from the index.

Parameters

NameType
options?any

Returns

VectorIndexRetriever

Overrides

BaseIndex.asRetriever

Defined in

packages/core/src/indices/vectorStore/VectorStoreIndex.ts:243


deleteRefDoc

deleteRefDoc(refDocId, deleteFromDocStore?): Promise<void>

Parameters

NameTypeDefault value
refDocIdstringundefined
deleteFromDocStorebooleantrue

Returns

Promise<void>

Overrides

BaseIndex.deleteRefDoc

Defined in

packages/core/src/indices/vectorStore/VectorStoreIndex.ts:287


insert

insert(document): Promise<void>

Insert a document into the index.

Parameters

NameType
documentDocument<Metadata>

Returns

Promise<void>

Inherited from

BaseIndex.insert

Defined in

packages/core/src/indices/BaseIndex.ts:190


insertNodes

insertNodes(nodes): Promise<void>

Parameters

NameType
nodesBaseNode<Metadata>[]

Returns

Promise<void>

Overrides

BaseIndex.insertNodes

Defined in

packages/core/src/indices/vectorStore/VectorStoreIndex.ts:262


buildIndexFromNodes

Static buildIndexFromNodes(nodes, serviceContext, vectorStore, docStore, indexDict?): Promise<IndexDict>

Get embeddings for nodes and place them into the index.

Parameters

NameType
nodesBaseNode<Metadata>[]
serviceContextServiceContext
vectorStoreVectorStore
docStoreBaseDocumentStore
indexDict?IndexDict

Returns

Promise<IndexDict>

Defined in

packages/core/src/indices/vectorStore/VectorStoreIndex.ts:153


fromDocuments

Static fromDocuments(documents, args?): Promise<VectorStoreIndex>

High level API: split documents, get embeddings, and build index.

Parameters

NameType
documentsDocument<Metadata>[]
argsObject
args.serviceContext?ServiceContext
args.storageContext?StorageContext

Returns

Promise<VectorStoreIndex>

Defined in

packages/core/src/indices/vectorStore/VectorStoreIndex.ts:197


fromVectorStore

Static fromVectorStore(vectorStore, serviceContext): Promise<VectorStoreIndex>

Parameters

NameType
vectorStoreVectorStore
serviceContextServiceContext

Returns

Promise<VectorStoreIndex>

Defined in

packages/core/src/indices/vectorStore/VectorStoreIndex.ts:222


getNodeEmbeddingResults

Static getNodeEmbeddingResults(nodes, serviceContext, logProgress?): Promise<BaseNode<Metadata>[]>

Get the embeddings for nodes.

Parameters

NameTypeDefault valueDescription
nodesBaseNode<Metadata>[]undefined
serviceContextServiceContextundefined
logProgressbooleanfalselog progress to console (useful for debugging)

Returns

Promise<BaseNode<Metadata>[]>

Defined in

packages/core/src/indices/vectorStore/VectorStoreIndex.ts:124


init

Static init(options): Promise<VectorStoreIndex>

The async init function should be called after the constructor. This is needed to handle persistence.

Parameters

NameType
optionsVectorIndexOptions

Returns

Promise<VectorStoreIndex>

Defined in

packages/core/src/indices/vectorStore/VectorStoreIndex.ts:53