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Brendan Clement 758f738b8c docs: complete ingestion, search and integration examples (#4533)
This PR is part of the documentation revamp. Once the full set of PRs is
merged, we’ll publish the combined site to staging for review before
updating docs.lancedb.com.

Ingestion, search and integration examples are incomplete or
inconsistent across languages, and some guidance misstates SDK behavior.

This brings the guides and their example sources together. It includes
complete Python, TypeScript and Rust workflows, isolated provider and
reranker examples, the Superlinked corrections, and guidance on retries
that can duplicate writes.

Stacked on #4491. Each MDX file has one PR owner. Rebase onto main after
#4491 is squash-merged.

Local assembly, Mint validation and link checks pass. Example code is
unchanged from the previously validated package. Publication stays held
through integration.
2026-10-15 14:54:08 -07:00

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# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
"""Reader examples with explicit placeholders.
These functions are documentation source. test_provider_examples.py runs the
reranker examples offline, with stand-ins for the model and the provider, to
check that each one writes only to its own new directory. Corresponding opt-in
integration tests remain in test_integrations.py and retain real credential
loading. Replace placeholders before running these examples.
"""
def embedding_ibm_usage():
# --8<-- [start:embedding_ibm_usage]
import tempfile
from pathlib import Path
import lancedb
from lancedb.embeddings import EmbeddingFunctionRegistry
from lancedb.pydantic import LanceModel, Vector
registry = EmbeddingFunctionRegistry.get_instance()
registry.set_var("watsonx-api-key", "your-api-key")
watsonx_embed = registry.get("watsonx").create(
name="ibm/slate-125m-english-rtrvr",
api_key="$var:watsonx-api-key",
project_id="your-project-id",
)
class TextModel(LanceModel):
text: str = watsonx_embed.SourceField()
vector: Vector(watsonx_embed.ndims()) = watsonx_embed.VectorField()
data = [
{"text": "hello world"},
{"text": "goodbye world"},
]
db = lancedb.connect(str(Path(tempfile.mkdtemp()) / "watsonx-demo"))
tbl = db.create_table("watsonx_test", schema=TextModel, mode="overwrite")
tbl.add(data)
rs = tbl.search("hello").limit(1).to_pandas()
print(rs.head())
# --8<-- [end:embedding_ibm_usage]
def embedding_jina_text():
# --8<-- [start:embedding_jina_text]
import os
import tempfile
from pathlib import Path
import lancedb
from lancedb.embeddings import EmbeddingFunctionRegistry
from lancedb.pydantic import LanceModel, Vector
os.environ["JINA_API_KEY"] = "your-api-key"
jina_embed = (
EmbeddingFunctionRegistry.get_instance()
.get("jina")
.create(name="jina-embeddings-v2-base-en")
)
class TextModel(LanceModel):
text: str = jina_embed.SourceField()
vector: Vector(jina_embed.ndims()) = jina_embed.VectorField()
data = [{"text": "hello world"}, {"text": "goodbye world"}]
db = lancedb.connect(str(Path(tempfile.mkdtemp()) / "jina-text"))
tbl = db.create_table("test", schema=TextModel, mode="overwrite")
tbl.add(data)
# --8<-- [end:embedding_jina_text]
def embedding_jina_multimodal():
# --8<-- [start:embedding_jina_multimodal]
import os
import tempfile
from pathlib import Path
import lancedb
import pandas as pd
import requests
from lancedb.embeddings import get_registry
from lancedb.pydantic import LanceModel, Vector
os.environ["JINA_API_KEY"] = "your-api-key"
db = lancedb.connect(str(Path(tempfile.mkdtemp()) / "jina-images"))
func = get_registry().get("jina").create()
class Images(LanceModel):
label: str
image_uri: str = func.SourceField()
image_bytes: bytes = func.SourceField()
vector: Vector(func.ndims()) = func.VectorField()
vec_from_bytes: Vector(func.ndims()) = func.VectorField()
table = db.create_table("images", schema=Images)
labels = ["cat", "cat", "dog", "dog", "horse", "horse"]
uris = [
"http://farm1.staticflickr.com/53/167798175_7c7845bbbd_z.jpg",
"http://farm1.staticflickr.com/134/332220238_da527d8140_z.jpg",
"http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8387/8602747737_2e5c2a45d4_z.jpg",
"http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4092/5017326486_1f46057f5f_z.jpg",
"http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8216/8434969557_d37882c42d_z.jpg",
"http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5142/5835678453_4f3a4edb45_z.jpg",
]
image_bytes = [requests.get(uri).content for uri in uris]
table.add(
pd.DataFrame({"label": labels, "image_uri": uris, "image_bytes": image_bytes})
)
# --8<-- [end:embedding_jina_multimodal]
def reranking_cohere_usage():
# --8<-- [start:reranking_cohere_usage]
import tempfile
from pathlib import Path
import lancedb
from lancedb.embeddings import get_registry
from lancedb.pydantic import LanceModel, Vector
from lancedb.rerankers import CohereReranker
embedder = get_registry().get("sentence-transformers").create()
db = lancedb.connect(str(Path(tempfile.mkdtemp()) / "cohere-rerank"))
class Schema(LanceModel):
text: str = embedder.SourceField()
vector: Vector(embedder.ndims()) = embedder.VectorField()
data = [
{"text": "hello world"},
{"text": "goodbye world"},
]
tbl = db.create_table("test", schema=Schema)
tbl.add(data)
reranker = CohereReranker(api_key="your-api-key")
# Run vector search with a reranker
vector_results = tbl.search("hello").rerank(reranker=reranker).to_list()
print(vector_results)
# Build the full-text index before either FTS or hybrid search.
tbl.create_fts_index("text", replace=True)
# Run FTS search with a reranker
fts_results = (
tbl.search("hello", query_type="fts").rerank(reranker=reranker).to_list()
)
print(fts_results)
# Run hybrid search with a reranker
hybrid_results = (
tbl.search("hello", query_type="hybrid").rerank(reranker=reranker).to_list()
)
print(hybrid_results)
# --8<-- [end:reranking_cohere_usage]
def reranking_jina_usage():
# --8<-- [start:reranking_jina_usage]
import os
import tempfile
from pathlib import Path
import lancedb
from lancedb.embeddings import get_registry
from lancedb.pydantic import LanceModel, Vector
from lancedb.rerankers import JinaReranker
os.environ["JINA_API_KEY"] = "your-api-key"
embedder = get_registry().get("jina").create()
db = lancedb.connect(str(Path(tempfile.mkdtemp()) / "jina-rerank"))
class Schema(LanceModel):
text: str = embedder.SourceField()
vector: Vector(embedder.ndims()) = embedder.VectorField()
data = [
{"text": "hello world"},
{"text": "goodbye world"},
]
tbl = db.create_table("test", schema=Schema)
tbl.add(data)
reranker = JinaReranker(api_key="your-api-key")
# Run vector search with a reranker
vector_results = tbl.search("hello").rerank(reranker=reranker).to_list()
print(vector_results)
# Build the full-text index before either FTS or hybrid search.
tbl.create_fts_index("text", replace=True)
# Run FTS search with a reranker
fts_results = (
tbl.search("hello", query_type="fts").rerank(reranker=reranker).to_list()
)
print(fts_results)
# Run hybrid search with a reranker
hybrid_results = (
tbl.search("hello", query_type="hybrid").rerank(reranker=reranker).to_list()
)
print(hybrid_results)
# --8<-- [end:reranking_jina_usage]
def reranking_watsonx_usage():
# --8<-- [start:reranking_watsonx_usage]
import tempfile
from pathlib import Path
import lancedb
from lancedb.embeddings import get_registry
from lancedb.pydantic import LanceModel, Vector
from lancedb.rerankers import WatsonxReranker
embedder = get_registry().get("sentence-transformers").create()
db = lancedb.connect(str(Path(tempfile.mkdtemp()) / "watsonx-rerank"))
class Schema(LanceModel):
text: str = embedder.SourceField()
vector: Vector(embedder.ndims()) = embedder.VectorField()
data = [
{"text": "hello world"},
{"text": "goodbye world"},
]
tbl = db.create_table("test", schema=Schema)
tbl.add(data)
# Supply your API key and project ID (or use space_id instead of project_id).
reranker = WatsonxReranker(
api_key="your-api-key",
project_id="your-project-id",
)
# Run vector search with a reranker
vector_results = tbl.search("hello").rerank(reranker=reranker).to_list()
print(vector_results)
# Build the full-text index before either FTS or hybrid search.
tbl.create_fts_index("text", replace=True)
# Run FTS search with a reranker
fts_results = (
tbl.search("hello", query_type="fts").rerank(reranker=reranker).to_list()
)
print(fts_results)
# Run hybrid search with a reranker
hybrid_results = (
tbl.search("hello", query_type="hybrid").rerank(reranker=reranker).to_list()
)
print(hybrid_results)
# --8<-- [end:reranking_watsonx_usage]
def reranking_openai_usage():
# --8<-- [start:reranking_openai_usage]
import tempfile
from pathlib import Path
import lancedb
from lancedb.embeddings import get_registry
from lancedb.pydantic import LanceModel, Vector
from lancedb.rerankers import OpenaiReranker
embedder = get_registry().get("sentence-transformers").create()
db = lancedb.connect(str(Path(tempfile.mkdtemp()) / "openai-rerank"))
class Schema(LanceModel):
text: str = embedder.SourceField()
vector: Vector(embedder.ndims()) = embedder.VectorField()
data = [
{"text": "hello world"},
{"text": "goodbye world"},
]
tbl = db.create_table("test", schema=Schema)
tbl.add(data)
reranker = OpenaiReranker(api_key="your-api-key")
# Run vector search with a reranker
vector_results = tbl.search("hello").rerank(reranker=reranker).to_list()
print(vector_results)
# Build the full-text index before either FTS or hybrid search.
tbl.create_fts_index("text", replace=True)
# Run FTS search with a reranker
fts_results = (
tbl.search("hello", query_type="fts").rerank(reranker=reranker).to_list()
)
print(fts_results)
# Run hybrid search with a reranker
hybrid_results = (
tbl.search("hello", query_type="hybrid").rerank(reranker=reranker).to_list()
)
print(hybrid_results)
# --8<-- [end:reranking_openai_usage]
def reranking_voyageai_usage():
# --8<-- [start:reranking_voyageai_usage]
import tempfile
from pathlib import Path
import lancedb
from lancedb.embeddings import get_registry
from lancedb.pydantic import LanceModel, Vector
from lancedb.rerankers import VoyageAIReranker
embedder = get_registry().get("sentence-transformers").create()
db = lancedb.connect(str(Path(tempfile.mkdtemp()) / "voyageai-rerank"))
class Schema(LanceModel):
text: str = embedder.SourceField()
vector: Vector(embedder.ndims()) = embedder.VectorField()
data = [
{"text": "hello world"},
{"text": "goodbye world"},
]
tbl = db.create_table("test", schema=Schema)
tbl.add(data)
reranker = VoyageAIReranker(api_key="your-api-key", model_name="rerank-2")
# Run vector search with a reranker
vector_results = tbl.search("hello").rerank(reranker=reranker).to_list()
print(vector_results)
# Build the full-text index before either FTS or hybrid search.
tbl.create_fts_index("text", replace=True)
# Run FTS search with a reranker
fts_results = (
tbl.search("hello", query_type="fts").rerank(reranker=reranker).to_list()
)
print(fts_results)
# Run hybrid search with a reranker
hybrid_results = (
tbl.search("hello", query_type="hybrid").rerank(reranker=reranker).to_list()
)
print(hybrid_results)
# --8<-- [end:reranking_voyageai_usage]