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Jack Ye bab22a3fbd feat(python): bundle Function package resources (#4987)
A package shipped through `code=` currently loses its non-Python files.
This breaks vendored packages that read JSON configuration, manifests,
prompts, or binary resources after deployment. Include regular package
resources in a separate base64-encoded `python_bundle.resources` map,
preserving exact bytes and relative paths. Both source and resources
contribute to the artifact digest. UTF-8 Python source bytes retain
their original line endings as well, so manifests that hash vendor code
continue to match.

For example, `@function(code=[my_package])` can use
`importlib.resources.files("my_package").joinpath("models.json").read_text()`
on the worker. Hidden files and caches are excluded; symlinks and unsafe
paths warn instead of following files outside the package. Source-only
bundles retain their existing wire form. Resource bundles require
matching server support.

Adds an isolated-import regression with a vendored subpackage, JSON
metadata, binary data, SHA256 verification, preserved CRLF bytes, and
resource-only version changes. Local builds and tests are disabled by
request. Ruff formatting and linting run locally; CI runs the tests.
2026-11-13 16:21:58 +08:00
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LanceDB Documentation

For website guides in docs/web, start with Documentation in CONTRIBUTING.md. That covers editing pages, generated examples, previews, availability and drafts.

This page covers the SDK reference in docs/src, built with MkDocs. Its GitHub Actions workflow builds and deploys on pushes to main, so it can include unreleased APIs. That is separate from the release editions of the Mintlify website.

Building the docs

Setup

  1. Install LanceDB Python. See setup in Python contributing guide. Run make develop to install the Python package.
  2. Install documentation dependencies. From LanceDB repo root: pip install -r docs/requirements.txt

Preview the docs

Run these commands from the LanceDB repository root. The subshell changes into docs to load mkdocs.yml, while leaving your shell in the repository root.

(cd docs && PYTHONPATH=. mkdocs serve)

If you want to just generate the HTML files:

(cd docs && PYTHONPATH=. mkdocs build)

If successful, you should see a docs/site directory in the repository root that you can verify locally.

Adding examples

To make sure examples are correct, we put examples in test files so they can be run as part of our test suites.

You can see the tests are at:

  • Python: python/python/tests/docs
  • Typescript: nodejs/examples/

Checking python examples

cd python
pytest -vv python/tests/docs

Checking typescript examples

The examples depend on @lancedb/lancedb at file:../dist, so the package must be built before running the tests. This uses pnpm; see the Typescript contributing guide for the toolchain setup.

pushd nodejs
pnpm install
pnpm build
popd

Then you can run the examples by going to the nodejs/examples directory, which is a separate pnpm package with its own lockfile:

pushd nodejs/examples
pnpm install
pnpm test
popd

API documentation

Python

The Python API documentation is organized based on the file docs/src/python/python.md. We manually add entries there so we can control the organization of the reference page. However, this means any new types must be manually added to the file. No additional steps are needed to generate the API documentation.

Typescript

The typescript API documentation is generated from the typescript source code using typedoc.

When new APIs are added, you must manually re-run the typedoc command to update the API documentation. The new files should be checked into the repository.

pushd nodejs
# `pnpm docs` would invoke pnpm's built-in `docs` command, not the script.
pnpm run docs
popd