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## Issue Fixes #4063 ## Background The Node.js SDK currently requires callers to know the Arrow extension metadata needed to represent JSON fields. This makes a common LanceDB schema type unnecessarily verbose and easy to get wrong. ## Changes - Add `makeJsonField(name, nullable = true)` to create a UTF-8 Arrow field with the `arrow.json` extension metadata. - Re-export the helper from the public Node.js entry point. - Add coverage for the default nullable behavior, explicit non-nullable fields, and the extension metadata. - Add the generated TypeDoc function page and public globals entry, including a usage example. ## Implementation The helper uses the existing Apache Arrow `Field` type and sets `ARROW:extension:name` to `arrow.json`, matching the metadata convention already used by LanceDB. ## Compatibility This is an additive Node.js API. Existing schema construction and Arrow behavior are unchanged. ## Verification - `pnpm test -- arrow.test.ts --runInBand` — 236 tests passed. - `pnpm exec biome ci lancedb/arrow.ts lancedb/index.ts __test__/arrow.test.ts` — passed. - `git diff --check` — passed. ## Not run / known limitations - `pnpm build` and `pnpm run docs` were attempted after expanding the checkout. Both are blocked locally by the native binding build/type declarations: Cargo did not complete, and TypeDoc reported the missing generated `nodejs/lancedb/native` module. The docs files were generated from the updated TypeScript comments; full build and docs validation are left to CI.
LanceDB JavaScript SDK
A JavaScript library for LanceDB.
Installation
npm install @lancedb/lancedb
This will download the appropriate native library for your platform. We currently support:
- Linux (x86_64 and aarch64 on glibc and musl)
- MacOS (Intel and ARM/M1/M2)
- Windows (x86_64 and aarch64)
Usage
Basic Example
import * as lancedb from "@lancedb/lancedb";
const db = await lancedb.connect("data/sample-lancedb");
const table = await db.createTable("my_table", [
{ id: 1, vector: [0.1, 1.0], item: "foo", price: 10.0 },
{ id: 2, vector: [3.9, 0.5], item: "bar", price: 20.0 },
]);
const results = await table.vectorSearch([0.1, 0.3]).limit(20).toArray();
console.log(results);
The quickstart contains more complete examples.
Development
See CONTRIBUTING.md for information on how to contribute to LanceDB.