Insert Vectors into EmergentDB
Help the user insert vectors into EmergentDB using the official SDKs.
Prerequisites
- •An EmergentDB API key (starts with
emdb_) - •Vector embeddings (default dimension: 1536 for OpenAI text-embedding-3-small)
TypeScript SDK
typescript
import { EmergentDB } from "emergentdb";
const db = new EmergentDB("emdb_your_api_key");
// Single insert
const result = await db.insert(1, embedding, { title: "My doc" }, "production");
// result: { success: true, id: 1, namespace: "production", upserted: false }
// Batch insert (max 1000 per call)
const batch = await db.batchInsert([
{ id: 1, vector: [...], metadata: { title: "Doc 1" } },
{ id: 2, vector: [...], metadata: { title: "Doc 2" } },
], "production");
// Unlimited batch (auto-chunks into 1000s)
const all = await db.batchInsertAll(vectors, "production");
Python SDK
python
from emergentdb import EmergentDB
db = EmergentDB("emdb_your_api_key")
# Single insert
result = db.insert(1, embedding, metadata={"title": "My doc"}, namespace="production")
# Batch insert
result = db.batch_insert([
{"id": 1, "vector": [...], "metadata": {"title": "Doc 1"}},
{"id": 2, "vector": [...], "metadata": {"title": "Doc 2"}},
], namespace="production")
# Unlimited batch
result = db.batch_insert_all(vectors, namespace="production")
Key Behaviors
- •Upsert: Re-inserting an existing ID in the same namespace replaces it. Response shows
upserted: true. - •Namespaces: Optional, defaults to
"default". Created automatically on first use. - •Metadata fields:
title(str),content(str),source_url(str),tags(str[]) - •Capacity: Returns HTTP 402 if the tenant's vector quota is exceeded.
- •Dimensions: Must match the index dimension (1536 by default). Mismatched dimensions cause errors.
Common Pattern: OpenAI Embeddings
python
import openai
from emergentdb import EmergentDB
client = openai.OpenAI()
db = EmergentDB("emdb_your_key")
# Generate + store
resp = client.embeddings.create(model="text-embedding-3-small", input="My document text")
db.insert(1, resp.data[0].embedding, metadata={"title": "My document"})
When helping the user, determine which SDK they prefer and guide them through the insert flow. If they have raw text, suggest using OpenAI or another embedding model first.