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weaviate_quickstart_collection_creation_data_import_neartext_search.ts
typescriptThis quickstart shows how to connect to a Weaviate instance, create a collectio
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weaviate_quickstart_collection_creation_data_import_neartext_search.ts
1import weaviate, { WeaviateClient } from 'weaviate-client';
2
3async function run() {
4 // Connect to Weaviate (Cloud or Local)
5 const client: WeaviateClient = await weaviate.connectToWeaviateCloud(
6 'https://your-endpoint.weaviate.cloud', {
7 authCredentials: new weaviate.ApiKey('your-weaviate-api-key'),
8 headers: {
9 'X-OpenAI-Api-Key': 'your-openai-api-key', // Replace with your inference API key
10 }
11 }
12 );
13
14 try {
15 // 1. Create a collection
16 const collectionName = 'Question';
17 await client.collections.create({
18 name: collectionName,
19 vectorizers: weaviate.configure.vectorizer.text2VecOpenAI(), // Using OpenAI to vectorize text
20 generative: weaviate.configure.generative.openai(), // Using OpenAI for RAG
21 });
22
23 console.log(`Collection ${collectionName} created.`);
24
25 // 2. Import data
26 const questions = client.collections.get(collectionName);
27 await questions.data.insertMany([
28 {
29 answer: 'Libreville',
30 question: 'What is the capital of Gabon?',
31 category: 'Geography',
32 },
33 {
34 answer: 'Paramaribo',
35 question: 'What is the capital of Suriname?',
36 category: 'Geography',
37 }
38 ]);
39
40 console.log('Data imported.');
41
42 // 3. Perform a nearText search
43 const result = await questions.query.nearText('A city in South America', {
44 limit: 1
45 });
46
47 console.log('Search Result:', JSON.stringify(result.objects[0].properties, null, 2));
48
49 } finally {
50 client.close();
51 }
52}
53
54run().catch(err => console.error(err));