Retrieve

$ llamacloud-prod beta:retrieval retrieve

POST/api/v1/retrieval/retrieve

Retrieve relevant chunks via hybrid search (vector + full-text), with filtering on built-in or user-defined metadata.

ParametersExpand Collapse

--index-id: string

Body param: ID of the index to retrieve against.

--query: string

Body param: Natural-language query to retrieve relevant chunks.

--organization-id: optional string

Query param

--project-id: optional string

Query param

--custom-filters: optional map[object { operator, value } or array of object { operator, value } ]

Body param: Filters on user-defined metadata fields.

--full-text-pipeline-weight: optional number

Body param: Weight of the full-text search pipeline (0-1).

--num-candidates: optional number

Body param: Number of candidates for approximate nearest neighbor search.

--rerank: optional object { enabled, top_n }

Body param: Reranking configuration applied after hybrid search. Enabled by default.

--score-threshold: optional number

Body param: Minimum score threshold for returned results.

--static-filters: optional object { parsed_directory_file_id }

Body param: Filters on built-in document fields (page range, chunk index, etc.).

--top-k: optional number

Body param: Maximum number of results to return.

--vector-pipeline-weight: optional number

Body param: Weight of the vector search pipeline (0-1).

ReturnsExpand Collapse

BetaRetrievalGetResponse: object { results }

Response containing retrieval results.

results: array of object { content, metadata, rerank_score, 2 more }

Ordered list of retrieved chunks.

content: string

Text content of the retrieved chunk.

metadata: optional map[string or number or boolean or array of string]

User-defined metadata associated with the chunk.

union_member_0: string

union_member_1: number

union_member_2: boolean

union_member_3: array of string

rerank_score: optional number

Relevance score from the reranker, if reranking was applied.

score: optional number

Hybrid search relevance score.

static_fields: optional object { attachments, chunk_end_char, chunk_index, 5 more }

Built-in fields stored for every exported chunk.

attachments: optional array of object { attachment_name, source_id, type }

Attachments associated with the chunk

attachment_name: string

Attachment-relative path, e.g. ‘screenshots/page_7.jpg’.

source_id: string

File ID to pass as source_id when fetching the attachment.

type: string

Attachment kind, e.g. ‘screenshot’, ‘items’.

chunk_end_char: optional number

End character offset of the chunk.

chunk_index: optional number

Index of the chunk within the file.

chunk_start_char: optional number

Start character offset of the chunk.

chunk_token_count: optional number

Token count of the chunk.

page_range_end: optional number

Last page number covered by this chunk.

page_range_start: optional number

First page number covered by this chunk.

parsed_directory_file_id: optional string

ID of the parsed file.

Retrieve

llamacloud-prod beta:retrieval retrieve \
  --api-key 'My API Key' \
  --index-id idx-abc123 \
  --query 'What are the key findings?'

{
  "results": [
    {
      "content": "content",
      "metadata": {
        "foo": "string"
      },
      "rerank_score": 0,
      "score": 0,
      "static_fields": {
        "attachments": [
          {
            "attachment_name": "attachment_name",
            "source_id": "source_id",
            "type": "type"
          }
        ],
        "chunk_end_char": 0,
        "chunk_index": 0,
        "chunk_start_char": 0,
        "chunk_token_count": 0,
        "page_range_end": 0,
        "page_range_start": 0,
        "parsed_directory_file_id": "parsed_directory_file_id"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Returns Examples

{
  "results": [
    {
      "content": "content",
      "metadata": {
        "foo": "string"
      },
      "rerank_score": 0,
      "score": 0,
      "static_fields": {
        "attachments": [
          {
            "attachment_name": "attachment_name",
            "source_id": "source_id",
            "type": "type"
          }
        ],
        "chunk_end_char": 0,
        "chunk_index": 0,
        "chunk_start_char": 0,
        "chunk_token_count": 0,
        "page_range_end": 0,
        "page_range_start": 0,
        "parsed_directory_file_id": "parsed_directory_file_id"
      }
    }
  ]
}