node-redis/examples/search-knn.js

// This example demonstrates how to use RediSearch to index and query data
// stored in Redis hashes using vector similarity search.
//
// Inspired by RediSearch Python tests:
// https://github.com/RediSearch/RediSearch/blob/06e36d48946ea08bd0d8b76394a4e82eeb919d78/tests/pytests/test_vecsim.py#L96

import { createClient, SCHEMA_FIELD_TYPE, SCHEMA_VECTOR_FIELD_ALGORITHM } from 'redis';

const client = createClient();

await client.connect();

// Create an index...
try {
  // Documentation: https://redis.io/docs/stack/search/reference/vectors/
  await client.ft.create('idx:knn-example', {
    v: {
      type: SCHEMA_FIELD_TYPE.VECTOR,
      ALGORITHM: SCHEMA_VECTOR_FIELD_ALGORITHM.HNSW,
      TYPE: 'FLOAT32',
      DIM: 2,
      DISTANCE_METRIC: 'COSINE'
    }
  }, {
    ON: 'HASH',
    PREFIX: 'noderedis:knn'
  });
} catch (e) {
  if (e.message === 'Index already exists') {
    console.log('Index exists already, skipped creation.');
  } else {
    // Something went wrong, perhaps RediSearch isn't installed...
    console.error(e);
    process.exit(1);
  }
}

function float32Buffer(arr) {
  return Buffer.from(new Float32Array(arr).buffer);
}

// Add some sample data...
// https://redis.io/commands/hset/
await Promise.all([
  client.hSet('noderedis:knn:a', { v: float32Buffer([0.1, 0.1]) }),
  client.hSet('noderedis:knn:b', { v: float32Buffer([0.1, 0.2]) }),
  client.hSet('noderedis:knn:c', { v: float32Buffer([0.1, 0.3]) }),
  client.hSet('noderedis:knn:d', { v: float32Buffer([0.1, 0.4]) }),
]);
// Perform a K-Nearest Neighbors vector similarity search
// Documentation: https://redis.io/docs/stack/search/reference/vectors/#pure-knn-queries
const results = await client.ft.search('idx:knn-example', '*=>[KNN 4 @v $BLOB AS dist]', {
  PARAMS: {
    BLOB: float32Buffer([0.1, 0.1])
  },
  SORTBY: 'dist',
  DIALECT: 2,
  RETURN: ['dist']
});
console.log(JSON.stringify(results, null, 2));
// results:
// {
//   "total": 4,
//   "documents": [
//     {
//       "id": "noderedis:knn:a",
//       "value": {
//         "dist": "5.96046447754e-08"
//       }
//     },
//     {
//       "id": "noderedis:knn:b",
//       "value": {
//         "dist": "0.0513167381287"
//       }
//     },
//     {
//       "id": "noderedis:knn:c",
//       "value": {
//         "dist": "0.10557281971"
//       }
//     },
//     {
//       "id": "noderedis:knn:d",
//       "value": {
//         "dist": "0.142507016659"
//       }
//     }
//   ]
// }
client.destroy();