embeddings. Embeddings are a way to represent the meaning of texts, images, or information as a list of numbers. Using a simple comparison function, we can then calculate a similarity score for two embeddings to figure out whether two pieces of information are about similar things. Common use-cases for embeddings include semantic search, clustering, and classification. In the example below we use the `embed-v4.0` model to generate embeddings for 3 phrases and compare them using a similarity function. The two similar phrases have a high similarity score, and the embeddings for two unrelated phrases have a low similarity score: ```python PYTHON import cohere import numpy as np co = cohere.ClientV2(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY") # get the embeddings phrases = ["i love soup", "soup is my favorite", "london is far away"] model = "embed-v4.0" input_type = "search_query" res = co.embed( texts=phrases, model=model, input_type=input_type, output_dimension=1024, embedding_types=["float"], ) soup1, soup2, london = res.embeddings.float # compare them def calculate_similarity(a, b): return np.dot(a, b) / (np.linalg.norm(a) * np.linalg.norm(b)) print( f"For the following sentences:\n1: {phrases[0]}\n2: {phrases[1]}n\3: The similarity score is: {calculate_similarity(soup1, soup2):.2f}\n" ) print( f"For the following sentences:\n1: {phrases[0]}\n2: {phrases[2]}n\3: The similarity score is: {calculate_similarity(soup1, london):.2f}" ) ``` ## The `input_type` parameter Cohere embeddings are optimized for different types of inputs. - When using embeddings for [semantic search](/guides/get-started-archive-old-tutorials-semantic-search), the search query should be embedded by setting `input_type="search_query"` - When using embeddings for semantic search, the text passages that are being searched over should be embedded with `input_type="search_document"`. - When using embedding for `classification` and `clustering` tasks, you can set `input_type` to either 'classification' or 'clustering' to optimize the embeddings appropriately. - When `input_type='image'` for `embed-v3.0`, the expected input to be embedded is an image instead of text. If you use `input_type=images` with `embed-v4.0` it will default to `search_document`. We recommend using `search_document` when working with `embed-v4.0`. ## Multilingual Support `embed-v4.0` is a best-in-class best-in-class multilingual model with support for over 100 languages, including Korean, Japanese, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, and French. ```python PYTHON import cohere co = cohere.ClientV2(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY") texts = [ "Hello from Cohere!", "مرحبًا من كوهير!", "Hallo von Cohere!", "Bonjour de Cohere!", "¡Hola desde Cohere!", "Olá do Cohere!", "Ciao da Cohere!", "您好，来自 Cohere！", "कोहेरे से नमस्ते!", ] response = co.embed( model="embed-v4.0", texts=texts, input_type="classification", output_dimension=1024, embedding_types=["float"], ) embeddings = response.embeddings.float # All text embeddings print(embeddings[0][:5]) # Print embeddings for the first text ``` ## Image Embeddings The Cohere Embedding platform supports image embeddings for `embed-v4.0` and the `embed-v3.0` family. There are two ways to access this functionality: - Pass `image` to the `input_type` parameter. Here are the steps: - Pass image to the `input_type` parameter - Pass your image URL to the images parameter - Pass your image URL to the new `images` parameter. Here are the steps: - Pass in a input list of `dicts` with the key content - content contains a list of `dicts` with the keys `type` and `image` When using the `images` parameter the following restrictions exist: - Pass `image` to the `input_type` parameter (as discussed above). - Pass your image URL to the new `images` parameter. Be aware that image embedding has the following restrictions: - If `input_type='image'`, the `texts` field must be empty. - The original image file type must be in a `png`, `jpeg`, `webp`, or `gif` format and can be up to 5 MB in size. - The image must be base64 encoded and sent as a Data URL to the `images` parameter. - Our API currently does not support batch image embeddings for `embed-v3.0` models. For `embed-v4.0`, however, you can submit up to 96 images. When using the `inputs` parameter the following restrictions exist (note these restrictions apply to `embed-v4.0`): - The maximum size of payload is 20mb - All images larger than 2,458,624 pixels will be downsampled to 2,458,624 pixels - All images smaller than 3,136 (56x56) pixels will be upsampled to 3,136 pixels - `input_type` must be set to one of the following - `search_query` - `search_document` - `classification` - `clustering` Here's a code sample using the `inputs` parameter: ```python PYTHON import cohere from PIL import Image from io import BytesIO import base64 co = cohere.ClientV2(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY") # The model accepts input in base64 as a Data URL def image_to_base64_data_url(image_path): # Open the image file with Image.open(image_path) as img: image_format = img.format.lower() buffered = BytesIO() img.save(buffered, format=img.format) # Encode the image data in base64 img_base64 = base64.b64encode(buffered.getvalue()).decode( "utf-8" ) # Create the Data URL with the inferred image type data_url = f"data:image/{image_format};base64,{img_base64}" return data_url base64_url = image_to_base64_data_url("") input = { "content": [ {"type": "image_url", "image_url": {"url": base64_url}} ] } res = co.embed( model="embed-v4.0", embedding_types=["float"], input_type="search_document", inputs=[input], output_dimension=1024, ) res.embeddings.float ``` Here's a code sample using the `images` parameter: ```python PYTHON import cohere from PIL import Image from io import BytesIO import base64 co = cohere.ClientV2(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY") # The model accepts input in base64 as a Data URL def image_to_base64_data_url(image_path): # Open the image file with Image.open(image_path) as img: # Create a BytesIO object to hold the image data in memory buffered = BytesIO() # Save the image as PNG to the BytesIO object img.save(buffered, format="PNG") # Encode the image data in base64 img_base64 = base64.b64encode(buffered.getvalue()).decode( "utf-8" ) # Create the Data URL and assumes the original image file type was png data_url = f"data:image/png;base64,{img_base64}" return data_url processed_image = image_to_base64_data_url("") res = co.embed( images=[processed_image], model="embed-v4.0", embedding_types=["float"], input_type="image", ) res.embeddings.float ``` ## Support for Mixed Content Embeddings `embed-v4.0` supports text and content-rich images such as figures, slide decks, document screen shots (i.e. screenshots of PDF pages). This eliminates the need for complex text extraction or ETL pipelines. Unlike our previous `embed-v3.0` model family, `embed-v4.0` is capable of processing both images and texts together; the inputs can either be an image that contains both text and visual content, or text and images that youd like to compress into a single vector representation. Here's a code sample illustrating how `embed-v4.0` could be used to work with fused images and texts like the following: Fused image and texts ```python PYTHON import cohere import base64 # Embed an Images and Texts separately with open("./content/finn.jpeg", "rb") as image_file: encoded_string = base64.b64encode(image_file.read()).decode( "utf-8" ) # Step 3: Format as data URL data_url = f"data:image/jpeg;base64,{encoded_string}" example_doc = [ {"type": "text", "text": "This is a Scottish Fold Cat"}, {"type": "image_url", "image_url": {"url": data_url}}, ] # This is where we're fusing text and images. res = co.embed( model="embed-v4.0", inputs=[{"content": example_doc}], input_type="search_document", embedding_types=["float"], output_dimension=1024, ).embeddings.float_ # This will return a list of length 1 with the texts and image in a combined embedding res ``` ## Matryoshka Embeddings Matryoshka learning creates embeddings with coarse-to-fine representation within a single vector; `embed-v4.0` supports multiple output dimensions in the following values: `[256,512,1024,1536]`. To access this, you specify the parameter `output_dimension` when creating the embeddings. ```python PYTHON texts = ["hello"] response = co.embed( model="embed-v4.0", texts=texts, output_dimension=1024, input_type="classification", embedding_types=["float"], ).embeddings # print out the embeddings response.float # returns a vector that is 1024 dimensions ``` ## Compression Levels The Cohere embeddings platform supports compression. The Embed API features an `embeddings_types` parameter which allows the user to specify various ways of compressing the output. The following embedding types are supported: - `float` - `int8` - `unint8` - `binary` - `ubinary` We recommend being explicit about the `embedding type(s)`. To specify an embedding types, pass one of the types from the list above in as list containing a string: ```python PYTHON res = co.embed( texts=["hello_world"], model="embed-v4.0", input_type="search_document", embedding_types=["int8"], ) ``` You can specify multiple embedding types in a single call. For example, the following call will return both `int8` and `float` embeddings: ```python PYTHON res = co.embed( texts=phrases, model="embed-v4.0", input_type=input_type, embedding_types=["int8", "float"], ) res.embeddings.int8 # This contains your int8 embeddings res.embeddings.float # This contains your float embeddings ``` ### A Note on Bits and Bytes When doing binary compression, there's a subtlety worth pointing out: because Cohere packages _bits_ as _bytes_ under the hood, the actual length of the vector changes. This means that if you have a vector of 1024 binary embeddings, it will become `1024/8 => 128` bytes, and this might be confusing if you run `len(embeddings)`. This code shows how to unpack it so it works if you're using a vector database that does not take bytes for binary: ```python PYTHON res = co.embed( model="embed-v4.0", texts=["hello"], input_type="search_document", embedding_types=["ubinary"], output_dimension=1024, ) print( f"Embed v4 Binary at 1024 dimensions results in length {len(res.embeddings.ubinary[0])}" ) query_emb_bin = np.asarray(res.embeddings.ubinary[0], dtype="uint8") query_emb_unpacked = np.unpackbits(query_emb_bin, axis=-1).astype( "int" ) query_emb_unpacked = 2 * query_emb_unpacked - 1 print( f"Embed v4 Binary at 1024 unpacked will have dimensions:{len(query_emb_unpacked)}" ) ``` ## Related pages - [Changelog](../changelog.md) - [Cohere](../index.md) - [Cohere API](./cohere-api-index.md) - [Cohere Labs](./cohere-labs-index.md) - [Cohere Platform](./cohere-platform-index.md) - [Cookbooks](./cookbooks-index.md) - [Deployment Options](./deployment-options-index.md) - [Embeddings (Vectors, Search, Retrieval)](./embeddings-vectors-search-retrieval-index.md) - [Get Started](./get-started-index.md) - [Going to Production](./going-to-production-index.md) # Agent Instructions Cite this page’s canonical URL and keep its documentation version. 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