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%%%-------------------------------------------------------------------
%%% @doc FastEmbed embedding provider
%%%
%%% Uses FastEmbed (ONNX-based) for lightweight, fast embeddings.
%%% Lighter alternative to sentence-transformers with similar quality.
%%%
%%% Dependencies (fastembed) are installed automatically
%%% in the managed venv on first use.
%%%
%%% == Configuration ==
%%% ```
%%% Config = #{
%%% model => "BAAI/bge-small-en-v1.5", %% Model name (default, 384 dims)
%%% python => "python3", %% Python executable (default)
%%% timeout => 120000 %% Timeout in ms (default)
%%% }.
%%% '''
%%%
%%% == Advantages over sentence-transformers ==
%%% - Smaller install size (~100MB vs ~2GB+)
%%% - No PyTorch dependency
%%% - Uses ONNX Runtime for optimized inference
%%% - Similar embedding quality
%%%
%%% @end
%%%-------------------------------------------------------------------
-module(barrel_embed_fastembed).
-behaviour(barrel_embed_provider).
%% Behaviour callbacks
-export([
embed/2,
embed_batch/2,
dimension/1,
name/0,
init/1,
available/1
]).
-define(DEFAULT_PYTHON, "python3").
-define(DEFAULT_MODEL, "BAAI/bge-small-en-v1.5").
-define(DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, 120000).
-define(DEFAULT_DIMENSION, 384).
%%====================================================================
%% Behaviour Callbacks
%%====================================================================
%% @doc Provider name.
-spec name() -> atom().
name() -> fastembed.
%% @doc Get dimension for this provider.
-spec dimension(map()) -> pos_integer().
dimension(Config) ->
maps:get(dimension, Config, ?DEFAULT_DIMENSION).
%% @doc Initialize the provider.
%% Starts the Python port server.
-spec init(map()) -> {ok, map()} | {error, term()}.
init(Config) ->
Python = maps:get(python, Config, ?DEFAULT_PYTHON),
Model = maps:get(model, Config, ?DEFAULT_MODEL),
Timeout = maps:get(timeout, Config, ?DEFAULT_TIMEOUT),
%% Use managed venv, auto-install deps
Venv = get_managed_venv(fastembed),
%% Validate model (warning only)
validate_model(Model),
%% Build args for python -m barrel_embed
Args = ["-m", "barrel_embed",
"--provider", "fastembed",
"--model", Model],
Opts = [
{timeout, Timeout},
{priv_dir, get_priv_dir()},
{venv, Venv}
],
case barrel_embed_port_server:start_link(Python, Args, Opts) of
{ok, Server} ->
case barrel_embed_port_server:info(Server, Timeout) of
{ok, #{dimensions := Dims}} ->
{ok, Config#{
server => Server,
dimension => Dims,
timeout => Timeout
}};
{error, Reason} ->
barrel_embed_port_server:stop(Server),
{error, Reason}
end;
{error, Reason} ->
{error, Reason}
end.
%% @doc Check if provider is available.
-spec available(map()) -> boolean().
available(#{server := Server}) ->
is_process_alive(Server);
available(_Config) ->
false.
%% @doc Generate embedding for a single text.
-spec embed(binary(), map()) -> {ok, [float()]} | {error, term()}.
embed(Text, Config) ->
case embed_batch([Text], Config) of
{ok, [Vector]} -> {ok, Vector};
{error, _} = Error -> Error
end.
%% @doc Generate embeddings for multiple texts.
-spec embed_batch([binary()], map()) -> {ok, [[float()]]} | {error, term()}.
embed_batch(Texts, #{server := Server, timeout := Timeout}) ->
barrel_embed_port_server:embed_batch(Server, Texts, Timeout);
embed_batch(_Texts, _Config) ->
{error, server_not_initialized}.
%%====================================================================
%% Internal Functions
%%====================================================================
get_priv_dir() ->
case code:priv_dir(barrel_embed) of
{error, bad_name} -> "priv";
Dir -> Dir
end.
%% @private
%% Validate model (warning only)
validate_model(Model) ->
ModelBin = to_binary(Model),
%% Just log a warning for unknown models
case is_known_model(ModelBin) of
true ->
ok;
false ->
error_logger:warning_msg(
"Model ~s is not in the known list. "
"It may still work if supported by FastEmbed.~n",
[ModelBin]
)
end.
%% @private
%% Check if model is in known list (basic check)
is_known_model(<<"BAAI/bge-small-en-v1.5">>) -> true;
is_known_model(<<"BAAI/bge-base-en-v1.5">>) -> true;
is_known_model(<<"BAAI/bge-large-en-v1.5">>) -> true;
is_known_model(<<"sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2">>) -> true;
is_known_model(<<"nomic-ai/nomic-embed-text-v1.5">>) -> true;
is_known_model(_) -> false.
%% @private
to_binary(S) when is_binary(S) -> S;
to_binary(S) when is_list(S) -> list_to_binary(S).
%% @private
%% Get managed venv path and install deps for provider
get_managed_venv(Provider) ->
case application:get_env(barrel_embed, managed_venv_path) of
{ok, Path} ->
_ = barrel_embed_venv:install_deps(Provider),
Path;
undefined ->
undefined
end.