AlexAltea / milli-py

Python bindings for Milli, the embeddable Rust-based search engine powering Meilisearch

milli-py

Python bindings for Milli, the embeddable Rust-based search engine powering Meilisearch.

Due to limitations around Rust lifecycles, methods available via IndexDocuments and Search have been integrated directly into the Index class. This sacrifices/simplifies functionality available in the original milli package.

Install the package via:

pip install milli

Usage

Basic usage of the milli-py:

import milli

index = milli.Index("path/to/index")
index.add_documents([   
    { "id": 0, "title": "Hello world", "content": "This is a sample" },
    { "id": 1, "title": "Hello moon", "content": "This is another sample" },
    { "id": 2, "title": "Hello sun", "content": "This is yet another sample" },
])
results = index.search("wrold")
document = index.get_document(results[0])
assert(document['title'] == "Hello world")

Documentation

Full documentation for milli-py is available at docs/index.md.

View it online at https://github.com/AlexAltea/milli-py/blob/master/docs/index.md.

Examples

Real-world examples of milli-py in action:

• Curator: Searching 140k movies (~10 MB csv, ~140 MB index) in around 36ms to obtain metadata from OMDB and auto-rename/tag movie collections.

Do you have other interesting examples? Let me know!