django-mariadb-vector 0.1.1

Django ORM support for MariaDB Vector field (MariaDB 11.8.2+)

Django MariaDB Vector

Django ORM support for the MariaDB Vector field (introduced in MariaDB 11.8.2).

Requirements

• Python 3.12+
• Django 5.2+, or 6.0+
• MariaDB 11.8.2 or newer

Installation

pip install django-mariadb-vector

Usage

from django.db import models
from django_mariadb_vector import MariaDBVectorField, MariaDBVectorIndex


class MyModel(models.Model):
    embedding = MariaDBVectorField(dimensions=1536)

    class Meta:
        indexes = [
            # Vector index (MariaDB 11.8.2+)
            MariaDBVectorIndex(fields=["embedding"], name="v_idx", dimensions=1536),
        ]

Querying with Vector Functions

You can use Search (which uses VEC_DISTANCE_COSINE by default) or VecDistance to perform similarity searches.

from django_mariadb_vector import Search

from .models import MyModel

# Find 5 most similar records to a reference vector
reference_vector = [0.1, 0.2, 0.3, ...]
results = MyModel.objects.annotate(
    distance=Search("embedding", reference_vector)
).order_by("distance")[:5]

Recommended Manager Pattern

Using a custom manager can simplify vector searches in your application:

from django.db import models
from django_mariadb_vector import MariaDBVectorField, Search

class RecommendationManager(models.Manager):
    def similar_to_vector(self, vector, limit=5, exclude_id=None):
        queryset = self.get_queryset().annotate(
            distance=Search("embedding", vector)
        ).order_by("distance")

        if exclude_id:
            queryset = queryset.exclude(id=exclude_id)

        return queryset[:limit]

    def similar_to(self, id: int, limit=5):
        try:
            vector = self.get_queryset().values_list("embedding", flat=True).get(id=id)
        except self.model.DoesNotExist:
            return self.get_queryset().none()
        
        # Pass the ID to similar_to_vector to exclude it there
        return self.similar_to_vector(vector, limit=limit, exclude_id=id)

class MyModel(models.Model):
    embedding = MariaDBVectorField(dimensions=1536)
    objects = RecommendationManager()

Example of usage Manager

from .models import MyModel

reference_vector:list[float] = [0.1, 0.2, 0.3, ...]

# Find 5 most similar records to a reference vector
results = MyModel.objects.similar_to_vector(reference_vector, limit=5)

for item in results:
    print(f"{item.name} - Distance: {item.distance}")

from .models import MyModel

reference_vector:int = 1
# Find 5 most similar records to a reference object by id
results = MyModel.objects.similar_to(reference_vector, limit=5)

for item in results:
    print(f"{item.name} - Distance: {item.distance}")

Advanced Functions

The following functions are available in django_mariadb_vector.functions:

• Search(expression, vector): Convenient wrapper for COSINE distance search.
• VecDistance(expression, vector): Generic VEC_DISTANCE function.
• VecDistanceCosine(expression, vector): Native MariaDB VEC_DISTANCE_COSINE.
• VecDistanceEuclidean(expression, vector): Native MariaDB VEC_DISTANCE_EUCLIDEAN.
• VecFromText(text): Converts JSON string to MariaDB VECTOR format.
• VecToText(expression): Converts MariaDB VECTOR format to JSON string.

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

License

MIT