xmemory-ai 0.5.3

Python client library for the Xmemory API

xmemory

Python client library for the xmemory API.

Quick start

from xmemory import XmemoryClient, SchemaType

client = XmemoryClient(api_key="xmem_...")  # or set XMEM_API_KEY env var

# Create an instance and start using it immediately
schema = """\
objects:
  person:
    fields:
      name:
        type: str
        required: true
        description: full name of the person
      role:
        type: str
        required: false
        description: job title or role
      location:
        type: str
        required: false
        description: city or location
relations: {}
"""

inst = client.admin.create_instance(
    cluster_id="<your-cluster-id>",
    name="my-memory",
    schema_text=schema,
    schema_type=SchemaType.YML,
)

inst.write("Alice is a software engineer based in Berlin.")
result = inst.read("What does Alice do?")
print(result.reader_result)

Bind to an existing instance

inst = client.instance("<your-instance-id>")
inst.write("Bob joined the team as a designer.")
result = inst.read("Who is on the team?")

Async quick start

import asyncio
from xmemory import AsyncXmemoryClient, SchemaType

async def main():
    async with AsyncXmemoryClient(api_key="xmem_...") as client:
        inst = await client.admin.create_instance(
            cluster_id="<cluster-id>",
            name="my-memory",
            schema_text=schema,  # same schema as above
            schema_type=SchemaType.YML,
        )
        await inst.write("Alice is a software engineer based in Berlin.")
        result = await inst.read("What does Alice do?")
        print(result.reader_result)

asyncio.run(main())

Configuration

Parameter	Env var	Default	Description
url	XMEM_API_URL	https://api.xmemory.ai	Base URL of the Xmemory API
api_key	XMEM_API_KEY	None	API key for authentication
timeout	—	60	Default request timeout in seconds

Deprecation: The legacy term token (argument token= and env var XMEM_AUTH_TOKEN) is still accepted for backwards compatibility but prints an orange-colored deprecation notice on use. Migrate to api_key / XMEM_API_KEY. The legacy names will be removed in a future release.

Client structure

The client is organized into two namespaces:

• client.admin — cluster management, instance lifecycle, schema and metadata management
• client.instance(id) — instance-bound data operations (read, write, extract)

Admin API (client.admin)

# Clusters
clusters = client.admin.list_clusters()
cluster = client.admin.get_cluster("<cluster-id>")

# Instance lifecycle
inst = client.admin.create_instance(cluster_id, "name", schema, SchemaType.YML)
instances = client.admin.list_instances()
info = client.admin.get_instance("<instance-id>")
client.admin.delete_instance("<instance-id>")

# Schema management
schema = client.admin.get_instance_schema("<instance-id>")
client.admin.update_instance_schema("<instance-id>", new_schema, SchemaType.YML)

# Metadata management
client.admin.update_instance_metadata("<instance-id>", "new-name", "new description")

# Schema generation
result = client.admin.generate_schema(cluster_id, "People with name, role, and location.")
print(result.data_schema)

create_instance returns an InstanceAPI bound to the new instance, ready for data operations.

list_instances and get_instance return InstanceInfo metadata objects.

Instance API (client.instance(id))

inst = client.instance("<instance-id>")

# Read
result = inst.read("Who is on the team?")
print(result.reader_result)

# Write (synchronous)
result = inst.write("Bob joined the team on Monday as a designer.")
print(result.cleaned_objects)

# Write (async job)
job = inst.write_async("Bob joined the team on Monday as a designer.")
status = inst.write_status(job.write_id)

# Extract (without persisting)
result = inst.extract("Carol is a manager based in Berlin.")
print(result.objects_extracted)

Read modes

from xmemory import ReadMode

result = inst.read("Show people and companies", read_mode=ReadMode.XRESPONSE)

Extraction logic

from xmemory import ExtractionLogic

result = inst.write("...", extraction_logic=ExtractionLogic.FAST)

Schema format

Schemas use the XMD (Xmemory Data Model) format with objects and relations:

objects:
  person:
    fields:
      name:
        type: str
        required: true
        description: full name of the person
      role:
        type: str
        required: false
        description: job title or role
  company:
    fields:
      name:
        type: str
        required: true
        description: company name
      industry:
        type: str
        required: false
        description: industry or sector
relations:
  employment:
    objects:
      person:
        type: person
        on_delete: cascade
      company:
        type: company
        on_delete: cascade
    description: person works at company

Field types: str, int, float, bool, date, datetime.

Context managers

Both clients support the context manager protocol and close the underlying HTTP connection on exit.

# sync
with XmemoryClient(api_key="xmem_...") as client:
    inst = client.instance("abc")
    inst.write("...")

# async
async with AsyncXmemoryClient(api_key="xmem_...") as client:
    inst = client.instance("abc")
    await inst.write("...")

External HTTP client

You can pass your own httpx.Client (or httpx.AsyncClient). The client will not be closed when the Xmemory client is closed, giving you full control over its lifecycle.

import httpx
from xmemory import XmemoryClient

http = httpx.Client(base_url="https://api.xmemory.ai", timeout=30)
client = XmemoryClient(http_client=http, api_key="xmem_...")

Health check

from xmemory import XmemoryHealthCheckError

try:
    client.check_health()
except XmemoryHealthCheckError as e:
    print(f"API is unreachable: {e}")

Error handling

All errors raise XmemoryAPIError (or its subclass XmemoryHealthCheckError for connectivity failures). XmemoryAPIError carries an optional .status attribute with the HTTP status code.

from xmemory import XmemoryAPIError

try:
    result = client.instance("abc").read("something")
except XmemoryAPIError as e:
    print(f"API error (HTTP {e.status}): {e}")

Response types

Method	Returns
admin.list_clusters()	list[ClusterInfo]
admin.get_cluster()	ClusterInfo
admin.create_instance()	InstanceAPI
admin.list_instances()	list[InstanceInfo]
admin.get_instance()	InstanceInfo
admin.get_instance_schema()	InstanceSchemaInfo
admin.update_instance_schema()	InstanceInfo
admin.update_instance_metadata()	InstanceInfo
admin.delete_instance()	list[str]
admin.generate_schema()	GenerateSchemaResult
inst.read()	ReadResult
inst.write()	WriteResult
inst.write_async()	AsyncWriteResult
inst.write_status()	WriteStatusResult
inst.extract()	ExtractResult
inst.get_schema()	InstanceSchemaInfo
inst.describe()	DescribeResult

Package publishing to pip

python -m pip install --upgrade build twine
python -m build

# test with test.pypi.org (separate account and API key required)
python -m twine upload --repository testpypi dist/*

# publish the real version when ready
python -m twine upload dist/*

# test the package
pip install xmemory-ai