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JavaScript@langchain/corevectorstoresVectorStoreRetriever_getRelevantDocuments

Method●Since v0.3

_getRelevantDocuments

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_getRelevantDocuments(
  query: string,
  runManager: CallbackManagerForRetrieverRun
): Promise<DocumentInterface<Record

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Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`query`*	`string`
`runManager`	`CallbackManagerForRetrieverRun`

Retrieves relevant documents based on the specified query, using either similarity or maximal marginal relevance (MMR) search.

If searchType is set to "mmr", performs an MMR search to balance similarity and diversity among results. If searchType is "similarity", retrieves results purely based on similarity to the query.

The query string used to find relevant documents.

Optional callback manager for tracking retrieval progress.