Method●Since v0.1

from_texts

Create a Chroma vectorstore from a raw documents.

If a persist_directory is specified, the collection will be persisted there. Otherwise, the data will be ephemeral in-memory.

from_texts(
  cls: type[Chroma],
  texts: list[str],
  embedding: Embeddings | None = None,
  metadatas: list[dict] | None = None,
  ids: list[str] | None = None,
  collection_name: str = _LANGCHAIN_DEFAULT_COLLECTION_NAME,
  persist_directory: str | None = None,
  host: str | None = None,
  port: int | None = None,
  headers: dict[str, str] | None = None,
  chroma_cloud_api_key: str | None = None,
  tenant: str | None = None,
  database: str | None = None,
  client_settings: chromadb.config.Settings | None = None,
  client: chromadb.ClientAPI | None = None,
  collection_metadata: dict | None = None,
  collection_configuration: CreateCollectionConfiguration | None = None,
  *,
  ssl: bool = False,
  **kwargs: Any = {}
) -> Chroma

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`texts`*	`list[str]`	List of texts to add to the collection.
`collection_name`	`str`	Default:`_LANGCHAIN_DEFAULT_COLLECTION_NAME` Name of the collection to create.
`persist_directory`	`str \| None`	Default:`None` Directory to persist the collection.
`host`	`str \| None`	Default:`None` Hostname of a deployed Chroma server.
`port`	`int \| None`	Default:`None` Connection port for a deployed Chroma server. Default is 8000.
`ssl`	`bool`	Default:`False` Whether to establish an SSL connection with a deployed Chroma server. Default is False.
`headers`	`dict[str, str] \| None`	Default:`None` HTTP headers to send to a deployed Chroma server.
`chroma_cloud_api_key`	`str \| None`	Default:`None` Chroma Cloud API key.
`tenant`	`str \| None`	Default:`None` Tenant ID. Required for Chroma Cloud connections. Default is 'default_tenant' for local Chroma servers.
`database`	`str \| None`	Default:`None` Database name. Required for Chroma Cloud connections. Default is 'default_database'.
`embedding`	`Embeddings \| None`	Default:`None` Embedding function.
`metadatas`	`list[dict] \| None`	Default:`None` List of metadatas.
`ids`	`list[str] \| None`	Default:`None` List of document IDs.
`client_settings`	`chromadb.config.Settings \| None`	Default:`None` Chroma client settings.
`client`	`chromadb.ClientAPI \| None`	Default:`None` Chroma client. Documentation: https://docs.trychroma.com/reference/python/client
`collection_metadata`	`dict \| None`	Default:`None` Collection configurations.
`collection_configuration`	`CreateCollectionConfiguration \| None`	Default:`None` Index configuration for the collection.
`kwargs`	`Any`	Default:`{}` Additional keyword arguments to initialize a Chroma client.

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from_texts( cls: type[Chroma], texts: list[str], embedding: Embeddings | None = None, metadatas: list[dict] | None = None, ids: list[str] | None = None, collection_name: str = _LANGCHAIN_DEFAULT_COLLECTION_NAME, persist_directory: str | None = None, host: str | None = None, port: int | None = None, headers: dict[str, str] | None = None, chroma_cloud_api_key: str | None = None, tenant: str | None = None, database: str | None = None, client_settings: chromadb.config.Settings | None = None, client: chromadb.ClientAPI | None = None, collection_metadata: dict | None = None, collection_configuration: CreateCollectionConfiguration | None = None, *, ssl: bool = False, **kwargs: Any = {} ) -> Chroma

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`texts`*	`list[str]`	List of texts to add to the collection.
`collection_name`	`str`	Default:`_LANGCHAIN_DEFAULT_COLLECTION_NAME` Name of the collection to create.
`persist_directory`	`str \| None`	Default:`None` Directory to persist the collection.
`host`	`str \| None`	Default:`None` Hostname of a deployed Chroma server.
`port`	`int \| None`	Default:`None` Connection port for a deployed Chroma server. Default is 8000.
`ssl`	`bool`	Default:`False` Whether to establish an SSL connection with a deployed Chroma server. Default is False.
`headers`	`dict[str, str] \| None`	Default:`None` HTTP headers to send to a deployed Chroma server.
`chroma_cloud_api_key`	`str \| None`	Default:`None` Chroma Cloud API key.
`tenant`	`str \| None`	Default:`None` Tenant ID. Required for Chroma Cloud connections. Default is 'default_tenant' for local Chroma servers.
`database`	`str \| None`	Default:`None` Database name. Required for Chroma Cloud connections. Default is 'default_database'.
`embedding`	`Embeddings \| None`	Default:`None` Embedding function.
`metadatas`	`list[dict] \| None`	Default:`None` List of metadatas.
`ids`	`list[str] \| None`	Default:`None` List of document IDs.
`client_settings`	`chromadb.config.Settings \| None`	Default:`None` Chroma client settings.
`client`	`chromadb.ClientAPI \| None`	Default:`None` Chroma client. Documentation: https://docs.trychroma.com/reference/python/client
`collection_metadata`	`dict \| None`	Default:`None` Collection configurations.
`collection_configuration`	`CreateCollectionConfiguration \| None`	Default:`None` Index configuration for the collection.
`kwargs`	`Any`	Default:`{}` Additional keyword arguments to initialize a Chroma client.

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