langchain_community.cache.AstraDBSemanticCache¶

class langchain_community.cache.AstraDBSemanticCache(*, collection_name: str = 'langchain_astradb_semantic_cache', token: Optional[str] = None, api_endpoint: Optional[str] = None, astra_db_client: Optional[AstraDB] = None, async_astra_db_client: Optional[AsyncAstraDB] = None, namespace: Optional[str] = None, setup_mode: SetupMode = SetupMode.SYNC, pre_delete_collection: bool = False, embedding: Embeddings, metric: Optional[str] = None, similarity_threshold: float = 0.85)[source]¶

Cache that uses Astra DB as a vector-store backend for semantic (i.e. similarity-based) lookup.

It uses a single (vector) collection and can store cached values from several LLMs, so the LLM’s ‘llm_string’ is stored in the document metadata.

You can choose the preferred similarity (or use the API default). The default score threshold is tuned to the default metric. Tune it carefully yourself if switching to another distance metric.

Parameters

  • collection_name (str) – name of the Astra DB collection to create/use.

  • token (Optional[str]) – API token for Astra DB usage.

  • api_endpoint (Optional[str]) – full URL to the API endpoint, such as https://<DB-ID>-us-east1.apps.astra.datastax.com.

  • astra_db_client (Optional[AstraDB]) – alternative to token+api_endpoint, you can pass an already-created ‘astrapy.db.AstraDB’ instance.

  • async_astra_db_client (Optional[AsyncAstraDB]) – alternative to token+api_endpoint, you can pass an already-created ‘astrapy.db.AsyncAstraDB’ instance.

  • namespace (Optional[str]) – namespace (aka keyspace) where the collection is created. Defaults to the database’s “default namespace”.

  • setup_mode (SetupMode) – mode used to create the Astra DB collection (SYNC, ASYNC or OFF).

  • pre_delete_collection (bool) – whether to delete the collection before creating it. If False and the collection already exists, the collection will be used as is.

  • embedding (Embeddings) – Embedding provider for semantic encoding and search.

  • metric (Optional[str]) – the function to use for evaluating similarity of text embeddings. Defaults to ‘cosine’ (alternatives: ‘euclidean’, ‘dot_product’)

  • similarity_threshold (float) – the minimum similarity for accepting a (semantic-search) match.

Methods

__init__(*[, collection_name, token, ...])

Cache that uses Astra DB as a vector-store backend for semantic (i.e.

aclear(**kwargs)

Clear cache that can take additional keyword arguments.

adelete_by_document_id(document_id)

Given this is a "similarity search" cache, an invalidation pattern that makes sense is first a lookup to get an ID, and then deleting with that ID.

alookup(prompt, llm_string)

Look up based on prompt and llm_string.

alookup_with_id(prompt, llm_string)

Look up based on prompt and llm_string.

alookup_with_id_through_llm(prompt, llm[, stop])

aupdate(prompt, llm_string, return_val)

Update cache based on prompt and llm_string.

clear(**kwargs)

Clear cache that can take additional keyword arguments.

delete_by_document_id(document_id)

Given this is a "similarity search" cache, an invalidation pattern that makes sense is first a lookup to get an ID, and then deleting with that ID.

lookup(prompt, llm_string)

Look up based on prompt and llm_string.

lookup_with_id(prompt, llm_string)

Look up based on prompt and llm_string.

lookup_with_id_through_llm(prompt, llm[, stop])

update(prompt, llm_string, return_val)

Update cache based on prompt and llm_string.
__init__(*, collection_name: str = 'langchain_astradb_semantic_cache', token: Optional[str] = None, api_endpoint: Optional[str] = None, astra_db_client: Optional[AstraDB] = None, async_astra_db_client: Optional[AsyncAstraDB] = None, namespace: Optional[str] = None, setup_mode: SetupMode = SetupMode.SYNC, pre_delete_collection: bool = False, embedding: Embeddings, metric: Optional[str] = None, similarity_threshold: float = 0.85)[source]¶

Cache that uses Astra DB as a vector-store backend for semantic (i.e. similarity-based) lookup.

It uses a single (vector) collection and can store cached values from several LLMs, so the LLM’s ‘llm_string’ is stored in the document metadata.

You can choose the preferred similarity (or use the API default). The default score threshold is tuned to the default metric. Tune it carefully yourself if switching to another distance metric.

Parameters

  • collection_name (str) – name of the Astra DB collection to create/use.

  • token (Optional[str]) – API token for Astra DB usage.

  • api_endpoint (Optional[str]) – full URL to the API endpoint, such as https://<DB-ID>-us-east1.apps.astra.datastax.com.

  • astra_db_client (Optional[AstraDB]) – alternative to token+api_endpoint, you can pass an already-created ‘astrapy.db.AstraDB’ instance.

  • async_astra_db_client (Optional[AsyncAstraDB]) – alternative to token+api_endpoint, you can pass an already-created ‘astrapy.db.AsyncAstraDB’ instance.

  • namespace (Optional[str]) – namespace (aka keyspace) where the collection is created. Defaults to the database’s “default namespace”.

  • setup_mode (SetupMode) – mode used to create the Astra DB collection (SYNC, ASYNC or OFF).

  • pre_delete_collection (bool) – whether to delete the collection before creating it. If False and the collection already exists, the collection will be used as is.

  • embedding (Embeddings) – Embedding provider for semantic encoding and search.

  • metric (Optional[str]) – the function to use for evaluating similarity of text embeddings. Defaults to ‘cosine’ (alternatives: ‘euclidean’, ‘dot_product’)

  • similarity_threshold (float) – the minimum similarity for accepting a (semantic-search) match.

async aclear(**kwargs: Any) → None[source]¶

Clear cache that can take additional keyword arguments.

Parameters

kwargs (Any) –

Return type

None

async adelete_by_document_id(document_id: str) → None[source]¶

Given this is a “similarity search” cache, an invalidation pattern that makes sense is first a lookup to get an ID, and then deleting with that ID. This is for the second step.

Parameters

document_id (str) –

Return type

None

async alookup(prompt: str, llm_string: str) → Optional[Sequence[Generation]][source]¶

Look up based on prompt and llm_string.

Parameters

  • prompt (str) –

  • llm_string (str) –

Return type

Optional[Sequence[Generation]]

async alookup_with_id(prompt: str, llm_string: str) → Optional[Tuple[str, Sequence[Generation]]][source]¶

Look up based on prompt and llm_string. If there are hits, return (document_id, cached_entry) for the top hit

Parameters

  • prompt (str) –

  • llm_string (str) –

Return type

Optional[Tuple[str, Sequence[Generation]]]

async alookup_with_id_through_llm(prompt: str, llm: LLM, stop: Optional[List[str]] = None) → Optional[Tuple[str, Sequence[Generation]]][source]¶
Parameters

  • prompt (str) –

  • llm (LLM) –

  • stop (Optional[List[str]]) –

Return type

Optional[Tuple[str, Sequence[Generation]]]

async aupdate(prompt: str, llm_string: str, return_val: Sequence[Generation]) → None[source]¶

Update cache based on prompt and llm_string.

Parameters

  • prompt (str) –

  • llm_string (str) –

  • return_val (Sequence[Generation]) –

Return type

None

clear(**kwargs: Any) → None[source]¶

Clear cache that can take additional keyword arguments.

Parameters

kwargs (Any) –

Return type

None

delete_by_document_id(document_id: str) → None[source]¶

Given this is a “similarity search” cache, an invalidation pattern that makes sense is first a lookup to get an ID, and then deleting with that ID. This is for the second step.

Parameters

document_id (str) –

Return type

None

lookup(prompt: str, llm_string: str) → Optional[Sequence[Generation]][source]¶

Look up based on prompt and llm_string.

Parameters

  • prompt (str) –

  • llm_string (str) –

Return type

Optional[Sequence[Generation]]

lookup_with_id(prompt: str, llm_string: str) → Optional[Tuple[str, Sequence[Generation]]][source]¶

Look up based on prompt and llm_string. If there are hits, return (document_id, cached_entry) for the top hit

Parameters

  • prompt (str) –

  • llm_string (str) –

Return type

Optional[Tuple[str, Sequence[Generation]]]

lookup_with_id_through_llm(prompt: str, llm: LLM, stop: Optional[List[str]] = None) → Optional[Tuple[str, Sequence[Generation]]][source]¶
Parameters

  • prompt (str) –

  • llm (LLM) –

  • stop (Optional[List[str]]) –

Return type

Optional[Tuple[str, Sequence[Generation]]]

update(prompt: str, llm_string: str, return_val: Sequence[Generation]) → None[source]¶

Update cache based on prompt and llm_string.

Parameters

  • prompt (str) –

  • llm_string (str) –

  • return_val (Sequence[Generation]) –

Return type

None