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# rag-astradb
This template will perform RAG using Astra DB (`AstraDB` vector store class)
## Environment Setup
An [Astra DB](https://astra.datastax.com) database is required; free tier is fine.
- You need the database **API endpoint** (such as `https://0123...-us-east1.apps.astra.datastax.com`) ...
- ... and a **token** (`AstraCS:...`).
Also, an **OpenAI API Key** is required. _Note that out-of-the-box this demo supports OpenAI only, unless you tinker with the code._
Provide the connection parameters and secrets through environment variables. Please refer to `.env.template` for the variable names.
## Usage
To use this package, you should first have the LangChain CLI installed:
```shell
pip install -U "langchain-cli[serve]"
```
To create a new LangChain project and install this as the only package, you can do:
```shell
langchain app new my-app --package rag-astradb
```
If you want to add this to an existing project, you can just run:
```shell
langchain app add rag-astradb
```
And add the following code to your `server.py` file:
```python
from astradb_entomology_rag import chain as astradb_entomology_rag_chain
add_routes(app, astradb_entomology_rag_chain, path="/rag-astradb")
```
(Optional) Let's now configure LangSmith.
LangSmith will help us trace, monitor and debug LangChain applications.
LangSmith is currently in private beta, you can sign up [here](https://smith.langchain.com/).
If you don't have access, you can skip this section
```shell
export LANGCHAIN_TRACING_V2=true
export LANGCHAIN_API_KEY=<your-api-key>
export LANGCHAIN_PROJECT=<your-project> # if not specified, defaults to "default"
```
If you are inside this directory, then you can spin up a LangServe instance directly by:
```shell
langchain serve
```
This will start the FastAPI app with a server is running locally at
[http://localhost:8000](http://localhost:8000)
We can see all templates at [http://127.0.0.1:8000/docs](http://127.0.0.1:8000/docs)
We can access the playground at [http://127.0.0.1:8000/rag-astradb/playground](http://127.0.0.1:8000/rag-astradb/playground)
We can access the template from code with:
```python
from langserve.client import RemoteRunnable
runnable = RemoteRunnable("http://localhost:8000/rag-astradb")
```
## Reference
Stand-alone repo with LangServe chain: [here](https://github.com/hemidactylus/langserve_astradb_entomology_rag).