Step 2: Connecting and Authenticating

In this step, we will connect to the database we created in Step 1 and authenticate using an API key.

Authentication

To authenticate with the database, you will need to generate an API key. To do this, navigate to the databases page and click the key symbol next to the database you want to access. Take note of the API key and the database ID.

Connecting

Once you've created a database and generated an API key, you can connect to the database using the client library.

Install the client library:

JavaScript

npm install @svector/client

Python

pip install svectordb

Next let's create the basic skeleton:

JavaScript

const { DatabaseService } = require('@svector/client');

const region = 'us-east-2';
const apiKey = 'f4ead19a-bac7-4ff0-b379-d3f634ed180f'; // replace with your API key
const databaseId = 'f39434565486ee15'; // replace with your database ID

const client = new DatabaseService({
    endpoint: `https://${region}.api.svectordb.com`,
    apiKey: apiKey
});

(async () => {
    // Code goes here
})()

Python

import asyncio
import random

from svectordb.client import DatabaseService
from svectordb.config import Config
from svectordb.models import *
from smithy_core.retries import SimpleRetryStrategy
from smithy_http.aio.identity.apikey import ApiKeyIdentity, ApiKeyIdentityResolver

region = 'us-east-2'
apiKey = '2e607c5f-aaac-4d19-9824-4315b135484f' # replace with your API key
databaseId = 'e65c1cd5e2afbcec' # replace with your database ID

async def main() -> None:
    client = DatabaseService(Config(
        endpoint_uri=f"https://{region}.api.svectordb.com",
        api_key_identity_resolver=ApiKeyIdentityResolver(api_key=ApiKeyIdentity(api_key=apiKey)),
        retry_strategy=SimpleRetryStrategy(max_attempts=1)
    ))
        
    # Code goes here


if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())