Weaviate Connection¶

The Weaviate connection type enables access to Weaviate APIs.

Default Connection IDs¶

Weaviate hook points to weaviate_default connection by default.

Configuring the Connection¶

Host (required)

The host to use for the Weaviate cluster REST and GraphQL API calls. DO NOT include the schema (i.e., http or https).

OIDC Username (optional)

Username for the OIDC user when OIDC option is to be used for authentication.

OIDC Password (optional)

Password for the OIDC user when OIDC option is to be used for authentication.

Port (option)

The port to use for the Weaviate cluster REST and GraphQL API calls.

Extra (optional)

Specify the extra parameters (as json dictionary) that can be used in the connection. All parameters are optional. The extras are those parameters that are acceptable in the different authentication methods here: Authentication

If you’d like to use Vectorizers for your class, configure the API keys to use the corresponding embedding API. The extras accepts a key additional_headers containing the dictionary of API keys for the embedding API authentication. They are mentioned in a section here: Third party API keys

Weaviate API Token (optional)

Specify your Weaviate API Key to connect when API Key option is to be used for authentication.

Use https (optional)

Whether to use https for the Weaviate cluster REST and GraphQL API calls.

gRPC host (optional)

The host to use for the Weaviate cluster gRPC API.

gRPC port (optional)

The port to use for the Weaviate cluster gRPC API.

Use a secure channel for the underlying gRPC API (optional)

Whether to use a secure channel for the the Weaviate cluster gRPC API.

Supported Authentication Methods¶

API Key Authentication: This method uses the Weaviate API Key to authenticate the connection. You can either have the API key in the Weaviate API Token field or in the extra field as a dictionary with key token or api_key and value as the API key.
Bearer Token Authentication: This method uses the Access Token to authenticate the connection. You need to have the Access Token in the extra field as a dictionary with key access_token and value as the Access Token. Other parameters such as expires_in and refresh_token are optional.
Client Credentials Authentication: This method uses the Client Credentials to authenticate the connection. You need to have the Client Credentials in the extra field as a dictionary with key client_secret and value as the Client Credentials. The scope is optional.
Password Authentication: This method uses the username and password to authenticate the connection. You can specify the scope in the extra field as a dictionary with key scope and value as the scope. The scope is optional.