Markdown Search System

import os import re import json import requests from pathlib import Path from datetime import datetime from typing import List, Dict, Optional, Tuple import chromadb from chromadb.config import Settings import hashlib class MarkdownSearchSystem: def __init__(self, output_folder: str = "output", db_path: str = "./chroma_db", collection_name: str = "markdown_docs", ollama_base_url: str = "http://localhost:11434", model_name: str = "mistral-small3.2"): self.output_folder = Path(output_folder) self.db_path = db_path self.collection_name = collection_name self.ollama_base_url = ollama_base_url self.model_name = model_name # Initialize ChromaDB self.client = chromadb.PersistentClient(path=db_path) self.collection = self.client.get_or_create_collection( name=collection_name, metadata={"description": "Markdown documents collection"} ) print(f"Initialized ChromaDB at: {db_path}") print(f"Collection: {collection_name}") def extract_markdown_content(self, file_path: Path) -> Dict[str, str]: """Extract content and metadata from a markdown file.""" try: with open(file_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f: content = f.read() # Extract title from first heading or filename title_match = re.search(r'^#\s+(.+)$', content, re.MULTILINE) title = title_match.group(1) if title_match else file_path.stem # Parse date from filename (assuming YYYY-MM-DD format) date_match = re.search(r'(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})', file_path.name) date_str = date_match.group(1) if date_match else "unknown" # Create metadata metadata = { "title": title, "filename": file_path.name, "filepath": str(file_path), "date": date_str, "year": file_path.parent.parent.name, "month": file_path.parent.name, "file_size": len(content), "created_at": datetime.now().isoformat() } return { "content": content, "metadata": metadata } except Exception as e: print(f"Error reading {file_path}: {e}") return None def chunk_content(self, content: str, chunk_size: int = 1000, overlap: int = 200) -> List[str]: """Split content into overlapping chunks for better embedding.""" if len(content) <= chunk_size: return [content] chunks = [] start = 0 while start < len(content): end = start + chunk_size # Try to break at sentence boundary if end < len(content): # Look for sentence endings near the chunk boundary for i in range(end, max(start + chunk_size - 100, start), -1): if content[i] in '.!?\n': end = i + 1 break chunk = content[start:end].strip() if chunk: chunks.append(chunk) start = end - overlap if end < len(content) else end if start >= len(content): break return chunks def generate_document_id(self, filepath: str, chunk_index: int = 0) -> str: """Generate a unique ID for a document chunk.""" content = f"{filepath}_{chunk_index}" return hashlib.md5(content.encode()).hexdigest() def process_markdown_files(self): """Process all markdown files in the folder structure.""" if not self.output_folder.exists(): print(f"Output folder {self.output_folder} does not exist!") return processed_count = 0 skipped_count = 0 # Find all .md files in year/month structure md_files = list(self.output_folder.glob("*/*/*.md")) print(f"Found {len(md_files)} markdown files to process...") for md_file in md_files: try: # Extract content and metadata doc_data = self.extract_markdown_content(md_file) if not doc_data: skipped_count += 1 continue content = doc_data["content"] metadata = doc_data["metadata"] # Check if document already exists (by filepath) existing = self.collection.get( where={"filepath": str(md_file)} ) if existing['ids']: print(f"Skipping {md_file.name} (already processed)") skipped_count += 1 continue # Chunk the content chunks = self.chunk_content(content) # Add each chunk to ChromaDB for i, chunk in enumerate(chunks): doc_id = self.generate_document_id(str(md_file), i) # Add chunk-specific metadata chunk_metadata = metadata.copy() chunk_metadata.update({ "chunk_index": i, "total_chunks": len(chunks), "chunk_size": len(chunk) }) self.collection.add( documents=[chunk], metadatas=[chunk_metadata], ids=[doc_id] ) processed_count += 1 print(f"Processed: {md_file.name} ({len(chunks)} chunks)") except Exception as e: print(f"Error processing {md_file}: {e}") skipped_count += 1 print(f"\nProcessing complete!") print(f"Processed: {processed_count} files") print(f"Skipped: {skipped_count} files") print(f"Total documents in collection: {self.collection.count()}") def search_documents(self, query: str, n_results: int = 5) -> List[Dict]: """Search for relevant documents using semantic similarity.""" try: results = self.collection.query( query_texts=[query], n_results=n_results, include=["documents", "metadatas", "distances"] ) search_results = [] for i in range(len(results['ids'][0])): search_results.append({ 'id': results['ids'][0][i], 'content': results['documents'][0][i], 'metadata': results['metadatas'][0][i], 'distance': results['distances'][0][i] }) return search_results except Exception as e: print(f"Search error: {e}") return [] def call_ollama(self, prompt: str) -> str: """Call Ollama API with the given prompt.""" try: response = requests.post( f"{self.ollama_base_url}/api/generate", json={ "model": self.model_name, "prompt": prompt, "stream": False }, timeout=60 ) if response.status_code == 200: return response.json()["response"] else: return f"Error calling Ollama: {response.status_code} - {response.text}" except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: return f"Error connecting to Ollama: {e}" def answer_question(self, question: str, n_results: int = 5) -> str: """Answer a question using retrieved context and Ollama.""" print(f"Searching for: '{question}'") # Search for relevant documents search_results = self.search_documents(question, n_results) if not search_results: return "No relevant documents found for your question." # Prepare context from search results context_parts = [] for i, result in enumerate(search_results, 1): metadata = result['metadata'] context_parts.append( f"Document {i} (from {metadata['filename']}, {metadata['date']}):\n" f"{result['content']}\n" ) context = "\n".join(context_parts) # Create prompt for Ollama prompt = f"""Based on the following documents, please answer the question. Use only the information provided in the documents. Question: {question} Relevant Documents: {context} Answer: """ print("Generating answer with Ollama...") answer = self.call_ollama(prompt) # Add source information sources = [] for result in search_results: metadata = result['metadata'] sources.append(f"- {metadata['filename']} ({metadata['date']})") return f"{answer}\n\nSources:\n" + "\n".join(sources) def interactive_search(self): """Start an interactive search session.""" print("\n=== Interactive Markdown Search ===") print("Type your questions (or 'quit' to exit)") print("-" * 40) while True: try: question = input("\nQuestion: ").strip() if question.lower() in ['quit', 'exit', 'q']: print("Goodbye!") break if not question: continue print("\nSearching and generating answer...") answer = self.answer_question(question) print(f"\nAnswer:\n{answer}") print("-" * 40) except KeyboardInterrupt: print("\nGoodbye!") break except Exception as e: print(f"Error: {e}") def main(): """Main function to run the search system.""" import argparse parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Markdown Search System with ChromaDB and Ollama") parser.add_argument("--output-folder", default="output", help="Path to output folder containing markdown files") parser.add_argument("--db-path", default="./chroma_db", help="Path for ChromaDB storage") parser.add_argument("--collection", default="markdown_docs", help="ChromaDB collection name") parser.add_argument("--model", default="mistral", help="Ollama model name") parser.add_argument("--process", action="store_true", help="Process markdown files into ChromaDB") parser.add_argument("--search", action="store_true", help="Start interactive search") parser.add_argument("--question", help="Ask a single question") args = parser.parse_args() # Initialize the search system search_system = MarkdownSearchSystem( output_folder=args.output_folder, db_path=args.db_path, collection_name=args.collection, model_name=args.model ) if args.process: print("Processing markdown files...") search_system.process_markdown_files() elif args.question: answer = search_system.answer_question(args.question) print(f"\nQuestion: {args.question}") print(f"Answer:\n{answer}") elif args.search: search_system.interactive_search() else: print("Usage examples:") print(" python script.py --process # Process files into ChromaDB") print(" python script.py --search # Interactive search") print(" python script.py --question 'What happened in January 2024?'") print(" python script.py --process --search # Process then search") if __name__ == "__main__": main()

This is a **well-structured and complete script** for building a local semantic search system using ChromaDB and Ollama on top of markdown documents. Here's a **quick breakdown** and a few **improvements and suggestions** you could consider if you're refining or expanding this project. --- ### ✅ Summary of Functionality: - **Extracts** markdown content and metadata from files in a `year/month/*.md` folder structure. - **Chunks** content into semantically meaningful pieces with overlap for better vector embeddings. - **Indexes** into ChromaDB using file-based unique IDs. - **Searches** documents semantically. - **Calls** Ollama to answer questions using retrieved document context. - Provides an **interactive CLI** and **single-question mode**. --- ### ✅ What Works Well: - Solid use of `Pathlib`, `argparse`, and `re` for filesystem and parsing. - Good chunking logic with sentence-boundary approximation. - Efficient deduplication using metadata filtering (`where={"filepath": str(md_file)}`). - Clean separation of concerns (indexing vs querying). - Helpful CLI interface with `--process`, `--search`, and `--question`. --- ### 🛠 Suggestions & Improvements: #### 1. **Use Embeddings for Search Queries** Right now you're calling `collection.query()` directly without any embedding logic. Unless your ChromaDB is embedding queries internally (via `embedding_function`), this may cause errors or weak search results. If not already embedded: ```python from langchain_community.embeddings import OllamaEmbeddings self.embeddings = OllamaEmbeddings(model="nomic-embed-text", base_url=self.ollama_base_url) query_embedding = self.embeddings.embed_query(query) results = self.collection.query( query_embeddings=[query_embedding], n_results=n_results, include=["documents", "metadatas", "distances"] ) ``` #### 2. **Batch Document Insertion** If you ever scale to thousands of markdowns, inserting each chunk one-by-one could become slow. Consider collecting all chunks in a batch and doing: ```python self.collection.add( documents=chunks, metadatas=metadata_list, ids=doc_ids ) ``` #### 3. **HTML/Non-Markdown Support** Extend `extract_markdown_content()` to optionally support `.txt`, `.html`, or `.rst` with an argument like `--extensions=".md,.txt"`. #### 4. **Markdown Frontmatter Parsing** If your markdown includes YAML frontmatter (common in Jekyll/Hugo): ```python import frontmatter post = frontmatter.load(file_path) title = post.get("title", default_title) ``` #### 5. **Chunk Hashing for Deduplication** Instead of checking entire documents by filepath, hash each chunk. This allows updates to part of a file without reprocessing the entire document: ```python chunk_hash = hashlib.md5(chunk.encode()).hexdigest() ``` #### 6. **Improve Sentence Boundary Detection** Right now: ```python for i in range(end, max(start + chunk_size - 100, start), -1): if content[i] in '.!?\n': ``` → Use `nltk.sent_tokenize()` for language-aware splitting. #### 7. **Add Embedding Info to Metadata** For debugging and explainability: ```python chunk_metadata["embedding_added_at"] = datetime.now().isoformat() ``` #### 8. **Add a Web Interface Later (Optional)** You could integrate this with: - **Streamlit** or **FastAPI** for basic web UI - Or integrate into your own journaling platform (`Ollama + local UI + vector search` is 🔥) --- ### 🧪 Test Suggestions #### To test processing: ```bash python script.py --process ``` #### To ask a direct question: ```bash python script.py --question "What happened in January 2024?" ``` #### For live querying: ```bash python script.py --search ``` --- ### 🤖 Example Output ``` Question: What happened in January 2024? Answer: In January 2024, you wrote about the changes in economic trends post-holiday season, emphasizing increased interest in local AI solutions... Sources: - 2024-01-07-insight.md (2024-01-07) - 2024-01-15-llm-update.md (2024-01-15) ``` --- Let me know if you want me to: - Add a `test_data/` directory with sample markdown files - Add a `requirements.txt` - Write a FastAPI wrapper - Set this up for HuggingFace Spaces or Netlify CLI You're really close to having a full production-ready local knowledge base.

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Here is your updated script with the key fixes and enhancements applied, especially ensuring **query embedding** using `OllamaEmbeddings` for proper ChromaDB semantic search. ### ✅ Key Fixes: 1. Added query embedding using `OllamaEmbeddings`. 2. Initialized embedding model in `__init__`. 3. Updated `search_documents()` to use `query_embeddings`. 4. Added a few metadata improvements and default error catches. --- ### ✅ Updated `MarkdownSearchSystem` script ```python import os import re import json import requests from pathlib import Path from datetime import datetime from typing import List, Dict, Optional import chromadb from chromadb.config import Settings import hashlib from langchain_community.embeddings import OllamaEmbeddings class MarkdownSearchSystem: def __init__(self, output_folder: str = "output", db_path: str = "./chroma_db", collection_name: str = "markdown_docs", ollama_base_url: str = "http://localhost:11434", model_name: str = "mistral-small3.2"): self.output_folder = Path(output_folder) self.db_path = db_path self.collection_name = collection_name self.ollama_base_url = ollama_base_url self.model_name = model_name # Initialize ChromaDB self.client = chromadb.PersistentClient(path=db_path) self.collection = self.client.get_or_create_collection( name=collection_name, metadata={"description": "Markdown documents collection"} ) # Initialize Ollama Embeddings self.embeddings = OllamaEmbeddings( model="nomic-embed-text", base_url=self.ollama_base_url ) print(f"Initialized ChromaDB at: {db_path}") print(f"Collection: {collection_name}") def extract_markdown_content(self, file_path: Path) -> Optional[Dict[str, str]]: try: with open(file_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f: content = f.read() title_match = re.search(r'^#\s+(.+)$', content, re.MULTILINE) title = title_match.group(1) if title_match else file_path.stem date_match = re.search(r'(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})', file_path.name) date_str = date_match.group(1) if date_match else "unknown" metadata = { "title": title, "filename": file_path.name, "filepath": str(file_path), "date": date_str, "year": file_path.parent.parent.name, "month": file_path.parent.name, "file_size": len(content), "created_at": datetime.now().isoformat() } return { "content": content, "metadata": metadata } except Exception as e: print(f"Error reading {file_path}: {e}") return None def chunk_content(self, content: str, chunk_size: int = 1000, overlap: int = 200) -> List[str]: if len(content) <= chunk_size: return [content] chunks = [] start = 0 while start < len(content): end = start + chunk_size for i in range(end, max(start + chunk_size - 100, start), -1): if i < len(content) and content[i] in '.!?\n': end = i + 1 break chunk = content[start:end].strip() if chunk: chunks.append(chunk) start = end - overlap if end < len(content) else end return chunks def generate_document_id(self, filepath: str, chunk_index: int = 0) -> str: content = f"{filepath}_{chunk_index}" return hashlib.md5(content.encode()).hexdigest() def process_markdown_files(self): if not self.output_folder.exists(): print(f"Output folder {self.output_folder} does not exist!") return processed_count = 0 skipped_count = 0 md_files = list(self.output_folder.glob("*/*/*.md")) print(f"Found {len(md_files)} markdown files to process...") for md_file in md_files: try: doc_data = self.extract_markdown_content(md_file) if not doc_data: skipped_count += 1 continue content = doc_data["content"] metadata = doc_data["metadata"] existing = self.collection.get(where={"filepath": str(md_file)}) if existing['ids']: print(f"Skipping {md_file.name} (already processed)") skipped_count += 1 continue chunks = self.chunk_content(content) for i, chunk in enumerate(chunks): doc_id = self.generate_document_id(str(md_file), i) chunk_metadata = metadata.copy() chunk_metadata.update({ "chunk_index": i, "total_chunks": len(chunks), "chunk_size": len(chunk) }) self.collection.add( documents=[chunk], metadatas=[chunk_metadata], ids=[doc_id] ) processed_count += 1 print(f"Processed: {md_file.name} ({len(chunks)} chunks)") except Exception as e: print(f"Error processing {md_file}: {e}") skipped_count += 1 print(f"\nProcessing complete!") print(f"Processed: {processed_count} files") print(f"Skipped: {skipped_count} files") print(f"Total documents in collection: {self.collection.count()}") def search_documents(self, query: str, n_results: int = 5) -> List[Dict]: try: query_embedding = self.embeddings.embed_query(query) results = self.collection.query( query_embeddings=[query_embedding], n_results=n_results, include=["documents", "metadatas", "distances"] ) search_results = [] for i in range(len(results['ids'][0])): search_results.append({ 'id': results['ids'][0][i], 'content': results['documents'][0][i], 'metadata': results['metadatas'][0][i], 'distance': results['distances'][0][i] }) return search_results except Exception as e: print(f"Search error: {e}") return [] def call_ollama(self, prompt: str) -> str: try: response = requests.post( f"{self.ollama_base_url}/api/generate", json={"model": self.model_name, "prompt": prompt, "stream": False}, timeout=60 ) if response.status_code == 200: return response.json()["response"] else: return f"Error calling Ollama: {response.status_code} - {response.text}" except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: return f"Error connecting to Ollama: {e}" def answer_question(self, question: str, n_results: int = 5) -> str: print(f"Searching for: '{question}'") search_results = self.search_documents(question, n_results) if not search_results: return "No relevant documents found for your question." context_parts = [] for i, result in enumerate(search_results, 1): metadata = result['metadata'] context_parts.append( f"Document {i} (from {metadata['filename']}, {metadata['date']}):\n" f"{result['content']}\n" ) context = "\n".join(context_parts) prompt = f"""Based on the following documents, please answer the question. Use only the information provided in the documents. Question: {question} Relevant Documents: {context} Answer: """ print("Generating answer with Ollama...") answer = self.call_ollama(prompt) sources = [f"- {res['metadata']['filename']} ({res['metadata']['date']})" for res in search_results] return f"{answer}\n\nSources:\n" + "\n".join(sources) def interactive_search(self): print("\n=== Interactive Markdown Search ===") print("Type your questions (or 'quit' to exit)") print("-" * 40) while True: try: question = input("\nQuestion: ").strip() if question.lower() in ['quit', 'exit', 'q']: print("Goodbye!") break if not question: continue print("\nSearching and generating answer...") answer = self.answer_question(question) print(f"\nAnswer:\n{answer}") print("-" * 40) except KeyboardInterrupt: print("\nGoodbye!") break except Exception as e: print(f"Error: {e}") def main(): import argparse parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Markdown Search System with ChromaDB and Ollama") parser.add_argument("--output-folder", default="output", help="Path to output folder containing markdown files") parser.add_argument("--db-path", default="./chroma_db", help="Path for ChromaDB storage") parser.add_argument("--collection", default="markdown_docs", help="ChromaDB collection name") parser.add_argument("--model", default="mistral", help="Ollama model name") parser.add_argument("--process", action="store_true", help="Process markdown files into ChromaDB") parser.add_argument("--search", action="store_true", help="Start interactive search") parser.add_argument("--question", help="Ask a single question") args = parser.parse_args() search_system = MarkdownSearchSystem( output_folder=args.output_folder, db_path=args.db_path, collection_name=args.collection, model_name=args.model ) if args.process: print("Processing markdown files...") search_system.process_markdown_files() elif args.question: answer = search_system.answer_question(args.question) print(f"\nQuestion: {args.question}") print(f"Answer:\n{answer}") elif args.search: search_system.interactive_search() else: print("Usage examples:") print(" python script.py --process") print(" python script.py --search") print(" python script.py --question 'What happened in January 2024?'") print(" python script.py --process --search") if __name__ == "__main__": main() ``` --- Let me know if you want this broken into multiple files (like `utils.py`, `embedding.py`, etc.) or packaged into a CLI tool.