Fixed size chunking is a method of splitting documents into smaller chunks of a specified size, with optional overlap between chunks. This is useful when you want to process large documents in smaller, manageable pieces.

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Usage

from phi.agent import Agent
from phi.document.chunking.fixed import FixedSizeChunking
from phi.knowledge.pdf import PDFUrlKnowledgeBase
from phi.vectordb.pgvector import PgVector

db_url = "postgresql+psycopg://ai:ai@localhost:5532/ai"

knowledge_base = PDFUrlKnowledgeBase(
    urls=["https://phi-public.s3.amazonaws.com/recipes/ThaiRecipes.pdf"],
    vector_db=PgVector(table_name="recipes_fixed_size_chunking", db_url=db_url),
    chunking_strategy=FixedSizeChunking(),
)
knowledge_base.load(recreate=False)  # Comment out after first run

agent = Agent(
    knowledge_base=knowledge_base,
    search_knowledge=True,
)

agent.print_response("How to make Thai curry?", markdown=True)

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Params

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
chunk_sizeint5000The maximum size of each chunk.
overlapint0The number of characters to overlap between chunks.