The DocxKnowledgeBase reads local docx files, converts them into vector embeddings and loads them to a vector databse.

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Usage

We are using a local PgVector database for this example. Make sure it’s running

pip install textract

from phi.knowledge.docx import DocxKnowledgeBase
from phi.vectordb.pgvector import PgVector

knowledge_base = DocxKnowledgeBase(
    path="data/docs",
    # Table name: ai.docx_documents
    vector_db=PgVector(
        table_name="docx_documents",
        db_url="postgresql+psycopg://ai:ai@localhost:5532/ai",
    ),
)

Then use the knowledge_base with an Agent:

from phi.agent import Agent
from knowledge_base import knowledge_base

agent = Agent(
    knowledge_base=knowledge_base,
    add_references_to_prompt=True,
)
agent.knowledge_base.load(recreate=False)

agent.print_response("Ask me about something from the knowledge base")

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Params

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
pathUnion[str, Path]-Path to docx files. Can point to a single docx file or a directory of docx files.
formatsList[str][".doc", ".docx"]Formats accepted by this knowledge base.
vector_dbVectorDb-Vector Database for the Knowledge Base.
readerDocxReader-A DocxReader that converts the docx files into Documents for the vector database.
num_documentsint5Number of documents to return on search.
optimize_onint-Number of documents to optimize the vector db on.

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