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# autogen.agentchat.contrib.qdrant_retrieve_user_proxy_agent.create_qdrant_from_dir

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#### create\_qdrant\_from\_dir

```python theme={null}
create_qdrant_from_dir(
    dir_path: str,
    max_tokens: int = 4000,
    client: QdrantClient = None,
    collection_name: str = 'all-my-documents',
    chunk_mode: str = 'multi_lines',
    must_break_at_empty_line: bool = True,
    embedding_model: str = 'BAAI/bge-small-en-v1.5',
    custom_text_split_function: Callable = None,
    custom_text_types: list[str] = ['txt', 'json', 'csv', 'tsv', 'md', 'html', 'htm', 'rtf', 'rst', 'jsonl', 'log', 'xml', 'yaml', 'yml', 'pdf', 'mdx'],
    recursive: bool = True,
    extra_docs: bool = False,
    parallel: int = 0,
    on_disk: bool = False,
    quantization_config: ForwardRef('QuantizationConfig') | None = None,
    hnsw_config: ForwardRef('HnswConfigDiff') | None = None,
    payload_indexing: bool = False,
    qdrant_client_options: dict[str, Any] | None = {}
) -> 
```

Create a Qdrant collection from all the files in a given directory, the directory can also be a single file or a
url to a single file.<br />

<b>Parameters:</b>

| Name                         | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| ---------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `dir_path`                   | the path to the directory, file or url.<br /><br />**Type:** str                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| `max_tokens`                 | the maximum number of tokens per chunk.<br /><br />Default is 4000.<br /><br />**Type:** int<br /><br />**Default:** 4000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| `client`                     | the QdrantClient instance.<br /><br />Default is None.<br /><br />**Type:** QdrantClient<br /><br />**Default:** None                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| `collection_name`            | the name of the collection.<br /><br />Default is "all-my-documents".<br /><br />**Type:** str<br /><br />**Default:** 'all-my-documents'                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| `chunk_mode`                 | the chunk mode.<br /><br />Default is "multi\_lines".<br /><br />**Type:** str<br /><br />**Default:** 'multi\_lines'                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| `must_break_at_empty_line`   | Whether to break at empty line.<br /><br />Default is True.<br /><br />**Type:** bool<br /><br />**Default:** True                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| `embedding_model`            | the embedding model to use.<br /><br />Default is "BAAI/bge-small-en-v1.5".<br /><br />The list of all the available models can be at [https://qdrant.github.io/fastembed/examples/Supported\_Models/](https://qdrant.github.io/fastembed/examples/Supported_Models/).<br /><br />**Type:** str<br /><br />**Default:** 'BAAI/bge-small-en-v1.5'                                               |
| `custom_text_split_function` | a custom function to split a string into a list of strings.<br /><br />Default is None, will use the default function in `autogen.retrieve_utils.split_text_to_chunks`.<br /><br />**Type:** Callable<br /><br />**Default:** None                                                                                                                                                             |
| `custom_text_types`          | a list of file types to be processed.<br /><br />Default is TEXT\_FORMATS.<br /><br />**Type:** list\[str]<br /><br />**Default:** \['txt', 'json', 'csv', 'tsv', 'md', 'html', 'htm', 'rtf', 'rst', 'jsonl', 'log', 'xml', 'yaml', 'yml', 'pdf', 'mdx']                                                                                                                                       |
| `recursive`                  | whether to search documents recursively in the dir\_path.<br /><br />Default is True.<br /><br />**Type:** bool<br /><br />**Default:** True                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| `extra_docs`                 | whether to add more documents in the collection.<br /><br />Default is False<br /><br />**Type:** bool<br /><br />**Default:** False                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `parallel`                   | How many parallel workers to use for embedding.<br /><br />Defaults to the number of CPU cores<br /><br />**Type:** int<br /><br />**Default:** 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| `on_disk`                    | Whether to store the collection on disk.<br /><br />Default is False.<br /><br />**Type:** bool<br /><br />**Default:** False                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| `quantization_config`        | Quantization configuration.<br /><br />If None, quantization will be disabled.<br /><br />Ref: [https://qdrant.github.io/qdrant/redoc/index.html#tag/collections/operation/create\_collection](https://qdrant.github.io/qdrant/redoc/index.html#tag/collections/operation/create_collection)<br /><br />**Type:** ForwardRef('models.QuantizationConfig') \| None<br /><br />**Default:** None |
| `hnsw_config`                | HNSW configuration.<br /><br />If None, default configuration will be used.<br /><br />Ref: [https://qdrant.github.io/qdrant/redoc/index.html#tag/collections/operation/create\_collection](https://qdrant.github.io/qdrant/redoc/index.html#tag/collections/operation/create_collection)<br /><br />**Type:** ForwardRef('models.HnswConfigDiff') \| None<br /><br />**Default:** None        |
| `payload_indexing`           | Whether to create a payload index for the document field.<br /><br />Default is False.<br /><br />**Type:** bool<br /><br />**Default:** False                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `qdrant_client_options`      | (Optional, dict): the options for instantiating the qdrant client.<br /><br />Ref: [https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant-client/blob/master/qdrant\_client/qdrant\_client.py#L36-L58](https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant-client/blob/master/qdrant_client/qdrant_client.py#L36-L58).<br /><br />**Type:** dict\[str, typing.Any] \| None<br /><br />**Default:** \{}                                 |

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