TavilySearchAPIRetriever integration

Integrate with the TavilySearchAPIRetriever retriever using LangChain JavaScript.

Tavily’s Search API is a search engine built specifically for AI agents (LLMs), delivering real-time, accurate, and factual results at speed.

Overview

This will help you getting started with TavilySearchAPIRetriever retrieval. For detailed documentation of all TavilySearchAPIRetriever features and configurations head to the API reference.

Integration details

Retriever	Source	Package
TavilySearchAPIRetriever	Information on the web.	@langchain/community

Setup

You will need to populate a TAVILY_API_KEY environment variable with your Tavily API key or pass it into the constructor as apiKey. Obtain a key by signing up on their website.

If you want to get automated tracing from individual queries, you can also set your LangSmith API key by uncommenting below:

// process.env.LANGSMITH_API_KEY = "<YOUR API KEY HERE>";
// process.env.LANGSMITH_TRACING = "true";

Installation

This retriever lives in the @langchain/community package:

npm

npm install @langchain/community @langchain/core

Instantiation

Now we can instantiate our retriever:

import { TavilySearchAPIRetriever } from "@langchain/community/retrievers/tavily_search_api";

const retriever = new TavilySearchAPIRetriever({
  k: 3,
});

For a full list of allowed arguments, see the official documentation. You can pass any param to the SDK via a kwargs object.

Usage

const query = "what is the current weather in SF?";

await retriever.invoke(query);

[
  Document {
    pageContent: "{'location': {'name': 'San Francisco', 'region': 'California', 'country': 'United States of America', 'lat': 37.78, 'lon': -122.42, 'tz_id': 'America/Los_Angeles', 'localtime_epoch': 1722900266, 'localtime': '2024-08-05 16:24'}, 'current': {'last_updated_epoch': 1722899700, 'last_updated': '2024-08-05 16:15', 'temp_c': 16.8, 'temp_f': 62.2, 'is_day': 1, 'condition': {'text': 'Partly Cloudy', 'icon': '//cdn.weatherapi.com/weather/64x64/day/116.png', 'code': 1003}, 'wind_mph': 13.2, 'wind_kph': 21.2, 'wind_degree': 261, 'wind_dir': 'W', 'pressure_mb': 1014.0, 'pressure_in': 29.94, 'precip_mm': 0.0, 'precip_in': 0.0, 'humidity': 74, 'cloud': 60, 'feelslike_c': 16.8, 'feelslike_f': 62.2, 'windchill_c': 16.8, 'windchill_f': 62.2, 'heatindex_c': 16.8, 'heatindex_f': 62.2, 'dewpoint_c': 12.3, 'dewpoint_f': 54.1, 'vis_km': 10.0, 'vis_miles': 6.0, 'uv': 5.0, 'gust_mph': 17.3, 'gust_kph': 27.8}}",
    metadata: {
      title: 'Weather in San Francisco',
      source: 'https://www.weatherapi.com/',
      score: 0.9947009,
      images: []
    },
    id: undefined
  },
  Document {
    pageContent: 'Current Weather for Popular Cities . San Francisco, CA 56 ° F Mostly Cloudy; Manhattan, NY warning 85 ° F Fair; Schiller Park, IL (60176) 71 ° F Mostly Cloudy; Boston, MA warning 84 ° F Partly ...',
    metadata: {
      title: 'San Francisco, CA Hourly Weather Forecast | Weather Underground',
      source: 'https://www.wunderground.com/hourly/us/ca/san-francisco/date/2024-08-02',
      score: 0.9859904,
      images: []
    },
    id: undefined
  },
  Document {
    pageContent: 'San Francisco CA 37.77°N 122.41°W (Elev. 131 ft) Last Update: 2:42 pm PDT Aug 4, 2024. Forecast Valid: 5pm PDT Aug 4, 2024-6pm PDT Aug 11, 2024 . Forecast Discussion . Additional Resources. Radar & Satellite Image. Hourly Weather Forecast. ... Severe Weather ; Current Outlook Maps ; Drought ; Fire Weather ; Fronts/Precipitation Maps ; Current ...',
    metadata: {
      title: 'National Weather Service',
      source: 'https://forecast.weather.gov/zipcity.php?inputstring=San+Francisco,CA',
      score: 0.98141783,
      images: []
    },
    id: undefined
  }
]

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API reference

For detailed documentation of all TavilySearchAPIRetriever features and configurations head to the API reference.

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