BHLquest

BHLquest is an AI application designed to query the content of
the Biodiversity Heritage Library. The application is local and does
not depend on external services.
Installation
Ensure that your computer's Go version is up to date.
- Install and Run
llmutil RESTful Interface
Follow instructions at llmutil documentation.
- Install Go Tools for
bhlquest
Navigate to the root of the bhlquest project and execute:
make tools
go mod tidy
- Install
bhlquest
make install
Usage
- Install Prerequisits and Create Database
- Create
bhlnames and bhlquest databases in PostgreSQL.
- Download the bhlnames database dump.
- Restore the
bhlnames database:
zstd -dc bhlnames-xxxx-xx-xx.zst|pg_restore -d bhlnames
- Install the BHL text corpus.
- Install pgvector extension, which is necessary for storing vector data.
- Initial Run
First run wil create a configuration file, typically located at
$HOME/.config/bhlquest.yaml:
bhlquest -V
- Edit
bhlquest.yaml
Ensure that database settings, llmutil URL, directory which points to
the BHL corpus settings accurately reflect their real values.
- Import and Embed a Subset of BHL data into Vectors
bhlquest init --classes 'Aves,Mammalia' --rebuild-db
# if init process was interrupted, it can be continued from the place it
# stopped. Make sure the `--classes` values are the same as before.
# Remove `--rebuild-db` flag to keep alreday saved data.
bhlquest init --classes 'Aves,Mammalia'
If no clases are specified, the process will include all BHL data.
It will take a while!
- Use
bhlquest via Command Line or RESTful API
Command line Usage
bhlquest ask "What are the ecological niches of the Indigo Bunting?"
Starting RESTful API
bhlquest serve
With the default settings, the API description should be accessible.
Development
Auto-generating API Documentation
Install swag from the root of the project:
make tools
To update the documentation, execute:
swag init -g server.go -d ./internal/io/web
Run this command each time the docs are updated.
Generating a Client for a Specific Language
You can use the openapi-generator to create an API client in a language of
your choice. For instance, to generate a Ruby client, run the following
command from the project's root:
openapi-generator generate -i ./docs/swagger.yaml -g ruby -o ~/tmp/bhlquest --additional-properties gemName=bhlquest
Contributors
Dmitry Mozzherin
José Luis Pereira