fleet-memory/hindsight-docs/examples/api/main-methods.py
Nicolò Boschi 278344b3b3
doc: improve api explanation (#415)
* doc: improve api explanation

* doc: improve api explanation

* doc: improve api explanation

* fix: add include_facts to reflect client, fix retain.sh temp files, fix main-methods based_on access

* fix: create report.pdf in working directory for retain.sh file upload examples
2026-02-20 17:02:01 +01:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Main Methods overview examples for Hindsight.
Run: python examples/api/main-methods.py
"""
import os
import requests
HINDSIGHT_URL = os.getenv("HINDSIGHT_API_URL", "http://localhost:8888")
# =============================================================================
# Setup (not shown in docs)
# =============================================================================
from hindsight_client import Hindsight
client = Hindsight(base_url=HINDSIGHT_URL)
# =============================================================================
# Doc Examples - Retain Section
# =============================================================================
# [docs:main-retain]
# Store a single fact
client.retain(
bank_id="my-bank",
content="Alice joined Google in March 2024 as a Senior ML Engineer"
)
# Store a conversation
conversation = """
User: What did you work on today?
Assistant: I reviewed the new ML pipeline architecture.
User: How did it look?
Assistant: Promising, but needs better error handling.
"""
client.retain(
bank_id="my-bank",
content=conversation,
context="Daily standup conversation"
)
# Batch retain multiple items
client.retain_batch(
bank_id="my-bank",
items=[
{"content": "Bob prefers Python for data science"},
{"content": "Alice recommends using pytest for testing"},
{"content": "The team uses GitHub for code reviews"}
]
)
# [/docs:main-retain]
# =============================================================================
# Doc Examples - Recall Section
# =============================================================================
# [docs:main-recall]
# Basic search
results = client.recall(
bank_id="my-bank",
query="What does Alice do at Google?"
)
for result in results.results:
print(f"- {result.text}")
# Search with options
results = client.recall(
bank_id="my-bank",
query="What happened last spring?",
budget="high", # More thorough graph traversal
max_tokens=8192, # Return more context
types=["world"] # Only world facts
)
# Include source chunks for more context
results = client.recall(
bank_id="my-bank",
query="Tell me about Alice",
include_chunks=True,
max_chunk_tokens=500
)
# Check chunk details (chunks are on response level, keyed by memory ID)
for result in results.results:
print(f"Memory: {result.text}")
if results.chunks and result.id in results.chunks:
chunk = results.chunks[result.id]
print(f" Source: {chunk.text[:100]}...")
# [/docs:main-recall]
# =============================================================================
# Doc Examples - Reflect Section
# =============================================================================
# [docs:main-reflect]
# Basic reflect
response = client.reflect(
bank_id="my-bank",
query="Should we adopt TypeScript for our backend?",
include_facts=True,
)
print(response.text)
print("\nBased on:", len(response.based_on.memories if response.based_on else []), "facts")
# Reflect with options
response = client.reflect(
bank_id="my-bank",
query="What are Alice's strengths for the team lead role?",
budget="high", # More thorough reasoning
include_facts=True,
)
# See which facts influenced the response
for fact in (response.based_on.memories if response.based_on else []):
print(f"- {fact.text}")
# [/docs:main-reflect]
# =============================================================================
# Doc Examples - List Memories Section
# =============================================================================
# [docs:main-list-memories]
# List all memories in a bank
memories = client.list_memories(
bank_id="my-bank",
limit=10
)
for memory in memories.items:
print(f"- [{memory['fact_type']}] {memory['text']}")
# Filter by type
world_facts = client.list_memories(
bank_id="my-bank",
type="world",
limit=5
)
# Search within memories
search_results = client.list_memories(
bank_id="my-bank",
search_query="Alice",
limit=10
)
# [/docs:main-list-memories]
# =============================================================================
# Doc Examples - Async Methods Section
# =============================================================================
# [docs:main-async]
import asyncio
async def async_example():
# Create a fresh client for async operations
async_client = Hindsight(base_url=HINDSIGHT_URL)
# All sync methods have async versions prefixed with 'a'
await async_client.aretain(bank_id="my-bank", content="Async memory")
results = await async_client.arecall(bank_id="my-bank", query="Async")
for r in results:
print(f"- {r.text}")
response = await async_client.areflect(bank_id="my-bank", query="What was stored?")
print(response.text)
asyncio.run(async_example())
# [/docs:main-async]
# =============================================================================
# Cleanup (not shown in docs)
# =============================================================================
requests.delete(f"{HINDSIGHT_URL}/v1/default/banks/my-bank")
print("main-methods.py: All examples passed")