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Code

cookbook/agent_concepts/vector_dbs/couchbase.py
import os
import time
from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.embedder.openai import OpenAIEmbedder
from agno.knowledge.pdf_url import PDFUrlKnowledgeBase
from agno.vectordb.couchbase import CouchbaseSearch
from couchbase.options import ClusterOptions, KnownConfigProfiles
from couchbase.auth import PasswordAuthenticator

# Couchbase connection settings
username = os.getenv("COUCHBASE_USER", "Administrator")
password = os.getenv("COUCHBASE_PASSWORD", "password")
connection_string = os.getenv("COUCHBASE_CONNECTION_STRING", "couchbase://localhost")

# Create cluster options with authentication
auth = PasswordAuthenticator(username, password)
cluster_options = ClusterOptions(auth)
cluster_options.apply_profile(KnownConfigProfiles.WanDevelopment)

knowledge_base = PDFUrlKnowledgeBase(
    urls=["https://agno-public.s3.amazonaws.com/recipes/ThaiRecipes.pdf"],
    vector_db=CouchbaseSearch(
        bucket_name="recipe_bucket",
        scope_name="recipe_scope",
        collection_name="recipes",
        couchbase_connection_string=connection_string,
        cluster_options=cluster_options,
        search_index="vector_search_fts_index",
        embedder=OpenAIEmbedder(
            id="text-embedding-3-large", 
            dimensions=3072, 
            api_key=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")
        ),
        wait_until_index_ready=60,
        overwrite=True
    ),
)

knowledge_base.load(recreate=True)

# Wait for the vector index to sync with KV
time.sleep(20)

agent = Agent(knowledge=knowledge_base, show_tool_calls=True)
agent.print_response("How to make Thai curry?", markdown=True)

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Usage

1

Create a virtual environment

Open the Terminal and create a python virtual environment.
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
2

Start Couchbase

docker run -d --name couchbase-server \
  -p 8091-8096:8091-8096 \
  -p 11210:11210 \
  -e COUCHBASE_ADMINISTRATOR_USERNAME=Administrator \
  -e COUCHBASE_ADMINISTRATOR_PASSWORD=password \
  couchbase:latest
Then access http://localhost:8091 and create:
  • Bucket: recipe_bucket
  • Scope: recipe_scope
  • Collection: recipes
3

Install libraries

pip install -U couchbase openai agno
4

Set environment variables

export COUCHBASE_USER="Administrator"
export COUCHBASE_PASSWORD="password"
export COUCHBASE_CONNECTION_STRING="couchbase://localhost"
export OPENAI_API_KEY="your-openai-api-key"
5

Run Agent

python cookbook/agent_concepts/vector_dbs/couchbase.py