:::callout{intent="note" title="Vector spaces and Explore"} The `Explore` function is disabled where multiple inference (e.g. `text2vec-xxx`) modules are enabled. As a result, `Explore` is not available on [Weaviate Cloud (WCD)](/go/console?utm_content=api) as its clusters are pre-configured with multiple inference modules for AWS, Cohere, Google, OpenAI and so on. ::: Use `Explore` to perform vector searches across multiple collections. Note that `Explore` is currently not available in the gRPC API. ### Requirements For `Explore`: - The Weaviate instance to be configured with a maximum of one vectorizer (e.g. `text2vec-transformers`, `text2vec-openai`) module. - Each `Explore` query can only be a vector search using `nearText` or `nearVector`. ## `Explore` queries ### `Explore` structure and syntax The `Explore` function has the following syntax: ```graphql { Explore ( limit: , # The maximum amount of objects to return nearText: { # Either this or 'nearVector' is required concepts: []!, # Required - An array of search items. If the text2vec-contextionary is the vectorization module, the concepts should be present in the Contextionary. certainty: , # Minimal level of certainty, computed by normalized distance moveTo: { # Optional - Giving directions to the search concepts: []!, # List of search items force: ! # The force to apply for a particular movement. Must be between 0 (no movement) and 1 (largest possible movement). }, moveAwayFrom: { # Optional - Giving directions to the search concepts: []!, # List of search items force: ! # The force to apply for a particular movement. Must be between 0 (no movement) and 1 (largest possible movement). } }, nearVector: { # Either this or 'nearText' is required vector: []!, # Required - An array of search items, which length should match the vector space certainty: # Minimal level of certainty, computed by normalized distance } ) { beacon certainty # certainty value based on a normalized distance calculation className } } ``` An example query: :::code-group{sync="languages"} ```go title="Go" package main import ( "context" "fmt" "github.com/weaviate/weaviate-go-client/v5/weaviate" "github.com/weaviate/weaviate-go-client/v5/weaviate/graphql" ) func main() { cfg := weaviate.Config{ Host: "localhost:8080", Scheme: "http", } client, err := weaviate.NewClient(cfg) if err != nil { panic(err) } vector := []float32{-0.36840257, 0.13973749, -0.28994447, -0.18607682, 0.20019795, 0.15541431, -0.42353877, 0.30262852, 0.2724561, 0.07069917, 0.4877447, 0.038771532, 0.64523, -0.15907241, -0.3413626, -0.026682584, -0.63310874, -0.33411884, 0.082939014, 0.30305764, 0.045918174, -0.21439327, -0.5005205, 0.6210859, -0.2729049, -0.51221114, 0.09680918, 0.094923325, -0.15688285, -0.07325482, 0.6588305, 0.0523736, -0.14173415, -0.27428055, 0.25526586, 0.057506185, -0.3103442, 0.028601522, 0.124522656, 0.66984487, 0.12160647, -0.5090515, -0.540393, -0.39546522, -0.2201204, 0.34625968, -0.21068871, 0.21132985, 0.048714135, 0.09043683, 0.3176081, -0.056684002, -0.12117501, -0.6591976, -0.26731065, 0.42615625, 0.33333477, -0.3240578, -0.18771006, 0.2328068, -0.17239179, -0.33583146, -0.6556605, -0.10608161, -0.5135395, -0.25123677, -0.23004892, 0.7036331, 0.04456794, 0.41253626, 0.27872285, -0.28226635, 0.11927197, -0.4677766, 0.4343466, -0.17538455, 0.10621233, 0.95815116, 0.23587844, -0.006406698, -0.10512518, -1.1125883, -0.37921682, 0.040789194, 0.676718, 0.3369762, 0.040712647, 0.580487, 0.20063736, -0.021220192, -0.09071747, -0.0023735985, 0.30007777, -0.039925132, 0.4035474, -0.2518212, -0.17846306, 0.12371392, -0.0703354, -0.3752431, -0.652917, 0.5952828, 1.3426708, -0.08167235, -0.38515738, 0.058423538, -0.08100355, -0.192886, 0.3745164, -0.23291737, 0.33326542, -0.6019264, -0.42822492, -0.6524583, -0.15210791, -0.5073593, 0.022548754, -0.058033653, -0.47369233, -0.30890635, 0.6338296, 0.0017854869, 0.1954949, 0.99348027, -0.26558784, -0.058124136, 1.149388, 0.02915948, 0.013422121, 0.25484946, -0.030017598, -0.23879935, 0.053123385, -0.36463016, -0.0024245526, 0.1202083, -0.45966506, -0.34140104, -0.08484162, -0.03537422, -0.2817959, 0.25044164, -0.5060605, 0.1252808, -0.032539487, 0.110069446, -0.20679846, -0.46421885, -0.4141739, 0.26994973, -0.070687145, 0.16862138, -0.20162229, 0.22199251, -0.2771402, 0.23653336, 0.16585203, -0.08286354, -0.15343396, 0.23893964, -0.7453282, -0.16549355, -0.1947069, 0.46136436, 0.22064126, 0.28654936, -0.038697664, 0.037633028, -0.80988157, 0.5094175, -0.0920082, 0.25405347, -0.64169943, 0.43366328, -0.2999211, -0.4090591, 0.11957859, 0.00803617, -0.0433745, 0.12818244, 0.28464508, -0.31760025, 0.16558012, -0.33553946, -0.3943465, 0.59569097, -0.6524206, 0.3683173, -0.60456693, 0.2046492, 0.46010277, 0.24695799, 0.2946015, 0.11376746, -0.027988048, 0.03749422, -0.16577742, 0.23407385, -0.0231737, -0.023245076, 0.08752677, 0.2299883, 0.35467404, 0.046193745, -0.39828986, 0.21079691, 0.38396686, -0.0018698421, 0.16047359, -0.057517264, -0.203534, 0.23438136, -0.84250915, 0.22371331, 0.0058325706, 0.30733636, 0.19518353, -0.108008966, 0.6509316, 0.070131645, -0.24023099, 0.28779706, 0.2326336, 0.07004021, -0.45955566, 0.20426086, -0.37472793, -0.049604423, 0.4537271, 0.6133582, -1.0527759, -0.5472505, 0.15193434, 0.5296606, -0.11560251, 0.07279209, 0.40557706, 0.2505283, 0.24490519, 0.017602902, -0.004647707, 0.16608049, 0.12576887, 0.118216865, 0.4403996, 0.39552462, -0.22196701, -0.061155193, 0.03693534, -0.4022908, 0.3842317, -0.0831345, 0.01930883, 0.3446575, -0.2167439, -0.23994556, -0.09370326, -0.3671856, 0.044011243, 0.017895095, -0.019855855, -0.16416992, 0.17858285, 0.31287143, 0.38368022, -0.006513525, 0.45780763, -0.23027879, 0.108570844, -0.4449492, -0.035763215, 0.03818417, 0.040017277, -0.17022872, -0.2622464, 0.65610534, 0.16720143, 0.2515769, -0.23535803, 0.62484455, 0.16771325, -0.62404263, 0.19176348, -0.72786695, 0.18485649, -0.30914405, -0.3230534, -0.24064465, 0.28841522, 0.39792386, 0.15618932, 0.03928854, 0.18277727, -0.101632096, 0.1868196, -0.33366352, 0.086561844, 0.48557812, -0.6198209, -0.07978742} withNearVector := client.GraphQL().NearVectorArgBuilder(). WithVector(vector) result, err := client.GraphQL().Explore(). WithFields( graphql.Beacon, graphql.Certainty, # only supported if distance==cosine graphql.Distance # always supported graphql.ClassName). WithNearVector(withNearVector). Do(context.Background()) if err != nil { panic(err) } fmt.Printf("%v", result) } ``` ```bash title="Curl" # Note: `certainty` is only supported if distance==cosine. `distance` is always supported. echo '{ "query": "{ Explore ( nearVector: { vector: 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} ) { beacon certainty distance className } }" }' | curl \ -X POST \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d @- \ http://localhost:8080/v1/graphql ``` ```graphql title="GraphQL" { Explore ( nearVector: { vector: 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} ) { beacon certainty # only supported if distance==cosine distance # always supported className } } ``` ::: The result might look like this: ```json { "data": { "Explore": [ { "beacon": "weaviate://localhost/7e9b9ffe-e645-302d-9d94-517670623b35", "certainty": 0.975523, "className": "Publication" } ] }, "errors": null } ``` ### Search operators The `nearText` and `nearVector` operators work in `Explore` as they do in other queries. See [search operators](graphql-search-operators.md) for more information. ### Filters `Explore` queries can be combined with filters. See [filters](graphql-filters.md) for more information. ### Pagination Pagination (i.e. `limit` with `offset`) is not possible in `Explore` queries. #### Moving Because pagination is not possible in multidimensional storage, we recommend using `moveTo` and `moveAwayFrom` if further query refinement is sought. They work as they do in other queries. See [search operators#nearText](graphql-search-operators.md#neartext) for more information. ## Questions and feedback Have a question or feedback? Here's how to reach us. ::::card-grid :::card{title="Community Forum" href="https://forum.weaviate.io/c/support" icon="messages-square"} Ask questions and connect with other developers on our **Community forum**. ::: :::card{title="Support" href="/guides/support-overview" icon="life-buoy"} Weaviate Cloud user or customer? Find the right channel on the **Support page**. ::: :::: ## Related pages - [Agents](./agents-index.md) - [AI-assisted Weaviate code generation](./ai-assisted-vibe-coding-index.md) - [APIs](./apis-index.md) - [Authorization and authentication](./authorization-and-authentication-index.md) - [Benchmarks](./benchmarks-index.md) - [Best practices](./best-practices-index.md) - [Client libraries](./clients-index.md) - [Client Libraries / SDKs](./client-libraries-index.md) - [Cloud](./cloud-index.md) - [Cloud account management](./cloud-account-management-index.md) # Agent Instructions This portal answers questions programmatically. To receive a synthesized, source-cited answer instead of crawling page by page, append the `?ask=` query parameter to any page URL on this site: /guides/quickstart?ask=how+do+I+authenticate Optional parameters: - `&goal=` steers the answer toward your objective (e.g. `&goal=write+a+python+client`). - `&version=