Heroku LLM Managed Inference

The llama-index-llms-heroku package contains LlamaIndex integrations for building applications with models on Heroku’s Managed Inference platform. This integration allows you to easily connect to and use AI models deployed on Heroku’s infrastructure.

Installation

%pip install llama-index-llms-heroku

Setup

1. Create a Heroku App

First, create an app in Heroku:

heroku create $APP_NAME

2. Create and Attach AI Models

Create and attach a chat model to your app:

heroku ai:models:create -a $APP_NAME claude-3-5-haiku

3. Export Configuration Variables

Export the required configuration variables:

export INFERENCE_KEY=$(heroku config:get INFERENCE_KEY -a $APP_NAME)
export INFERENCE_MODEL_ID=$(heroku config:get INFERENCE_MODEL_ID -a $APP_NAME)
export INFERENCE_URL=$(heroku config:get INFERENCE_URL -a $APP_NAME)

Usage

Basic Usage

from llama_index.llms.heroku import Heroku
from llama_index.core.llms import ChatMessage, MessageRole

# Initialize the Heroku LLM
llm = Heroku()

# Create chat messages
messages = [
    ChatMessage(
        role=MessageRole.SYSTEM, content="You are a helpful assistant."
    ),
    ChatMessage(
        role=MessageRole.USER,
        content="What are the most popular house pets in North America?",
    ),
]

# Get response
response = llm.chat(messages)
print(response)

Using Environment Variables

The integration automatically reads from environment variables:

import os

# Set environment variables
os.environ["INFERENCE_KEY"] = "your-inference-key"
os.environ["INFERENCE_URL"] = "https://us.inference.heroku.com"
os.environ["INFERENCE_MODEL_ID"] = "claude-3-5-haiku"

# Initialize without parameters
llm = Heroku()

Using Parameters

You can also pass parameters directly:

import os

llm = Heroku(
    model=os.getenv("INFERENCE_MODEL_ID", "claude-3-5-haiku"),
    api_key=os.getenv("INFERENCE_KEY", "your-inference-key"),
    inference_url=os.getenv(
        "INFERENCE_URL", "https://us.inference.heroku.com"
    ),
    max_tokens=1024,
)

Available Models

For a complete list of available models, see the Heroku Managed Inference documentation.

Error Handling

The integration includes proper error handling for common issues:

• Missing API key
• Invalid inference URL
• Missing model configuration

Additional Information

For more information about Heroku Managed Inference, visit the official documentation.