## Create Retriever

`retrievers.create(RetrieverCreateParams**kwargs)  -> Retriever`

**post** `/api/v1/retrievers`

Create a new Retriever.

### Parameters

- `name: str`

  A name for the retriever tool. Will default to the pipeline name if not provided.

- `organization_id: Optional[str]`

- `project_id: Optional[str]`

- `pipelines: Optional[Iterable[RetrieverPipelineParam]]`

  The pipelines this retriever uses.

  - `description: Optional[str]`

    A description of the retriever tool.

  - `name: Optional[str]`

    A name for the retriever tool. Will default to the pipeline name if not provided.

  - `pipeline_id: str`

    The ID of the pipeline this tool uses.

  - `preset_retrieval_parameters: Optional[PresetRetrievalParams]`

    Parameters for retrieval configuration.

    - `alpha: Optional[float]`

      Alpha value for hybrid retrieval to determine the weights between dense and sparse retrieval. 0 is sparse retrieval and 1 is dense retrieval.

    - `class_name: Optional[str]`

    - `dense_similarity_cutoff: Optional[float]`

      Minimum similarity score wrt query for retrieval

    - `dense_similarity_top_k: Optional[int]`

      Number of nodes for dense retrieval.

    - `enable_reranking: Optional[bool]`

      Enable reranking for retrieval

    - `files_top_k: Optional[int]`

      Number of files to retrieve (only for retrieval mode files_via_metadata and files_via_content).

    - `rerank_top_n: Optional[int]`

      Number of reranked nodes for returning.

    - `retrieval_mode: Optional[RetrievalMode]`

      The retrieval mode for the query.

      - `"chunks"`

      - `"files_via_metadata"`

      - `"files_via_content"`

      - `"auto_routed"`

    - `retrieve_image_nodes: Optional[bool]`

      Whether to retrieve image nodes.

    - `retrieve_page_figure_nodes: Optional[bool]`

      Whether to retrieve page figure nodes.

    - `retrieve_page_screenshot_nodes: Optional[bool]`

      Whether to retrieve page screenshot nodes.

    - `search_filters: Optional[MetadataFilters]`

      Metadata filters for vector stores.

      - `filters: List[Filter]`

        - `class FilterMetadataFilter: …`

          Comprehensive metadata filter for vector stores to support more operators.

          Value uses Strict types, as int, float and str are compatible types and were all
          converted to string before.

          See: https://docs.pydantic.dev/latest/usage/types/#strict-types

          - `key: str`

          - `value: Union[float, str, List[str], 3 more]`

            - `float`

            - `str`

            - `List[str]`

            - `List[float]`

            - `List[int]`

          - `operator: Optional[Literal["==", ">", "<", 11 more]]`

            Vector store filter operator.

            - `"=="`

            - `">"`

            - `"<"`

            - `"!="`

            - `">="`

            - `"<="`

            - `"in"`

            - `"nin"`

            - `"any"`

            - `"all"`

            - `"text_match"`

            - `"text_match_insensitive"`

            - `"contains"`

            - `"is_empty"`

        - `class MetadataFilters: …`

          Metadata filters for vector stores.

      - `condition: Optional[Literal["and", "or", "not"]]`

        Vector store filter conditions to combine different filters.

        - `"and"`

        - `"or"`

        - `"not"`

    - `search_filters_inference_schema: Optional[Dict[str, Union[Dict[str, object], List[object], str, 3 more]]]`

      JSON Schema that will be used to infer search_filters. Omit or leave as null to skip inference.

      - `Dict[str, object]`

      - `List[object]`

      - `str`

      - `float`

      - `bool`

    - `sparse_similarity_top_k: Optional[int]`

      Number of nodes for sparse retrieval.

### Returns

- `class Retriever: …`

  An entity that retrieves context nodes from several sub RetrieverTools.

  - `id: str`

    Unique identifier

  - `name: str`

    A name for the retriever tool. Will default to the pipeline name if not provided.

  - `project_id: str`

    The ID of the project this retriever resides in.

  - `created_at: Optional[datetime]`

    Creation datetime

  - `pipelines: Optional[List[RetrieverPipeline]]`

    The pipelines this retriever uses.

    - `description: Optional[str]`

      A description of the retriever tool.

    - `name: Optional[str]`

      A name for the retriever tool. Will default to the pipeline name if not provided.

    - `pipeline_id: str`

      The ID of the pipeline this tool uses.

    - `preset_retrieval_parameters: Optional[PresetRetrievalParams]`

      Parameters for retrieval configuration.

      - `alpha: Optional[float]`

        Alpha value for hybrid retrieval to determine the weights between dense and sparse retrieval. 0 is sparse retrieval and 1 is dense retrieval.

      - `class_name: Optional[str]`

      - `dense_similarity_cutoff: Optional[float]`

        Minimum similarity score wrt query for retrieval

      - `dense_similarity_top_k: Optional[int]`

        Number of nodes for dense retrieval.

      - `enable_reranking: Optional[bool]`

        Enable reranking for retrieval

      - `files_top_k: Optional[int]`

        Number of files to retrieve (only for retrieval mode files_via_metadata and files_via_content).

      - `rerank_top_n: Optional[int]`

        Number of reranked nodes for returning.

      - `retrieval_mode: Optional[RetrievalMode]`

        The retrieval mode for the query.

        - `"chunks"`

        - `"files_via_metadata"`

        - `"files_via_content"`

        - `"auto_routed"`

      - `retrieve_image_nodes: Optional[bool]`

        Whether to retrieve image nodes.

      - `retrieve_page_figure_nodes: Optional[bool]`

        Whether to retrieve page figure nodes.

      - `retrieve_page_screenshot_nodes: Optional[bool]`

        Whether to retrieve page screenshot nodes.

      - `search_filters: Optional[MetadataFilters]`

        Metadata filters for vector stores.

        - `filters: List[Filter]`

          - `class FilterMetadataFilter: …`

            Comprehensive metadata filter for vector stores to support more operators.

            Value uses Strict types, as int, float and str are compatible types and were all
            converted to string before.

            See: https://docs.pydantic.dev/latest/usage/types/#strict-types

            - `key: str`

            - `value: Union[float, str, List[str], 3 more]`

              - `float`

              - `str`

              - `List[str]`

              - `List[float]`

              - `List[int]`

            - `operator: Optional[Literal["==", ">", "<", 11 more]]`

              Vector store filter operator.

              - `"=="`

              - `">"`

              - `"<"`

              - `"!="`

              - `">="`

              - `"<="`

              - `"in"`

              - `"nin"`

              - `"any"`

              - `"all"`

              - `"text_match"`

              - `"text_match_insensitive"`

              - `"contains"`

              - `"is_empty"`

          - `class MetadataFilters: …`

            Metadata filters for vector stores.

        - `condition: Optional[Literal["and", "or", "not"]]`

          Vector store filter conditions to combine different filters.

          - `"and"`

          - `"or"`

          - `"not"`

      - `search_filters_inference_schema: Optional[Dict[str, Union[Dict[str, object], List[object], str, 3 more]]]`

        JSON Schema that will be used to infer search_filters. Omit or leave as null to skip inference.

        - `Dict[str, object]`

        - `List[object]`

        - `str`

        - `float`

        - `bool`

      - `sparse_similarity_top_k: Optional[int]`

        Number of nodes for sparse retrieval.

  - `updated_at: Optional[datetime]`

    Update datetime

### Example

```python
import os
from llama_cloud import LlamaCloud

client = LlamaCloud(
    api_key=os.environ.get("LLAMA_CLOUD_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
retriever = client.retrievers.create(
    name="x",
)
print(retriever.id)
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
  "name": "x",
  "project_id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
  "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "pipelines": [
    {
      "description": "description",
      "name": "x",
      "pipeline_id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
      "preset_retrieval_parameters": {
        "alpha": 0,
        "class_name": "class_name",
        "dense_similarity_cutoff": 0,
        "dense_similarity_top_k": 1,
        "enable_reranking": true,
        "files_top_k": 1,
        "rerank_top_n": 1,
        "retrieval_mode": "chunks",
        "retrieve_image_nodes": true,
        "retrieve_page_figure_nodes": true,
        "retrieve_page_screenshot_nodes": true,
        "search_filters": {
          "filters": [
            {
              "key": "key",
              "value": 0,
              "operator": "=="
            }
          ],
          "condition": "and"
        },
        "search_filters_inference_schema": {
          "foo": {
            "foo": "bar"
          }
        },
        "sparse_similarity_top_k": 1
      }
    }
  ],
  "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z"
}
```
