@smythos/sre 1.5.43 → 1.5.45

package/src/subsystems/IO/VectorDB.service/connectors/MilvusVectorDB.class.ts

@@ -1,454 +1,454 @@
-//==[ SRE: S3Storage ]======================
-import { ConnectorService } from '@sre/Core/ConnectorsService';
-import { JSONContentHelper } from '@sre/helpers/JsonContent.helper';
-import { Logger } from '@sre/helpers/Log.helper';
-import { CacheConnector } from '@sre/MemoryManager/Cache.service/CacheConnector';
-import { AccessCandidate } from '@sre/Security/AccessControl/AccessCandidate.class';
-import { AccessRequest } from '@sre/Security/AccessControl/AccessRequest.class';
-import { ACL } from '@sre/Security/AccessControl/ACL.class';
-import { AccountConnector } from '@sre/Security/Account.service/AccountConnector';
-import { SecureConnector } from '@sre/Security/SecureConnector.class';
-import { IAccessCandidate, IACL, TAccessLevel } from '@sre/types/ACL.types';
-import { DatasourceDto, IStorageVectorDataSource, IVectorDataSourceDto, QueryOptions, VectorsResultData } from '@sre/types/VectorDB.types';
-import { chunkText } from '@sre/utils/string.utils';
-import { CreateIndexSimpleReq, DataType, ErrorCode, FieldType, MilvusClient } from '@zilliz/milvus2-sdk-node';
-import crypto from 'crypto';
-import { jsonrepair } from 'jsonrepair';
-import { EmbeddingsFactory } from '../embed';
-import { BaseEmbedding, TEmbeddings } from '../embed/BaseEmbedding';
-import { DeleteTarget, VectorDBConnector } from '../VectorDBConnector';
-
-const console = Logger('Milvus');
-
-export type IMilvusCredentials = { address: string; token: string } | { address: string; user: string; password: string; token?: string };
-type IndexParams = Omit<CreateIndexSimpleReq, 'collection_name'>[] | Omit<CreateIndexSimpleReq, 'collection_name'>;
-
-export type MilvusConfig = {
-    credentials: IMilvusCredentials;
-    embeddings: TEmbeddings;
-};
-
-// Define schema field names as a type for strong typing
-type SchemaFieldNames = 'id' | 'text' | 'namespaceId' | 'datasourceId' | 'datasourceLabel' | 'vector' | 'acl' | 'user_metadata';
-
-type SchemaField = FieldType & { name: SchemaFieldNames };
-
-export class MilvusVectorDB extends VectorDBConnector {
-    public name = 'MilvusVectorDB';
-    public id = 'milvus';
-    private client: MilvusClient;
-    private cache: CacheConnector;
-    private accountConnector: AccountConnector;
-    public embedder: BaseEmbedding;
-    private SCHEMA_DEFINITION: SchemaField[];
-    private INDEX_PARAMS: IndexParams;
-
-    constructor(protected _settings: MilvusConfig) {
-        super(_settings);
-        if (!_settings.credentials) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        // Create client config based on credential type
-        const clientConfig = {
-            address: _settings.credentials?.address,
-            token: 'token' in _settings.credentials ? _settings.credentials.token : undefined,
-            user: 'user' in _settings.credentials ? _settings.credentials.user : undefined,
-            password: 'password' in _settings.credentials ? _settings.credentials.password : undefined,
-        };
-
-        console.log('clientConfig', clientConfig);
-
-        this.client = new MilvusClient(clientConfig);
-        console.info('Milvus client initialized');
-        this.accountConnector = ConnectorService.getAccountConnector();
-        this.cache = ConnectorService.getCacheConnector();
-        if (!_settings.embeddings.params) _settings.embeddings.params = { dimensions: 1024 };
-        if (!_settings.embeddings.params?.dimensions) _settings.embeddings.params.dimensions = 1024;
-
-        this.embedder = EmbeddingsFactory.create(_settings.embeddings.provider, _settings.embeddings);
-
-        // Explicitly type the schema definition array
-        this.SCHEMA_DEFINITION = [
-            {
-                name: 'id',
-                data_type: DataType.VarChar,
-                is_primary_key: true,
-                max_length: 2048,
-            },
-            {
-                name: 'text',
-                data_type: DataType.VarChar,
-                max_length: 65535, // max that milvus supports
-            },
-            {
-                name: this.USER_METADATA_KEY, // user defined metadata
-                data_type: DataType.VarChar,
-                max_length: 65535,
-            },
-            {
-                name: 'namespaceId',
-                data_type: DataType.VarChar,
-                max_length: 2048,
-            },
-            {
-                name: 'datasourceId',
-                data_type: DataType.VarChar,
-                max_length: 2048,
-            },
-            {
-                name: 'datasourceLabel',
-                data_type: DataType.VarChar,
-                max_length: 2048,
-            },
-            {
-                name: 'vector',
-                data_type: DataType.FloatVector,
-                dim: this.embedder.dimensions, //* vector dimension
-            },
-            {
-                name: 'acl',
-                data_type: DataType.VarChar,
-                max_length: 2048,
-            },
-        ];
-        this.INDEX_PARAMS = {
-            index_type: 'AUTOINDEX',
-            metric_type: 'COSINE', //TODO: make it configurable
-            field_name: 'vector',
-        };
-        // this.options = _settings.options;
-    }
-
-    @SecureConnector.AccessControl
-    protected async createNamespace(acRequest: AccessRequest, namespace: string, metadata?: { [key: string]: any }): Promise<void> {
-        //* Since Pinecone does not create explicit namespaces,
-        //*  we create a zero or dummy vector in the namespace to trigger the namespace creation and filter it out
-
-        //const teamId = await this.accountConnector.getCandidateTeam(acRequest.candidate);
-        const preparedNs = this.constructNsName(acRequest.candidate as AccessCandidate, namespace);
-
-        const res = await this.client.createCollection({
-            collection_name: preparedNs,
-            schema: this.SCHEMA_DEFINITION,
-            index_params: this.INDEX_PARAMS,
-        });
-
-        // await this.client.createIndex({
-        //     collection_name: preparedNs,
-        //     field_name: 'datasourceId',
-        //     index_name: 'idx_datasourceId',
-        //     index_type: 'STL_SORT',
-        // });
-
-        const acl = new ACL().addAccess(acRequest.candidate.role, acRequest.candidate.id, TAccessLevel.Owner).ACL;
-        await this.setACL(acRequest, preparedNs, acl);
-
-        return new Promise<void>((resolve) => resolve());
-    }
-
-    @SecureConnector.AccessControl
-    protected async namespaceExists(acRequest: AccessRequest, namespace: string): Promise<boolean> {
-        //const teamId = await this.accountConnector.getCandidateTeam(acRequest.candidate);
-        const res = await this.client.hasCollection({
-            collection_name: this.constructNsName(acRequest.candidate as AccessCandidate, namespace),
-        });
-
-        if (res.status.error_code !== ErrorCode.SUCCESS) {
-            throw new Error(`Error checking collection: ${res}`);
-        }
-
-        return Boolean(res.value);
-    }
-
-    @SecureConnector.AccessControl
-    protected async deleteNamespace(acRequest: AccessRequest, namespace: string): Promise<void> {
-        //const teamId = await this.accountConnector.getCandidateTeam(acRequest.candidate);
-
-        const preparedNs = this.constructNsName(acRequest.candidate as AccessCandidate, namespace);
-
-        const res = await this.client.dropCollection({
-            collection_name: preparedNs,
-        });
-
-        if (res.error_code !== ErrorCode.SUCCESS) {
-            throw new Error(`Error dropping collection: ${res}`);
-        }
-
-        await this.deleteACL(AccessCandidate.clone(acRequest.candidate), namespace);
-    }
-
-    @SecureConnector.AccessControl
-    protected async search(
-        acRequest: AccessRequest,
-        namespace: string,
-        query: string | number[],
-        options: QueryOptions = {}
-    ): Promise<VectorsResultData> {
-        //const teamId = await this.accountConnector.getCandidateTeam(acRequest.candidate);
-        const preparedNs = this.constructNsName(acRequest.candidate as AccessCandidate, namespace);
-
-        let _vector = query;
-        if (typeof query === 'string') {
-            _vector = await this.embedder.embedText(query, acRequest.candidate as AccessCandidate);
-        }
-
-        const result = await this.client.search({
-            vector: _vector as number[],
-            collection_name: preparedNs,
-            output_fields: ['id', 'text', this.USER_METADATA_KEY, 'namespaceId', 'datasourceId', 'datasourceLabel', 'vector'],
-            limit: options.topK || 10,
-        });
-
-        return result.results.map((match) => {
-            let _record = match;
-            if (match?.[this.USER_METADATA_KEY]) {
-                _record[this.USER_METADATA_KEY] = JSONContentHelper.create(match[this.USER_METADATA_KEY].toString()).tryParse();
-            }
-            return {
-                id: _record.id,
-                values: _record.vector,
-                text: _record.text,
-                metadata: _record[this.USER_METADATA_KEY] ?? {},
-                score: _record.score,
-            };
-        });
-    }
-
-    @SecureConnector.AccessControl
-    protected async insert(
-        acRequest: AccessRequest,
-        namespace: string,
-        sourceWrapper: IVectorDataSourceDto | IVectorDataSourceDto[]
-    ): Promise<string[]> {
-        //const teamId = await this.accountConnector.getCandidateTeam(acRequest.candidate);
-        sourceWrapper = Array.isArray(sourceWrapper) ? sourceWrapper : [sourceWrapper];
-        const preparedNs = this.constructNsName(acRequest.candidate as AccessCandidate, namespace);
-
-        // make sure that all sources are of the same type (source.source)
-        if (sourceWrapper.some((s) => this.embedder.detectSourceType(s.source) !== this.embedder.detectSourceType(sourceWrapper[0].source))) {
-            throw new Error('All sources must be of the same type');
-        }
-
-        const sourceType = this.embedder.detectSourceType(sourceWrapper[0].source);
-        if (sourceType === 'unknown' || sourceType === 'url') throw new Error('Unsupported source type');
-        const transformedSource = await this.embedder.transformSource(sourceWrapper, sourceType, acRequest.candidate as AccessCandidate);
-        const preparedSource: Record<SchemaFieldNames, any>[] = transformedSource.map((s) => ({
-            id: s.id,
-            text: s.metadata?.text,
-            user_metadata: s.metadata?.[this.USER_METADATA_KEY],
-            namespaceId: preparedNs,
-            datasourceId: s.metadata?.datasourceId,
-            datasourceLabel: s.metadata?.datasourceLabel,
-            vector: s.source,
-            acl: s.metadata?.acl,
-        }));
-
-        const res = await this.client.insert({
-            collection_name: preparedNs,
-            data: preparedSource,
-        });
-        if (res.status.error_code !== ErrorCode.SUCCESS) {
-            console.error('Error inserting data: ', res);
-            throw new Error(`Error inserting data: ${res?.status?.error_code}`);
-        }
-
-        return preparedSource.map((s) => s.id);
-    }
-
-    @SecureConnector.AccessControl
-    protected async delete(acRequest: AccessRequest, namespace: string, deleteTarget: DeleteTarget): Promise<void> {
-        //const teamId = await this.accountConnector.getCandidateTeam(acRequest.candidate);
-        const preparedNs = this.constructNsName(acRequest.candidate as AccessCandidate, namespace);
-
-        const isDeleteByFilter = typeof deleteTarget === 'object';
-        if (isDeleteByFilter) {
-            const supportedFields: SchemaFieldNames[] = ['datasourceId'];
-            if (!supportedFields.some((field) => field in deleteTarget)) {
-                throw new Error(`Unsupported field in delete target: ${Object.keys(deleteTarget).join(', ')}`);
-            }
-            // use boolean expression to delete the data
-            const res = await this.client.deleteEntities({
-                collection_name: preparedNs,
-                expr: `datasourceId == "${(deleteTarget as any).datasourceId}"`,
-            });
-            if (res.status.error_code !== ErrorCode.SUCCESS) {
-                throw new Error(`Error deleting data: ${res}`);
-            }
-        } else {
-            const _ids = Array.isArray(deleteTarget) ? deleteTarget : [deleteTarget];
-
-            const res = await this.client.delete({
-                collection_name: preparedNs,
-                ids: _ids as string[],
-            });
-            if (res.status.error_code !== ErrorCode.SUCCESS) {
-                throw new Error(`Error deleting data: ${res}`);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    @SecureConnector.AccessControl
-    protected async createDatasource(acRequest: AccessRequest, namespace: string, datasource: DatasourceDto): Promise<IStorageVectorDataSource> {
-        const teamId = await this.accountConnector.getCandidateTeam(acRequest.candidate);
-        const acl = new ACL().addAccess(acRequest.candidate.role, acRequest.candidate.id, TAccessLevel.Owner);
-        const dsId = datasource.id || crypto.randomUUID();
-
-        const formattedNs = this.constructNsName(acRequest.candidate as AccessCandidate, namespace);
-        const chunkedText = chunkText(datasource.text, {
-            chunkSize: datasource.chunkSize,
-            chunkOverlap: datasource.chunkOverlap,
-        });
-        const ids = Array.from({ length: chunkedText.length }, (_, i) => crypto.randomUUID());
-        const label = datasource.label || 'Untitled';
-        const source: IVectorDataSourceDto[] = chunkedText.map<IVectorDataSourceDto>((doc, i) => {
-            return {
-                id: ids[i],
-                source: doc,
-                metadata: {
-                    acl: acl.serializedACL,
-                    namespaceId: formattedNs,
-                    datasourceId: dsId,
-                    datasourceLabel: label,
-                    user_metadata: datasource.metadata ? jsonrepair(JSON.stringify(datasource.metadata)) : JSON.stringify({}),
-                },
-            };
-        });
-
-        const _vIds = await this.insert(acRequest, namespace, source);
-
-        return {
-            namespaceId: formattedNs,
-            candidateId: acRequest.candidate.id,
-            candidateRole: acRequest.candidate.role,
-            name: label,
-            metadata: datasource.metadata ? jsonrepair(JSON.stringify(datasource.metadata)) : undefined,
-            text: datasource.text,
-            vectorIds: _vIds,
-            id: dsId,
-        };
-    }
-
-    @SecureConnector.AccessControl
-    protected async deleteDatasource(acRequest: AccessRequest, namespace: string, datasourceId: string): Promise<void> {
-        //const teamId = await this.accountConnector.getCandidateTeam(acRequest.candidate);
-        const formattedNs = this.constructNsName(acRequest.candidate as AccessCandidate, namespace);
-
-        await this.delete(acRequest, namespace, { datasourceId });
-    }
-
-    @SecureConnector.AccessControl
-    protected async listDatasources(acRequest: AccessRequest, namespace: string): Promise<IStorageVectorDataSource[]> {
-        //const teamId = await this.accountConnector.getCandidateTeam(acRequest.candidate);
-        const formattedNs = this.constructNsName(acRequest.candidate as AccessCandidate, namespace);
-
-        // Use queryIterator for memory-efficient pagination
-        const batchSize = 1000; // Process 1000 records at a time
-        const iterator = await this.client.queryIterator({
-            collection_name: formattedNs,
-            batchSize: batchSize,
-            output_fields: ['id', 'text', this.USER_METADATA_KEY, 'namespaceId', 'datasourceId', 'datasourceLabel', 'vector'],
-        });
-
-        // Group records by datasourceId using Map for efficient lookups
-        const datasourceMap = new Map<string, IStorageVectorDataSource>();
-
-        try {
-            // Iterate through all pages
-            for await (const batch of iterator) {
-                for (const record of batch) {
-                    const datasourceId = record.datasourceId;
-                    if (!datasourceMap.has(datasourceId)) {
-                        datasourceMap.set(datasourceId, {
-                            namespaceId: formattedNs,
-                            candidateId: acRequest.candidate.id,
-                            candidateRole: acRequest.candidate.role,
-                            text: record.text,
-                            name: record.datasourceLabel,
-                            metadata: record[this.USER_METADATA_KEY]
-                                ? JSONContentHelper.create(record[this.USER_METADATA_KEY].toString()).tryParse()
-                                : undefined,
-                            vectorIds: [],
-                            id: datasourceId,
-                        });
-                    }
-                    datasourceMap.get(datasourceId)!.vectorIds.push(record.id);
-                }
-            }
-        } finally {
-            // Always close the iterator to free resources
-        }
-
-        return Array.from(datasourceMap.values());
-    }
-
-    @SecureConnector.AccessControl
-    protected async getDatasource(acRequest: AccessRequest, namespace: string, datasourceId: string): Promise<IStorageVectorDataSource | undefined> {
-        //const teamId = await this.accountConnector.getCandidateTeam(acRequest.candidate);
-        const formattedNs = this.constructNsName(acRequest.candidate as AccessCandidate, namespace);
-        const res = await this.client.query({
-            collection_name: formattedNs,
-            expr: `datasourceId == "${datasourceId}"`,
-            output_fields: ['id', 'text', this.USER_METADATA_KEY, 'namespaceId', 'datasourceId', 'datasourceLabel', 'vector'],
-        });
-        // if 0 results, throw error
-        if (res.data.length === 0) {
-            return undefined;
-        }
-
-        const referenceRecord = res.data[0] as Record<SchemaFieldNames, any>;
-        const allIds = res.data.map((d) => d.id);
-
-        return {
-            namespaceId: formattedNs,
-            candidateId: acRequest.candidate.id,
-            candidateRole: acRequest.candidate.role,
-            text: referenceRecord.text,
-            name: referenceRecord.datasourceLabel,
-            metadata: referenceRecord[this.USER_METADATA_KEY]
-                ? JSONContentHelper.create(referenceRecord[this.USER_METADATA_KEY].toString()).tryParse()
-                : undefined,
-            vectorIds: allIds,
-            id: datasourceId,
-        };
-    }
-
-    private async setACL(acRequest: AccessRequest, preparedNs: string, acl: IACL): Promise<void> {
-        await this.cache
-            .requester(AccessCandidate.clone(acRequest.candidate))
-            .set(`vectorDB:pinecone:namespace:${preparedNs}:acl`, JSON.stringify(acl));
-    }
-
-    private async getACL(ac: AccessCandidate, preparedNs: string): Promise<ACL | null | undefined> {
-        let aclRes = await this.cache.requester(ac).get(`vectorDB:pinecone:namespace:${preparedNs}:acl`);
-        const acl = JSONContentHelper.create(aclRes?.toString?.()).tryParse();
-        return acl;
-    }
-
-    public async getResourceACL(resourceId: string, candidate: IAccessCandidate): Promise<ACL> {
-        //const teamId = await this.accountConnector.getCandidateTeam(AccessCandidate.clone(candidate));
-        const preparedNs = this.constructNsName(candidate as AccessCandidate, resourceId);
-        const acl = await this.getACL(AccessCandidate.clone(candidate), preparedNs);
-        const exists = !!acl;
-
-        if (!exists) {
-            //the resource does not exist yet, we grant write access to the candidate in order to allow the resource creation
-            return new ACL().addAccess(candidate.role, candidate.id, TAccessLevel.Owner);
-        }
-        return ACL.from(acl);
-    }
-
-    private async deleteACL(ac: AccessCandidate, preparedNs: string): Promise<void> {
-        this.cache.requester(AccessCandidate.clone(ac)).delete(`vectorDB:pinecone:namespace:${preparedNs}:acl`);
-    }
-
-    public constructNsName(candidate: AccessCandidate, name: string) {
-        // MILVUS does not accept special chars like - @ etc. so we need to ensure teamid is
-        // valid; for this, instead of using teamId, we use a hash of the teamId and take
-        const joinedName = name.trim().replace(/\s/g, '_').toLowerCase();
-        let prefix = candidate.role[0] + '_' + candidate.id;
-        // we also append a 'c' to the hash as milvus requires the coll name to start with a letter
-        const hashTeamId = 'c' + crypto.createHash('sha256').update(prefix).digest('hex').slice(0, 8);
-        return `${hashTeamId}_${joinedName}`;
-    }
-}
+//==[ SRE: S3Storage ]======================
+import { ConnectorService } from '@sre/Core/ConnectorsService';
+import { JSONContentHelper } from '@sre/helpers/JsonContent.helper';
+import { Logger } from '@sre/helpers/Log.helper';
+import { CacheConnector } from '@sre/MemoryManager/Cache.service/CacheConnector';
+import { AccessCandidate } from '@sre/Security/AccessControl/AccessCandidate.class';
+import { AccessRequest } from '@sre/Security/AccessControl/AccessRequest.class';
+import { ACL } from '@sre/Security/AccessControl/ACL.class';
+import { AccountConnector } from '@sre/Security/Account.service/AccountConnector';
+import { SecureConnector } from '@sre/Security/SecureConnector.class';
+import { IAccessCandidate, IACL, TAccessLevel } from '@sre/types/ACL.types';
+import { DatasourceDto, IStorageVectorDataSource, IVectorDataSourceDto, QueryOptions, VectorsResultData } from '@sre/types/VectorDB.types';
+import { chunkText } from '@sre/utils/string.utils';
+import { CreateIndexSimpleReq, DataType, ErrorCode, FieldType, MilvusClient } from '@zilliz/milvus2-sdk-node';
+import crypto from 'crypto';
+import { jsonrepair } from 'jsonrepair';
+import { EmbeddingsFactory } from '../embed';
+import { BaseEmbedding, TEmbeddings } from '../embed/BaseEmbedding';
+import { DeleteTarget, VectorDBConnector } from '../VectorDBConnector';
+
+const console = Logger('Milvus');
+
+export type IMilvusCredentials = { address: string; token: string } | { address: string; user: string; password: string; token?: string };
+type IndexParams = Omit<CreateIndexSimpleReq, 'collection_name'>[] | Omit<CreateIndexSimpleReq, 'collection_name'>;
+
+export type MilvusConfig = {
+    credentials: IMilvusCredentials;
+    embeddings: TEmbeddings;
+};
+
+// Define schema field names as a type for strong typing
+type SchemaFieldNames = 'id' | 'text' | 'namespaceId' | 'datasourceId' | 'datasourceLabel' | 'vector' | 'acl' | 'user_metadata';
+
+type SchemaField = FieldType & { name: SchemaFieldNames };
+
+export class MilvusVectorDB extends VectorDBConnector {
+    public name = 'MilvusVectorDB';
+    public id = 'milvus';
+    private client: MilvusClient;
+    private cache: CacheConnector;
+    private accountConnector: AccountConnector;
+    public embedder: BaseEmbedding;
+    private SCHEMA_DEFINITION: SchemaField[];
+    private INDEX_PARAMS: IndexParams;
+
+    constructor(protected _settings: MilvusConfig) {
+        super(_settings);
+        if (!_settings.credentials) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Create client config based on credential type
+        const clientConfig = {
+            address: _settings.credentials?.address,
+            token: 'token' in _settings.credentials ? _settings.credentials.token : undefined,
+            user: 'user' in _settings.credentials ? _settings.credentials.user : undefined,
+            password: 'password' in _settings.credentials ? _settings.credentials.password : undefined,
+        };
+
+        console.log('clientConfig', clientConfig);
+
+        this.client = new MilvusClient(clientConfig);
+        console.info('Milvus client initialized');
+        this.accountConnector = ConnectorService.getAccountConnector();
+        this.cache = ConnectorService.getCacheConnector();
+        if (!_settings.embeddings.params) _settings.embeddings.params = { dimensions: 1024 };
+        if (!_settings.embeddings.params?.dimensions) _settings.embeddings.params.dimensions = 1024;
+
+        this.embedder = EmbeddingsFactory.create(_settings.embeddings.provider, _settings.embeddings);
+
+        // Explicitly type the schema definition array
+        this.SCHEMA_DEFINITION = [
+            {
+                name: 'id',
+                data_type: DataType.VarChar,
+                is_primary_key: true,
+                max_length: 2048,
+            },
+            {
+                name: 'text',
+                data_type: DataType.VarChar,
+                max_length: 65535, // max that milvus supports
+            },
+            {
+                name: this.USER_METADATA_KEY, // user defined metadata
+                data_type: DataType.VarChar,
+                max_length: 65535,
+            },
+            {
+                name: 'namespaceId',
+                data_type: DataType.VarChar,
+                max_length: 2048,
+            },
+            {
+                name: 'datasourceId',
+                data_type: DataType.VarChar,
+                max_length: 2048,
+            },
+            {
+                name: 'datasourceLabel',
+                data_type: DataType.VarChar,
+                max_length: 2048,
+            },
+            {
+                name: 'vector',
+                data_type: DataType.FloatVector,
+                dim: this.embedder.dimensions, //* vector dimension
+            },
+            {
+                name: 'acl',
+                data_type: DataType.VarChar,
+                max_length: 2048,
+            },
+        ];
+        this.INDEX_PARAMS = {
+            index_type: 'AUTOINDEX',
+            metric_type: 'COSINE', //TODO: make it configurable
+            field_name: 'vector',
+        };
+        // this.options = _settings.options;
+    }
+
+    @SecureConnector.AccessControl
+    protected async createNamespace(acRequest: AccessRequest, namespace: string, metadata?: { [key: string]: any }): Promise<void> {
+        //* Since Pinecone does not create explicit namespaces,
+        //*  we create a zero or dummy vector in the namespace to trigger the namespace creation and filter it out
+
+        //const teamId = await this.accountConnector.getCandidateTeam(acRequest.candidate);
+        const preparedNs = this.constructNsName(acRequest.candidate as AccessCandidate, namespace);
+
+        const res = await this.client.createCollection({
+            collection_name: preparedNs,
+            schema: this.SCHEMA_DEFINITION,
+            index_params: this.INDEX_PARAMS,
+        });
+
+        // await this.client.createIndex({
+        //     collection_name: preparedNs,
+        //     field_name: 'datasourceId',
+        //     index_name: 'idx_datasourceId',
+        //     index_type: 'STL_SORT',
+        // });
+
+        const acl = new ACL().addAccess(acRequest.candidate.role, acRequest.candidate.id, TAccessLevel.Owner).ACL;
+        await this.setACL(acRequest, preparedNs, acl);
+
+        return new Promise<void>((resolve) => resolve());
+    }
+
+    @SecureConnector.AccessControl
+    protected async namespaceExists(acRequest: AccessRequest, namespace: string): Promise<boolean> {
+        //const teamId = await this.accountConnector.getCandidateTeam(acRequest.candidate);
+        const res = await this.client.hasCollection({
+            collection_name: this.constructNsName(acRequest.candidate as AccessCandidate, namespace),
+        });
+
+        if (res.status.error_code !== ErrorCode.SUCCESS) {
+            throw new Error(`Error checking collection: ${res}`);
+        }
+
+        return Boolean(res.value);
+    }
+
+    @SecureConnector.AccessControl
+    protected async deleteNamespace(acRequest: AccessRequest, namespace: string): Promise<void> {
+        //const teamId = await this.accountConnector.getCandidateTeam(acRequest.candidate);
+
+        const preparedNs = this.constructNsName(acRequest.candidate as AccessCandidate, namespace);
+
+        const res = await this.client.dropCollection({
+            collection_name: preparedNs,
+        });
+
+        if (res.error_code !== ErrorCode.SUCCESS) {
+            throw new Error(`Error dropping collection: ${res}`);
+        }
+
+        await this.deleteACL(AccessCandidate.clone(acRequest.candidate), namespace);
+    }
+
+    @SecureConnector.AccessControl
+    protected async search(
+        acRequest: AccessRequest,
+        namespace: string,
+        query: string | number[],
+        options: QueryOptions = {}
+    ): Promise<VectorsResultData> {
+        //const teamId = await this.accountConnector.getCandidateTeam(acRequest.candidate);
+        const preparedNs = this.constructNsName(acRequest.candidate as AccessCandidate, namespace);
+
+        let _vector = query;
+        if (typeof query === 'string') {
+            _vector = await this.embedder.embedText(query, acRequest.candidate as AccessCandidate);
+        }
+
+        const result = await this.client.search({
+            vector: _vector as number[],
+            collection_name: preparedNs,
+            output_fields: ['id', 'text', this.USER_METADATA_KEY, 'namespaceId', 'datasourceId', 'datasourceLabel', 'vector'],
+            limit: options.topK || 10,
+        });
+
+        return result.results.map((match) => {
+            let _record = match;
+            if (match?.[this.USER_METADATA_KEY]) {
+                _record[this.USER_METADATA_KEY] = JSONContentHelper.create(match[this.USER_METADATA_KEY].toString()).tryParse();
+            }
+            return {
+                id: _record.id,
+                values: _record.vector,
+                text: _record.text,
+                metadata: _record[this.USER_METADATA_KEY] ?? {},
+                score: _record.score,
+            };
+        });
+    }
+
+    @SecureConnector.AccessControl
+    protected async insert(
+        acRequest: AccessRequest,
+        namespace: string,
+        sourceWrapper: IVectorDataSourceDto | IVectorDataSourceDto[]
+    ): Promise<string[]> {
+        //const teamId = await this.accountConnector.getCandidateTeam(acRequest.candidate);
+        sourceWrapper = Array.isArray(sourceWrapper) ? sourceWrapper : [sourceWrapper];
+        const preparedNs = this.constructNsName(acRequest.candidate as AccessCandidate, namespace);
+
+        // make sure that all sources are of the same type (source.source)
+        if (sourceWrapper.some((s) => this.embedder.detectSourceType(s.source) !== this.embedder.detectSourceType(sourceWrapper[0].source))) {
+            throw new Error('All sources must be of the same type');
+        }
+
+        const sourceType = this.embedder.detectSourceType(sourceWrapper[0].source);
+        if (sourceType === 'unknown' || sourceType === 'url') throw new Error('Unsupported source type');
+        const transformedSource = await this.embedder.transformSource(sourceWrapper, sourceType, acRequest.candidate as AccessCandidate);
+        const preparedSource: Record<SchemaFieldNames, any>[] = transformedSource.map((s) => ({
+            id: s.id,
+            text: s.metadata?.text,
+            user_metadata: s.metadata?.[this.USER_METADATA_KEY],
+            namespaceId: preparedNs,
+            datasourceId: s.metadata?.datasourceId,
+            datasourceLabel: s.metadata?.datasourceLabel,
+            vector: s.source,
+            acl: s.metadata?.acl,
+        }));
+
+        const res = await this.client.insert({
+            collection_name: preparedNs,
+            data: preparedSource,
+        });
+        if (res.status.error_code !== ErrorCode.SUCCESS) {
+            console.error('Error inserting data: ', res);
+            throw new Error(`Error inserting data: ${res?.status?.error_code}`);
+        }
+
+        return preparedSource.map((s) => s.id);
+    }
+
+    @SecureConnector.AccessControl
+    protected async delete(acRequest: AccessRequest, namespace: string, deleteTarget: DeleteTarget): Promise<void> {
+        //const teamId = await this.accountConnector.getCandidateTeam(acRequest.candidate);
+        const preparedNs = this.constructNsName(acRequest.candidate as AccessCandidate, namespace);
+
+        const isDeleteByFilter = typeof deleteTarget === 'object';
+        if (isDeleteByFilter) {
+            const supportedFields: SchemaFieldNames[] = ['datasourceId'];
+            if (!supportedFields.some((field) => field in deleteTarget)) {
+                throw new Error(`Unsupported field in delete target: ${Object.keys(deleteTarget).join(', ')}`);
+            }
+            // use boolean expression to delete the data
+            const res = await this.client.deleteEntities({
+                collection_name: preparedNs,
+                expr: `datasourceId == "${(deleteTarget as any).datasourceId}"`,
+            });
+            if (res.status.error_code !== ErrorCode.SUCCESS) {
+                throw new Error(`Error deleting data: ${res}`);
+            }
+        } else {
+            const _ids = Array.isArray(deleteTarget) ? deleteTarget : [deleteTarget];
+
+            const res = await this.client.delete({
+                collection_name: preparedNs,
+                ids: _ids as string[],
+            });
+            if (res.status.error_code !== ErrorCode.SUCCESS) {
+                throw new Error(`Error deleting data: ${res}`);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @SecureConnector.AccessControl
+    protected async createDatasource(acRequest: AccessRequest, namespace: string, datasource: DatasourceDto): Promise<IStorageVectorDataSource> {
+        const teamId = await this.accountConnector.getCandidateTeam(acRequest.candidate);
+        const acl = new ACL().addAccess(acRequest.candidate.role, acRequest.candidate.id, TAccessLevel.Owner);
+        const dsId = datasource.id || crypto.randomUUID();
+
+        const formattedNs = this.constructNsName(acRequest.candidate as AccessCandidate, namespace);
+        const chunkedText = chunkText(datasource.text, {
+            chunkSize: datasource.chunkSize,
+            chunkOverlap: datasource.chunkOverlap,
+        });
+        const ids = Array.from({ length: chunkedText.length }, (_, i) => crypto.randomUUID());
+        const label = datasource.label || 'Untitled';
+        const source: IVectorDataSourceDto[] = chunkedText.map<IVectorDataSourceDto>((doc, i) => {
+            return {
+                id: ids[i],
+                source: doc,
+                metadata: {
+                    acl: acl.serializedACL,
+                    namespaceId: formattedNs,
+                    datasourceId: dsId,
+                    datasourceLabel: label,
+                    user_metadata: datasource.metadata ? jsonrepair(JSON.stringify(datasource.metadata)) : JSON.stringify({}),
+                },
+            };
+        });
+
+        const _vIds = await this.insert(acRequest, namespace, source);
+
+        return {
+            namespaceId: formattedNs,
+            candidateId: acRequest.candidate.id,
+            candidateRole: acRequest.candidate.role,
+            name: label,
+            metadata: datasource.metadata ? jsonrepair(JSON.stringify(datasource.metadata)) : undefined,
+            text: datasource.text,
+            vectorIds: _vIds,
+            id: dsId,
+        };
+    }
+
+    @SecureConnector.AccessControl
+    protected async deleteDatasource(acRequest: AccessRequest, namespace: string, datasourceId: string): Promise<void> {
+        //const teamId = await this.accountConnector.getCandidateTeam(acRequest.candidate);
+        const formattedNs = this.constructNsName(acRequest.candidate as AccessCandidate, namespace);
+
+        await this.delete(acRequest, namespace, { datasourceId });
+    }
+
+    @SecureConnector.AccessControl
+    protected async listDatasources(acRequest: AccessRequest, namespace: string): Promise<IStorageVectorDataSource[]> {
+        //const teamId = await this.accountConnector.getCandidateTeam(acRequest.candidate);
+        const formattedNs = this.constructNsName(acRequest.candidate as AccessCandidate, namespace);
+
+        // Use queryIterator for memory-efficient pagination
+        const batchSize = 1000; // Process 1000 records at a time
+        const iterator = await this.client.queryIterator({
+            collection_name: formattedNs,
+            batchSize: batchSize,
+            output_fields: ['id', 'text', this.USER_METADATA_KEY, 'namespaceId', 'datasourceId', 'datasourceLabel', 'vector'],
+        });
+
+        // Group records by datasourceId using Map for efficient lookups
+        const datasourceMap = new Map<string, IStorageVectorDataSource>();
+
+        try {
+            // Iterate through all pages
+            for await (const batch of iterator) {
+                for (const record of batch) {
+                    const datasourceId = record.datasourceId;
+                    if (!datasourceMap.has(datasourceId)) {
+                        datasourceMap.set(datasourceId, {
+                            namespaceId: formattedNs,
+                            candidateId: acRequest.candidate.id,
+                            candidateRole: acRequest.candidate.role,
+                            text: record.text,
+                            name: record.datasourceLabel,
+                            metadata: record[this.USER_METADATA_KEY]
+                                ? JSONContentHelper.create(record[this.USER_METADATA_KEY].toString()).tryParse()
+                                : undefined,
+                            vectorIds: [],
+                            id: datasourceId,
+                        });
+                    }
+                    datasourceMap.get(datasourceId)!.vectorIds.push(record.id);
+                }
+            }
+        } finally {
+            // Always close the iterator to free resources
+        }
+
+        return Array.from(datasourceMap.values());
+    }
+
+    @SecureConnector.AccessControl
+    protected async getDatasource(acRequest: AccessRequest, namespace: string, datasourceId: string): Promise<IStorageVectorDataSource | undefined> {
+        //const teamId = await this.accountConnector.getCandidateTeam(acRequest.candidate);
+        const formattedNs = this.constructNsName(acRequest.candidate as AccessCandidate, namespace);
+        const res = await this.client.query({
+            collection_name: formattedNs,
+            expr: `datasourceId == "${datasourceId}"`,
+            output_fields: ['id', 'text', this.USER_METADATA_KEY, 'namespaceId', 'datasourceId', 'datasourceLabel', 'vector'],
+        });
+        // if 0 results, throw error
+        if (res.data.length === 0) {
+            return undefined;
+        }
+
+        const referenceRecord = res.data[0] as Record<SchemaFieldNames, any>;
+        const allIds = res.data.map((d) => d.id);
+
+        return {
+            namespaceId: formattedNs,
+            candidateId: acRequest.candidate.id,
+            candidateRole: acRequest.candidate.role,
+            text: referenceRecord.text,
+            name: referenceRecord.datasourceLabel,
+            metadata: referenceRecord[this.USER_METADATA_KEY]
+                ? JSONContentHelper.create(referenceRecord[this.USER_METADATA_KEY].toString()).tryParse()
+                : undefined,
+            vectorIds: allIds,
+            id: datasourceId,
+        };
+    }
+
+    private async setACL(acRequest: AccessRequest, preparedNs: string, acl: IACL): Promise<void> {
+        await this.cache
+            .requester(AccessCandidate.clone(acRequest.candidate))
+            .set(`vectorDB:pinecone:namespace:${preparedNs}:acl`, JSON.stringify(acl));
+    }
+
+    private async getACL(ac: AccessCandidate, preparedNs: string): Promise<ACL | null | undefined> {
+        let aclRes = await this.cache.requester(ac).get(`vectorDB:pinecone:namespace:${preparedNs}:acl`);
+        const acl = JSONContentHelper.create(aclRes?.toString?.()).tryParse();
+        return acl;
+    }
+
+    public async getResourceACL(resourceId: string, candidate: IAccessCandidate): Promise<ACL> {
+        //const teamId = await this.accountConnector.getCandidateTeam(AccessCandidate.clone(candidate));
+        const preparedNs = this.constructNsName(candidate as AccessCandidate, resourceId);
+        const acl = await this.getACL(AccessCandidate.clone(candidate), preparedNs);
+        const exists = !!acl;
+
+        if (!exists) {
+            //the resource does not exist yet, we grant write access to the candidate in order to allow the resource creation
+            return new ACL().addAccess(candidate.role, candidate.id, TAccessLevel.Owner);
+        }
+        return ACL.from(acl);
+    }
+
+    private async deleteACL(ac: AccessCandidate, preparedNs: string): Promise<void> {
+        this.cache.requester(AccessCandidate.clone(ac)).delete(`vectorDB:pinecone:namespace:${preparedNs}:acl`);
+    }
+
+    public constructNsName(candidate: AccessCandidate, name: string) {
+        // MILVUS does not accept special chars like - @ etc. so we need to ensure teamid is
+        // valid; for this, instead of using teamId, we use a hash of the teamId and take
+        const joinedName = name.trim().replace(/\s/g, '_').toLowerCase();
+        let prefix = candidate.role[0] + '_' + candidate.id;
+        // we also append a 'c' to the hash as milvus requires the coll name to start with a letter
+        const hashTeamId = 'c' + crypto.createHash('sha256').update(prefix).digest('hex').slice(0, 8);
+        return `${hashTeamId}_${joinedName}`;
+    }
+}