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chromie-tool\n\n**Chroma** ([https://trychroma.com](https://trychroma.com)) import/export tool.\n\n\n## Install\n\n```bash\n# install\npip install chromie-tool\n\n# check chromie tool\nwhich chromie\n```\n\n\n## Commands\n\n### Help\n\n```bash\n# chromie help\nchromie -h\n\n# exp command help\nchromie exp -h\n```\n\n### Download prepared datasets\n\nPrepared datasets: [https://github.com/chromiodev/datasets](https://github.com/chromiodev/datasets).\n\n```bash\nchromie dl -l es eurostat/prc_hicp_manr\n```\n\n### Export\n\n```bash\nchromie exp server://localhost:8000/tenant/db/collection file.json\n```\n\n### Check an export file\n\n```bash\nchromie check prc_hicp_manr-es.json\n```\n\n### Import\n\n```bash\n# import all the content of movies.json\nchromie imp movies.json server://localhost:8000/tenant/db/collection\n\n# import all the content of movies.json, skipping the cert and rating metadata\nchromie imp movies.json -M cert,rating server://localhost:8000/tenant/db/collection\n\n# import all the content of movies.json, setting the cert and dir metadata\n# to the specified values\nchromie imp movies.json -m cert:C,dir:D server://localhost:8000/tenant/db/collection\n```\n\n### Copy\n\n```bash\nchromie cp server://///coll1 server://///coll2\n```\n\n### Listing the database collections\n\n```bash\n# only names\nchromie ls server:////\n\n# names and counts\nchromie ls -c server:////\n```\n\n### Working with collections (create and print info)\n\n```bash\n# print info on an existing collection\nchromie coll -i cloud://///collection_name\n\n# create a new collection\nchromie coll -e SentenceTransformer -s cosine cloud://///collection_name\n```\n\n### Metadata filters\n\nThe **`--metafilter`** or **`-f`** options allow to select records from metadata in the **`cp`** and **`exp`** commands.\nFormat:\n\n```\npredicate\npredicate and predicate\npredicate or predicate\n```\n\nExamples:\n\n```\n-f \"dir='Quentin Tarantino'\"\n-f \"dir='Quentin Tarantino' or dir='Alfred Hitchcock'\"\n-f \"dir in ['Quentin Tarantino', 'Alfred Hitchcock']\"\n```\n\nPredicates:\n\n```\nfield                   # similar to: field == true\nnot field               # similar to: field != true\nfield = literal_scalar  # similar to: field == literal_scalar\nfield == literal_scalar\nfield != literal_scalar\nfield \u003c literal_scalar\nfield \u003c= literal_scalar\nfield \u003e literal_scalar\nfield \u003e= literal_scalar\nfield in [literal_scalar, literal_scalar, ...]\nfield not in [literal_scalar, literal_scalar, ...]\nfield between literal_num|literal_text and literal_num|literal_text\nfield not between literal_num|literal_text and literal_num|literal_text\n```\n\nLiterals:\n\n- Literal text: *'A text'*.\n\n- Literal number: *1234*.\n\n- Literal boolean: *true* or *false*.\n\n\n## URIs\n\n### Server URI\n\nFormat:\n\n```\nserver://host:port/tenant/database\nserver://host:port/tenant/database/collection\n```\n\nWhen a segment must take its value from the default value or an environment variable, this must be left blank.\nExamples:\n\n```\nserver://///\nserver:///tenant/db\n```\n\nEnvironment variables we can use for settings segments in server URIs:\n\n- **`CHROMA_HOST`**\n\n- **`CHROMA_PORT`**\n\n- **`CHROMA_TENANT`**\n\n- **`CHROMA_DATABASE`**\n\nThe default values in server URIs, when blank segments and environment variable unset, are these set in the **chromadb** package.\nRight now:\n\n- **Host**: ***localhost***\n\n- **Port**: ***8000***\n\n- **Tenant**: ***default_tenant***\n\n- **Database**: ***default_database***\n\n### Chroma Cloud URI\n\nFormat:\n\n```\ncloud:///tenant/db\ncloud:///tenant/db/collection\n```\n\nSimilar to the ***server*** schema but, with the ***cloud*** schema, the environment variables we can use are the following:\n\n- **`CHROMA_TENANT`**\n\n- **`CHROMA_DATABASE`**\n\nDefault values:\n\n- **host:port** segment is always ***api.trychroma.com:8000***.\n\n- Tenant and database don't have default values, these must be set explicitly or with environment variables.\n\n### Checking and decomposing URIs\n\nWith **`chromie uri`**, we check and decompose a URI.\nExamples:\n\n```\n$ chromie uri server:////\nSchema: server\nHost: localhost\nPort: 8000\nTenant: default_tenant\nDatabase: default_database\n\n$ CHROMA_PORT=8888 chromie uri server:////\nSchema: server\nHost: localhost\nPort: 8888\nTenant: default_tenant\nDatabase: default_database\n\n$ CHROMA_DATABASE=testdb chromie uri server://me//\nSchema: server\nHost: me\nPort: 8000\nTenant: default_tenant\nDatabase: testdb\n```\n\n### Pinging database instance and/or collection\n\nExamples:\n\n```\n# database instance\nchromie ping server:////\n\n# database collection\nchromie ping server://///movies\nchromie ping cloud://///movies\n```\n\n\n## API key\n\nWhen an API key needed, **`--key`** or **`-k`** must be set.\nWe can use the **`CHROMA_API_KEY`** environment variable 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