Build a basic text search application from python with Vespa
Blog post from Vespa
The blog post introduces the simplified pyvespa API, which allows users to build a basic text search application using Python with minimal code. The article explains how to create a Vespa application package, define a schema by adding fields, and set up a ranking profile using BM25 for document retrieval. It describes the steps to deploy the application locally using VespaDocker and emphasizes the ease of feeding data into the application by iterating through a DataFrame. The post also demonstrates querying the application using the Vespa Query Language, highlighting the flexibility and power of Vespa for text search tasks. The article notes that while the Vespa Query Language offers comprehensive control, the QueryModel abstraction is more suited for machine learning experiments, foreshadowing more complex applications in future posts.