qail-qdrant
QAIL Vector Bridge - Qdrant vector search driver with AST-compatible filters.
Overview
Rust driver for Qdrant vector search over gRPC.
The driver uses:
- direct protobuf wire encoding (no tonic-generated request structs)
- HTTP/2 transport with reconnect + timeout handling
- QAIL AST integration for search filters
This crate does not use SQL. "SQL bytes vs SQL strings" terminology only applies to PostgreSQL crates (
qail-core+qail-pg).
Features
- Vector similarity search with filters
- Upsert points with payload metadata
- Delete points by ID
- Collection management (create, delete)
- Direct protobuf encoding for gRPC
Quick Start
use qail_qdrant::{Distance, Point, QdrantDriver};
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
// Connect to Qdrant gRPC (default: 6334)
let mut driver = QdrantDriver::connect("localhost", 6334).await?;
// Create collection
driver
.create_collection("products", 384, Distance::Cosine, false)
.await?;
// Upsert points
let point = Point::new("p1", vec![0.1, 0.2, 0.3]).with_payload("name", "iPhone 15");
driver.upsert("products", &[point], false).await?;
// Search
let embedding = vec![0.1, 0.2, 0.3];
let results = driver.search("products", &embedding, 10, None).await?;
Ok(())
}
Requirements
- Qdrant server running with gRPC enabled (default gRPC port: 6334)
- Rust 2024 edition
Related Crates
| Concept name | Crate | Role |
|---|---|---|
| AST Kernel | qail-core |
shared filter/query semantics |
| Postgres Driver | qail-pg |
PostgreSQL AST execution |
| Access Gateway | qail-gateway |
API surface that can combine Postgres and vector paths |
License
Apache-2.0