# Ruvector Server
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**High-performance REST API server for Ruvector vector databases.**
`ruvector-server` provides a production-ready HTTP API built on Axum with CORS support, compression, and OpenAPI documentation. Exposes full Ruvector functionality via RESTful endpoints. Part of the [Ruvector](https://github.com/ruvnet/ruvector) ecosystem.
## Why Ruvector Server?
- **Fast**: Built on Axum and Tokio for high throughput
- **Production Ready**: CORS, compression, tracing built-in
- **RESTful API**: Standard HTTP endpoints for all operations
- **OpenAPI**: Auto-generated API documentation
- **Multi-Collection**: Support multiple vector collections
## Features
### Core Capabilities
- **Vector CRUD**: Insert, get, update, delete vectors
- **Search API**: k-NN search with filtering
- **Batch Operations**: Bulk insert and search
- **Collection Management**: Create and manage collections
- **Health Checks**: Liveness and readiness probes
### Advanced Features
- **CORS Support**: Configurable cross-origin requests
- **Compression**: GZIP response compression
- **Tracing**: Request tracing with tower-http
- **Rate Limiting**: Request rate limiting (planned)
- **Authentication**: API key auth (planned)
## Installation
Add `ruvector-server` to your `Cargo.toml`:
```toml
[dependencies]
ruvector-server = "0.1.1"
```
## Quick Start
### Start Server
```rust
use ruvector_server::{Server, ServerConfig};
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
// Configure server
let config = ServerConfig {
host: "0.0.0.0".to_string(),
port: 8080,
cors_origins: vec!["*".to_string()],
enable_compression: true,
..Default::default()
};
// Create and start server
let server = Server::new(config)?;
server.run().await?;
Ok(())
}
```
### API Endpoints
```bash
# Health check
GET /health
# Collections
POST /collections # Create collection
GET /collections # List collections
GET /collections/{name} # Get collection info
DELETE /collections/{name} # Delete collection
# Vectors
POST /collections/{name}/vectors # Insert vector(s)
GET /collections/{name}/vectors/{id} # Get vector
DELETE /collections/{name}/vectors/{id} # Delete vector
# Search
POST /collections/{name}/search # k-NN search
POST /collections/{name}/search/batch # Batch search
```
### Example Requests
```bash
# Create collection
curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/collections \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"name": "documents",
"dimensions": 384,
"distance_metric": "cosine"
}'
# Insert vector
curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/collections/documents/vectors \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"id": "doc-1",
"vector": [0.1, 0.2, 0.3, ...],
"metadata": {"title": "Hello World"}
}'
# Search
curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/collections/documents/search \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"vector": [0.1, 0.2, 0.3, ...],
"k": 10,
"filter": {"category": "tech"}
}'
```
## API Overview
### Server Configuration
```rust
pub struct ServerConfig {
pub host: String,
pub port: u16,
pub cors_origins: Vec<String>,
pub enable_compression: bool,
pub max_body_size: usize,
pub request_timeout: Duration,
}
```
### Response Types
```rust
// Search response
pub struct SearchResponse {
pub results: Vec<SearchResult>,
pub took_ms: u64,
}
pub struct SearchResult {
pub id: String,
pub score: f32,
pub vector: Option<Vec<f32>>,
pub metadata: Option<serde_json::Value>,
}
// Collection info
pub struct CollectionInfo {
pub name: String,
pub dimensions: usize,
pub count: usize,
pub distance_metric: String,
}
```
### Error Handling
```rust
// API errors return standard format
pub struct ApiError {
pub code: String,
pub message: String,
pub details: Option<serde_json::Value>,
}
// HTTP status codes:
// 200 - Success
// 201 - Created
// 400 - Bad Request
// 404 - Not Found
// 500 - Internal Error
```
## Docker Deployment
```dockerfile
FROM rust:1.77 as builder
WORKDIR /app
COPY . .
RUN cargo build --release -p ruvector-server
FROM debian:bookworm-slim
COPY --from=builder /app/target/release/ruvector-server /usr/local/bin/
EXPOSE 8080
CMD ["ruvector-server"]
```
```bash
docker build -t ruvector-server .
docker run -p 8080:8080 ruvector-server
```
## Related Crates
- **[ruvector-core](../ruvector-core/)** - Core vector database engine
- **[ruvector-collections](../ruvector-collections/)** - Collection management
- **[ruvector-cli](../ruvector-cli/)** - Command-line interface
## Documentation
- **[Main README](../../README.md)** - Complete project overview
- **[API Documentation](https://docs.rs/ruvector-server)** - Full API reference
- **[GitHub Repository](https://github.com/ruvnet/ruvector)** - Source code
## License
**MIT License** - see [LICENSE](../../LICENSE) for details.
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