MistralDocumentEmbedder

Embed documents using Mistral embedding models.

Key Features

• Embeds documents using Mistral AI embedding models.
• Stores the embedding in each document's embedding field, ready for semantic search.
• Use in indexing pipelines to embed documents before storing them in a document store.
• Use the same embedding model as in MistralTextEmbedder in your query pipeline.
• Configurable batch size and timeout for production use.

Embedding Models in Query Pipelines and Indexes

The embedding model you use to embed documents in your indexing pipeline must be the same as the embedding model you use to embed the query in your query pipeline.

This means the embedders for your indexing and query pipelines must match. For example, if you use CohereDocumentEmbedder to embed your documents, you should use CohereTextEmbedder with the same model to embed your queries.

Configuration

1. Drag the MistralDocumentEmbedder component onto the canvas from the Component Library.
2. Click on the component to open the configuration panel.
3. On the General tab:
   1. Create a secret with your Mistral API key. Use MISTRAL_API_KEY as the secret key. For instructions, see Create Secrets. Get your API key from Mistral AI.
   2. Select the embedding model.
4. Go to the Advanced tab to configure batch_size, prefix, suffix, meta_fields_to_embed, embedding_separator, timeout, max_retries, and http_client_kwargs.

Connections

MistralDocumentEmbedder receives a list of documents through its documents input. It outputs the same documents with embeddings added through its documents output, plus usage metadata through its meta output.

Connect a preprocessor (such as DocumentSplitter) output to MistralDocumentEmbedder's documents input. Then connect its documents output to DocumentWriter.

Source Code

To check this component's source code, open document_embedder.py in the Haystack Core Integrations repository.

Usage Examples

Basic Configuration

  MistralDocumentEmbedder:
    type: haystack_integrations.components.embedders.mistral.document_embedder.MistralDocumentEmbedder
    init_parameters:
      api_key:
        type: env_var
        env_vars:
        - MISTRAL_API_KEY
        strict: false
      model: mistral-embed
      batch_size: 32

This example shows an indexing pipeline that embeds documents using Mistral before storing them in a document store.

components:
  DocumentSplitter:
    type: haystack.components.preprocessors.document_splitter.DocumentSplitter
    init_parameters:
      split_by: word
      split_length: 250
      split_overlap: 30
      respect_sentence_boundary: true
      language: en
  MistralDocumentEmbedder:
    type: haystack_integrations.components.embedders.mistral.document_embedder.MistralDocumentEmbedder
    init_parameters:
      api_key:
        type: env_var
        env_vars:
        - MISTRAL_API_KEY
        strict: false
      model: mistral-embed
      batch_size: 32
  DocumentWriter:
    type: haystack.components.writers.document_writer.DocumentWriter
    init_parameters:
      document_store:
        type: haystack_integrations.document_stores.opensearch.document_store.OpenSearchDocumentStore
        init_parameters:
          hosts:
          index: 'mistral-embeddings'
          max_chunk_bytes: 104857600
          embedding_dim: 1024
          return_embedding: false
          method:
          mappings:
          settings:
          create_index: true
          http_auth:
          use_ssl:
          verify_certs:
          timeout:
      policy: OVERWRITE

  MultiFileConverter:
    type: haystack.components.converters.multi_file_converter.MultiFileConverter
    init_parameters:
      encoding: utf-8
      json_content_key: content

connections:
- sender: DocumentSplitter.documents
  receiver: MistralDocumentEmbedder.documents
- sender: MistralDocumentEmbedder.documents
  receiver: DocumentWriter.documents

- sender: MultiFileConverter.documents
  receiver: DocumentSplitter.documents

max_runs_per_component: 100

metadata: {}

inputs:
  files:
  - MultiFileConverter.sources

Parameters

Inputs

Parameter	Type	Description
documents	List[Document]	A list of documents to embed.

Outputs

Parameter	Type	Description
documents	List[Document]	A list of documents with embeddings stored in the embedding field of each document.
meta	Dict[str, Any]	Information about the usage of the model, including model name and token usage.

Init Parameters

These are the parameters you can configure in Pipeline Builder:

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
api_key	Secret	Secret.from_env_var('MISTRAL_API_KEY')	The Mistral API key.
model	str	mistral-embed	The name of the model to use.
api_base_url	Optional[str]	https://api.mistral.ai/v1	The Mistral API Base url. For more details, see Mistral docs.
prefix	str		A string to add to the beginning of each text.
suffix	str		A string to add to the end of each text.
batch_size	int	32	Number of Documents to encode at once.
progress_bar	bool	True	Whether to show a progress bar or not. Can be helpful to disable in production deployments to keep the logs clean.
meta_fields_to_embed	Optional[List[str]]	None	List of meta fields that should be embedded along with the Document text.
embedding_separator	str	\n	Separator used to concatenate the meta fields to the Document text.
timeout	Optional[float]	None	Timeout for Mistral client calls. If not set, it defaults to either the OPENAI_TIMEOUT environment variable, or 30 seconds.
max_retries	Optional[int]	None	Maximum number of retries to contact Mistral after an internal error. If not set, it defaults to either the OPENAI_MAX_RETRIES environment variable, or set to 5.
http_client_kwargs	Optional[Dict[str, Any]]	None	A dictionary of keyword arguments to configure a custom httpx.Clientor httpx.AsyncClient. For more information, see the HTTPX documentation.

Run Method Parameters

These are the parameters you can configure for the component's run() method. This means you can pass these parameters at query time through the API, in Playground, or when running a job. For details, see Modify Pipeline Parameters at Query Time.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
documents	List[Document]		A list of documents to embed.