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# Image search with user-provided embeddings
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This articles shows the main steps for performing multimodal searches where users use text to search through a database of images with no associated metadata.
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This articles shows the main steps for performing multimodal searches where you can use text to search through a database of images with no associated metadata.
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## Requirements
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- A database of images
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- A Meilisearch project
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- An embedding generation tool you can install locally
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## Configure your local embedding generation pipeline
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First, set up a system that sends your images to your chosen embedding generation tool.
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The exact procedure for this depend heavily on your specific setup, but should include these main steps:
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The exact procedure depends heavily on your specific setup, but should include these main steps:
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1. Choose a provider you can run locally
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1. Choose a tool you can run locally
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2. Choose a model that supports both image and text input
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3. Send your images to the provider
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3. Send your images to the embedding generation tool
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4. Add the returned embeddings to the `_vector` field for each image in your database
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5. Periodically send your vectorized documents to Meilisearch
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In most cases your system should run these steps periodically or whenever you update your database.
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## Configure a user-provided embedder
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## Vector search with user-provided embeddings
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Once you have the query's vector, pass it to the `vector` search parameter to perform a semantic AI-powered search:
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Once you have the query's vector, pass it to the `vector` search parameter to perform a semantic AI-powered search:
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```sh
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curl -X POST -H 'content-type: application/json' \

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