Add client-side logic allowing to update property descriptions

Author: tsmith023

.github/workflows/main.yaml

@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ env:
   WEAVIATE_124: 1.24.26
   WEAVIATE_125: 1.25.34
   WEAVIATE_126: 1.26.17
-  WEAVIATE_127: 1.27.15
-  WEAVIATE_128: 1.28.11
-  WEAVIATE_129: 1.29.1
-  WEAVIATE_130: 1.30.1
+  WEAVIATE_127: 1.27.27
+  WEAVIATE_128: 1.28.16
+  WEAVIATE_129: 1.29.8
+  WEAVIATE_130: 1.30.7
   WEAVIATE_131: 1.31.0
 
 concurrency:

src/collections/config/classes.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   GenerativeConfig,
   GenerativeSearch,
   ModuleConfig,
+  PropertyDescriptionsUpdate,
   Reranker,
   RerankerConfig,
   VectorIndexType,
@@ -32,10 +33,12 @@ export class MergeWithExisting {
   static schema(
     current: WeaviateClass,
     supportsNamedVectors: boolean,
-    update?: CollectionConfigUpdate
+    update?: CollectionConfigUpdate<any>
   ): WeaviateClass {
     if (update === undefined) return current;
     if (update.description !== undefined) current.description = update.description;
+    if (update.propertyDescriptions !== undefined)
+      current.properties = MergeWithExisting.properties(current.properties, update.propertyDescriptions);
     if (update.generative !== undefined)
       current.moduleConfig = MergeWithExisting.generative(current.moduleConfig, update.generative);
     if (update.invertedIndex !== undefined)
@@ -74,6 +77,18 @@ export class MergeWithExisting {
     return current;
   }
 
+  static properties(
+    current: WeaviateClass['properties'],
+    update: PropertyDescriptionsUpdate<any>
+  ): WeaviateClass['properties'] {
+    if (current === undefined) throw Error('Properties are missing from the class schema.');
+    if (current.length === 0) return current;
+    return current.map((property) => ({
+      ...property,
+      description: update[property.name!] ?? property.description,
+    }));
+  }
+
   static generative(
     current: WeaviateModuleConfig,
     update: ModuleConfig<GenerativeSearch, GenerativeConfig>

src/collections/config/index.ts

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ const config = <T>(
         )
       ).then(() => this.getShards());
     },
-    update: (config?: CollectionConfigUpdate) => {
+    update: (config?: CollectionConfigUpdate<T>) => {
       return getRaw()
         .then(async (current) =>
           MergeWithExisting.schema(
@@ -164,10 +164,10 @@ export interface Config<T> {
    *
    * Use the `weaviate.classes.Reconfigure` class to generate the necessary configuration objects for this method.
    *
-   * @param {CollectionConfigUpdate} [config] The configuration to update. Only a subset of the actual collection configuration can be updated.
+   * @param {CollectionConfigUpdate<T>} [config] The configuration to update. Only a subset of the actual collection configuration can be updated.
    * @returns {Promise<void>} A promise that resolves when the collection has been updated.
    */
-  update: (config?: CollectionConfigUpdate) => Promise<void>;
+  update: (config?: CollectionConfigUpdate<T>) => Promise<void>;
 }
 
 export class VectorIndex {

src/collections/config/integration.test.ts

@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ describe('Testing of the collection.config namespace', () => {
     expect(notUpdated?.status).toEqual('READY');
   });
 
-  it('should be able update the config of a collection', async () => {
+  it.only('should be able update the config of a collection', async () => {
     const collectionName = 'TestCollectionConfigUpdate';
     const collection = await client.collections.create({
       name: collectionName,
@@ -523,8 +523,16 @@ describe('Testing of the collection.config namespace', () => {
       ],
       vectorizers: weaviate.configure.vectorizer.none(),
     });
+    const supportsUpdatingPropertyDescriptions = await client
+      .getWeaviateVersion()
+      .then((ver) => ver.isAtLeast(1, 27, 0));
     const config = await collection.config
       .update({
+        propertyDescriptions: supportsUpdatingPropertyDescriptions
+          ? {
+              testProp: 'This is a test property',
+            }
+          : undefined,
         vectorizers: weaviate.reconfigure.vectorizer.update({
           vectorIndexConfig: weaviate.reconfigure.vectorIndex.hnsw({
             quantizer: weaviate.reconfigure.vectorIndex.quantizer.pq(),
@@ -539,7 +547,7 @@ describe('Testing of the collection.config namespace', () => {
       {
         name: 'testProp',
         dataType: 'text',
-        description: undefined,
+        description: supportsUpdatingPropertyDescriptions ? 'This is a test property' : undefined,
         indexRangeFilters: false,
         indexSearchable: true,
         indexFilterable: true,

src/collections/config/types/index.ts

@@ -104,8 +104,15 @@ export type CollectionConfig = {
   vectorizers: VectorConfig;
 };
 
-export type CollectionConfigUpdate = {
+export type PropertyDescriptionsUpdate<T> = T extends undefined
+  ? Record<string, string>
+  : {
+      [Property in keyof T]: string;
+    };
+
+export type CollectionConfigUpdate<T> = {
   description?: string;
+  propertyDescriptions?: PropertyDescriptionsUpdate<T>;
   generative?: ModuleConfig<GenerativeSearch, GenerativeConfig>;
   invertedIndex?: InvertedIndexConfigUpdate;
   multiTenancy?: MultiTenancyConfigUpdate;