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# Camel.memories.blocks.vectordb block

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## VectorDBBlock

```python theme={"system"}
class VectorDBBlock(MemoryBlock):
```

An implementation of the :obj:`MemoryBlock` abstract base class for
maintaining and retrieving information using vector embeddings within a
vector database.

**Parameters:**

* **storage** (Optional\[BaseVectorStorage], optional): The storage mechanism for the vector database. Defaults to in-memory :obj:`Qdrant` if not provided. (default: :obj:`None`)
* **embedding** (Optional\[BaseEmbedding], optional): Embedding mechanism to convert chat messages into vector representations. Defaults to :obj:`OpenAiEmbedding` if not provided. (default: :obj:`None`)

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### **init**

```python theme={"system"}
def __init__(
    self,
    storage: Optional[BaseVectorStorage] = None,
    embedding: Optional[BaseEmbedding] = None
):
```

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### retrieve

```python theme={"system"}
def retrieve(self, keyword: str, limit: int = 3):
```

Retrieves similar records from the vector database based on the
content of the keyword.

**Parameters:**

* **keyword** (str): This string will be converted into a vector representation to query the database.
* **limit** (int, optional): The maximum number of similar messages to retrieve. (default: :obj:`3`).

**Returns:**

List\[ContextRecord]: A list of memory records retrieved from the
vector database based on similarity to :obj:`current_state`.

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### write\_records

```python theme={"system"}
def write_records(self, records: List[MemoryRecord]):
```

Converts the provided chat messages into vector representations and
writes them to the vector database.

**Parameters:**

* **records** (List\[MemoryRecord]): Memory records to be added to the memory.

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### clear

```python theme={"system"}
def clear(self):
```

Removes all records from the vector database memory.