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# Qdrant

<Note>
  First time creating a connector? [Read this first](/api-reference/workflow/connector-first-time-reqs).
</Note>

Send processed data from Unstructured to Qdrant.

## Requirements

You will need:

* For the [Unstructured Pipelines](/pipelines/overview) or the [Unstructured API](/api-reference/overview), only [Qdrant Cloud](https://qdrant.tech/documentation/cloud-intro/) is supported.
* For [Unstructured Ingest](/open-source/ingestion/overview), Qdrant Cloud,
  [Qdrant local](https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant), and [Qdrant client-server](https://qdrant.tech/documentation/quickstart/) are supported.

The following video shows how to set up Qdrant Cloud:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/730jcEAJUG8" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen />

* For Qdrant local, the path to the local Qdrant installation, for example: `/qdrant/local`

* For Qdrant client-server, the Qdrant server URL, for example: `http://localhost:6333`

* For Qdrant Cloud:

  * A [Qdrant account](https://cloud.qdrant.io/login).

  * A [Qdrant cluster](https://qdrant.tech/documentation/cloud/create-cluster/).

  * The cluster's URL. To get this URL, do the following:

    1. Sign in to your Qdrant Cloud account.
    2. On the sidebar, under **Dashboard**, click **Clusters**.
    3. Click the cluster's name.
    4. Note the value of the **Endpoint** field, for example: `https://<random-guid>.<region-id>.<cloud-provider>.cloud.qdrant.io`.

  * A [Qdrant API key](https://qdrant.tech/documentation/cloud/authentication/#create-api-keys).

* The name of the target [collection](https://qdrant.tech/documentation/concepts/collections) on the Qdrant local installation,
  Qdrant server, or Qdrant Cloud cluster.

  Qdrant requires the target collection to exist before Unstructured can write to the collection.
  The following example code demonstrates the use of the [Python Qdrant Client](https://pypi.org/project/qdrant-client/) to create
  a collection on a Qdrant Cloud cluster, configuring the collection for vectors with 3072 dimensions:

  ```python Python theme={null}
  from qdrant_client import QdrantClient, models
  import os

  client = QdrantClient(
      url=os.getenv("QDRANT_URL"),
      api_key=os.getenv("QDRANT_API_KEY")
  )

  client.create_collection(
      collection_name=os.getenv("QDRANT_COLLECTION"),
      vectors_config=models.VectorParams(
          size=3072,
          distance=models.Distance.COSINE
      )
  )

  collection = client.get_collection(
                   collection_name=os.getenv("QDRANT_COLLECTION")
               )

  print(f"The collection named '{os.getenv("QDRANT_COLLECTION")}' exists and " +
        f"has a status of '{collection.status}'.")
  ```

## Examples

To create a Qdrant destination connector, see the following examples.

For more information on working with destination connectors using the Unstructured API, see [Destination endpoints](/api-reference/api/destination/destination-apis).

<CodeGroup>
  ```python Python SDK theme={null}
  import os

  from unstructured_client import UnstructuredClient
  from unstructured_client.models.operations import CreateDestinationRequest
  from unstructured_client.models.shared import CreateDestinationConnector

  with UnstructuredClient(api_key_auth=os.getenv("UNSTRUCTURED_API_KEY")) as client:
      response = client.destinations.create_destination(
          request=CreateDestinationRequest(
              create_destination_connector=CreateDestinationConnector(
                  name="<name>",
                  type="qdrant-cloud",
                  config={
                      "url": "<url>",
                      "collection_name": "<collection-name>",
                      "batch_size": <batch-size>,
                      "api_key": "<api-key>"
                  }
              )
          )
      )

      print(response.destination_connector_information)
  ```

  ```bash curl theme={null}
  curl --request 'POST' --location \
  "$UNSTRUCTURED_API_URL/destinations" \
  --header 'accept: application/json' \
  --header "unstructured-api-key: $UNSTRUCTURED_API_KEY" \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data \
  '{
      "name": "<name>",
      "type": "qdrant-cloud",
      "config": {
          "url": "<url>",
          "collection_name": "<collection-name>",
          "batch_size": "<batch-size>",
          "api_key": "<api-key>"
      }
  }'
  ```
</CodeGroup>

## Configuration settings

Replace the preceding placeholders as follows:

<ParamField body="name" type="string" required>
  A unique name for this connector.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="url" type="string" required>
  The Qdrant cluster's URL.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="collection_name" type="string" required>
  The name of the target collection on the Qdrant cluster.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="batch_size" type="string" default="50">
  The maximum number of records to transmit at a time.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="api_key" type="string" required>
  The Qdrant API key.
</ParamField>

## Learn more

* <Icon icon="blog" />  [Qdrant Integration in the Unstructured Platform](https://unstructured.io/blog/streamlining-rag-pipeline-development-qdrant-integration-in-the-unstructured-platform)
* <Icon icon="blog" />  [How to go from S3 to Qdrant with no code using Unstructured](https://unstructured.io/blog/how-to-go-from-s3-to-qdrant-with-no-code-using-unstructured)