---
title: Vapi Sathi Embeddings
emoji: 🔎
colorFrom: indigo
colorTo: blue
sdk: docker
app_port: 7860
pinned: false
---

# vapi-sathi embeddings

FastAPI `/embed` service hosting **`libryo-ai/BAAI-bge-m3-int8`** — the int8
ONNX, dense-only build of bge-m3 (1024-dim, multilingual incl. Hindi/Gujarati).
~3× faster + ~half the RAM of fp32, negligible accuracy loss. Served via raw
`onnxruntime` (no torch/optimum) with **CLS pooling + L2-normalize**.
Offloads embedding off the NestJS API box (see `../INFRA-DEPLOYMENT-PLAN.md`).
Deployed on a **free CPU Basic** Hugging Face Space (2 vCPU / 16 GB).

## API

`GET /` → health: `{ "status": "ok", "model": "...", "ready": true }`

`POST /embed`
```json
{ "texts": ["latest mandi prices", "ભાવ સમાચાર"] }
```
→
```json
{ "embeddings": [[...1024 floats...], [...]], "dim": 1024, "model": "libryo-ai/BAAI-bge-m3-int8" }
```

Vectors are L2-normalized → use cosine / dot directly. bge-m3 needs **no
query/passage prefix**.

## Auth

If `EMBED_TOKEN` is set (Space secret), every `/embed` call must send
`Authorization: Bearer <EMBED_TOKEN>`. Leave unset only for private testing.
The NestJS client reads `EMBEDDING_SERVICE_URL` + `EMBEDDING_SERVICE_TOKEN`.

## Keep-warm

Free Spaces sleep after ~48 h idle. Worker traffic keeps it warm; otherwise
ping `GET /` on a cron (e.g. a NestJS `@Cron`).

## Local test

```bash
docker build -t vapi-embed . && docker run -p 7860:7860 vapi-embed
curl -s localhost:7860/embed -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"texts":["hello","नमस्ते"]}' | head -c 200
```