The differences between Qdrant upload_records and upsert methods?

Question

I am new to the Qdrant vector database and its literature. As I understand, for uploading data to the Qdrant client database, we use uploading methods such as upsert and upload_records but I did not get when should use each one.

Can anyone clarify the usage and any other recommendations about them?

Answer 1

This is specific to the Qdrant Python client, other clients don't have the upload_records function.

upsert() matches the point upsertion endpoint in the Qdrant API¹. It allows you to upload a batch of points, like other clients.

upload_records() is a helper function with a similar purpose. Instead of giving it a batch of points, you can provide any Iterable holding Records. It is easier to work with and automatically takes care of batching for you.

Source: https://python-client.qdrant.tech/qdrant_client.client_base.html?highlight=upload_records#qdrant_client.client_base.QdrantBase.upload_records

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¹ https://qdrant.tech/documentation/concepts/points/#upload-points