# Document Search with LanceDB

We've created an example app that lets you search the Tigris docs using LanceDB and the OpenAI embedding model at [tigrisdata-community/docs-search-example](https://github.com/tigrisdata-community/docs-search-example). To set this up you need the following:

* An API key for OpenAI
* A [Tigris account and bucket](https://storage.new)
* A Tigris [access keypair](https://console.storage.dev/createaccesskey)
* [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en) installed

Clone the repository to your local machine:

```
git clone https://github.com/tigrisdata-community/docs-search-example

cd docs-search-example
```

Install all of the NPM dependencies:

```
npm ci
```

Then clone the blog and documentation repositories:

```
cd var

git clone https://github.com/tigrisdata/tigris-blog

git clone https://github.com/tigrisdata/tigris-os-docs

cd ..
```

Set your OpenAI API key and Tigris credentials in your environment:

```
export OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-hunter2-hunter2hunter2hunter2

export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=tid_AzureDiamond

export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=tid_hunter2hunter2hunter2

export AWS_ENDPOINT_URL_S3=https://t3.storage.dev

export AWS_REGION=auto

export BUCKET_NAME=your-bucket-name-here
```

Make sure to replace the secrets with your keys!

Ingest the docs with `ingest.ts`:

```
npx tsx ingest.ts
```

Then you can run the server with `node`:

```
node index.js
```

Then open <http://localhost:3000> and search for whatever you want to know!

### Next steps[​](#next-steps "Direct link to Next steps")

The following is left as an exercise for the reader:

* The markdown chunkify function doesn't properly handle Markdown [front matter](https://frontmatter.codes/docs/markdown). Try adding support for it using the [gray-matter package](https://www.npmjs.com/package/gray-matter).
* Try integrating this with an AI model by passing the user query through LanceDB to get a list of candidate documents, insert the document details, and then see how it changes the results of your model.

What else can you do with this database? The cloud's the limit!