SurrealDB Memory Search
Search SurrealDB memories with last_n, first_n, and agentic retrieval methods.
"""
SurrealDB Memory Search
"""
from agno.db.surrealdb import SurrealDb
from agno.memory import MemoryManager, UserMemory
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIChat
from rich.pretty import pprint
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# Setup
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SURREALDB_URL = "ws://localhost:8000"
SURREALDB_USER = "root"
SURREALDB_PASSWORD = "root"
SURREALDB_NAMESPACE = "agno"
SURREALDB_DATABASE = "memories"
creds = {"username": SURREALDB_USER, "password": SURREALDB_PASSWORD}
db = SurrealDb(None, SURREALDB_URL, creds, SURREALDB_NAMESPACE, SURREALDB_DATABASE)
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# Create Memory Manager
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memory = MemoryManager(model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-5.6-luna"), db=db)
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# Run Example
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def run_example() -> None:
john_doe_id = "john_doe@example.com"
memory.add_user_memory(
memory=UserMemory(memory="The user enjoys hiking in the mountains on weekends"),
user_id=john_doe_id,
)
memory.add_user_memory(
memory=UserMemory(
memory="The user enjoys reading science fiction novels before bed"
),
user_id=john_doe_id,
)
print("John Doe's memories:")
pprint(memory.get_user_memories(user_id=john_doe_id))
memories = memory.search_user_memories(
user_id=john_doe_id, limit=1, retrieval_method="last_n"
)
print("\nJohn Doe's last_n memories:")
pprint(memories)
memories = memory.search_user_memories(
user_id=john_doe_id, limit=1, retrieval_method="first_n"
)
print("\nJohn Doe's first_n memories:")
pprint(memories)
memories = memory.search_user_memories(
user_id=john_doe_id,
query="What does the user like to do on weekends?",
retrieval_method="agentic",
)
print("\nJohn Doe's memories similar to the query (agentic):")
pprint(memories)
if __name__ == "__main__":
run_example()Run the Example
Set up your virtual environment
uv venv --python 3.12
source .venv/bin/activateInstall dependencies
uv pip install -U agno openai surrealdbExport your OpenAI API key
export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"Run SurrealDB
Install and start Docker first. This local demonstration uses the agno namespace and memories database with development credentials.
docker run -d --rm --name surrealdb --pull always -p 8000:8000 surrealdb/surrealdb:latest start --user root --pass rootRun the example
Save the code above as memory_search_surreal.py, then run:
python memory_search_surreal.pyFull source: cookbook/integrations/surrealdb/memory_search_surreal.py