Learning from Bing Search

UFO provides the capability to reinforce the AppAgent by searching for information on Bing to obtain up-to-date knowledge for niche tasks or applications which beyond the AppAgent's knowledge.

Mechanism

Upon receiving a request, the AppAgent constructs a Bing search query based on the request and retrieves the search results from Bing. The AppAgent then extracts the relevant information from the top-k search results from Bing and generates a plan based on the retrieved information.

Step 1: Obtain Bing API Key

To use the Bing search, you need to obtain a Bing API key. You can follow the instructions on the Microsoft Azure Bing Search API to get the API key.

Step 2: Configure the AppAgent

Configure the following parameters to allow UFO to use online Bing search for the decision-making process:

Configuration Option Description Type Default Value
RAG_ONLINE_SEARCH Whether to use the Bing search Boolean False
BING_API_KEY The Bing search API key String ""
RAG_ONLINE_SEARCH_TOPK The topk for the online search Integer 5
RAG_ONLINE_RETRIEVED_TOPK The topk for the online retrieved searched results Integer 1

Reference

Bases: Retriever

Class to create online retrievers.

Create a new OfflineDocRetriever. :query: The query to create an indexer for. :top_k: The number of documents to retrieve.

Source code in rag/retriever.py 
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def __init__(self, query: str, top_k: int) -> None:
    """
    Create a new OfflineDocRetriever.
    :query: The query to create an indexer for.
    :top_k: The number of documents to retrieve.
    """
    self.query = query
    self.indexer = self.get_indexer(top_k)

get_indexer(top_k)

Create an online search indexer.

Parameters:
  • top_k (int) –

    The number of documents to retrieve.
Returns:
  • –

    The created indexer.
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def get_indexer(self, top_k: int):
    """
    Create an online search indexer.
    :param top_k: The number of documents to retrieve.
    :return: The created indexer.
    """

    bing_retriever = web_search.BingSearchWeb()
    result_list = bing_retriever.search(self.query, top_k=top_k)
    documents = bing_retriever.create_documents(result_list)
    if len(documents) == 0:
        return None
    indexer = bing_retriever.create_indexer(documents)
    print_with_color(
        "Online indexer created successfully for {num} searched results.".format(
            num=len(documents)
        ),
        "cyan",
    )
    return indexer