insert()

This method inserts data into a specified partition.

Invocation

insert(data, timeout=None, **kwargs)

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Type	Required
data	Data to insert	list-like(list, tuple)	True
timeout	An optional duration of time in seconds to allow for the RPC. If it is set to None, the client keeps waiting until the server responds or error occurs.	Float	False

Return

A MutationResult object.

Properties

Property	Description	Type
insert_count	Number of the inserted entities	Integer
primary_keys	List of the primary keys of the inserted entities	list[String]

Raises

PartitionNotExistException: error if the partition does not exist.

Example

import random
data = [
  [i for i in range(2000)],
  [i for i in range(10000, 12000)],
  [[random.random() for _ in range(2)] for _ in range(2000)],
]
from pymilvus import Partition
partition = Partition("book", "novel", "")
partition.insert(data)