[docs]    @classmethod
    def create(
        cls, elasticsearch_url: str, index_name: str, k1: float = 2.0, b: float = 0.75
    ) -> ElasticSearchBM25Retriever:
        """
        Create a ElasticSearchBM25Retriever from a list of texts.
        Args:
            elasticsearch_url: URL of the Elasticsearch instance to connect to.
            index_name: Name of the index to use in Elasticsearch.
            k1: BM25 parameter k1.
            b: BM25 parameter b.
        Returns:
        """
        from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch
        # Create an Elasticsearch client instance
        es = Elasticsearch(elasticsearch_url)
        # Define the index settings and mappings
        settings = {
            "analysis": {"analyzer": {"default": {"type": "standard"}}},
            "similarity": {
                "custom_bm25": {
                    "type": "BM25",
                    "k1": k1,
                    "b": b,
                }
            },
        }
        mappings = {
            "properties": {
                "content": {
                    "type": "text",
                    "similarity": "custom_bm25",  # Use the custom BM25 similarity
                }
            }
        }
        # Create the index with the specified settings and mappings
        es.indices.create(index=index_name, mappings=mappings, settings=settings)
        return cls(client=es, index_name=index_name)
[docs]    def add_texts(
        self,
        texts: Iterable[str],
        refresh_indices: bool = True,
    ) -> List[str]:
        """Run more texts through the embeddings and add to the retriever.
        Args: