embeddings = self.embedding.embed_documents(list(texts))
        dim = len(embeddings[0])
        mapping = _default_text_mapping(dim)
        # check to see if the index already exists
        try:
            self.client.indices.get(index=self.index_name)
        except NotFoundError:
            # TODO would be nice to create index before embedding,
            # just to save expensive steps for last
            self.create_index(self.client, self.index_name, mapping)
        for i, text in enumerate(texts):
            metadata = metadatas[i] if metadatas else {}
            request = {
                "_op_type": "index",
                "_index": self.index_name,
                "vector": embeddings[i],
                "text": text,
                "metadata": metadata,
                "_id": ids[i],
            }
            requests.append(request)
        bulk(self.client, requests)
        if refresh_indices:
            self.client.indices.refresh(index=self.index_name)
        return ids
[docs]    def similarity_search(
        self, query: str, k: int = 4, filter: Optional[dict] = None, **kwargs: Any
    ) -> List[Document]:
        """Return docs most similar to query.
        Args:
            query: Text to look up documents similar to.
            k: Number of Documents to return. Defaults to 4.
        Returns:
            List of Documents most similar to the query.
        """
        docs_and_scores = self.similarity_search_with_score(query, k, filter=filter)
        documents = [d[0] for d in docs_and_scores]
        return documents
[docs]    def similarity_search_with_score(