feat(postgis): add PostGIS documentation support #59

cbc3929 · 2025-12-31T06:09:07Z

Summary

This PR adds comprehensive PostGIS documentation support to pg-aiguide, enabling AI coding assistants to provide better guidance for spatial database operations.

New Features

PostGIS Documentation Scraper (ingest/postgis_docs.py)
- Dedicated scraper for PostGIS manual (DocBook HTML format)
- Supports both file and database storage modes
- Header-based markdown chunking with token counting
Search APIs
- semantic_search_postgis_docs - Vector similarity search for PostGIS documentation
- keyword_search_postgis_docs - BM25 keyword search for PostGIS documentation
Database Migration
- postgis_pages and postgis_chunks tables
- HNSW index for fast vector similarity search

Enhanced Embedding Configuration

Added support for custom embedding providers (beyond OpenAI):

OPENAI_BASE_URL - Custom OpenAI-compatible API endpoint (e.g., Ollama, SiliconFlow)
EMBEDDING_MODEL - Custom embedding model name
EMBEDDING_DIMENSIONS - Configurable vector dimensions
This allows users to use alternative embedding services while maintaining compatibility with the existing database schema.

Testing

✅ TypeScript build passes
✅ Python syntax validation passes
✅ Database migration tested
✅ Scraper tested with file mode (5 pages)
✅ Scraper tested with database mode (3 pages, 43 chunks)
✅ Semantic search verified with vector similarity queries

Usage

# Scrape PostGIS documentation
cd ingest
uv run python postgis_docs.py --version 3.5 --storage-type database
# With custom embedding provider
export OPENAI_BASE_URL=https://api.siliconflow.cn/v1
export EMBEDDING_MODEL=Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-8B
uv run python postgis_docs.py --version 3.5 --storage-type database
Checklist
- Code follows project conventions
- All comments in English
- Documentation updated (README.md, .env.sample)
- Database migration included
- Tests performed locally

CLAassistant · 2025-12-31T06:09:13Z

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Add comprehensive PostGIS documentation scraping and semantic search capabilities: New features: - PostGIS manual scraper (postgis_docs.py) for DocBook HTML documentation - Semantic search API (semantic_search_postgis_docs) - Keyword search API (keyword_search_postgis_docs) - Database migration for postgis_pages and postgis_chunks tables - HNSW vector index for fast similarity search Enhanced embedding configuration: - Add OPENAI_BASE_URL for custom OpenAI-compatible endpoints - Add EMBEDDING_MODEL for custom embedding model selection - Add EMBEDDING_DIMENSIONS for configurable vector dimensions - Support third-party embedding services (e.g., SiliconFlow, Ollama) Updated files: - README.md: Add PostGIS to supported extensions - .env.sample: Document new embedding configuration options - tiger_docs.py, postgres_docs.py: Add custom embedding support

murrayju

Thanks for the submission! A few minor requests, if you don't mind fixing them.

murrayju · 2026-01-05T13:47:25Z

ingest/postgis_docs.py

+        conn.execute("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS docs.postgis_chunks_tmp CASCADE")
+        conn.execute("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS docs.postgis_pages_tmp CASCADE")
+
+        # 创建页面表


Can we use English for all comments, please?

murrayju · 2026-01-05T13:48:29Z

ingest/postgis_docs.py

+            )
+        """)
+
+        # 创建块表


murrayju · 2026-01-05T13:48:43Z

ingest/postgis_docs.py

+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    # 验证数据库存储需求


Here as well.

murrayju · 2026-01-05T13:56:59Z

migrations/1767150354320-add-postgis-tables.js

+        , sub_chunk_index INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0
+        , content TEXT NOT NULL
+        , metadata JSONB
+        , embedding vector(1536)


The schema here (and in the existing pg and tiger schemas) hard codes the vector size to 1536. I don't think adding EMBEDDING_DIMENSIONS as an environment variable adds value, unless the schema would be updated/migrated to match. Otherwise, inserts will just fail.

I'd be inclined to keep this fixed as 1536 for now.

murrayju · 2026-01-05T13:59:45Z

ingest/postgis_docs.py

+    pg_database = os.environ.get("PGDATABASE")
+
+    if all([pg_user, pg_password, pg_host, pg_port, pg_database]):
+        return f"postgresql://{pg_user}:{pg_password}@{pg_host}:{pg_port}/{pg_database}"


The password is not being url-encoded, so a password containing e.g. @ would break the connection string. I can see this is also an issue in the existing code, so we could file a ticket to address this later if you'd prefer.

murrayju · 2026-01-05T14:11:45Z

ingest/postgis_docs.py

+"""
+
+import argparse
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field


field is not used

murrayju · 2026-01-05T14:11:58Z

ingest/postgis_docs.py

+from psycopg.sql import SQL, Identifier
+import re
+import requests
+from urllib.parse import urljoin, urlparse


urlparse is not used

murrayju · 2026-01-05T14:56:02Z

ingest/postgis_docs.py

+import time
+
+THIS_DIR = Path(__file__).parent.resolve()
+load_dotenv(dotenv_path=os.path.join(THIS_DIR, "..", ".env"))


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load_dotenv(dotenv_path=os.path.join(THIS_DIR, "..", ".env"))

load_dotenv(dotenv_path=THIS_DIR.parent / ".env")

- Replace Chinese comments with English - Remove unused imports (field, urlparse) - Use pathlib style for dotenv path - Fix EMBEDDING_DIMENSIONS to 1536 to match database schema - Add URL encoding for password in connection string

Comprehensive reference covering: - Geometry vs Geography selection guide - Coordinate systems (SRID) best practices - Spatial indexing (GiST, BRIN, SP-GiST) - Table design examples (POI, parcels, GPS tracking) - Performance optimization patterns - Data validation techniques

cbc3929 · 2026-01-07T07:07:34Z

Hi @murrayju, thank you for the thorough review!

I've addressed all the feedback in my latest commits:

✅ Replaced all Chinese comments with English - apologies for that oversight!
✅ Removed unused imports (field, urlparse)
✅ Updated load_dotenv to use pathlib style
✅ Fixed EMBEDDING_DIMENSIONS to 1536 to match the database schema
✅ Added URL encoding for password to handle special characters

Regarding EMBEDDING_DIMENSIONS: My original intent was to support alternative embedding providers like Qwen3-Embedding-8B (which defaults to 4096 dimensions) for users who prefer local/self-hosted models. However, I understand that without updating the database schema to match, this would just cause insert failures. I've reverted it to a fixed value of 1536 as you suggested. If there's interest in supporting configurable dimensions in the future, we could address the schema side as well.

I've also added a new skills/design-postgis-tables/SKILL.md - a comprehensive PostGIS spatial table design reference that complements PR #62's coding style guide.

Thanks again for the review!

cbc3929 force-pushed the feat/postgis-support branch from b716454 to e5d7b77 Compare December 31, 2025 06:30

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- Replace Chinese comments with English - Remove unused imports (field, urlparse) - Use pathlib style for dotenv path - Fix EMBEDDING_DIMENSIONS to 1536 to match database schema - Add URL encoding for password in connection string

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