# CreateEmbeddingsRequestBody

Embeddings request input


## Fields

| Field                                                                                    | Type                                                                                     | Required                                                                                 | Description                                                                              | Example                                                                                  |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `dimensions`                                                                             | *Optional[int]*                                                                          | :heavy_minus_sign:                                                                       | The number of dimensions for the output embeddings                                       | 1536                                                                                     |
| `encoding_format`                                                                        | [Optional[operations.EncodingFormat]](../operations/encodingformat.md)                   | :heavy_minus_sign:                                                                       | The format of the output embeddings                                                      | float                                                                                    |
| `input`                                                                                  | [operations.InputUnion](../operations/inputunion.md)                                     | :heavy_check_mark:                                                                       | Text, token, or multimodal input(s) to embed                                             | The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog                                              |
| `input_type`                                                                             | *Optional[str]*                                                                          | :heavy_minus_sign:                                                                       | The type of input (e.g. search_query, search_document)                                   | search_query                                                                             |
| `model`                                                                                  | *str*                                                                                    | :heavy_check_mark:                                                                       | The model to use for embeddings                                                          | openai/text-embedding-3-small                                                            |
| `provider`                                                                               | [OptionalNullable[components.ProviderPreferences]](../components/providerpreferences.md) | :heavy_minus_sign:                                                                       | N/A                                                                                      | {<br/>"allow_fallbacks": true<br/>}                                                      |
| `user`                                                                                   | *Optional[str]*                                                                          | :heavy_minus_sign:                                                                       | A unique identifier for the end-user                                                     | user-1234                                                                                |