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+import torch
+from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModel
+import torch.nn.functional as F
+
+
+class Embedder:
+    def __init__(self, model_name="sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2"):
+        self.tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_name)
+        self.embedder = AutoModel.from_pretrained(model_name)
+        # hack
+        self.offset = self.tokenizer.model_max_length // 2
+
+    def _mean_pool(self, model_output, attention_mask):
+        token_embeddings = model_output[
+            0
+        ]  # First element of model_output contains all token embeddings
+        input_mask_expanded = (
+            attention_mask.unsqueeze(-1).expand(token_embeddings.size()).float()
+        )
+        sentence_embeddings = torch.sum(
+            token_embeddings * input_mask_expanded, 1
+        ) / torch.clamp(input_mask_expanded.sum(1), min=1e-9)
+        return F.normalize(sentence_embeddings, p=2, dim=1)
+
+    def chunk_text(self, text):
+        tokenized_text = {"input_ids": [], "attention_mask": []}
+        tokenized = self.tokenizer(text)
+        tokenized_len = len(tokenized["input_ids"])
+        max_len = self.tokenizer.model_max_length
+        if tokenized_len > max_len:
+            start = 0
+            while start < tokenized_len:
+                tokenized_text["input_ids"].append(
+                    tokenized["input_ids"][start : start + max_len]
+                )
+                tokenized_text["attention_mask"].append(
+                    tokenized["attention_mask"][start : start + max_len]
+                )
+                # this could probably be done better
+                start += self.offset
+
+        else:
+            tokenized_text["input_ids"].append(tokenized["input_ids"])
+            tokenized_text["attention_mask"].append(tokenized["attention_mask"])
+
+        return tokenized_text
+
+    def __call__(self, batch):
+        if isinstance(batch, dict):
+            outputs = self.embedder(
+                input_ids=batch["input_ids"], attention_mask=batch["attention_mask"]
+            )
+            embedding = self._mean_pool(outputs, batch["attention_mask"])
+
+            return {"id": batch["id"], "embedding": embedding}
+
+        elif isinstance(batch, str):
+            tokenized = self.tokenizer(batch, return_tensors="pt", truncation=True)
+            return self._mean_pool(
+                self.embedder(
+                    input_ids=tokenized["input_ids"],
+                    attention_mask=tokenized["attention_mask"],
+                ),
+                tokenized["attention_mask"],
+            )
+
+    def to(self, device):
+        self.embedder.to(device)