BerriAI/litellm · error · ValueError

Vector store file content retrieve is not supported for {cus

Error message

Vector store file content retrieve is not supported for {custom_llm_provider}

What it means

Provider-support check when retrieving vector store file content: no provider config for custom_llm_provider implements content retrieval, so there is no backend capable of serving the file bytes.

Source

Thrown at litellm/vector_store_files/main.py:483

    **kwargs,
) -> VectorStoreFileContentResponse | Coroutine[Any, Any, VectorStoreFileContentResponse]:
    local_vars: Final = locals()
    try:
        litellm_logging_obj: Final[LiteLLMLoggingObj] = kwargs.get("litellm_logging_obj")
        litellm_call_id: Final[str | None] = kwargs.get("litellm_call_id")
        _is_async: Final = kwargs.pop("aretrieve_content", False) is True

        custom_llm_provider = _ensure_provider(custom_llm_provider)

        _prepare_registry_credentials(vector_store_id=vector_store_id, kwargs=kwargs)

        litellm_params: Final = GenericLiteLLMParams(vector_store_id=vector_store_id, **kwargs)

        provider_config: Final = ProviderConfigManager.get_provider_vector_store_files_config(
            provider=LlmProviders(custom_llm_provider)
        )
        if provider_config is None:
            raise ValueError(f"Vector store file content retrieve is not supported for {custom_llm_provider}")

        litellm_logging_obj.update_from_kwargs(
            kwargs=kwargs,
            model=None,
            optional_params={
                "vector_store_id": vector_store_id,
                "file_id": file_id,
            },
            litellm_params={
                "vector_store_id": vector_store_id,
                "litellm_call_id": litellm_call_id,
                **litellm_params.model_dump(exclude_none=True),
            },
            custom_llm_provider=custom_llm_provider,
        )

        response: Final = base_llm_http_handler.vector_store_file_content_handler(
            vector_store_id=vector_store_id,

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Solutions

1. Use a provider that supports retrieving vector store file content, or implement it in a custom provider wrapper for {custom_llm_provider}.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at litellm/vector_store_files/main.py:483 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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