---
title: "SentenceTransformersDiversityRanker"
id: sentencetransformersdiversityranker
slug: "/sentencetransformersdiversityranker"
description: "This is a Diversity Ranker based on Sentence Transformers."
---

# SentenceTransformersDiversityRanker

This is a Diversity Ranker based on Sentence Transformers.

<div className="key-value-table">

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| **Most common position in a pipeline** | In a query pipeline, after a component that returns a list of documents such as a [Retriever](../retrievers.mdx) |
| **Mandatory init variables** | `token`: The Hugging Face API token. Can be set with `HF_API_TOKEN` or `HF_TOKEN` env var. |
| **Mandatory run variables** | `documents`: A list of documents  <br /> <br />`query`: A query string |
| **Output variables** | `documents`: A list of documents |
| **API reference** | [Rankers](/reference/rankers-api) |
| **GitHub link** | https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack/blob/main/haystack/components/rankers/sentence_transformers_diversity.py |

</div>

## Overview

The `SentenceTransformersDiversityRanker` uses a ranking algorithm to order documents to maximize their overall diversity. It ranks a list of documents based on their similarity to the query. The component embeds the query and the documents using a pre-trained Sentence Transformers model.

This Ranker’s default model is `sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2`.

You can optionally set the `top_k` parameter, which specifies the maximum number of documents to return. If you don’t set this parameter, the component returns all documents it receives.

Find the full list of optional initialization parameters in our [API reference](/reference/rankers-api#sentencetransformersdiversityranker).

## Usage

### On its own

```python
from haystack import Document
from haystack.components.rankers import SentenceTransformersDiversityRanker

ranker = SentenceTransformersDiversityRanker(
    model="sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2",
    similarity="cosine",
)

docs = [
    Document(content="Regular Exercise"),
    Document(content="Balanced Nutrition"),
    Document(content="Positive Mindset"),
    Document(content="Eating Well"),
    Document(content="Doing physical activities"),
    Document(content="Thinking positively"),
]

query = "How can I maintain physical fitness?"
output = ranker.run(query=query, documents=docs)
docs = output["documents"]

print(docs)
```

### In a pipeline

```python
from haystack import Document, Pipeline
from haystack.document_stores.in_memory import InMemoryDocumentStore
from haystack.components.retrievers.in_memory import InMemoryBM25Retriever
from haystack.components.rankers import SentenceTransformersDiversityRanker

docs = [
    Document(content="The iconic Eiffel Tower is a symbol of Paris"),
    Document(content="Visit Luxembourg Gardens for a haven of tranquility in Paris"),
    Document(
        content="The Point Alexandre III bridge in Paris is famous for its Beaux-Arts style",
    ),
]
document_store = InMemoryDocumentStore()
document_store.write_documents(docs)

retriever = InMemoryBM25Retriever(document_store=document_store)
ranker = SentenceTransformersDiversityRanker(meta_field="rating")

document_ranker_pipeline = Pipeline()
document_ranker_pipeline.add_component(instance=retriever, name="retriever")
document_ranker_pipeline.add_component(instance=ranker, name="ranker")

document_ranker_pipeline.connect("retriever.documents", "ranker.documents")

query = "Most famous iconic sight in Paris"
document_ranker_pipeline.run(
    data={
        "retriever": {"query": query, "top_k": 3},
        "ranker": {"query": query, "top_k": 2},
    },
)
```
