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# CreateEmbeddingsRequestBody - Python SDK

> CreateEmbeddingsRequestBody method reference

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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](/client-sdks/python/api-reference/operations/inputunion)           | :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                                                      | `{"allow_fallbacks": true}`                 |
| `user`            | *Optional\[str]*                                                                           | :heavy\_minus\_sign: | A unique identifier for the end-user                     | user-1234                                   |