diff --git a/milli/src/vector/error.rs b/milli/src/vector/error.rs
index 1def4f7a9..b2eb37e81 100644
--- a/milli/src/vector/error.rs
+++ b/milli/src/vector/error.rs
@@ -83,6 +83,32 @@ pub enum EmbedErrorKind {
     OllamaModelNotFoundError(OllamaError),
     #[error("received unhandled HTTP status code {0} from Ollama")]
     OllamaUnhandledStatusCode(u16),
+    #[error("error serializing template context: {0}")]
+    RestTemplateContextSerialization(liquid::Error),
+    #[error(
+        "error rendering request template: {0}. Hint: available variable in the context: {{{{input}}}}'"
+    )]
+    RestTemplateError(liquid::Error),
+    #[error("error deserialization the response body as JSON: {0}")]
+    RestResponseDeserialization(std::io::Error),
+    #[error("component `{0}` not found in path `{1}` in response: `{2}`")]
+    RestResponseMissingEmbeddings(String, String, String),
+    #[error("expected a response parseable as a vector or an array of vectors: {0}")]
+    RestResponseFormat(serde_json::Error),
+    #[error("expected a response containing {0} embeddings, got only {1}")]
+    RestResponseEmbeddingCount(usize, usize),
+    #[error("could not authenticate against embedding server: {0:?}")]
+    RestUnauthorized(Option<String>),
+    #[error("sent too many requests to embedding server: {0:?}")]
+    RestTooManyRequests(Option<String>),
+    #[error("sent a bad request to embedding server: {0:?}")]
+    RestBadRequest(Option<String>),
+    #[error("received internal error from embedding server: {0:?}")]
+    RestInternalServerError(u16, Option<String>),
+    #[error("received HTTP {0} from embedding server: {0:?}")]
+    RestOtherStatusCode(u16, Option<String>),
+    #[error("could not reach embedding server: {0}")]
+    RestNetwork(ureq::Transport),
 }
 
 impl EmbedError {
@@ -161,6 +187,89 @@ impl EmbedError {
     pub(crate) fn ollama_unhandled_status_code(code: u16) -> EmbedError {
         Self { kind: EmbedErrorKind::OllamaUnhandledStatusCode(code), fault: FaultSource::Bug }
     }
+
+    pub(crate) fn rest_template_context_serialization(error: liquid::Error) -> EmbedError {
+        Self {
+            kind: EmbedErrorKind::RestTemplateContextSerialization(error),
+            fault: FaultSource::Bug,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn rest_template_render(error: liquid::Error) -> EmbedError {
+        Self { kind: EmbedErrorKind::RestTemplateError(error), fault: FaultSource::User }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn rest_response_deserialization(error: std::io::Error) -> EmbedError {
+        Self {
+            kind: EmbedErrorKind::RestResponseDeserialization(error),
+            fault: FaultSource::Runtime,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn rest_response_missing_embeddings<S: AsRef<str>>(
+        response: serde_json::Value,
+        component: &str,
+        response_field: &[S],
+    ) -> EmbedError {
+        let response_field: Vec<&str> = response_field.iter().map(AsRef::as_ref).collect();
+        let response_field = response_field.join(".");
+
+        Self {
+            kind: EmbedErrorKind::RestResponseMissingEmbeddings(
+                component.to_owned(),
+                response_field,
+                serde_json::to_string_pretty(&response).unwrap_or_default(),
+            ),
+            fault: FaultSource::Undecided,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn rest_response_format(error: serde_json::Error) -> EmbedError {
+        Self { kind: EmbedErrorKind::RestResponseFormat(error), fault: FaultSource::Undecided }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn rest_response_embedding_count(expected: usize, got: usize) -> EmbedError {
+        Self {
+            kind: EmbedErrorKind::RestResponseEmbeddingCount(expected, got),
+            fault: FaultSource::Runtime,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn rest_unauthorized(error_response: Option<String>) -> EmbedError {
+        Self { kind: EmbedErrorKind::RestUnauthorized(error_response), fault: FaultSource::User }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn rest_too_many_requests(error_response: Option<String>) -> EmbedError {
+        Self {
+            kind: EmbedErrorKind::RestTooManyRequests(error_response),
+            fault: FaultSource::Runtime,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn rest_bad_request(error_response: Option<String>) -> EmbedError {
+        Self { kind: EmbedErrorKind::RestBadRequest(error_response), fault: FaultSource::User }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn rest_internal_server_error(
+        code: u16,
+        error_response: Option<String>,
+    ) -> EmbedError {
+        Self {
+            kind: EmbedErrorKind::RestInternalServerError(code, error_response),
+            fault: FaultSource::Runtime,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn rest_other_status_code(code: u16, error_response: Option<String>) -> EmbedError {
+        Self {
+            kind: EmbedErrorKind::RestOtherStatusCode(code, error_response),
+            fault: FaultSource::Undecided,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn rest_network(transport: ureq::Transport) -> EmbedError {
+        Self { kind: EmbedErrorKind::RestNetwork(transport), fault: FaultSource::Runtime }
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
diff --git a/milli/src/vector/mod.rs b/milli/src/vector/mod.rs
index 86dde8ad4..7eef3d442 100644
--- a/milli/src/vector/mod.rs
+++ b/milli/src/vector/mod.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ pub mod openai;
 pub mod settings;
 
 pub mod ollama;
+pub mod rest;
 
 pub use self::error::Error;
 
diff --git a/milli/src/vector/rest.rs b/milli/src/vector/rest.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..975bd3790
--- /dev/null
+++ b/milli/src/vector/rest.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+use rayon::iter::{IntoParallelIterator as _, ParallelIterator as _};
+
+use super::openai::Retry;
+use super::{DistributionShift, EmbedError, Embeddings, NewEmbedderError};
+use crate::VectorOrArrayOfVectors;
+
+pub struct Embedder {
+    client: ureq::Agent,
+    options: EmbedderOptions,
+    bearer: Option<String>,
+    dimensions: usize,
+}
+
+pub struct EmbedderOptions {
+    api_key: Option<String>,
+    distribution: Option<DistributionShift>,
+    dimensions: Option<usize>,
+    url: String,
+    query: liquid::Template,
+    response_field: Vec<String>,
+}
+
+impl Embedder {
+    pub fn new(options: EmbedderOptions) -> Result<Self, NewEmbedderError> {
+        let bearer = options.api_key.as_deref().map(|api_key| format!("Bearer: {api_key}"));
+
+        let client = ureq::agent();
+
+        let dimensions = if let Some(dimensions) = options.dimensions {
+            dimensions
+        } else {
+            infer_dimensions(&client, &options, bearer.as_deref())?
+        };
+
+        Ok(Self { client, dimensions, options, bearer })
+    }
+
+    pub fn embed(&self, texts: Vec<String>) -> Result<Vec<Embeddings<f32>>, EmbedError> {
+        embed(&self.client, &self.options, self.bearer.as_deref(), texts.as_slice())
+    }
+
+    pub fn embed_chunks(
+        &self,
+        text_chunks: Vec<Vec<String>>,
+        threads: &rayon::ThreadPool,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<Vec<Embeddings<f32>>>, EmbedError> {
+        threads
+            .install(move || text_chunks.into_par_iter().map(|chunk| self.embed(chunk)))
+            .collect()
+    }
+
+    pub fn chunk_count_hint(&self) -> usize {
+        10
+    }
+
+    pub fn prompt_count_in_chunk_hint(&self) -> usize {
+        10
+    }
+
+    pub fn dimensions(&self) -> usize {
+        self.dimensions
+    }
+
+    pub fn distribution(&self) -> Option<DistributionShift> {
+        self.options.distribution
+    }
+}
+
+fn infer_dimensions(
+    client: &ureq::Agent,
+    options: &EmbedderOptions,
+    bearer: Option<&str>,
+) -> Result<usize, NewEmbedderError> {
+    let v = embed(client, options, bearer, ["test"].as_slice())
+        .map_err(NewEmbedderError::could_not_determine_dimension)?;
+    // unwrap: guaranteed that v.len() == ["test"].len() == 1, otherwise the previous line terminated in error
+    Ok(v.first().unwrap().dimension())
+}
+
+fn embed<S>(
+    client: &ureq::Agent,
+    options: &EmbedderOptions,
+    bearer: Option<&str>,
+    inputs: &[S],
+) -> Result<Vec<Embeddings<f32>>, EmbedError>
+where
+    S: serde::Serialize,
+{
+    let request = client.post(&options.url);
+    let request =
+        if let Some(bearer) = bearer { request.set("Authorization", bearer) } else { request };
+    let request = request.set("Content-Type", "application/json");
+
+    let body = options
+        .query
+        .render(
+            &liquid::to_object(&serde_json::json!({
+                "input": inputs,
+            }))
+            .map_err(EmbedError::rest_template_context_serialization)?,
+        )
+        .map_err(EmbedError::rest_template_render)?;
+
+    for attempt in 0..7 {
+        let response = request.send_string(&body);
+        let result = check_response(response);
+
+        let retry_duration = match result {
+            Ok(response) => {
+                return response_to_embedding(response, &options.response_field, inputs.len())
+            }
+            Err(retry) => {
+                tracing::warn!("Failed: {}", retry.error);
+                retry.into_duration(attempt)
+            }
+        }?;
+
+        let retry_duration = retry_duration.min(std::time::Duration::from_secs(60)); // don't wait more than a minute
+        tracing::warn!("Attempt #{}, retrying after {}ms.", attempt, retry_duration.as_millis());
+        std::thread::sleep(retry_duration);
+    }
+
+    let response = request.send_string(&body);
+    let result = check_response(response);
+    result
+        .map_err(Retry::into_error)
+        .and_then(|response| response_to_embedding(response, &options.response_field, inputs.len()))
+}
+
+fn check_response(response: Result<ureq::Response, ureq::Error>) -> Result<ureq::Response, Retry> {
+    match response {
+        Ok(response) => Ok(response),
+        Err(ureq::Error::Status(code, response)) => {
+            let error_response: Option<String> = response.into_string().ok();
+            Err(match code {
+                401 => Retry::give_up(EmbedError::rest_unauthorized(error_response)),
+                429 => Retry::rate_limited(EmbedError::rest_too_many_requests(error_response)),
+                400 => Retry::give_up(EmbedError::rest_bad_request(error_response)),
+                500..=599 => {
+                    Retry::retry_later(EmbedError::rest_internal_server_error(code, error_response))
+                }
+                x => Retry::retry_later(EmbedError::rest_other_status_code(code, error_response)),
+            })
+        }
+        Err(ureq::Error::Transport(transport)) => {
+            Err(Retry::retry_later(EmbedError::rest_network(transport)))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn response_to_embedding<S: AsRef<str>>(
+    response: ureq::Response,
+    response_field: &[S],
+    expected_count: usize,
+) -> Result<Vec<Embeddings<f32>>, EmbedError> {
+    let response: serde_json::Value =
+        response.into_json().map_err(EmbedError::rest_response_deserialization)?;
+
+    let mut current_value = &response;
+    for component in response_field {
+        let component = component.as_ref();
+        let current_value = current_value.get(component).ok_or_else(|| {
+            EmbedError::rest_response_missing_embeddings(response, component, response_field)
+        })?;
+    }
+
+    let embeddings = current_value.to_owned();
+
+    let embeddings: VectorOrArrayOfVectors =
+        serde_json::from_value(embeddings).map_err(EmbedError::rest_response_format)?;
+
+    let embeddings = embeddings.into_array_of_vectors();
+
+    let embeddings: Vec<Embeddings<f32>> = embeddings
+        .into_iter()
+        .flatten()
+        .map(|embedding| Embeddings::from_single_embedding(embedding))
+        .collect();
+
+    if embeddings.len() != expected_count {
+        return Err(EmbedError::rest_response_embedding_count(expected_count, embeddings.len()));
+    }
+
+    Ok(embeddings)
+}