# Feature extraction using Inference API error

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I had this same issue. It appears in the model hub some of the sentence-transformer API endpoints are set up for sentence similarity while others are set up for feature extraction. Passing the query as you have there to a sentence similarity endpoint results in an error. Try using a different model with a feature extraction endpoint like: `Craig/paraphrase-MiniLM-L6-v2` or `julien-c/distilbert-feature-extraction`

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