feat: enhance vector database models with type-safe Pydantic classes (#571)

* feat: enhance vector database models with type-safe Pydantic classes (#211)

Implements comprehensive Pydantic models for vector database operations
to improve type safety, eliminate manual dictionary parsing, and enhance
developer experience.

## New Models

**EmbeddedChunk**
- DocumentChunk subclass with mandatory embeddings
- Conversion methods: from_chunk(), to_vector_metadata(), to_vector_db()
- Validates embeddings are present and non-empty

**Request Models**
- DocumentIngestionRequest: batch document ingestion with embedded chunk extraction
- VectorSearchRequest: unified text/vector search with metadata filtering
- CollectionConfig: collection configuration with DB-specific validation

**Response Models**
- VectorDBResponse<T>: generic response wrapper with success/error handling
- Type aliases: VectorDBIngestionResponse, VectorDBSearchResponse, etc.

## Key Features

- Full Pydantic v2 validation with comprehensive type hints
- Field-level and cross-field validation
- Backward compatibility through conversion methods
- Performance optimized for large batches

## Testing

- 55+ comprehensive unit tests covering all models and edge cases
- Integration tests for complete workflows
- Performance tests for large-scale operations
- All tests pass linting (Ruff) and type checking (MyPy)

## Documentation

- Complete API documentation in docs/api/vector_database_models.md
- Usage examples, error handling, and migration guide
- Performance considerations and best practices

## Migration

All changes are additive - existing code continues to work.
New models available for gradual adoption.

Resolves #211

* fix: resolve Ruff linting errors in vector database models

- Fix UP046: Use Python 3.12+ generic class syntax for VectorDBResponse
  Changed from: class VectorDBResponse(BaseModel, Generic[T])
  Changed to: class VectorDBResponse[T](BaseModel)
- Fix F401: Remove unused Embeddings import from test_data_types.py
- Remove Generic from typing imports (no longer needed)

All Ruff checks now pass.

Signed-off-by: manavgup <manavg@gmail.com>

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Signed-off-by: manavgup <manavg@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: manavgup

backend/vectordbs/data_types.py

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 
 from datetime import datetime
 from enum import Enum
-from typing import Any
+from typing import Any, TypeVar
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field, field_validator
 
 # Simplified embedding type
 Embedding = float
@@ -313,3 +313,327 @@ def vectors(self) -> Embeddings:
     def vectors(self, value: Embeddings) -> None:
         """Set vectors (updates embeddings)."""
         self.embeddings = value
+
+
+class EmbeddedChunk(DocumentChunk):
+    """A DocumentChunk with mandatory (non-optional) embeddings.
+
+    This class ensures that embeddings are always present, making it suitable
+    for vector database operations that require embedded content.
+
+    Attributes:
+        embeddings: Required vector embedding (non-optional)
+        All other attributes inherited from DocumentChunk
+    """
+
+    embeddings: Embeddings = Field(..., description="Required vector embedding for this chunk")
+
+    @field_validator("embeddings")
+    @classmethod
+    def validate_embeddings_not_empty(cls, v: Embeddings) -> Embeddings:
+        """Ensure embeddings list is not empty."""
+        if not v:
+            raise ValueError("Embeddings cannot be empty")
+        return v
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_chunk(cls, chunk: DocumentChunk, embeddings: Embeddings | None = None) -> EmbeddedChunk:
+        """Convert a DocumentChunk to an EmbeddedChunk.
+
+        Args:
+            chunk: The source DocumentChunk
+            embeddings: Optional embeddings to use (if not provided, uses chunk.embeddings)
+
+        Returns:
+            EmbeddedChunk with mandatory embeddings
+
+        Raises:
+            ValueError: If embeddings are not available
+        """
+        emb = embeddings or chunk.embeddings
+        if not emb:
+            raise ValueError("Cannot create EmbeddedChunk without embeddings")
+
+        return cls(
+            chunk_id=chunk.chunk_id,
+            text=chunk.text,
+            embeddings=emb,
+            metadata=chunk.metadata,
+            document_id=chunk.document_id,
+            parent_chunk_id=chunk.parent_chunk_id,
+            child_chunk_ids=chunk.child_chunk_ids,
+            level=chunk.level,
+        )
+
+    def to_vector_metadata(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        """Convert to metadata dictionary suitable for vector database storage.
+
+        Returns:
+            Dictionary containing all metadata fields for vector DB
+        """
+        base_metadata = {
+            "chunk_id": self.chunk_id,
+            "text": self.text,
+            "document_id": self.document_id,
+            "parent_chunk_id": self.parent_chunk_id,
+            "child_chunk_ids": self.child_chunk_ids,
+            "level": self.level,
+        }
+
+        # Add chunk metadata if present
+        if self.metadata:
+            base_metadata.update(self.metadata.model_dump(exclude_none=True))
+
+        # Remove None values
+        return {k: v for k, v in base_metadata.items() if v is not None}
+
+    def to_vector_db(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        """Convert to complete vector database record format.
+
+        Returns:
+            Dictionary containing embeddings and metadata for vector DB insertion
+        """
+        return {"id": self.chunk_id, "vector": self.embeddings, "metadata": self.to_vector_metadata()}
+
+
+class DocumentIngestionRequest(BaseModel):
+    """Request model for ingesting documents into a vector database.
+
+    Handles batching and provides convenient access to embedded chunks.
+
+    Attributes:
+        chunks: List of document chunks to ingest
+        collection_id: Target collection identifier
+        batch_size: Number of chunks to process per batch (default: 100)
+    """
+
+    chunks: list[DocumentChunk] = Field(..., description="Document chunks to ingest")
+    collection_id: str = Field(..., description="Target collection identifier")
+    batch_size: int = Field(default=100, ge=1, le=1000, description="Batch size for processing")
+
+    model_config = ConfigDict(from_attributes=True)
+
+    @field_validator("chunks")
+    @classmethod
+    def validate_chunks_not_empty(cls, v: list[DocumentChunk]) -> list[DocumentChunk]:
+        """Ensure chunks list is not empty."""
+        if not v:
+            raise ValueError("Chunks list cannot be empty")
+        return v
+
+    def get_embedded_chunks(self) -> list[EmbeddedChunk]:
+        """Extract chunks that have embeddings.
+
+        Returns:
+            List of EmbeddedChunk instances
+
+        Raises:
+            ValueError: If a chunk's embeddings are invalid
+        """
+        embedded_chunks = []
+        for chunk in self.chunks:
+            if chunk.embeddings:
+                embedded_chunks.append(EmbeddedChunk.from_chunk(chunk))
+        return embedded_chunks
+
+    def get_batches(self) -> list[list[DocumentChunk]]:
+        """Split chunks into batches based on batch_size.
+
+        Returns:
+            List of chunk batches
+        """
+        batches = []
+        for i in range(0, len(self.chunks), self.batch_size):
+            batches.append(self.chunks[i : i + self.batch_size])
+        return batches
+
+
+class VectorSearchRequest(BaseModel):
+    """Request model for vector database searches.
+
+    Standardizes search operations with support for both text and vector queries.
+
+    Attributes:
+        query_text: Text query to search for (optional if query_vector provided)
+        query_vector: Pre-computed query embedding (optional if query_text provided)
+        collection_id: Collection to search in
+        top_k: Number of results to return (default: 10)
+        metadata_filter: Optional metadata filtering criteria
+        include_metadata: Whether to include metadata in results (default: True)
+        include_vectors: Whether to include vectors in results (default: False)
+    """
+
+    query_text: str | None = Field(default=None, description="Text query to search for")
+    query_vector: Embeddings | None = Field(default=None, description="Pre-computed query embedding")
+    collection_id: str = Field(..., description="Collection to search in")
+    top_k: int = Field(default=10, ge=1, le=100, description="Number of results to return")
+    metadata_filter: DocumentMetadataFilter | None = Field(default=None, description="Optional metadata filtering")
+    include_metadata: bool = Field(default=True, description="Include metadata in results")
+    include_vectors: bool = Field(default=False, description="Include vectors in results")
+
+    model_config = ConfigDict(from_attributes=True)
+
+    @field_validator("query_text", "query_vector")
+    @classmethod
+    def validate_query_provided(cls, v: Any) -> Any:
+        """Ensure at least one query type is provided."""
+        # This validator runs for each field, so we'll do the cross-field validation in model_validator
+        return v
+
+    def model_post_init(self, __context: Any) -> None:
+        """Validate that at least one query type is provided."""
+        if not self.query_text and not self.query_vector:
+            raise ValueError("Either query_text or query_vector must be provided")
+
+    def to_vector_query(self) -> VectorQuery:
+        """Convert to VectorQuery model.
+
+        Returns:
+            VectorQuery instance for backward compatibility
+        """
+        return VectorQuery(
+            text=self.query_text or "",
+            embeddings=self.query_vector,
+            metadata_filter=self.metadata_filter,
+            number_of_results=self.top_k,
+        )
+
+
+class CollectionConfig(BaseModel):
+    """Configuration for a vector database collection.
+
+    Manages collection settings with database-specific validation.
+
+    Attributes:
+        collection_name: Name of the collection
+        dimension: Vector dimension size
+        metric_type: Distance metric (L2, IP, COSINE)
+        index_type: Index type (FLAT, IVF_FLAT, HNSW, etc.)
+        index_params: Database-specific index parameters
+        description: Optional collection description
+    """
+
+    collection_name: str = Field(..., min_length=1, max_length=255, description="Collection name")
+    dimension: int = Field(..., ge=1, le=4096, description="Vector dimension size")
+    metric_type: str = Field(default="L2", description="Distance metric type")
+    index_type: str = Field(default="HNSW", description="Index type")
+    index_params: dict[str, Any] = Field(default_factory=dict, description="Database-specific index parameters")
+    description: str | None = Field(default=None, max_length=1000, description="Collection description")
+
+    model_config = ConfigDict(from_attributes=True)
+
+    @field_validator("metric_type")
+    @classmethod
+    def validate_metric_type(cls, v: str) -> str:
+        """Validate metric type is one of the supported types."""
+        valid_metrics = ["L2", "IP", "COSINE", "HAMMING", "JACCARD"]
+        v_upper = v.upper()
+        if v_upper not in valid_metrics:
+            raise ValueError(f"Invalid metric_type. Must be one of: {', '.join(valid_metrics)}")
+        return v_upper
+
+    @field_validator("index_type")
+    @classmethod
+    def validate_index_type(cls, v: str) -> str:
+        """Validate index type is one of the supported types."""
+        valid_indexes = ["FLAT", "IVF_FLAT", "IVF_SQ8", "IVF_PQ", "HNSW", "ANNOY"]
+        v_upper = v.upper()
+        if v_upper not in valid_indexes:
+            raise ValueError(f"Invalid index_type. Must be one of: {', '.join(valid_indexes)}")
+        return v_upper
+
+    def to_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        """Convert to dictionary for database-specific usage.
+
+        Returns:
+            Dictionary representation suitable for vector DB creation
+        """
+        return self.model_dump(exclude_none=True)
+
+
+# Generic type variable for response data
+T = TypeVar("T")
+
+
+class VectorDBResponse[T](BaseModel):
+    """Generic response wrapper for vector database operations.
+
+    Provides consistent success/error handling across all vector DB operations.
+
+    Attributes:
+        success: Whether the operation succeeded
+        data: Response data (type depends on operation)
+        error: Error message if operation failed
+        metadata: Optional metadata about the operation
+    """
+
+    success: bool = Field(..., description="Whether the operation succeeded")
+    data: T | None = Field(default=None, description="Response data")
+    error: str | None = Field(default=None, description="Error message if operation failed")
+    metadata: dict[str, Any] = Field(default_factory=dict, description="Optional operation metadata")
+
+    model_config = ConfigDict(from_attributes=True)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def create_success(cls, data: T, metadata: dict[str, Any] | None = None) -> VectorDBResponse[T]:
+        """Create a success response.
+
+        Args:
+            data: The response data
+            metadata: Optional metadata about the operation
+
+        Returns:
+            VectorDBResponse with success=True
+        """
+        return cls(success=True, data=data, error=None, metadata=metadata or {})
+
+    @classmethod
+    def create_error(cls, error: str, metadata: dict[str, Any] | None = None) -> VectorDBResponse[T]:
+        """Create an error response.
+
+        Args:
+            error: Error message
+            metadata: Optional metadata about the operation
+
+        Returns:
+            VectorDBResponse with success=False
+        """
+        return cls(success=False, data=None, error=error, metadata=metadata or {})
+
+    def is_success(self) -> bool:
+        """Check if the operation was successful.
+
+        Returns:
+            True if success, False otherwise
+        """
+        return self.success
+
+    def is_error(self) -> bool:
+        """Check if the operation failed.
+
+        Returns:
+            True if error, False otherwise
+        """
+        return not self.success
+
+    def get_data_or_raise(self) -> T:
+        """Get data or raise an exception if operation failed.
+
+        Returns:
+            The response data
+
+        Raises:
+            ValueError: If the operation failed
+        """
+        if self.is_error():
+            raise ValueError(f"Operation failed: {self.error}")
+        if self.data is None:
+            raise ValueError("No data available in response")
+        return self.data
+
+
+# Type aliases for common response types
+VectorDBIngestionResponse = VectorDBResponse[list[str]]  # List of ingested IDs
+VectorDBSearchResponse = VectorDBResponse[list[QueryResult]]  # Search results
+VectorDBCollectionResponse = VectorDBResponse[dict[str, Any]]  # Collection info
+VectorDBDeleteResponse = VectorDBResponse[bool]  # Delete success status