feat: add python bindings for context store

.gitignore

@@ -198,6 +198,11 @@ cython_debug/
 #  Cursor is an AI-powered code editor. `.cursorignore` specifies files/directories to
 #  exclude from AI features like autocomplete and code analysis. Recommended for sensitive data
 #  refer to https://docs.cursor.com/context/ignore-files
+
+# BSP / IDE workspace files
+.bazelbsp/
+.bsp/
+.ijwb/
 .cursorignore
 .cursorindexingignore
 

python/Cargo.toml

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ name = "_internal"
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
 [dependencies]
+chrono = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = ["clock"] }
 lance-context = { path = "../rust/lance-context" }
 pyo3 = { version = "0.25", features = ["extension-module", "abi3-py39", "py-clone"] }
-
+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt-multi-thread"] }

python/pyproject.toml

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ lint.select = ["F", "E", "W", "I", "G", "TCH", "PERF", "B019"]
 
 [tool.pyright]
 pythonVersion = "3.13"
-include = ["python/lance_context/__init__.py"]
+include = ["python/lance_context/__init__.py", "python/lance_context/api.py"]
 reportMissingTypeStubs = "warning"
 reportImportCycles = "error"
 reportUnusedImport = "error"

python/python/lance_context/__init__.py

@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from ._internal import Context  # pyright: ignore[reportMissingImports]
-from ._internal import version as _version  # pyright: ignore[reportMissingImports]
+from .api import Context, __version__  # pyright: ignore[reportMissingImports]
 
 __all__ = ["Context", "__version__"]
-
-__version__ = _version()

python/python/lance_context/api.py

@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from io import BytesIO
+from typing import Any
+
+from ._internal import Context as _Context  # pyright: ignore[reportMissingImports]
+from ._internal import version as _version  # pyright: ignore[reportMissingImports]
+
+__all__ = ["Context", "__version__"]
+
+__version__ = _version()
+
+_ARROW_STREAM_MIME = "application/vnd.apache.arrow.stream"
+
+
+def _is_module(value: Any, prefix: str) -> bool:
+    return type(value).__module__.startswith(prefix)
+
+
+def _get_pyarrow():
+    try:
+        import pyarrow as pa  # pyright: ignore[reportMissingImports]
+    except ImportError as exc:  # pragma: no cover - optional dependency
+        raise ImportError(
+            "pyarrow is required to serialize pandas/polars dataframes"
+        ) from exc
+    return pa
+
+
+def _coerce_arrow_table(value: Any):
+    pa = _get_pyarrow()
+    if isinstance(value, pa.Table):
+        return value
+    if isinstance(value, pa.RecordBatch):
+        return pa.Table.from_batches([value])
+    if _is_module(value, "polars."):
+        table = value.to_arrow()
+    elif _is_module(value, "pandas."):
+        table = pa.Table.from_pandas(value)
+    elif hasattr(value, "to_arrow"):
+        table = value.to_arrow()
+    else:
+        return None
+
+    if isinstance(table, pa.RecordBatch):
+        return pa.Table.from_batches([table])
+    if not isinstance(table, pa.Table):
+        raise TypeError("to_arrow() did not return a pyarrow Table or RecordBatch")
+    return table
+
+
+def _serialize_dataframe(value: Any):
+    table = _coerce_arrow_table(value)
+    if table is None:
+        return None
+    pa = _get_pyarrow()
+    sink = pa.BufferOutputStream()
+    with pa.ipc.new_stream(sink, table.schema) as writer:
+        writer.write_table(table)
+    return sink.getvalue().to_pybytes(), _ARROW_STREAM_MIME
+
+
+def _serialize_image(value: Any):
+    if not _is_module(value, "PIL."):
+        return None
+    try:
+        from PIL import Image  # pyright: ignore[reportMissingImports]
+    except ImportError as exc:  # pragma: no cover - optional dependency
+        raise ImportError("Pillow is required to serialize images") from exc
+    if not isinstance(value, Image.Image):
+        return None
+
+    image_format = value.format or "PNG"
+    mime = None
+    if hasattr(value, "get_format_mimetype"):
+        mime = value.get_format_mimetype()
+    if not mime:
+        mime = Image.MIME.get(image_format.upper())
+    if not mime:
+        mime = "application/octet-stream"
+
+    buffer = BytesIO()
+    value.save(buffer, format=image_format)
+    return buffer.getvalue(), mime
+
+
+def _normalize_content(value: Any, content_type: str | None):
+    serialized = _serialize_dataframe(value)
+    if serialized is not None:
+        payload, inferred = serialized
+        return payload, content_type or inferred
+    serialized = _serialize_image(value)
+    if serialized is not None:
+        payload, inferred = serialized
+        return payload, content_type or inferred
+    return value, content_type
+
+
+class Context:
+    def __init__(self, uri: str) -> None:
+        self._inner = _Context.create(uri)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def create(cls, uri: str) -> Context:
+        return cls(uri)
+
+    def uri(self) -> str:
+        return self._inner.uri()
+
+    def branch(self) -> str:
+        return self._inner.branch()
+
+    def entries(self) -> int:
+        return self._inner.entries()
+
+    def add(
+        self,
+        role: str,
+        content: Any,
+        content_type: str | None = None,
+        data_type: str | None = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        if content_type is not None and data_type is not None:
+            raise ValueError("Specify only one of content_type or data_type")
+        if content_type is None:
+            content_type = data_type
+        payload, resolved_type = _normalize_content(content, content_type)
+        self._inner.add(role, payload, resolved_type)
+
+    def snapshot(self, label: str | None = None) -> str:
+        return self._inner.snapshot(label)
+
+    def fork(self, branch_name: str) -> Context:
+        inner = self._inner.fork(branch_name)
+        return self._from_inner(inner)
+
+    def checkout(self, snapshot_id: str) -> None:
+        self._inner.checkout(snapshot_id)
+
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        return (
+            f"Context(uri={self._inner.uri()!r}, "
+            f"branch={self._inner.branch()!r}, "
+            f"entries={self._inner.entries()})"
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _from_inner(cls, inner: _Context) -> Context:
+        obj = cls.__new__(cls)
+        obj._inner = inner
+        return obj

python/src/lib.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use chrono::Utc;
+use pyo3::exceptions::PyRuntimeError;
 use pyo3::prelude::*;
 use pyo3::types::PyType;
+use tokio::runtime::Runtime;
+
+use lance_context::serde::CONTENT_TYPE_TEXT;
+use lance_context::{Context as RustContext, ContextRecord, ContextStore};
 
-use lance_context::Context as RustContext;
+const DEFAULT_BINARY_CONTENT_TYPE: &str = "application/octet-stream";
+const BINARY_PLACEHOLDER: &str = "[binary]";
 
 #[pyfunction]
 fn version() -> &'static str {
@@ -11,15 +20,26 @@ fn version() -> &'static str {
 #[pyclass]
 struct Context {
     inner: RustContext,
+    store: ContextStore,
+    runtime: Arc<Runtime>,
+    run_id: String,
 }
 
 #[pymethods]
 impl Context {
     #[classmethod]
-    fn create(_cls: &Bound<'_, PyType>, uri: &str) -> Self {
-        Self {
+    fn create(_cls: &Bound<'_, PyType>, uri: &str) -> PyResult<Self> {
+        let runtime = Arc::new(Runtime::new().map_err(to_py_err)?);
+        let store = runtime
+            .block_on(ContextStore::open(uri))
+            .map_err(to_py_err)?;
+        let run_id = new_run_id();
+        Ok(Self {
             inner: RustContext::new(uri),
-        }
+            store,
+            runtime,
+            run_id,
+        })
     }
 
     fn uri(&self) -> &str {
@@ -41,8 +61,44 @@ impl Context {
         content: &Bound<'_, PyAny>,
         data_type: Option<&str>,
     ) -> PyResult<()> {
-        let content_str = content.str()?.to_string();
-        self.inner.add(role, &content_str, data_type);
+        let (content_type, text_payload, binary_payload, inner_content) =
+            match content.extract::<&[u8]>() {
+                Ok(bytes) => (
+                    data_type
+                        .unwrap_or(DEFAULT_BINARY_CONTENT_TYPE)
+                        .to_string(),
+                    None,
+                    Some(bytes.to_vec()),
+                    BINARY_PLACEHOLDER.to_string(),
+                ),
+                Err(_) => {
+                    let content_str = content.str()?.to_string();
+                    (
+                        data_type.unwrap_or(CONTENT_TYPE_TEXT).to_string(),
+                        Some(content_str.clone()),
+                        None,
+                        content_str,
+                    )
+                }
+            };
+
+        let record_id = format!("{}-{}", self.run_id, self.inner.entries() + 1);
+        let record = ContextRecord {
+            id: record_id,
+            run_id: self.run_id.clone(),
+            created_at: Utc::now(),
+            role: role.to_string(),
+            state_metadata: None,
+            content_type,
+            text_payload,
+            binary_payload,
+            embedding: None,
+        };
+
+        self.runtime
+            .block_on(self.store.add(std::slice::from_ref(&record)))
+            .map_err(to_py_err)?;
+        self.inner.add(role, &inner_content, data_type);
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -54,6 +110,9 @@ impl Context {
     fn fork(&self, branch_name: &str) -> Self {
         Self {
             inner: self.inner.fork(branch_name),
+            store: self.store.clone(),
+            runtime: Arc::clone(&self.runtime),
+            run_id: new_run_id(),
         }
     }
 
@@ -62,6 +121,14 @@ impl Context {
     }
 }
 
+fn new_run_id() -> String {
+    format!("run-{}-{}", Utc::now().timestamp_micros(), std::process::id())
+}
+
+fn to_py_err<E: std::fmt::Display>(err: E) -> PyErr {
+    PyRuntimeError::new_err(err.to_string())
+}
+
 #[pymodule]
 fn _internal(m: &Bound<'_, PyModule>) -> PyResult<()> {
     m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(version, m)?)?;

rust/lance-context/Cargo.toml

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ categories = ["database", "data-structures", "science"]
 
 [dependencies]
 arrow-array = "56.2.0"
+arrow-ipc = "56.2.0"
 arrow-schema = "56.2.0"
 chrono = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = ["clock"] }
 lance = "1.0.0"

rust/lance-context/src/lib.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 mod context;
 mod record;
+pub mod serde;
 mod store;
 
 pub use context::{Context, ContextEntry, Snapshot};