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%%%-------------------------------------------------------------------
%%% @doc CLIP image/text embedding provider
%%%
%%% Uses CLIP (Contrastive Language-Image Pre-training) models for
%%% cross-modal embeddings. Both images and text are encoded into the
%%% same vector space, enabling image-text similarity search.
%%%
%%% Dependencies (transformers, torch, pillow) are installed automatically
%%% in the managed venv on first use.
%%%
%%% == Configuration ==
%%% ```
%%% Config = #{
%%% model => "openai/clip-vit-base-patch32", %% Model name (default)
%%% python => "python3", %% Python executable (default)
%%% timeout => 120000 %% Timeout in ms (default)
%%% }.
%%% '''
%%%
%%% == Cross-Modal Search ==
%%% CLIP enables searching images with text queries and vice versa:
%%% ```
%%% %% Embed an image
%%% {ok, ImgVec} = embed_image(ImageBase64, Config),
%%%
%%% %% Embed a text query (in same space!)
%%% {ok, TextVec} = embed(<<"a photo of a cat">>, Config),
%%%
%%% %% Now you can compare ImgVec and TextVec with cosine similarity
%%% '''
%%%
%%% == Supported Models ==
%%% - `"openai/clip-vit-base-patch32"' - Default, 512 dimensions, fast
%%% - `"openai/clip-vit-base-patch16"' - 512 dimensions, higher quality
%%% - `"openai/clip-vit-large-patch14"' - 768 dimensions, best quality
%%% - `"laion/CLIP-ViT-B-32-laion2B-s34B-b79K"' - 512 dims, LAION trained
%%%
%%% == Use Cases ==
%%% - Image search with text queries
%%% - Finding similar images
%%% - Multi-modal content retrieval
%%% - Zero-shot image classification
%%%
%%% @end
%%%-------------------------------------------------------------------
-module(barrel_embed_clip).
-behaviour(barrel_embed_provider).
%% Behaviour callbacks
-export([
embed/2,
embed_batch/2,
dimension/1,
name/0,
init/1,
available/1
]).
%% Image embedding API
-export([
embed_image/2,
embed_image_batch/2
]).
-define(DEFAULT_PYTHON, "python3").
-define(DEFAULT_MODEL, "openai/clip-vit-base-patch32").
-define(DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, 120000).
-define(DEFAULT_DIMENSION, 512).
%%====================================================================
%% Behaviour Callbacks
%%====================================================================
%% @doc Provider name.
-spec name() -> atom().
name() -> clip.
%% @doc Get dimension for this provider.
-spec dimension(map()) -> pos_integer().
dimension(Config) ->
maps:get(dimension, Config, ?DEFAULT_DIMENSION).
%% @doc Initialize the provider.
-spec init(map()) -> {ok, map()} | {error, term()}.
init(Config) ->
Python = maps:get(python, Config, ?DEFAULT_PYTHON),
Model = maps:get(model, Config, ?DEFAULT_MODEL),
Timeout = maps:get(timeout, Config, ?DEFAULT_TIMEOUT),
%% Use managed venv, auto-install deps
Venv = get_managed_venv(clip),
%% Validate model (warning only)
validate_model(Model),
%% Build args for python -m barrel_embed
Args = ["-m", "barrel_embed",
"--provider", "clip",
"--model", Model],
Opts = [
{timeout, Timeout},
{priv_dir, get_priv_dir()},
{venv, Venv}
],
case barrel_embed_port_server:start_link(Python, Args, Opts) of
{ok, Server} ->
case barrel_embed_port_server:info(Server, Timeout) of
{ok, #{dimensions := Dims}} ->
{ok, Config#{
server => Server,
dimension => Dims,
timeout => Timeout
}};
{ok, _} ->
%% No dimensions in response, use default
{ok, Config#{
server => Server,
dimension => ?DEFAULT_DIMENSION,
timeout => Timeout
}};
{error, Reason} ->
barrel_embed_port_server:stop(Server),
{error, Reason}
end;
{error, Reason} ->
{error, Reason}
end.
%% @doc Check if provider is available.
-spec available(map()) -> boolean().
available(#{server := Server}) ->
is_process_alive(Server);
available(_Config) ->
false.
%% @doc Generate text embedding (for cross-modal search).
%% Text embeddings are in the same space as image embeddings.
-spec embed(binary(), map()) -> {ok, [float()]} | {error, term()}.
embed(Text, Config) ->
case embed_batch([Text], Config) of
{ok, [Embedding]} -> {ok, Embedding};
{error, _} = Error -> Error
end.
%% @doc Generate text embeddings for batch.
-spec embed_batch([binary()], map()) -> {ok, [[float()]]} | {error, term()}.
embed_batch(Texts, #{server := Server, timeout := Timeout}) ->
barrel_embed_port_server:embed_batch(Server, Texts, Timeout);
embed_batch(_Texts, _Config) ->
{error, server_not_initialized}.
%%====================================================================
%% Image Embedding API
%%====================================================================
%% @doc Generate embedding for a single image.
%% Image should be base64-encoded.
-spec embed_image(binary(), map()) -> {ok, [float()]} | {error, term()}.
embed_image(ImageBase64, Config) ->
case embed_image_batch([ImageBase64], Config) of
{ok, [Embedding]} -> {ok, Embedding};
{error, _} = Error -> Error
end.
%% @doc Generate embeddings for multiple images.
%% Images should be base64-encoded.
-spec embed_image_batch([binary()], map()) -> {ok, [[float()]]} | {error, term()}.
embed_image_batch(Images, #{server := Server, timeout := Timeout}) ->
barrel_embed_port_server:embed_image_batch(Server, Images, Timeout);
embed_image_batch(_Images, _Config) ->
{error, server_not_initialized}.
%%====================================================================
%% Internal Functions
%%====================================================================
get_priv_dir() ->
case code:priv_dir(barrel_embed) of
{error, bad_name} -> "priv";
Dir -> Dir
end.
%% @private
validate_model(Model) ->
ModelBin = to_binary(Model),
case is_known_model(ModelBin) of
true -> ok;
false ->
error_logger:warning_msg(
"Model ~s is not in the known list. "
"It may still work if it's a valid CLIP model.~n",
[ModelBin]
)
end.
%% @private
is_known_model(<<"openai/clip-vit-base-patch32">>) -> true;
is_known_model(<<"openai/clip-vit-base-patch16">>) -> true;
is_known_model(<<"openai/clip-vit-large-patch14">>) -> true;
is_known_model(<<"laion/CLIP-ViT-B-32-laion2B-s34B-b79K">>) -> true;
is_known_model(_) -> false.
%% @private
to_binary(S) when is_binary(S) -> S;
to_binary(S) when is_list(S) -> list_to_binary(S).
%% @private
%% Get managed venv path and install deps for provider
get_managed_venv(Provider) ->
case application:get_env(barrel_embed, managed_venv_path) of
{ok, Path} ->
_ = barrel_embed_venv:install_deps(Provider),
Path;
undefined ->
undefined
end.