Added streaming functionality to the LLM.

pragmatic/main.py

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# addressing the issue where the project structure causes pragmatic to not be on the path
+import sys
+import os
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.getcwd()))
+
 import argparse
 
 from api import index_path_for_rag, execute_rag_query, evaluate_rag_pipeline
@@ -26,7 +31,7 @@ def main():
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
-    if sum([args.indexing, args.rag, args.evaluation, args.server]) != 1:
+    if sum([args.indexing, args.rag, args.evaluation]) != 1:
         print("Wrong usage: exactly one of the supported operation modes (indexing, query) must be specified.")
         return
 
@@ -57,7 +62,13 @@ def main():
         if args.query is None:
             print("Please specify the query.")
             return
-        print(execute_rag_query(args.query, **custom_settings))
+
+        # Execute query and get a generator
+        result_generator = execute_rag_query(args.query, **custom_settings)
+
+        # Process each chunk as it arrives
+        for chunk in result_generator:
+            print(chunk, end="", flush=True)
 
     if args.evaluation:
         print(evaluate_rag_pipeline(**custom_settings))

pragmatic/pipelines/rag.py

@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 
 from pragmatic.pipelines.pipeline import CommonPipelineWrapper
 
+from threading import Thread, Event
+from queue import Queue
+
+
 BASE_RAG_PROMPT = """You are an assistant for question-answering tasks. 
 
     Here is the context to use to answer the question:
@@ -31,13 +35,73 @@
     """
 
 
+class RagStreamHandler:
+    def __init__(self, settings):
+        self._timeout = settings.get("streaming_timeout", 60) # seconds
+        self._stream_queue = None
+        self._stream_thread = None
+        self._stop_event = Event()
+
+    def __del__(self):
+        """
+        Finalizer for cleanup. Ensures threads and resources are released.
+        """
+        self.stop_stream()
+
+    def _streaming_callback(self, chunk):
+        """
+        Callback to be passed to the LLM, which places streamed tokens into the queue.
+        """
+        if self._stream_queue:
+            self._stream_queue.put(chunk.content)
+
+    def _run_streaming_in_thread(self, run_callable):
+        """
+        Invokes the provided callable (the pipeline's run method),
+        then signals the end of streaming by putting None in the queue.
+        """
+        run_callable()
+        if self._stream_queue:
+            self._stream_queue.put(None)
+
+    def start_stream(self, run_callable):
+        """
+        Initializes the queue and the background thread that executes `run_callable`.
+        """
+        self._stream_queue = Queue()
+        self._stream_thread = Thread(target=self._run_streaming_in_thread, args=(run_callable,))
+        self._stream_thread.start()
+
+    def stop_stream(self):
+        """
+        Gracefully stops the streaming thread if it is running.
+        """
+        if self._stream_thread and self._stream_thread.is_alive():
+            self._stop_event.set()  # Signal the thread to stop
+            self._stream_thread.join()  # Wait for the thread to finish
+        self._stream_queue = None  # Clean up the queue
+        self._stop_event.clear()  # Reset the flag for future use
+
+    def stream_chunks(self):
+        """
+        Yields streamed chunks from the queue. 
+        Terminates when `None` is retrieved from the queue.
+        """
+        try:
+            for chunk in iter(lambda: self._stream_queue.get(timeout=self._timeout), None):
+                yield chunk
+        finally:
+            self.stop_stream()
+
+
 class RagPipelineWrapper(CommonPipelineWrapper):
     def __init__(self, settings, query=None, evaluation_mode=False):
         super().__init__(settings)
         self._query = query
-
         self._evaluation_mode = evaluation_mode
 
+        self._streaming_handler = RagStreamHandler(settings)
+
     def _add_embedder(self, query):
         embedder = SentenceTransformersTextEmbedder(model=self._settings["embedding_model_path"])
         self._add_component("embedder", embedder, component_args={"text": query})
@@ -103,12 +167,17 @@ def _add_prompt_builder(self):
         prompt_builder = PromptBuilder(template=BASE_RAG_PROMPT)
         self._add_component("prompt_builder", prompt_builder, component_args={"query": self._query},
                             component_to_connect_point="prompt_builder.documents")
-
+    
     def _add_llm(self):
         if "generator_object" in self._settings and self._settings["generator_object"] is not None:
             # an object to use for communicating with the model was explicitly specified and we should use it
             self._add_component("llm", self._settings["generator_object"])
             return
+
+        custom_callback = (
+            self._streaming_handler._streaming_callback
+            if self._settings.get("enable_response_streaming") else None
+        )
 
         llm = OpenAIGenerator(
             api_key=self._settings["llm_api_key"],
@@ -118,6 +187,7 @@ def _add_llm(self):
             max_retries=self._settings["llm_connection_max_retries"],
             system_prompt=self._settings["llm_system_prompt"],
             organization=self._settings["llm_organization"],
+            streaming_callback=custom_callback,
             generation_kwargs={
                 "max_tokens": self._settings["llm_response_max_tokens"],
                 "temperature": self._settings["llm_temperature"],
@@ -164,16 +234,43 @@ def set_evaluation_mode(self, new_evaluation_mode):
             self._rebuild_pipeline()
 
     def run(self, query=None):
-        if query is not None:
-            # replace the query in the pipeline args
+        """
+            Executes a query against the pipeline.
+
+            If response streaming is enabled, returns a generator that yields chunks of the response.
+            Otherwise, returns a string with the final response.
+
+            If evaluation mode is enabled, the response is retrieved from the answer builder instead of the standard pipeline output.
+
+            Parameters:
+                query (str, optional): The input query string to be processed.
+
+            Returns:
+                str | generator: A string for non-streaming mode or a generator for streaming mode.
+        """
+        # If a query is provided, update the relevant keys in the pipeline arguments
+        if query:
             for config_dict in self._args.values():
                 for key in ["text", "query"]:
                     if key in config_dict:
                         config_dict[key] = query
 
+        # Handle incompatible settings 
+        if self._settings.get("stream", False) and self._evaluation_mode:
+            raise ValueError("Evaluation mode does not support streaming replies.")
+
+        # Handle streaming mode if enabled
+        if self._settings.get("enable_response_streaming", False):
+            self._streaming_handler.start_stream(lambda: super(RagPipelineWrapper, self).run())
+            return self._streaming_handler.stream_chunks()
+
+        # Otherwise, execute a normal pipeline run 
         result = super().run()
 
+        #  # In evaluation mode, return the answer from the answer builder in string format
         if self._evaluation_mode:
-            return result["answer_builder"]["answers"][0]
+            return result.get("answer_builder", {}).get("answers", [""])[0]
+
+        # Return the final LLM reply in string format
+        return result.get("llm", {}).get("replies", [""])[0]
 
-        return result["llm"]["replies"][0]

pragmatic/settings.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     # basic settings
     "vector_db_type": "milvus",
     "retriever_type": "dense",
-    "embedding_model_path": "./cache/finetuned_embedding-final",
+    "embedding_model_path": "sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L12-v2", #"./cache/finetuned_embedding-final",
 
     # document conversion-related settings
     "apply_docling": False,
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@
     "llm_http_client": None,
     "generator_object": None,  # an instance of a Haystack-compatible generator object
 
+    "enable_response_streaming": True,
+    'streaming_timeout': 30, # Default timeout is 60 seconds if not specified
+
     # advanced RAG options
     "top_k": 1,
     "cleaner_enabled": False,

test/sanity_test.py

@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ def docling_convert(docs):
             result.document.save_as_json(Path(base_output_path + ".json"))
     print("Successfully converted the documents and saved as JSON in local directory specified \n")
 
+def print_stream_data(result_generator):
+    # Process each chunk as it arrives
+    for chunk in result_generator:
+        print(chunk, end="", flush=True) 
+
 
 def main():
     # ensure the documents directory exists before the script is executed
@@ -65,28 +70,28 @@ def main():
     result1 = execute_rag_query("How to install OpenShift CLI on macOS?",
                                milvus_file_path="./milvus.db",
                                embedding_model_path="sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L12-v2",
-                               llm_base_url="http://vllm-service:8000/v1",
+                               llm_base_url="http://127.0.0.1:8000/v1",
                                top_k=3)
     print("Response generated:")
-    print(f"\n{result1}")
+    print_stream_data(result1)
     print("\n")
     print("Question: What are the two deployment options in OpenShift AI?")
     result2 = execute_rag_query("What are the two deployment options in OpenShift AI?",
                                milvus_file_path="./milvus.db",
                                embedding_model_path="sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L12-v2",
-                               llm_base_url="http://vllm-service:8000/v1",
+                               llm_base_url="http://127.0.0.1:8000/v1",
                                top_k=3)
     print("Response generated:")
-    print(f"\n{result2}")
+    print_stream_data(result2)
     print("\n")
     print("Question: What is OpenShift AI?")
     result3 = execute_rag_query("What is OpenShift AI?",
                                milvus_file_path="./milvus.db",
                                embedding_model_path="sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L12-v2",
-                               llm_base_url="http://vllm-service:8000/v1",
+                               llm_base_url="http://127.0.0.1:8000/v1",
                                top_k=3)
     print("Response generated:")
-    print(f"\n{result3}")
+    print_stream_data(result3)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':