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Universal Information Retrieval (UIR) Framework

Python Version License: MIT Version CI Documentation

A unified, scalable framework for information retrieval across multiple providers, supporting search engines, vector databases, document stores, and hybrid search capabilities.

Features

Core Capabilities

  • Multi-Provider Support: Integrate with 50+ search providers (Google, Bing, Elasticsearch, Pinecone, etc.)
  • Hybrid Search: Combine keyword, vector, and semantic search strategies
  • Query Intelligence: Advanced query processing with spell correction, entity extraction, and intent classification
  • Result Fusion: Smart aggregation with reciprocal rank fusion and weighted scoring
  • High Performance: Async architecture with circuit breakers, rate limiting, and intelligent caching
  • Enterprise Ready: JWT authentication, RBAC, API key management, usage tracking, and comprehensive monitoring
  • Production Ready: Comprehensive test suite, CI/CD pipelines, Docker support, and Kubernetes deployments

Search Types

  • Keyword Search: Traditional text-based search across web engines and document stores
  • Vector Search: Semantic similarity search using embedding models
  • Hybrid Search: Intelligent combination of multiple search strategies
  • RAG Integration: Optimized retrieval for Retrieval-Augmented Generation pipelines

Installation

Using pip

# Basic installation
pip install uir-framework

# With specific providers
pip install uir-framework[google,pinecone,elasticsearch]

# Full installation with all providers
pip install uir-framework[all]

From source

git clone https://github.com/briefcasebrain/uir-framework.git
cd uir-framework
pip install -e .

Quick Start

from uir import UIR

# Initialize client
client = UIR(
    api_key="your-api-key",
    provider_keys={
        "google": {"api_key": "...", "cx": "..."},
        "pinecone": "pinecone-key",
        "openai": "openai-key"  # For embeddings
    }
)

# Simple search
results = client.search(
    provider="google",
    query="machine learning frameworks",
    limit=10
)

# Vector search
results = client.vector_search(
    provider="pinecone",
    text="What are transformer models?",
    index="research-papers",
    top_k=5
)

# Hybrid search
results = client.hybrid_search(
    strategies=[
        {"type": "keyword", "provider": "elasticsearch", "weight": 0.4, "query": "transformers"},
        {"type": "vector", "provider": "pinecone", "weight": 0.6, "text": "attention mechanism"}
    ],
    fusion_method="reciprocal_rank"
)

# RAG retrieval
context = client.rag_retrieve(
    query="Explain BERT architecture",
    providers=["pinecone", "elasticsearch"],
    num_chunks=5
)

API Documentation

Search Operations

Standard Search

response = client.search(
    provider="google",  # or ["google", "bing"] for multiple
    query="your search query",
    limit=10,
    filters={"date_range": {"start": "2023-01-01"}},
    rerank=True
)

Vector Search

response = client.vector_search(
    provider="pinecone",
    vector=[0.1, 0.2, ...],  # Or use text for auto-embedding
    text="semantic search query",
    index="documents",
    filters={"category": "research"}
)

Hybrid Search

response = client.hybrid_search(
    strategies=[
        {"type": "keyword", "provider": "elasticsearch", "weight": 0.3},
        {"type": "vector", "provider": "weaviate", "weight": 0.7}
    ],
    fusion_method="weighted_sum"  # or "reciprocal_rank", "max_score"
)

Advanced Features

Query Analysis

analysis = client.analyze_query("transformr atention mechanizm")
# Returns: corrected query, entities, intent, suggested filters

Document Indexing

result = client.index_documents(
    provider="elasticsearch",
    documents=[
        {
            "id": "doc1",
            "title": "Introduction to AI",
            "content": "...",
            "vector": [0.1, 0.2, ...]
        }
    ]
)

Batch Operations

results = client.batch_search([
    {"provider": "google", "query": "machine learning"},
    {"provider": "pinecone", "vector": [0.1, 0.2, ...]}
])

Running the API Server

Using Docker

docker-compose up

Using Kubernetes

kubectl apply -f deployments/kubernetes/

Development Mode

uvicorn src.uir.api.main:app --reload

Configuration

Environment Variables

UIR_API_KEY=your-master-key
UIR_GOOGLE_API_KEY=google-key
UIR_GOOGLE_CX=search-engine-id
UIR_PINECONE_API_KEY=pinecone-key
UIR_OPENAI_API_KEY=openai-key
REDIS_URL=redis://localhost:6379
DATABASE_URL=postgresql://user:pass@localhost/uir

Provider Configuration

client = UIR(
    provider_keys={
        "google": {
            "api_key": "...",
            "cx": "..."
        },
        "elasticsearch": {
            "host": "localhost",
            "port": 9200,
            "username": "elastic",
            "password": "..."
        }
    }
)

Supported Providers

Search Engines

  • Google Custom Search
  • Bing Search API
  • DuckDuckGo
  • Brave Search
  • And more...

Vector Databases

  • Pinecone
  • Weaviate
  • Qdrant
  • Milvus
  • ChromaDB
  • And more...

Document Stores

  • Elasticsearch
  • OpenSearch
  • MongoDB Atlas
  • PostgreSQL with pgvector
  • And more...

Knowledge Graphs

  • Neo4j
  • Amazon Neptune
  • ArangoDB
  • And more...

Architecture

The UIR framework follows a modular, layered architecture:

  1. Client Layer: SDKs for Python (JavaScript and Go coming soon)
  2. API Gateway: Authentication, rate limiting, request routing
  3. Core Services:
    • Query processing with NLP enhancements
    • Provider management with health monitoring
    • Result aggregation and ranking
  4. Provider Adapters: Unified interface for diverse providers with circuit breakers
  5. Storage Layer: Redis caching, PostgreSQL metadata, audit logging

Performance

  • Latency: p50 < 100ms, p99 < 500ms
  • Throughput: 10,000+ requests/second
  • Availability: 99.99% uptime
  • Scalability: Horizontal auto-scaling

Monitoring

The framework includes built-in monitoring with:

  • Prometheus metrics
  • Grafana dashboards
  • Distributed tracing
  • Health checks

Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

Testing

Run the test suite:

# Run mock tests (no external dependencies required)
python scripts/test_with_mocks.py

# Run with coverage and JUnit reports
python scripts/test_with_mocks.py --coverage --junit

# Run pytest tests
pytest

# Run with coverage
pytest --cov=uir tests/

# Run specific test modules
pytest tests/test_client.py

# Run integration tests
pytest tests/test_integration/

# Run performance tests
pytest tests/performance/

Development

Setting up development environment

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/briefcasebrain/uir-framework.git
cd uir-framework

# Create virtual environment
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

# Install development dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

Code quality

# Format code
black src/ tests/

# Lint code
flake8 src/ tests/

# Type checking
mypy src/

Security

See SECURITY.md for information on:

  • Reporting vulnerabilities
  • Security best practices
  • Built-in security features
  • Compliance support (GDPR, CCPA, SOC 2, HIPAA)

Roadmap

2025

  • Core framework implementation
  • Basic provider support (Google, Pinecone, Elasticsearch)
  • Authentication and rate limiting
  • Additional provider integrations

Project Status

Current Version: 1.0.0 (August 2025)

This project is actively maintained and in production use. We follow semantic versioning and maintain backward compatibility within major versions.

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