Backwards compatible search (#1381)

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cognee/api/v1/search/routers/get_search_router.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from uuid import UUID
-from typing import Optional, Union, List
+from typing import Optional, Union, List, Any
 from datetime import datetime
 from pydantic import Field
 from fastapi import Depends, APIRouter
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def get_search_router() -> APIRouter:
         except Exception as error:
             return JSONResponse(status_code=500, content={"error": str(error)})
 
-    @router.post("", response_model=Union[List[SearchResult], CombinedSearchResult])
+    @router.post("", response_model=Union[List[SearchResult], CombinedSearchResult, List])
     async def search(payload: SearchPayloadDTO, user: User = Depends(get_authenticated_user)):
         """
         Search for nodes in the graph database.

cognee/modules/retrieval/graph_completion_context_extension_retriever.py

@@ -128,4 +128,4 @@ class GraphCompletionContextExtensionRetriever(GraphCompletionRetriever):
                 question=query, answer=completion, context=context_text, triplets=triplets
             )
 
-        return completion
+        return [completion]

cognee/modules/retrieval/graph_completion_cot_retriever.py

@@ -138,4 +138,4 @@ class GraphCompletionCotRetriever(GraphCompletionRetriever):
                 question=query, answer=completion, context=context_text, triplets=triplets
             )
 
-        return completion
+        return [completion]

cognee/modules/retrieval/graph_completion_retriever.py

@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class GraphCompletionRetriever(BaseGraphRetriever):
                 question=query, answer=completion, context=context_text, triplets=triplets
             )
 
-        return completion
+        return [completion]
 
     async def save_qa(self, question: str, answer: str, context: str, triplets: List) -> None:
         """

cognee/modules/retrieval/insights_retriever.py

@@ -96,17 +96,18 @@ class InsightsRetriever(BaseGraphRetriever):
                 unique_node_connections_map[unique_id] = True
                 unique_node_connections.append(node_connection)
 
-        return [
-            Edge(
-                node1=Node(node_id=connection[0]["id"], attributes=connection[0]),
-                node2=Node(node_id=connection[2]["id"], attributes=connection[2]),
-                attributes={
-                    **connection[1],
-                    "relationship_type": connection[1]["relationship_name"],
-                },
-            )
-            for connection in unique_node_connections
-        ]
+        return unique_node_connections
+        # return [
+        #     Edge(
+        #         node1=Node(node_id=connection[0]["id"], attributes=connection[0]),
+        #         node2=Node(node_id=connection[2]["id"], attributes=connection[2]),
+        #         attributes={
+        #             **connection[1],
+        #             "relationship_type": connection[1]["relationship_name"],
+        #         },
+        #     )
+        #     for connection in unique_node_connections
+        # ]
 
     async def get_completion(self, query: str, context: Optional[Any] = None) -> Any:
         """

cognee/modules/retrieval/temporal_retriever.py

@@ -149,4 +149,4 @@ class TemporalRetriever(GraphCompletionRetriever):
                 system_prompt_path=self.system_prompt_path,
             )
 
-        return completion
+        return [completion]

cognee/modules/search/methods/search.py

@@ -132,14 +132,37 @@ async def search(
             ],
         )
     else:
-        return [
-            SearchResult(
-                search_result=result,
-                dataset_id=datasets[min(index, len(datasets) - 1)].id if datasets else None,
-                dataset_name=datasets[min(index, len(datasets) - 1)].name if datasets else None,
-            )
-            for index, (result, _, datasets) in enumerate(search_results)
-        ]
+        # This is for maintaining backwards compatibility
+        if os.getenv("ENABLE_BACKEND_ACCESS_CONTROL", "false").lower() == "true":
+            return_value = []
+            for search_result in search_results:
+                result, context, datasets = search_result
+                return_value.append(
+                    {
+                        "search_result": result,
+                        "dataset_id": datasets[0].id,
+                        "dataset_name": datasets[0].name,
+                    }
+                )
+            return return_value
+        else:
+            return_value = []
+            for search_result in search_results:
+                result, context, datasets = search_result
+                return_value.append(result)
+            # For maintaining backwards compatibility
+            if len(return_value) == 1 and isinstance(return_value[0], list):
+                return return_value[0]
+            else:
+                return return_value
+        # return [
+        #     SearchResult(
+        #         search_result=result,
+        #         dataset_id=datasets[min(index, len(datasets) - 1)].id if datasets else None,
+        #         dataset_name=datasets[min(index, len(datasets) - 1)].name if datasets else None,
+        #     )
+        #     for index, (result, _, datasets) in enumerate(search_results)
+        # ]
 
 
 async def authorized_search(

cognee/tests/test_permissions.py

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ async def main():
     print("\n\nExtracted sentences are:\n")
     for result in search_results:
         print(f"{result}\n")
-    assert search_results[0].dataset_name == "NLP", (
+    assert search_results[0]["dataset_name"] == "NLP", (
         f"Dict must contain dataset name 'NLP': {search_results[0]}"
     )
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ async def main():
     print("\n\nExtracted sentences are:\n")
     for result in search_results:
         print(f"{result}\n")
-    assert search_results[0].dataset_name == "QUANTUM", (
+    assert search_results[0]["dataset_name"] == "QUANTUM", (
         f"Dict must contain dataset name 'QUANTUM': {search_results[0]}"
     )
 
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ async def main():
     for result in search_results:
         print(f"{result}\n")
 
-    assert search_results[0].dataset_name == "QUANTUM", (
+    assert search_results[0]["dataset_name"] == "QUANTUM", (
         f"Dict must contain dataset name 'QUANTUM': {search_results[0]}"
     )
 

examples/python/memify_coding_agent_example.py

@@ -90,8 +90,7 @@ async def main():
 
     print("Coding rules created by memify:")
     for coding_rule in coding_rules:
-        for search_result in coding_rule.search_result:
-            print("- " + search_result)
+        print("- " + coding_rule)
 
     # Visualize new graph with added memify context
     file_path = os.path.join(