from __future__ import annotations

_reader = None


def _get_reader():
    global _reader
    if _reader is None:
        try:
            import easyocr
            _reader = easyocr.Reader(["en"], gpu=False)
        except ImportError:
            raise RuntimeError(
                "EasyOCR is not installed. Install it with: pip install easyocr"
            )
        except Exception as e:
            raise RuntimeError(
                f"Failed to load EasyOCR (possible OOM on free tier): {e}"
            )
    return _reader


def handle_image_input(image_path: str) -> dict:
    reader = _get_reader()
    results = reader.readtext(image_path)

    if not results:
        return {
            "text": "",
            "confidence": 0.0,
            "input_type": "image",
            "bboxes": [],
        }

    lines: list[str] = []
    confidences: list[float] = []
    bboxes: list[list] = []

    for bbox, text, conf in results:
        lines.append(text)
        confidences.append(float(conf))
        bboxes.append(bbox)

    avg_confidence = sum(confidences) / len(confidences) if confidences else 0.0

    return {
        "text": " ".join(lines),
        "confidence": round(float(avg_confidence), 3),
        "input_type": "image",
        "bboxes": [],
    }