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import os
os.environ["INSIGHTFACE_HOME"] = "/tmp/.insightface"
import json
import tempfile
import numpy as np
from insightface.app import FaceAnalysis
from scipy.spatial.distance import cosine
import cv2  # OpenCV for image processing
from typing import List, Dict, Any
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
import requests
import base64
from io import BytesIO
from PIL import Image
from azure.storage.blob import BlobServiceClient, BlobClient, ContainerClient
from config import get_config
import time
from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed

class EndpointHandler:
    def __init__(self, model_dir=None):
        # Initialize FaceAnalysis with GPU/CPU fallback support
        print("\n" + "="*80)
        print("INITIALIZING FACEANALYSIS")
        print("="*80)
        
        try:
            # Try GPU first
            print("Attempting to initialize with GPU (CUDA)...")
            self.app = FaceAnalysis(root="/tmp/.insightface", providers=['CUDAExecutionProvider', 'CPUExecutionProvider'])
            self.app.prepare(ctx_id=0)  # 0 = GPU
            print("✅ GPU initialization successful (ctx_id=0)")
            self.gpu_available = True
        except RuntimeError as e:
            # GPU not available, fall back to CPU
            print(f"⚠️ GPU initialization failed: {str(e)[:100]}...")
            print("Falling back to CPU (CPUExecutionProvider)...")
            try:
                self.app = FaceAnalysis(root="/tmp/.insightface", providers=['CPUExecutionProvider'])
                self.app.prepare(ctx_id=-1)  # -1 = CPU
                print("✅ CPU initialization successful (ctx_id=-1)")
                self.gpu_available = False
            except Exception as cpu_error:
                print(f"❌ CPU initialization also failed: {cpu_error}")
                raise
        
        print("="*80 + "\n")
        
        print("=" * 80)
        print("InsightFace Providers:")
        for model in self.app.models:
            if hasattr(model, 'sess'):
                print(f"  {model.__class__.__name__}: {model.sess.get_providers()}")
        print("=" * 80)
        
        # Get configuration
        config = get_config()
        azure_config = config.get_azure_config()
        storage_config = config.get_storage_config()
        
        # Initialize Azure Blob Storage client
        if azure_config['connection_string']:
            self.blob_service_client = BlobServiceClient.from_connection_string(
                azure_config['connection_string']
            )
        else:
            # Use account name and key if connection string not available
            account_url = f"https://{azure_config['account_name']}.blob.core.windows.net"
            self.blob_service_client = BlobServiceClient(
                account_url=account_url,
                credential=azure_config['account_key']
            )
        
        self.container_name = storage_config['container_name']
        self.prefix = storage_config['prefix']
        self.embeddings_folder = storage_config['embeddings_folder']
        
        # Get container client
        self.container_client = self.blob_service_client.get_container_client(self.container_name)
        
        # Initialize caching
        self.embeddings_cache = None
        self.cache_timestamp = 0
        self.cache_ttl = 86400  # 24 hours in seconds
        self.image_cache = {}  # In-memory image cache (URL -> numpy array)
        self.image_cache_max_size = 100  # Max 100 images in memory
        self.thread_pool = ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=8)
        
        # Pre-warm GPU and compile models
        self._prewarm_models()

    def _prewarm_models(self):
        """Pre-warm GPU and compile ONNX models on startup to eliminate cold-start latency."""
        try:
            print("\n" + "="*80)
            mode = "GPU" if self.gpu_available else "CPU"
            print(f"PRE-WARMING MODELS ({mode} MODE)")
            print("="*80)
            start = time.time()
            
            # Create a small dummy image (100x100 random RGB)
            dummy_img = np.random.randint(0, 255, (100, 100, 3), dtype=np.uint8)
            
            # Run inference on dummy image to trigger compilation
            _ = self.app.get(dummy_img)
            
            elapsed = time.time() - start
            print(f"✅ Models pre-warmed in {elapsed:.2f}s ({mode})")
            print("="*80 + "\n")
        except Exception as e:
            print(f"Warning: Model pre-warming failed (non-fatal): {e}")
            print("="*80 + "\n")

    def __call__(self, data: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
        try:
            if "inputs" in data:
                return self.process_hf_input(data)
            else:
                return self.process_json_input(data)
        except ValueError as e:
            return {"error": str(e)}
        except Exception as e:
            return {"error": str(e)}

    def process_hf_input(self, hf_data):
        """Process Hugging Face format input."""
        if "inputs" in hf_data:
            actual_data = hf_data["inputs"]
            return self.process_json_input(actual_data)
        else:
            return {"error": "Invalid Hugging Face JSON structure."}

    def process_json_input(self, json_data):
        if "query_images" in json_data and "gender" in json_data:
            query_images = json_data["query_images"]
            gender = json_data["gender"]
            top_n = json_data.get("top_n", 5)
            similar_images = self.find_similar_images_aggregate(query_images, gender, top_n)
            return {"similar_images": similar_images}
        elif "extract_embeddings" in json_data and json_data["extract_embeddings"]:
            self.extract_and_save_embeddings()
            return {"status": "Embeddings extraction completed."}
        else:
            raise ValueError("Invalid JSON structure.")

    def load_embeddings_from_azure(self):
        """Load existing embeddings from Azure Blob Storage with caching."""
        current_time = time.time()
        
        # Return cached embeddings if still valid
        if self.embeddings_cache is not None and (current_time - self.cache_timestamp) < self.cache_ttl:
            cache_age = int(current_time - self.cache_timestamp)
            print(f"[TIMING] Using cached embeddings (age: {cache_age}s)")
            return self.embeddings_cache
        
        print("\n" + "="*80)
        print("LOADING EMBEDDINGS FROM AZURE")
        print("="*80)
        blob_name = f'profile-media/embeddings/embeddings_db.json'
        print(f"Account: {self.blob_service_client.account_name}")
        print(f"Container: {self.container_name}")
        print(f"Blob Path: {blob_name}")
        print(f"Full URL: https://{self.blob_service_client.account_name}.blob.core.windows.net/{self.container_name}/{blob_name}")
        print("="*80 + "\n")
        
        try:
            blob_client = self.container_client.get_blob_client(blob_name)
            
            # Download the existing embeddings file if it exists
            temp_dir = tempfile.gettempdir()
            temp_file_path = os.path.join(temp_dir, 'embeddings_db.json')
            
            download_start = time.time()
            with open(temp_file_path, 'wb') as download_file:
                download_stream = blob_client.download_blob()
                download_file.write(download_stream.readall())
            download_time = time.time() - download_start
            
            parse_start = time.time()
            with open(temp_file_path, 'r') as f:
                self.embeddings_cache = json.load(f)
                self.cache_timestamp = current_time
            parse_time = time.time() - parse_start
            
            print(f"[TIMING] Loaded {len(self.embeddings_cache)} embeddings: download={download_time:.3f}s, parse={parse_time:.3f}s")
            return self.embeddings_cache
        except Exception as e:
            print(f'Embeddings file not found in Azure, initializing a new one: {e}')
            self.embeddings_cache = []
            self.cache_timestamp = current_time
            return []

    def extract_and_save_embeddings(self):
        """Extract embeddings from images and save them to Azure Blob Storage."""
        embeddings_db = self.load_embeddings_from_azure()
        now = datetime.utcnow()
        thirty_days_ago = now - timedelta(days=30)

        # Process images from both profile-media and ai-images folders
        folders_to_process = [
            'profile-media/',  # profile-media folder (without container name)
            'ai-images/men/',  # ai-images/men folder (without container name)
            'ai-images/women/'  # ai-images/women folder (without container name)
        ]
        
        for folder_prefix in folders_to_process:
            try:
                print(f"Processing folder: {folder_prefix}")
                # List all blobs in the container with the current prefix
                blob_list = self.container_client.list_blobs(name_starts_with=folder_prefix)
                
                for blob in blob_list:
                    blob_name = blob.name
                    
                    if blob_name.endswith(('.jpg', '.jpeg', '.png')):
                        image_url = f'https://{self.blob_service_client.account_name}.blob.core.windows.net/{self.container_name}/{blob_name}'
                        existing_entry = next((item for item in embeddings_db if item['image_url'] == image_url), None)

                        if existing_entry:
                            embedding_timestamp = datetime.fromisoformat(existing_entry['timestamp'])
                            if (existing_entry.get('no_face_detected') or embedding_timestamp > thirty_days_ago) and blob.last_modified.replace(tzinfo=None) <= thirty_days_ago:
                                continue

                        print(f"Processing image: {blob_name}")
                        try:
                            # Create a unique temporary file with proper permissions
                            temp_suffix = os.path.splitext(blob_name)[1] or '.jpg'
                            with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=temp_suffix, delete=False) as temp_image_file:
                                temp_file_path = temp_image_file.name
                            
                            # Download blob to temporary file
                            blob_client = self.container_client.get_blob_client(blob_name)
                            with open(temp_file_path, 'wb') as download_file:
                                download_stream = blob_client.download_blob()
                                download_file.write(download_stream.readall())
                            
                            img = self.load_image_from_blob(blob_client)
                            
                            # Clean up temporary file immediately after reading
                            try:
                                os.unlink(temp_file_path)
                            except:
                                pass  # Ignore cleanup errors
                            
                            if img is None:
                                print(f"Failed to read image: {blob_name}")
                                continue
                                
                            faces = self.app.get(img)

                            if len(faces) == 0:
                                print(f"No face detected in: {blob_name}")
                                no_face_entry = {
                                    'image_url': image_url,
                                    'no_face_detected': True,
                                    'timestamp': now.isoformat()
                                }
                                if existing_entry:
                                    existing_entry.update(no_face_entry)
                                else:
                                    embeddings_db.append(no_face_entry)
                                continue

                            face = faces[0]
                            embedding = face.embedding.tolist()
                            gender = 'male' if face.gender == 1 else 'female'

                            new_entry = {
                                'embedding': embedding,
                                'gender': gender,
                                'image_url': image_url,
                                'timestamp': now.isoformat()
                            }

                            if existing_entry:
                                existing_entry.update(new_entry)
                            else:
                                embeddings_db.append(new_entry)
                            
                            print(f"Successfully processed: {blob_name} (gender: {gender})")
                            
                        except Exception as e:
                            print(f"Error processing image {blob_name}: {e}")
                            continue
            except Exception as e:
                print(f"Error processing folder {folder_prefix}: {e}")
                continue

        print(f"Total embeddings in database: {len(embeddings_db)}")
        
        # Save embeddings back to Azure
        try:
            temp_json_path = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), f'embeddings_db_{int(time.time())}.json')
            with open(temp_json_path, 'w') as temp_json_file:
                json.dump(embeddings_db, temp_json_file)

            # Upload to Azure Blob Storage - save in profile-media/embeddings/
            blob_name = f'profile-media/embeddings/embeddings_db.json'
            blob_client = self.container_client.get_blob_client(blob_name)
            
            with open(temp_json_path, 'rb') as data:
                blob_client.upload_blob(data, overwrite=True)
            
            print(f"Embeddings saved to Azure: {blob_name}")
            
            # Clean up temporary file
            try:
                os.unlink(temp_json_path)
            except:
                pass  # Ignore cleanup errors
                
        except Exception as e:
            print(f"Error saving embeddings: {e}")

    def find_similar_images_aggregate(self, query_images: List[str], gender: str, top_n: int = 5) -> List[str]:
        start_time = time.time()
        print(f"Debug: Starting similarity search with {len(query_images)} query images")
        print(f"Debug: Looking for gender: {gender}, top_n: {top_n}")
        
        # Load embeddings database once (cached)
        embeddings_db = self.load_embeddings_from_azure()
        print(f"Debug: Total embeddings in database: {len(embeddings_db)}")

        # Filter to only include images from profile-media folder structure
        profile_media_db = [item for item in embeddings_db if 'image_url' in item and 'profile-media' in item['image_url']]
        print(f"Debug: Profile-media embeddings: {len(profile_media_db)}")
        
        # Filter by gender: if 'all', include all items with gender field; otherwise filter by specific gender
        if gender == 'all':
            filtered_db = [item for item in profile_media_db if 'gender' in item and 'embedding' in item]
        else:
            filtered_db = [item for item in profile_media_db if 'gender' in item and item['gender'] == gender and 'embedding' in item]
        print(f"Debug: Filtered by gender '{gender}': {len(filtered_db)}")
        
        if len(filtered_db) == 0:
            print(f"Debug: No embeddings found for gender '{gender}' in profile-media folder")
            return []
        
        # Process query images in parallel
        similarities = {}
        futures = {}
        
        for i, image_input in enumerate(query_images):
            future = self.thread_pool.submit(self._extract_query_embedding, image_input, i)
            futures[future] = i
        
        # Collect results from parallel processing
        query_embeddings = []
        for future in as_completed(futures):
            i = futures[future]
            try:
                query_embedding = future.result()
                if query_embedding is not None:
                    query_embeddings.append(query_embedding)
                    print(f"Debug: Successfully extracted face embedding from query image {i+1}")
            except Exception as e:
                print(f"Debug: Error processing query image {i+1}: {e}")
        
        if not query_embeddings:
            print("Debug: No valid query embeddings extracted")
            return []
        
        # Compute similarities for all query embeddings against filtered database
        similarity_start = time.time()
        for query_embedding in query_embeddings:
            for item in filtered_db:
                similarity = 1 - cosine(query_embedding, np.array(item['embedding']))
                if item['image_url'] in similarities:
                    similarities[item['image_url']].append(similarity)
                else:
                    similarities[item['image_url']] = [similarity]
        similarity_time = time.time() - similarity_start

        # Aggregate similarities
        print(f"[TIMING] Similarity computation: {similarity_time:.3f}s")
        print(f"Debug: Total similarities found: {len(similarities)}")
        aggregated_similarities = [(np.mean(scores), url) for url, scores in similarities.items()]
        aggregated_similarities.sort(reverse=True, key=lambda x: x[0])
        result = [url for _, url in aggregated_similarities[:top_n]]
        elapsed = time.time() - start_time
        print(f"\n[TIMING] REQUEST SUMMARY:")
        print(f"  Total time: {elapsed:.3f}s")
        print(f"  Query embeddings extracted: {len(query_embeddings)} images")
        print(f"  Similarity computations: {len(similarities)} results")
        print(f"Debug: Returning {len(result)} recommendations\n")
        return result
    
    def _extract_query_embedding(self, image_input: str, index: int) -> Any:
        """Extract embedding from a single query image (for parallel processing)."""
        try:
            print(f"\nDebug: Processing query image {index+1}: {image_input}")
            request_start = time.time()
            
            # Load image
            load_start = time.time()
            if image_input.startswith('http'):
                # It's a URL
                img = self.load_image_from_url(image_input)
            elif image_input.startswith('data:image/'):
                # It's a base64-encoded image
                img = self.load_image_from_base64(image_input)
            elif image_input.startswith('ai-images/'):
                # Local filesystem (ai-images baked into container)
                img = self.load_image_from_local(image_input)
            else:
                # It's a local file path reference - convert to full Azure blob URL
                blob_url = f"https://koottuprod.blob.core.windows.net/koottu-media/{image_input}"
                img = self.load_image_from_url(blob_url)
            load_time = time.time() - load_start

            if img is None:
                print(f"Failed to load image: {image_input}")
                return None

            # Face detection
            detect_start = time.time()
            faces = self.app.get(img)
            detect_time = time.time() - detect_start
            
            if len(faces) == 0:
                elapsed = time.time() - request_start
                print(f"  [TIMING] No faces detected: load={load_time:.3f}s, detect={detect_time:.3f}s, total={elapsed:.3f}s")
                return None

            embedding_extraction_time = time.time() - request_start
            print(f"  [TIMING] Face found: load={load_time:.3f}s, detect={detect_time:.3f}s, total={embedding_extraction_time:.3f}s")
            return faces[0].embedding
        except Exception as e:
            print(f"Error extracting embedding from image {index+1}: {e}")
            return None

    def find_similar_images_by_embedding(self, query_embedding: np.ndarray, gender: str = 'all', top_n: int = 10, excluded_images: List[str] = None) -> List[str]:
        """Find similar images based on a given embedding vector."""
        try:
            # Load embeddings database from Azure
            embeddings_db = self.load_embeddings_from_azure()

            # Filter to only include images from profile-media folder structure
            profile_media_db = [item for item in embeddings_db if 'image_url' in item and 'profile-media' in item['image_url']]

            # Filter by gender if specified
            if gender != 'all':
                filtered_db = [item for item in profile_media_db if 'gender' in item and item['gender'] == gender]
            else:
                filtered_db = [item for item in profile_media_db if 'embedding' in item]

            # Filter out excluded images
            if excluded_images is not None:
                filtered_db = [item for item in filtered_db if item['image_url'] not in excluded_images]

            similarities = []
            for item in filtered_db:
                if 'embedding' in item and not item.get('no_face_detected', False):
                    similarity = 1 - cosine(query_embedding, np.array(item['embedding']))
                    similarities.append((similarity, item['image_url']))

            # Sort by similarity and return top matches
            similarities.sort(reverse=True, key=lambda x: x[0])
            return [url for _, url in similarities[:top_n]]

        except Exception as e:
            print(f"Error in find_similar_images_by_embedding: {e}")
            return []

    def load_image_from_url(self, url):
        try:
            # Check cache first
            if url in self.image_cache:
                print(f"  [CACHE HIT] {url}")
                return self.image_cache[url]
            
            start = time.time()
            response = requests.get(url, timeout=30)
            download_time = time.time() - start
            response.raise_for_status()
            
            start = time.time()
            image = Image.open(BytesIO(response.content)).convert('RGB')
            image = np.array(image)
            parse_time = time.time() - start
            
            start = time.time()
            result = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_RGB2BGR)
            convert_time = time.time() - start
            
            # Cache the result
            if len(self.image_cache) >= self.image_cache_max_size:
                # Remove oldest entry (simple FIFO)
                self.image_cache.pop(next(iter(self.image_cache)))
            self.image_cache[url] = result
            
            print(f"  [TIMING] Image load: download={download_time:.3f}s, parse={parse_time:.3f}s, convert={convert_time:.3f}s [CACHED]")
            return result
        except Exception as e:
            print(f"Error loading image from URL {url}: {e}")
            return None

    def load_image_from_blob(self, blob_client):
        try:
            blob_bytes = blob_client.download_blob().readall()
            image = Image.open(BytesIO(blob_bytes)).convert('RGB')
            image = np.array(image)
            return cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_RGB2BGR)
        except Exception as e:
            print(f"Error loading image from blob: {e}")
            return None

    def load_image_from_local(self, local_path):
        """Load image from local filesystem (for ai-images baked into container)."""
        try:
            start = time.time()
            full_path = os.path.join('/app', local_path)
            
            if not os.path.exists(full_path):
                print(f"Local image not found: {full_path}")
                return None
            
            image = cv2.imread(full_path)
            if image is None:
                print(f"Failed to read image: {full_path}")
                return None
            
            load_time = time.time() - start
            print(f"  [TIMING] Image load (local): {load_time:.3f}s [LOCAL FILESYSTEM]")
            return image
        except Exception as e:
            print(f"Error loading local image {local_path}: {e}")
            return None

    def load_image_from_base64(self, base64_string):
        header, encoded = base64_string.split(',', 1)
        data = base64.b64decode(encoded)
        np_arr = np.frombuffer(data, np.uint8)
        img = cv2.imdecode(np_arr, cv2.IMREAD_COLOR)
        return img  # Returns BGR image as expected by OpenCV


# Instantiate the handler
handler = EndpointHandler()