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# /// script
# requires-python = ">=3.11"
# dependencies = [
# "datasets>=3.1.0",
# "huggingface-hub",
# "pillow",
# "vllm",
# "toolz",
# "torch",
# "numind",
# ]
# ///
"""
Convert document images to markdown OR extract structured JSON using NuExtract3 with vLLM.
NuExtract3 is a 4B Qwen3.5-based VLM for document understanding. It does two things:
1. Document-to-Markdown OCR (default): images -> clean markdown with HTML tables,
LaTeX math, and <figure> tags.
2. Schema-guided structured extraction: images + a JSON template -> JSON output
shaped exactly like the template. Useful for invoices, receipts, forms, contracts.
Modes are selected via flags:
- (no flags) -> markdown OCR
- --mode content -> plain-content extraction
- --template SOURCE -> structured extraction with a NuExtract template
- --schema SOURCE -> structured extraction with a JSON Schema
(auto-converted via numind.nuextract_utils)
- --instructions STR -> free-text guidance passed through to the model
(output-format rules, branch routing, etc.).
Combines with any of the modes above.
See https://huggingface.co/numind/NuExtract3#instructions
--template / --schema each accept inline JSON, a URL, or a local file path, so a
schema can be hosted (e.g. on an HF dataset's raw URL) and reused across jobs:
--template https://huggingface.co/datasets/ORG/REPO/raw/main/card.json
HF Jobs invocation (recommended): use the vllm/vllm-openai:latest image so the
pre-built CUDA kernels (flashinfer etc.) are reused — the default uv-script
image lacks nvcc and flashinfer's JIT compile fails at engine warmup.
hf jobs uv run \\
--image vllm/vllm-openai:latest \\
--flavor a100-large \\
--python /usr/bin/python3 \\
-e PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages \\
-s HF_TOKEN \\
https://huggingface.co/datasets/uv-scripts/ocr/raw/main/nuextract3.py \\
INPUT_DATASET OUTPUT_DATASET --max-samples 5 --shuffle --seed 42
Model: numind/NuExtract3
License: Apache-2.0
"""
import argparse
import base64
import io
import json
import logging
import os
import sys
import time
from datetime import datetime
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Union
import torch
from datasets import load_dataset
from huggingface_hub import DatasetCard, login
from PIL import Image
from toolz import partition_all
# Disable vLLM's FlashInfer sampler: it JIT-compiles a CUDA kernel needing nvcc, which the
# default uv-script image lacks (engine init then crashes). Greedy OCR doesn't use it; this
# lets the plain default-image command work. On the vllm/vllm-openai image it's a harmless no-op.
os.environ.setdefault("VLLM_USE_FLASHINFER_SAMPLER", "0")
from vllm import LLM, SamplingParams
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
MODEL_DEFAULT = "numind/NuExtract3"
MODEL_NAME = "NuExtract3"
def check_cuda_availability():
"""Check if CUDA is available and exit if not."""
if not torch.cuda.is_available():
logger.error("CUDA is not available. This script requires a GPU.")
logger.error("Please run on a machine with a CUDA-capable GPU.")
sys.exit(1)
else:
logger.info(f"CUDA is available. GPU: {torch.cuda.get_device_name(0)}")
def load_template_arg(value: Optional[str]) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Load a NuExtract template/JSON Schema from inline JSON, a URL, or a file path."""
if value is None:
return None
text = value
if value.startswith(("http://", "https://")):
import urllib.request
with urllib.request.urlopen(value) as resp: # noqa: S310
text = resp.read().decode("utf-8")
elif "{" not in value:
# Inline JSON often exceeds the OS filename limit, so only probe the
# filesystem when the value doesn't look like JSON; treat OSError as
# "not a path".
try:
candidate_path = Path(value)
if candidate_path.is_file():
text = candidate_path.read_text()
except OSError:
pass
try:
return json.loads(text)
except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
raise ValueError(
f"Could not parse template/schema as JSON (tried URL/path/inline): {e}"
) from e
def resolve_template(
template_arg: Optional[str],
schema_arg: Optional[str],
) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Resolve --template / --schema into a NuExtract template dict, or None."""
if template_arg and schema_arg:
raise ValueError("--template and --schema are mutually exclusive.")
if template_arg is not None:
return load_template_arg(template_arg)
if schema_arg is not None:
schema = load_template_arg(schema_arg)
try:
from numind.nuextract_utils import convert_json_schema_to_nuextract_template
except ImportError as e:
raise RuntimeError(
"--schema requires the `numind` package. "
"It should be listed in this script's PEP 723 dependencies."
) from e
template, dropped = convert_json_schema_to_nuextract_template(schema)
if dropped:
logger.warning(
f"numind dropped {len(dropped)} unsupported branches from the JSON Schema: "
f"{dropped}"
)
return template
return None
def image_to_data_uri(image: Union[Image.Image, Dict[str, Any], str]) -> str:
"""Normalize an HF dataset image cell to a PNG data URI."""
if isinstance(image, Image.Image):
pil_img = image
elif isinstance(image, dict) and "bytes" in image:
pil_img = Image.open(io.BytesIO(image["bytes"]))
elif isinstance(image, str):
pil_img = Image.open(image)
else:
raise ValueError(f"Unsupported image type: {type(image)}")
pil_img = pil_img.convert("RGB")
buf = io.BytesIO()
pil_img.save(buf, format="PNG")
return f"data:image/png;base64,{base64.b64encode(buf.getvalue()).decode()}"
def make_message(image: Union[Image.Image, Dict[str, Any], str]) -> List[Dict]:
"""Build an OpenAI-format chat message containing one image."""
data_uri = image_to_data_uri(image)
return [
{
"role": "user",
"content": [
{"type": "image_url", "image_url": {"url": data_uri}},
],
}
]
def split_thinking(text: str) -> tuple[Optional[str], str]:
"""Return (reasoning, answer) if <think>...</think> is present, else (None, text)."""
if "<think>" in text and "</think>" in text:
reasoning = text.split("<think>", 1)[1].split("</think>", 1)[0].strip()
answer = text.split("</think>", 1)[1].strip()
return reasoning, answer
return None, text.strip()
def parse_json_output(text: str) -> tuple[Optional[Any], bool]:
"""Parse an extraction output; strip ``` fences as the model card describes.
Returns (parsed_value, parse_error). On failure, parsed_value is None.
"""
stripped = text.strip()
if stripped.startswith("```"):
stripped = stripped.split("\n", 1)[-1] if "\n" in stripped else stripped[3:]
if stripped.endswith("```"):
stripped = stripped[:-3].rstrip()
try:
return json.loads(stripped), False
except json.JSONDecodeError:
return None, True
def create_dataset_card(
source_dataset: str,
model: str,
num_samples: int,
processing_time: str,
mode_label: str,
template: Optional[Dict[str, Any]],
enable_thinking: bool,
temperature: float,
output_column: str,
image_column: str,
split: str,
) -> str:
"""Create a dataset card documenting the NuExtract3 run."""
model_name = model.split("/")[-1]
template_block = ""
if template is not None:
template_block = (
"\n### Extraction Template\n\n```json\n"
+ json.dumps(template, indent=2)
+ "\n```\n"
)
return f"""---
tags:
- ocr
- structured-extraction
- document-processing
- nuextract3
- markdown
- uv-script
- generated
---
# {model_name} on {source_dataset}
This dataset contains outputs from [{source_dataset}](https://huggingface.co/datasets/{source_dataset}) processed with [NuExtract3](https://huggingface.co/{model}), a 4B vision-language model for document understanding.
## Processing Details
- **Source Dataset**: [{source_dataset}](https://huggingface.co/datasets/{source_dataset})
- **Model**: [{model}](https://huggingface.co/{model})
- **Mode**: {mode_label}
- **Number of Samples**: {num_samples:,}
- **Processing Time**: {processing_time}
- **Processing Date**: {datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M UTC")}
### Configuration
- **Image Column**: `{image_column}`
- **Output Column**: `{output_column}`
- **Dataset Split**: `{split}`
- **Temperature**: {temperature}
- **Thinking Mode**: {"enabled" if enable_thinking else "disabled"}
{template_block}
## Dataset Structure
Original columns plus:
- `{output_column}`: NuExtract3 output ({"JSON string" if template else "markdown"})
- `inference_info`: JSON list tracking models applied to this dataset
{"- `" + output_column + "_reasoning`: model's thinking trace (when enabled)" if enable_thinking else ""}
Generated with [UV Scripts](https://huggingface.co/uv-scripts)
"""
def main(
input_dataset: str,
output_dataset: str,
image_column: str = "image",
batch_size: int = 16,
max_model_len: int = 16384,
max_tokens: int = 8192,
gpu_memory_utilization: float = 0.8,
mode: str = "markdown",
template_arg: Optional[str] = None,
schema_arg: Optional[str] = None,
enable_thinking: bool = False,
instructions: Optional[str] = None,
temperature: Optional[float] = None,
model: str = MODEL_DEFAULT,
hf_token: str = None,
split: str = "train",
max_samples: int = None,
private: bool = False,
shuffle: bool = False,
seed: int = 42,
output_column: Optional[str] = None,
verbose: bool = False,
config: str = None,
create_pr: bool = False,
):
"""Process images from an HF dataset through NuExtract3."""
check_cuda_availability()
start_time = datetime.now()
HF_TOKEN = hf_token or os.environ.get("HF_TOKEN")
if HF_TOKEN:
login(token=HF_TOKEN)
template = resolve_template(template_arg, schema_arg)
extraction_mode = template is not None
mode_label = "structured-extraction" if extraction_mode else mode
if output_column is None:
output_column = "extraction" if extraction_mode else "markdown"
if temperature is None:
temperature = 0.6 if enable_thinking else 0.2
logger.info(f"Using model: {model}")
logger.info(f"Mode: {mode_label}")
logger.info(f"Thinking: {enable_thinking} Temperature: {temperature}")
if extraction_mode:
logger.info(f"Template: {json.dumps(template, indent=2)}")
logger.info(f"Loading dataset: {input_dataset}")
dataset = load_dataset(input_dataset, split=split)
if image_column not in dataset.column_names:
raise ValueError(
f"Column '{image_column}' not found. Available: {dataset.column_names}"
)
if shuffle:
logger.info(f"Shuffling dataset with seed {seed}")
dataset = dataset.shuffle(seed=seed)
if max_samples:
dataset = dataset.select(range(min(max_samples, len(dataset))))
logger.info(f"Limited to {len(dataset)} samples")
logger.info("Initializing vLLM with NuExtract3")
logger.info("This may take a few minutes on first run...")
llm = LLM(
model=model,
trust_remote_code=True,
max_model_len=max_model_len,
gpu_memory_utilization=gpu_memory_utilization,
limit_mm_per_prompt={"image": 1},
)
sampling_params = SamplingParams(
temperature=temperature,
max_tokens=max_tokens,
)
chat_template_kwargs: Dict[str, Any] = {"enable_thinking": enable_thinking}
if extraction_mode:
chat_template_kwargs["template"] = json.dumps(template, indent=4)
else:
chat_template_kwargs["mode"] = mode
if instructions:
chat_template_kwargs["instructions"] = instructions
logger.info(f"Processing {len(dataset)} images in batches of {batch_size}")
logger.info(f"Output will be written to column: {output_column}")
all_outputs: List[str] = []
all_reasoning: List[Optional[str]] = []
all_parse_errors: List[bool] = []
total_batches = (len(dataset) + batch_size - 1) // batch_size
processed = 0
for batch_num, batch_indices in enumerate(
partition_all(batch_size, range(len(dataset))), 1
):
batch_indices = list(batch_indices)
batch_images = [dataset[i][image_column] for i in batch_indices]
logger.info(
f"Batch {batch_num}/{total_batches} "
f"({processed}/{len(dataset)} images done)"
)
try:
batch_messages = [make_message(img) for img in batch_images]
outputs = llm.chat(
batch_messages,
sampling_params,
chat_template_kwargs=chat_template_kwargs,
chat_template_content_format="openai",
)
for output in outputs:
raw_text = output.outputs[0].text
reasoning, answer = split_thinking(raw_text)
if extraction_mode:
parsed, parse_error = parse_json_output(answer)
stored = (
json.dumps(parsed, ensure_ascii=False)
if parsed is not None
else answer
)
all_outputs.append(stored)
all_parse_errors.append(parse_error)
else:
all_outputs.append(answer)
all_parse_errors.append(False)
all_reasoning.append(reasoning)
processed += len(batch_images)
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f"Error processing batch: {e}")
all_outputs.extend(["[NUEXTRACT3 ERROR]"] * len(batch_images))
all_reasoning.extend([None] * len(batch_images))
all_parse_errors.extend([True] * len(batch_images))
processed += len(batch_images)
processing_duration = datetime.now() - start_time
processing_time_str = f"{processing_duration.total_seconds() / 60:.1f} min"
logger.info(f"Adding '{output_column}' column to dataset")
dataset = dataset.add_column(output_column, all_outputs)
if enable_thinking and any(r is not None for r in all_reasoning):
reasoning_col = f"{output_column}_reasoning"
logger.info(f"Adding '{reasoning_col}' column to dataset")
dataset = dataset.add_column(reasoning_col, all_reasoning)
if extraction_mode:
parse_error_count = sum(all_parse_errors)
if parse_error_count:
logger.warning(
f"{parse_error_count}/{len(all_parse_errors)} extractions failed to parse as JSON"
)
inference_entry = {
"model_id": model,
"model_name": MODEL_NAME,
"column_name": output_column,
"timestamp": datetime.now().isoformat(),
"mode": mode_label,
"has_template": extraction_mode,
"enable_thinking": enable_thinking,
"temperature": temperature,
"max_tokens": max_tokens,
}
if extraction_mode:
inference_entry["parse_error_rate"] = (
sum(all_parse_errors) / len(all_parse_errors) if all_parse_errors else 0.0
)
if "inference_info" in dataset.column_names:
logger.info("Updating existing inference_info column")
def update_inference_info(example):
try:
existing_info = (
json.loads(example["inference_info"])
if example["inference_info"]
else []
)
except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError):
existing_info = []
existing_info.append(inference_entry)
return {"inference_info": json.dumps(existing_info)}
dataset = dataset.map(update_inference_info)
else:
logger.info("Creating new inference_info column")
inference_list = [json.dumps([inference_entry])] * len(dataset)
dataset = dataset.add_column("inference_info", inference_list)
logger.info(f"Pushing to {output_dataset}")
max_retries = 3
for attempt in range(1, max_retries + 1):
try:
if attempt > 1:
logger.warning("Disabling XET (fallback to HTTP upload)")
os.environ["HF_HUB_DISABLE_XET"] = "1"
dataset.push_to_hub(
output_dataset,
private=private,
token=HF_TOKEN,
max_shard_size="500MB",
**({"config_name": config} if config else {}),
create_pr=create_pr,
commit_message=f"Add {model} {mode_label} results ({len(dataset)} samples)"
+ (f" [{config}]" if config else ""),
)
break
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f"Upload attempt {attempt}/{max_retries} failed: {e}")
if attempt < max_retries:
delay = 30 * (2 ** (attempt - 1))
logger.info(f"Retrying in {delay}s...")
time.sleep(delay)
else:
logger.error("All upload attempts failed. Results are lost.")
sys.exit(1)
logger.info("Creating dataset card")
card_content = create_dataset_card(
source_dataset=input_dataset,
model=model,
num_samples=len(dataset),
processing_time=processing_time_str,
mode_label=mode_label,
template=template,
enable_thinking=enable_thinking,
temperature=temperature,
output_column=output_column,
image_column=image_column,
split=split,
)
card = DatasetCard(card_content)
card.push_to_hub(output_dataset, token=HF_TOKEN)
logger.info("Done! NuExtract3 processing complete.")
logger.info(
f"Dataset available at: https://huggingface.co/datasets/{output_dataset}"
)
logger.info(f"Processing time: {processing_time_str}")
logger.info(
f"Processing speed: {len(dataset) / processing_duration.total_seconds():.2f} images/sec"
)
if verbose:
import importlib.metadata
logger.info("--- Resolved package versions ---")
for pkg in [
"vllm",
"transformers",
"torch",
"datasets",
"pyarrow",
"pillow",
"numind",
]:
try:
logger.info(f" {pkg}=={importlib.metadata.version(pkg)}")
except importlib.metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
logger.info(f" {pkg}: not installed")
logger.info("--- End versions ---")
if __name__ == "__main__":
if len(sys.argv) == 1:
print("=" * 70)
print("NuExtract3 - Document-to-Markdown + Structured Extraction (4B)")
print("=" * 70)
print("\nModes:")
print(" markdown - Image -> markdown (default)")
print(" content - Image -> plain content")
print(" --template / --schema - Image -> JSON shaped like the template")
print("\nExamples:")
print("\n1. Markdown OCR:")
print(" uv run nuextract3.py input-dataset output-dataset")
print("\n2. Structured extraction with an inline template:")
print(" uv run nuextract3.py input output \\")
print(' --template \'{"title": "verbatim-string", "date": "date"}\'')
print("\n3. Structured extraction from a JSON Schema (e.g. Pydantic):")
print(" uv run nuextract3.py input output --schema schema.json")
print("\n (--template / --schema also accept a URL or a local file path)")
print("\n4. Reasoning mode for harder documents:")
print(" uv run nuextract3.py input output --enable-thinking")
print("\n5. Test with 10 samples:")
print(" uv run nuextract3.py large-ds test --max-samples 10 --shuffle")
print("\n6. Running on HF Jobs (use vllm/vllm-openai image for built kernels):")
print(" hf jobs uv run --flavor a100-large \\")
print(" --image vllm/vllm-openai:latest \\")
print(" --python /usr/bin/python3 \\")
print(" -e PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages \\")
print(" -s HF_TOKEN \\")
print(
" https://huggingface.co/datasets/uv-scripts/ocr/raw/main/nuextract3.py \\"
)
print(" input-dataset output-dataset --batch-size 16")
print("\nFor full help: uv run nuextract3.py --help")
sys.exit(0)
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description="NuExtract3: document-to-markdown + schema-guided JSON extraction (4B VLM)",
formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
epilog="""
Modes:
(default) Markdown OCR (image -> clean markdown)
--mode content
Plain-content extraction (less structured than markdown)
--template PATH_OR_JSON
Structured extraction with a NuExtract template
--schema PATH_OR_JSON
Structured extraction from a JSON Schema
(e.g. Pydantic Model.model_json_schema())
Examples:
uv run nuextract3.py my-docs analyzed-docs
uv run nuextract3.py receipts extracted \\
--template '{"store": "verbatim-string", "total": "number"}'
uv run nuextract3.py contracts extracted --schema contract_schema.json
uv run nuextract3.py hard-docs out --enable-thinking
""",
)
parser.add_argument("input_dataset", help="Input dataset ID from Hugging Face Hub")
parser.add_argument("output_dataset", help="Output dataset ID for Hugging Face Hub")
parser.add_argument(
"--image-column",
default="image",
help="Column containing images (default: image)",
)
parser.add_argument(
"--batch-size",
type=int,
default=16,
help="Batch size for processing (default: 16)",
)
parser.add_argument(
"--max-model-len",
type=int,
default=16384,
help="Maximum model context length (default: 16384)",
)
parser.add_argument(
"--max-tokens",
type=int,
default=8192,
help="Maximum tokens to generate (default: 8192)",
)
parser.add_argument(
"--gpu-memory-utilization",
type=float,
default=0.8,
help="GPU memory utilization (default: 0.8)",
)
parser.add_argument(
"--mode",
choices=["markdown", "content"],
default="markdown",
help="OCR mode when no template/schema is given (default: markdown)",
)
parser.add_argument(
"--template",
help="NuExtract template: inline JSON, a URL, or a file path",
)
parser.add_argument(
"--schema",
help="JSON Schema to auto-convert: inline JSON, a URL, or a file path",
)
parser.add_argument(
"--enable-thinking",
action="store_true",
help="Enable reasoning mode (slower, better on hard documents)",
)
parser.add_argument(
"--instructions",
default=None,
help=(
"Free-text instructions passed to NuExtract via "
"chat_template_kwargs.instructions (e.g. routing guidance across "
"optional schema branches, output-format rules). "
"See https://huggingface.co/numind/NuExtract3#instructions"
),
)
parser.add_argument(
"--temperature",
type=float,
default=None,
help="Sampling temperature (default: 0.2 non-thinking, 0.6 thinking)",
)
parser.add_argument(
"--model",
default=MODEL_DEFAULT,
help=f"Model ID (default: {MODEL_DEFAULT})",
)
parser.add_argument("--hf-token", help="Hugging Face API token")
parser.add_argument(
"--split", default="train", help="Dataset split to use (default: train)"
)
parser.add_argument(
"--max-samples",
type=int,
help="Maximum number of samples to process (for testing)",
)
parser.add_argument(
"--private", action="store_true", help="Make output dataset private"
)
parser.add_argument(
"--config",
help="Config/subset name when pushing to Hub (for benchmarking multiple models in one repo)",
)
parser.add_argument(
"--create-pr",
action="store_true",
help="Create a pull request instead of pushing directly (for parallel benchmarking)",
)
parser.add_argument(
"--shuffle", action="store_true", help="Shuffle dataset before processing"
)
parser.add_argument(
"--seed",
type=int,
default=42,
help="Random seed for shuffling (default: 42)",
)
parser.add_argument(
"--output-column",
default=None,
help="Column name for output (default: 'markdown' in OCR mode, 'extraction' in template mode)",
)
parser.add_argument(
"--verbose",
action="store_true",
help="Log resolved package versions after processing",
)
args = parser.parse_args()
main(
input_dataset=args.input_dataset,
output_dataset=args.output_dataset,
image_column=args.image_column,
batch_size=args.batch_size,
max_model_len=args.max_model_len,
max_tokens=args.max_tokens,
gpu_memory_utilization=args.gpu_memory_utilization,
mode=args.mode,
template_arg=args.template,
schema_arg=args.schema,
enable_thinking=args.enable_thinking,
instructions=args.instructions,
temperature=args.temperature,
model=args.model,
hf_token=args.hf_token,
split=args.split,
max_samples=args.max_samples,
private=args.private,
shuffle=args.shuffle,
seed=args.seed,
output_column=args.output_column,
verbose=args.verbose,
config=args.config,
create_pr=args.create_pr,
)