Enhance model handling by normalizing modalities and updating fetch logic; add tests for new functionality

Co-authored-by: Copilot <copilot@github.com>

backend/app/services/models.py

@@ -10,37 +10,83 @@ from . import openrouter
 CACHE_TTL_HOURS = 24
 
 
+def _normalize_modality(raw: str) -> str:
+    """Normalize OpenRouter modality labels to canonical values."""
+    value = (raw or "").strip().lower()
+    if value in {"text", "image", "video", "audio", "embeddings", "embedding"}:
+        return "embeddings" if value == "embedding" else value
+    if "image" in value:
+        return "image"
+    if "video" in value:
+        return "video"
+    if "audio" in value:
+        return "audio"
+    if "embed" in value:
+        return "embeddings"
+    return "text"
+
+
 def _parse_modality(raw_modality: str) -> str:
     """Extract output modality from OpenRouter architecture.modality string.
 
     Examples: "text->text", "text+image->text", "text->image", "text->video"
     """
     output = raw_modality.split(
-        "->", 1)[-1].lower() if "->" in raw_modality else raw_modality.lower()
+        "->", 1)[-1] if "->" in raw_modality else raw_modality
-    if "text" in output:
+    return _normalize_modality(output)
+
+
+def _extract_output_modality(model: dict[str, Any]) -> str:
+    """Extract output modality using OpenRouter schema, fallback to legacy field."""
+    architecture = model.get("architecture") or {}
+
+    output_modalities = architecture.get(
+        "output_modalities") or model.get("output_modalities")
+    if isinstance(output_modalities, list) and output_modalities:
+        return _normalize_modality(str(output_modalities[0]))
+
+    raw_modality = architecture.get(
+        "modality") or model.get("modality") or "text->text"
+    if isinstance(raw_modality, str):
+        return _parse_modality(raw_modality)
     return "text"
-    if "image" in output:
+
-        return "image"
+
-    if "video" in output:
+async def _fetch_models_for_cache() -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
-        return "video"
+    """Fetch broad + modality-specific lists and merge unique models by id."""
-    if "audio" in output:
+    by_id: dict[str, dict[str, Any]] = {}
-        return "audio"
+
-    return output
+    # Primary fetch: all modalities (per OpenRouter docs).
+    primary = await openrouter.list_models(output_modalities="all")
+    for model in primary:
+        model_id = model.get("id")
+        if model_id:
+            by_id[model_id] = model
+
+    # Warmup fetches: some providers surface better results with explicit modality filter.
+    for modality in ("image", "video", "audio", "embeddings", "text"):
+        try:
+            subset = await openrouter.list_models(output_modalities=modality)
+        except Exception:
+            continue
+        for model in subset:
+            model_id = model.get("id")
+            if model_id and model_id not in by_id:
+                by_id[model_id] = model
+
+    return list(by_id.values())
 
 
 async def refresh_models_cache(conn: duckdb.DuckDBPyConnection) -> int:
     """Fetch all models from OpenRouter and replace the cache. Returns count stored."""
-    raw = await openrouter.list_models()
+    raw = await _fetch_models_for_cache()
     # Use naive UTC to avoid DuckDB TIMESTAMP tz-stripping inconsistencies
     now = datetime.now(timezone.utc).replace(tzinfo=None)
 
     conn.execute("DELETE FROM models_cache")
     count = 0
     for m in raw:
-        arch = m.get("architecture", {})
+        modality = _extract_output_modality(m)
-        modality_raw = arch.get(
-            "modality", "text->text") if arch else "text->text"
-        modality = _parse_modality(modality_raw)
         pricing = m.get("pricing")
         model_id = m.get("id", "")
         if not model_id:

backend/app/services/openrouter.py

@@ -24,12 +24,25 @@ def _headers() -> dict[str, str]:
     }
 
 
-async def list_models() -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+async def list_models(
-    """Return available models from OpenRouter."""
+    output_modalities: str = "all",
+    category: str | None = None,
+    supported_parameters: str | None = None,
+) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+    """Return available models from OpenRouter.
+
+    Docs: GET /models supports query filters like output_modalities.
+    """
     base_url = os.getenv("OPENROUTER_BASE_URL", OPENROUTER_BASE_URL)
+    params: dict[str, str] = {"output_modalities": output_modalities}
+    if category:
+        params["category"] = category
+    if supported_parameters:
+        params["supported_parameters"] = supported_parameters
+
     async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=15) as client:
         resp = client.build_request(
-            "GET", f"{base_url}/models", headers=_headers())
+            "GET", f"{base_url}/models", headers=_headers(), params=params)
         response = await client.send(resp)
         response.raise_for_status()
         return response.json().get("data", [])

backend/tests/test_models.py

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ from httpx import ASGITransport, AsyncClient
 from app import db as db_module
 from app.main import app
 from app.services.models import (
+    _extract_output_modality,
+    _normalize_modality,
     _parse_modality,
     get_cached_models,
     is_cache_stale,
@@ -107,6 +109,25 @@ def test_parse_modality_no_arrow_fallback():
     assert _parse_modality("text") == "text"
 
 
+def test_normalize_embedding_alias():
+    assert _normalize_modality("embedding") == "embeddings"
+
+
+def test_extract_output_modality_prefers_output_modalities():
+    model = {
+        "architecture": {
+            "modality": "text->text",
+            "output_modalities": ["image"],
+        }
+    }
+    assert _extract_output_modality(model) == "image"
+
+
+def test_extract_output_modality_legacy_fallback():
+    model = {"architecture": {"modality": "text->audio"}}
+    assert _extract_output_modality(model) == "audio"
+
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Unit tests: is_cache_stale
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -213,7 +234,7 @@ async def test_list_models_endpoint_auto_refreshes(client):
         )
     assert resp.status_code == 200
     assert len(resp.json()) == 4
-    mock_fetch.assert_awaited_once()
+    assert mock_fetch.await_count >= 1
 
 
 async def test_list_models_endpoint_uses_cache(client):