Add batch ingestion (#55)

core/api.py

@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
+import asyncio
 import json
 from datetime import datetime, UTC, timedelta
 from pathlib import Path
 import sys
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
-from fastapi import FastAPI, Form, HTTPException, Depends, Header, UploadFile
+from fastapi import FastAPI, Form, HTTPException, Depends, Header, UploadFile, File
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 import jwt
 import logging
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.fastapi import FastAPIInstrumentor
 from core.completion.openai_completion import OpenAICompletionModel
 from core.embedding.ollama_embedding_model import OllamaEmbeddingModel
-from core.models.request import RetrieveRequest, CompletionQueryRequest, IngestTextRequest, CreateGraphRequest
+from core.models.request import RetrieveRequest, CompletionQueryRequest, IngestTextRequest, CreateGraphRequest, BatchIngestResponse
 from core.models.completion import ChunkSource, CompletionResponse
 from core.models.documents import Document, DocumentResult, ChunkResult
 from core.models.graph import Graph
@@ -360,6 +361,118 @@ async def ingest_file(
         raise HTTPException(status_code=403, detail=str(e))
 
 
+@app.post("/ingest/files", response_model=BatchIngestResponse)
+async def batch_ingest_files(
+    files: List[UploadFile] = File(...),
+    metadata: str = Form("{}"),
+    rules: str = Form("[]"),
+    use_colpali: Optional[bool] = Form(None),
+    parallel: bool = Form(True),
+    auth: AuthContext = Depends(verify_token),
+) -> BatchIngestResponse:
+    """
+    Batch ingest multiple files.
+    
+    Args:
+        files: List of files to ingest
+        metadata: JSON string of metadata (either a single dict or list of dicts)
+        rules: JSON string of rules list. Can be either:
+               - A single list of rules to apply to all files
+               - A list of rule lists, one per file
+        use_colpali: Whether to use ColPali-style embedding
+        parallel: Whether to process files in parallel
+        auth: Authentication context
+
+    Returns:
+        BatchIngestResponse containing:
+            - documents: List of successfully ingested documents
+            - errors: List of errors encountered during ingestion
+    """
+    if not files:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=400,
+            detail="No files provided for batch ingestion"
+        )
+
+    try:
+        metadata_value = json.loads(metadata)
+        rules_list = json.loads(rules)
+    except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=f"Invalid JSON: {str(e)}")
+
+    # Validate metadata if it's a list
+    if isinstance(metadata_value, list) and len(metadata_value) != len(files):
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=400,
+            detail=f"Number of metadata items ({len(metadata_value)}) must match number of files ({len(files)})"
+        )
+
+    # Validate rules if it's a list of lists
+    if isinstance(rules_list, list) and rules_list and isinstance(rules_list[0], list):
+        if len(rules_list) != len(files):
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=400,
+                detail=f"Number of rule lists ({len(rules_list)}) must match number of files ({len(files)})"
+            )
+
+    documents = []
+    errors = []
+
+    async with telemetry.track_operation(
+        operation_type="batch_ingest",
+        user_id=auth.entity_id,
+        metadata={
+            "file_count": len(files),
+            "metadata_type": "list" if isinstance(metadata_value, list) else "single",
+            "rules_type": "per_file" if isinstance(rules_list, list) and rules_list and isinstance(rules_list[0], list) else "shared",
+        },
+    ):
+        if parallel:
+            tasks = []
+            for i, file in enumerate(files):
+                metadata_item = metadata_value[i] if isinstance(metadata_value, list) else metadata_value
+                file_rules = rules_list[i] if isinstance(rules_list, list) and rules_list and isinstance(rules_list[0], list) else rules_list
+                task = document_service.ingest_file(
+                    file=file,
+                    metadata=metadata_item,
+                    auth=auth,
+                    rules=file_rules,
+                    use_colpali=use_colpali
+                )
+                tasks.append(task)
+            
+            results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks, return_exceptions=True)
+            
+            for i, result in enumerate(results):
+                if isinstance(result, Exception):
+                    errors.append({
+                        "filename": files[i].filename,
+                        "error": str(result)
+                    })
+                else:
+                    documents.append(result)
+        else:
+            for i, file in enumerate(files):
+                try:
+                    metadata_item = metadata_value[i] if isinstance(metadata_value, list) else metadata_value
+                    file_rules = rules_list[i] if isinstance(rules_list, list) and rules_list and isinstance(rules_list[0], list) else rules_list
+                    doc = await document_service.ingest_file(
+                        file=file,
+                        metadata=metadata_item,
+                        auth=auth,
+                        rules=file_rules,
+                        use_colpali=use_colpali
+                    )
+                    documents.append(doc)
+                except Exception as e:
+                    errors.append({
+                        "filename": file.filename,
+                        "error": str(e)
+                    })
+
+    return BatchIngestResponse(documents=documents, errors=errors)
+
+
 @app.post("/retrieve/chunks", response_model=List[ChunkResult])
 async def retrieve_chunks(request: RetrieveRequest, auth: AuthContext = Depends(verify_token)):
     """Retrieve relevant chunks."""

core/models/request.py

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-from typing import Dict, Any, Optional, List
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Any
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 
+from core.models.documents import Document
+
 
 class RetrieveRequest(BaseModel):
     """Base retrieve request model"""
@@ -49,3 +51,9 @@ class CreateGraphRequest(BaseModel):
     documents: Optional[List[str]] = Field(
         None, description="Optional list of specific document IDs to include"
     )
+
+
+class BatchIngestResponse(BaseModel):
+    """Response model for batch ingestion"""
+    documents: List[Document]
+    errors: List[Dict[str, str]]

core/services/document_service.py

@@ -405,6 +405,24 @@ class DocumentService:
         # Read file content
         file_content = await file.read()
         file_type = filetype.guess(file_content)
+        
+        # Set default mime type for cases where filetype.guess returns None
+        mime_type = ""
+        if file_type is not None:
+            mime_type = file_type.mime
+        elif file.filename:
+            # Try to determine by file extension as fallback
+            import mimetypes
+            guessed_type = mimetypes.guess_type(file.filename)[0]
+            if guessed_type:
+                mime_type = guessed_type
+            else:
+                # Default for text files
+                mime_type = "text/plain"
+        else:
+            mime_type = "application/octet-stream"  # Generic binary data
+            
+        logger.info(f"Determined MIME type: {mime_type} for file {file.filename}")
 
         # Parse file to text first
         additional_metadata, text = await self.parser.parse_file_to_text(
@@ -423,7 +441,7 @@ class DocumentService:
 
         # Create document record
         doc = Document(
-            content_type=file_type.mime or "",
+            content_type=mime_type,
             filename=file.filename,
             metadata=metadata,
             owner={"type": auth.entity_type, "id": auth.entity_id},
@@ -495,8 +513,19 @@ class DocumentService:
     def _create_chunks_multivector(
         self, file_type, file_content_base64: str, file_content: bytes, chunks: List[Chunk]
     ):
-        logger.info(f"Creating chunks for multivector embedding for file type {file_type.mime}")
-        match file_type.mime:
+        # Handle the case where file_type is None
+        mime_type = file_type.mime if file_type is not None else "text/plain"
+        logger.info(f"Creating chunks for multivector embedding for file type {mime_type}")
+        
+        # If file_type is None, treat it as a text file
+        if file_type is None:
+            logger.info("File type is None, treating as text")
+            return [
+                Chunk(content=chunk.content, metadata=(chunk.metadata | {"is_image": False}))
+                for chunk in chunks
+            ]
+            
+        match mime_type:
             case file_type if file_type in IMAGE:
                 return [Chunk(content=file_content_base64, metadata={"is_image": True})]
             case "application/pdf":
@@ -1017,6 +1046,15 @@ class DocumentService:
         file_type = filetype.guess(file_content)
         if file_type:
             doc.content_type = file_type.mime
+        else:
+            # If filetype.guess failed, try to determine from filename
+            import mimetypes
+            guessed_type = mimetypes.guess_type(file.filename)[0]
+            if guessed_type:
+                doc.content_type = guessed_type
+            else:
+                # Default fallback
+                doc.content_type = "text/plain" if file.filename.endswith('.txt') else "application/octet-stream"
         
         # Update filename
         doc.filename = file.filename

core/tests/integration/test_api.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from typing import AsyncGenerator, Dict
 from httpx import AsyncClient
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from httpx import ASGITransport
-from core.api import app, get_settings
+from core.api import get_settings
 import filetype
 import logging
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import create_async_engine
@@ -1426,6 +1426,303 @@ async def test_query_with_graph(client: AsyncClient):
     assert response_no_graph.status_code == 200
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_batch_ingest_with_shared_metadata(
+    client: AsyncClient
+):
+    """Test batch ingestion with shared metadata for all files."""
+    headers = create_auth_header()
+    # Create test files
+    files = [
+        ("files", ("test1.txt", b"Test content 1")),
+        ("files", ("test2.txt", b"Test content 2")),
+    ]
+    
+    # Shared metadata for all files
+    metadata = {"category": "test", "batch": "shared"}
+    
+    response = await client.post(
+        "/ingest/files",
+        files=files,
+        data={
+            "metadata": json.dumps(metadata),
+            "rules": json.dumps([]),
+            "use_colpali": "true",
+            "parallel": "true",
+        },
+        headers=headers,
+    )
+    
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    result = response.json()
+    assert len(result["documents"]) == 2
+    assert len(result["errors"]) == 0
+    
+    # Verify all documents got the same metadata
+    for doc in result["documents"]:
+        assert doc["metadata"]["category"] == "test"
+        assert doc["metadata"]["batch"] == "shared"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_batch_ingest_with_individual_metadata(
+    client: AsyncClient
+):
+    """Test batch ingestion with individual metadata per file."""
+    headers = create_auth_header()
+    # Create test files
+    files = [
+        ("files", ("test1.txt", b"Test content 1")),
+        ("files", ("test2.txt", b"Test content 2")),
+    ]
+    
+    # Individual metadata
+    metadata = [
+        {"category": "test1", "batch": "individual"},
+        {"category": "test2", "batch": "individual"},
+    ]
+    
+    response = await client.post(
+        "/ingest/files",
+        files=files,
+        data={
+            "metadata": json.dumps(metadata),
+            "rules": json.dumps([]),
+            "use_colpali": "true",
+            "parallel": "true",
+        },
+        headers=headers,
+    )
+    
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    result = response.json()
+    assert len(result["documents"]) == 2
+    assert len(result["errors"]) == 0
+    
+    # Verify each document got its correct metadata
+    assert result["documents"][0]["metadata"]["category"] == "test1"
+    assert result["documents"][1]["metadata"]["category"] == "test2"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_batch_ingest_metadata_validation(
+    client: AsyncClient
+):
+    """Test validation when metadata list length doesn't match files."""
+    headers = create_auth_header()
+    files = [
+        ("files", ("test1.txt", b"Test content 1")),
+        ("files", ("test2.txt", b"Test content 2")),
+    ]
+    
+    # Metadata list with wrong length
+    metadata = [
+        {"category": "test1"},
+        {"category": "test2"},
+        {"category": "test3"},  # Extra metadata
+    ]
+    
+    response = await client.post(
+        "/ingest/files",
+        files=files,
+        data={
+            "metadata": json.dumps(metadata),
+            "rules": json.dumps([]),
+            "use_colpali": "true",
+            "parallel": "true",
+        },
+        headers=headers,
+    )
+    
+    assert response.status_code == 400
+    assert "must match number of files" in response.json()["detail"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_batch_ingest_sequential(
+    client: AsyncClient
+):
+    """Test sequential batch ingestion."""
+    headers = create_auth_header()
+    files = [
+        ("files", ("test1.txt", b"Test content 1")),
+        ("files", ("test2.txt", b"Test content 2")),
+    ]
+    
+    metadata = {"category": "test"}
+    
+    response = await client.post(
+        "/ingest/files",
+        files=files,
+        data={
+            "metadata": json.dumps(metadata),
+            "rules": json.dumps([]),
+            "use_colpali": "true",
+            "parallel": "false",  # Process sequentially
+        },
+        headers=headers,
+    )
+    
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    result = response.json()
+    assert len(result["documents"]) == 2
+    assert len(result["errors"]) == 0
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_batch_ingest_with_rules(
+    client: AsyncClient
+):
+    """Test batch ingestion with rules applied."""
+    headers = create_auth_header()
+    files = [
+        ("files", ("test1.txt", b"Test content 1")),
+        ("files", ("test2.txt", b"Test content 2")),
+    ]
+    
+    # Test shared rules for all files
+    shared_rules = [{"type": "natural_language", "prompt": "Extract keywords"}]
+    
+    response = await client.post(
+        "/ingest/files",
+        files=files,
+        data={
+            "metadata": json.dumps({}),
+            "rules": json.dumps(shared_rules),
+            "use_colpali": "true",
+            "parallel": "true",
+        },
+        headers=headers,
+    )
+    
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    result = response.json()
+    assert len(result["documents"]) == 2
+    assert len(result["errors"]) == 0
+    
+    # Test per-file rules
+    per_file_rules = [
+        [{"type": "natural_language", "prompt": "Extract keywords"}],  # Rules for first file
+        [{"type": "metadata_extraction", "schema": {"title": "string"}}],  # Rules for second file
+    ]
+    
+    response = await client.post(
+        "/ingest/files",
+        files=files,
+        data={
+            "metadata": json.dumps({}),
+            "rules": json.dumps(per_file_rules),
+            "use_colpali": "true",
+            "parallel": "true",
+        },
+        headers=headers,
+    )
+    
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    result = response.json()
+    assert len(result["documents"]) == 2
+    assert len(result["errors"]) == 0
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_batch_ingest_rules_validation(
+    client: AsyncClient
+):
+    """Test validation of rules format and length."""
+    headers = create_auth_header()
+    files = [
+        ("files", ("test1.txt", b"Test content 1")),
+        ("files", ("test2.txt", b"Test content 2")),
+    ]
+    
+    # Test invalid rules format
+    invalid_rules = "not a list"
+    
+    response = await client.post(
+        "/ingest/files",
+        files=files,
+        data={
+            "metadata": json.dumps({}),
+            "rules": invalid_rules,
+            "use_colpali": "true",
+            "parallel": "true",
+        },
+        headers=headers,
+    )
+    
+    assert response.status_code == 400
+    assert "Invalid JSON" in response.json()["detail"]
+    
+    # Test per-file rules with wrong length
+    per_file_rules = [
+        [{"type": "natural_language", "prompt": "Extract keywords"}],  # Only one set of rules
+    ]
+    
+    response = await client.post(
+        "/ingest/files",
+        files=files,
+        data={
+            "metadata": json.dumps({}),
+            "rules": json.dumps(per_file_rules),
+            "use_colpali": "true",
+            "parallel": "true",
+        },
+        headers=headers,
+    )
+    
+    assert response.status_code == 400
+    assert "must match number of files" in response.json()["detail"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_batch_ingest_sequential_vs_parallel(
+    client: AsyncClient
+):
+    """Test both sequential and parallel batch ingestion."""
+    headers = create_auth_header()
+    files = [
+        ("files", ("test1.txt", b"Test content 1")),
+        ("files", ("test2.txt", b"Test content 2")),
+        ("files", ("test3.txt", b"Test content 3")),
+    ]
+    
+    # Test parallel processing
+    response = await client.post(
+        "/ingest/files",
+        files=files,
+        data={
+            "metadata": json.dumps({}),
+            "rules": json.dumps([]),
+            "use_colpali": "true",
+            "parallel": "true",
+        },
+        headers=headers,
+    )
+    
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    result = response.json()
+    assert len(result["documents"]) == 3
+    assert len(result["errors"]) == 0
+    
+    # Test sequential processing 
+    response = await client.post(
+        "/ingest/files",
+        files=files,
+        data={
+            "metadata": json.dumps({}),
+            "rules": json.dumps([]),
+            "use_colpali": "true",
+            "parallel": "false",
+        },
+        headers=headers,
+    )
+    
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    result = response.json()
+    assert len(result["documents"]) == 3
+    assert len(result["errors"]) == 0
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_cross_document_query_with_graph(client: AsyncClient):
     """Test cross-document information retrieval using knowledge graph."""

sdks/python/databridge/async_.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-from io import BytesIO
+from io import BytesIO, IOBase
 import json
+import logging
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Dict, Any, List, Optional, Union, BinaryIO
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ from .models import (
 )
 from .rules import Rule
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 # Type alias for rules
 RuleOrDict = Union[Rule, Dict[str, Any]]
 
@@ -222,41 +225,7 @@ class AsyncDataBridge:
         rules: Optional[List[RuleOrDict]] = None,
         use_colpali: bool = True,
     ) -> Document:
-        """
-        Ingest a file document into DataBridge.
-
-        Args:
-            file: File to ingest (path string, bytes, file object, or Path)
-            filename: Name of the file
-            metadata: Optional metadata dictionary
-            rules: Optional list of rules to apply during ingestion. Can be:
-                  - MetadataExtractionRule: Extract metadata using a schema
-                  - NaturalLanguageRule: Transform content using natural language
-            use_colpali: Whether to use ColPali-style embedding model to ingest the file (slower, but significantly better retrieval accuracy for text and images)
-        Returns:
-            Document: Metadata of the ingested document
-
-        Example:
-            ```python
-            from databridge.rules import MetadataExtractionRule, NaturalLanguageRule
-            from pydantic import BaseModel
-
-            class DocumentInfo(BaseModel):
-                title: str
-                author: str
-                department: str
-
-            doc = await db.ingest_file(
-                "document.pdf",
-                filename="document.pdf",
-                metadata={"category": "research"},
-                rules=[
-                    MetadataExtractionRule(schema=DocumentInfo),
-                    NaturalLanguageRule(prompt="Extract key points only")
-                ]
-            )
-            ```
-        """
+        """Ingest a file document into DataBridge."""
         # Handle different file input types
         if isinstance(file, (str, Path)):
             file_path = Path(file)
@@ -290,6 +259,131 @@ class AsyncDataBridge:
             if isinstance(file, (str, Path)):
                 file_obj.close()
 
+    async def ingest_files(
+        self,
+        files: List[Union[str, bytes, BinaryIO, Path]],
+        metadata: Optional[Union[Dict[str, Any], List[Dict[str, Any]]]] = None,
+        rules: Optional[List[RuleOrDict]] = None,
+        use_colpali: bool = True,
+        parallel: bool = True,
+    ) -> List[Document]:
+        """
+        Ingest multiple files into DataBridge.
+
+        Args:
+            files: List of files to ingest (path strings, bytes, file objects, or Paths)
+            metadata: Optional metadata (single dict for all files or list of dicts)
+            rules: Optional list of rules to apply
+            use_colpali: Whether to use ColPali-style embedding
+            parallel: Whether to process files in parallel
+
+        Returns:
+            List[Document]: List of successfully ingested documents
+
+        Raises:
+            ValueError: If metadata list length doesn't match files length
+        """
+        # Convert files to format expected by API
+        file_objects = []
+        for file in files:
+            if isinstance(file, (str, Path)):
+                path = Path(file)
+                file_objects.append(("files", (path.name, open(path, "rb"))))
+            elif isinstance(file, bytes):
+                file_objects.append(("files", ("file.bin", file)))
+            else:
+                file_objects.append(("files", (getattr(file, "name", "file.bin"), file)))
+
+        try:
+            # Prepare request data
+            # Convert rules appropriately based on whether it's a flat list or list of lists
+            if rules:
+                if all(isinstance(r, list) for r in rules):
+                    # List of lists - per-file rules
+                    converted_rules = [[self._convert_rule(r) for r in rule_list] for rule_list in rules]
+                else:
+                    # Flat list - shared rules for all files
+                    converted_rules = [self._convert_rule(r) for r in rules]
+            else:
+                converted_rules = []
+
+            data = {
+                "metadata": json.dumps(metadata or {}),
+                "rules": json.dumps(converted_rules),
+                "use_colpali": str(use_colpali).lower() if use_colpali is not None else None,
+                "parallel": str(parallel).lower(),
+            }
+
+            response = await self._request("POST", "ingest/files", data=data, files=file_objects)
+            
+            if response.get("errors"):
+                # Log errors but don't raise exception
+                for error in response["errors"]:
+                    logger.error(f"Failed to ingest {error['filename']}: {error['error']}")
+            
+            docs = [Document(**doc) for doc in response["documents"]]
+            for doc in docs:
+                doc._client = self
+            return docs
+        finally:
+            # Clean up file objects
+            for _, (_, file_obj) in file_objects:
+                if isinstance(file_obj, (IOBase, BytesIO)) and not file_obj.closed:
+                    file_obj.close()
+
+    async def ingest_directory(
+        self,
+        directory: Union[str, Path],
+        recursive: bool = False,
+        pattern: str = "*",
+        metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
+        rules: Optional[List[RuleOrDict]] = None,
+        use_colpali: bool = True,
+        parallel: bool = True,
+    ) -> List[Document]:
+        """
+        Ingest all files in a directory into DataBridge.
+
+        Args:
+            directory: Path to directory containing files to ingest
+            recursive: Whether to recursively process subdirectories
+            pattern: Optional glob pattern to filter files (e.g. "*.pdf")
+            metadata: Optional metadata dictionary to apply to all files
+            rules: Optional list of rules to apply
+            use_colpali: Whether to use ColPali-style embedding
+            parallel: Whether to process files in parallel
+
+        Returns:
+            List[Document]: List of ingested documents
+
+        Raises:
+            ValueError: If directory not found
+        """
+        directory = Path(directory)
+        if not directory.is_dir():
+            raise ValueError(f"Directory not found: {directory}")
+
+        # Collect all files matching pattern
+        if recursive:
+            files = list(directory.rglob(pattern))
+        else:
+            files = list(directory.glob(pattern))
+
+        # Filter out directories
+        files = [f for f in files if f.is_file()]
+        
+        if not files:
+            return []
+
+        # Use ingest_files with collected paths
+        return await self.ingest_files(
+            files=files,
+            metadata=metadata,
+            rules=rules,
+            use_colpali=use_colpali,
+            parallel=parallel
+        )
+
     async def retrieve_chunks(
         self,
         query: str,

sdks/python/databridge/models.py

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Dict, Any, List, Literal, Optional, Union
-from io import BinaryIO
+from typing import Dict, Any, List, Literal, Optional, Union, BinaryIO
 from pathlib import Path
 from datetime import datetime
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, field_validator

sdks/python/databridge/sync.py

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import base64
-from io import BytesIO
+from io import BytesIO, IOBase
 import io
 from PIL.Image import Image as PILImage
 from PIL import Image
 import json
+import logging
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Dict, Any, List, Optional, Union, BinaryIO
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ from .models import (
 )
 from .rules import Rule
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 # Type alias for rules
 RuleOrDict = Union[Rule, Dict[str, Any]]
 
@@ -294,6 +297,131 @@ class DataBridge:
             if isinstance(file, (str, Path)):
                 file_obj.close()
 
+    def ingest_files(
+        self,
+        files: List[Union[str, bytes, BinaryIO, Path]],
+        metadata: Optional[Union[Dict[str, Any], List[Dict[str, Any]]]] = None,
+        rules: Optional[List[RuleOrDict]] = None,
+        use_colpali: bool = True,
+        parallel: bool = True,
+    ) -> List[Document]:
+        """
+        Ingest multiple files into DataBridge.
+
+        Args:
+            files: List of files to ingest (path strings, bytes, file objects, or Paths)
+            metadata: Optional metadata (single dict for all files or list of dicts)
+            rules: Optional list of rules to apply
+            use_colpali: Whether to use ColPali-style embedding
+            parallel: Whether to process files in parallel
+
+        Returns:
+            List[Document]: List of successfully ingested documents
+
+        Raises:
+            ValueError: If metadata list length doesn't match files length
+        """
+        # Convert files to format expected by API
+        file_objects = []
+        for file in files:
+            if isinstance(file, (str, Path)):
+                path = Path(file)
+                file_objects.append(("files", (path.name, open(path, "rb"))))
+            elif isinstance(file, bytes):
+                file_objects.append(("files", ("file.bin", file)))
+            else:
+                file_objects.append(("files", (getattr(file, "name", "file.bin"), file)))
+
+        try:
+            # Prepare request data
+            # Convert rules appropriately based on whether it's a flat list or list of lists
+            if rules:
+                if all(isinstance(r, list) for r in rules):
+                    # List of lists - per-file rules
+                    converted_rules = [[self._convert_rule(r) for r in rule_list] for rule_list in rules]
+                else:
+                    # Flat list - shared rules for all files
+                    converted_rules = [self._convert_rule(r) for r in rules]
+            else:
+                converted_rules = []
+
+            data = {
+                "metadata": json.dumps(metadata or {}),
+                "rules": json.dumps(converted_rules),
+                "use_colpali": str(use_colpali).lower() if use_colpali is not None else None,
+                "parallel": str(parallel).lower(),
+            }
+
+            response = self._request("POST", "ingest/files", data=data, files=file_objects)
+            
+            if response.get("errors"):
+                # Log errors but don't raise exception
+                for error in response["errors"]:
+                    logger.error(f"Failed to ingest {error['filename']}: {error['error']}")
+            
+            docs = [Document(**doc) for doc in response["documents"]]
+            for doc in docs:
+                doc._client = self
+            return docs
+        finally:
+            # Clean up file objects
+            for _, (_, file_obj) in file_objects:
+                if isinstance(file_obj, (IOBase, BytesIO)) and not file_obj.closed:
+                    file_obj.close()
+
+    def ingest_directory(
+        self,
+        directory: Union[str, Path],
+        recursive: bool = False,
+        pattern: str = "*",
+        metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
+        rules: Optional[List[RuleOrDict]] = None,
+        use_colpali: bool = True,
+        parallel: bool = True,
+    ) -> List[Document]:
+        """
+        Ingest all files in a directory into DataBridge.
+
+        Args:
+            directory: Path to directory containing files to ingest
+            recursive: Whether to recursively process subdirectories
+            pattern: Optional glob pattern to filter files (e.g. "*.pdf")
+            metadata: Optional metadata dictionary to apply to all files
+            rules: Optional list of rules to apply
+            use_colpali: Whether to use ColPali-style embedding
+            parallel: Whether to process files in parallel
+
+        Returns:
+            List[Document]: List of ingested documents
+
+        Raises:
+            ValueError: If directory not found
+        """
+        directory = Path(directory)
+        if not directory.is_dir():
+            raise ValueError(f"Directory not found: {directory}")
+
+        # Collect all files matching pattern
+        if recursive:
+            files = list(directory.rglob(pattern))
+        else:
+            files = list(directory.glob(pattern))
+
+        # Filter out directories
+        files = [f for f in files if f.is_file()]
+        
+        if not files:
+            return []
+
+        # Use ingest_files with collected paths
+        return self.ingest_files(
+            files=files,
+            metadata=metadata,
+            rules=rules,
+            use_colpali=use_colpali,
+            parallel=parallel
+        )
+
     def retrieve_chunks(
         self,
         query: str,

shell.py

@@ -137,6 +137,120 @@ class DB:
         )
         return doc if as_object else doc.model_dump()
 
+    def ingest_files(
+        self,
+        files: List[str],
+        metadata: Optional[Union[Dict[str, Any], List[Dict[str, Any]]]] = None,
+        rules: Optional[List[Dict[str, Any]]] = None,
+        use_colpali: bool = True,
+        parallel: bool = True,
+        as_objects: bool = False,
+    ) -> List[Union[dict, 'Document']]:
+        """
+        Batch ingest multiple files into DataBridge.
+
+        Args:
+            files: List of file paths to ingest
+            metadata: Optional metadata (single dict for all files or list of dicts)
+            rules: Optional list of rules. Can be either:
+                   - A single list of rules to apply to all files
+                   - A list of rule lists, one per file
+            use_colpali: Whether to use ColPali-style embedding model
+            parallel: Whether to process files in parallel
+            as_objects: If True, returns Document objects with update methods, otherwise returns dicts
+
+        Returns:
+            List of document metadata (dicts or Document objects)
+
+        Example:
+            ```python
+            # Ingest multiple files with shared metadata
+            docs = db.ingest_files(
+                ["doc1.pdf", "doc2.pdf"],
+                metadata={"category": "research"},
+                parallel=True
+            )
+
+            # Ingest files with individual metadata
+            docs = db.ingest_files(
+                ["doc1.pdf", "doc2.pdf"],
+                metadata=[
+                    {"category": "research", "author": "Alice"},
+                    {"category": "reports", "author": "Bob"}
+                ]
+            )
+            ```
+        """
+        # Convert file paths to Path objects
+        file_paths = [Path(f) for f in files]
+        
+        # Ingest files using the client
+        docs = self._client.ingest_files(
+            files=file_paths,
+            metadata=metadata,
+            rules=rules,
+            use_colpali=use_colpali,
+            parallel=parallel,
+        )
+        
+        return docs if as_objects else [doc.model_dump() for doc in docs]
+
+    def ingest_directory(
+        self,
+        directory: str,
+        recursive: bool = False,
+        pattern: str = "*",
+        metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
+        rules: Optional[List[Dict[str, Any]]] = None,
+        use_colpali: bool = True,
+        parallel: bool = True,
+        as_objects: bool = False,
+    ) -> List[Union[dict, 'Document']]:
+        """
+        Ingest all files in a directory into DataBridge.
+
+        Args:
+            directory: Path to directory containing files to ingest
+            recursive: Whether to recursively process subdirectories
+            pattern: Optional glob pattern to filter files (e.g. "*.pdf")
+            metadata: Optional metadata dictionary to apply to all files
+            rules: Optional list of rules. Can be either:
+                   - A single list of rules to apply to all files
+                   - A list of rule lists, one per file
+            use_colpali: Whether to use ColPali-style embedding model
+            parallel: Whether to process files in parallel
+            as_objects: If True, returns Document objects with update methods, otherwise returns dicts
+
+        Returns:
+            List of document metadata (dicts or Document objects)
+
+        Example:
+            ```python
+            # Ingest all PDFs in a directory and its subdirectories
+            docs = db.ingest_directory(
+                "data/documents",
+                recursive=True,
+                metadata={"category": "research"},
+                pattern="*.pdf"
+            )
+            ```
+        """
+        # Convert directory to Path
+        dir_path = Path(directory)
+        
+        # Ingest directory using the client
+        docs = self._client.ingest_directory(
+            directory=dir_path,
+            recursive=recursive,
+            pattern=pattern,
+            metadata=metadata,
+            rules=rules,
+            use_colpali=use_colpali,
+            parallel=parallel,
+        )
+        
+        return docs if as_objects else [doc.model_dump() for doc in docs]
+
     def retrieve_chunks(
         self,
         query: str,