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+//! Crate root.
+//!
+//! Exposes the pure transform/pipeline modules, and — when built with the
+//! `python` feature — a PyO3 extension module `litellm_rust` with a single
+//! sync `ocr(...)` function.
+
+pub mod error;
+pub mod llms;
+pub mod pipeline;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "python")]
+mod python {
+    use pyo3::exceptions::{PyRuntimeError, PyValueError};
+    use pyo3::prelude::*;
+    use pyo3::types::{PyDict, PyString};
+    use serde_json::{Map, Value};
+
+    use crate::error::OcrError;
+    use crate::llms::base_llm::ocr::transformation::OcrRequest;
+    use crate::pipeline::ocr_blocking;
+
+    /// Convert a Python object into a `serde_json::Value` by round-tripping
+    /// through the `json` module's `dumps`. Keeps conversion logic simple and
+    /// faithful to Python's own JSON encoding.
+    fn py_to_value(py: Python<'_>, obj: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Value> {
+        let json = py.import("json")?;
+        let dumped = json.call_method1("dumps", (obj,))?;
+        let s: String = dumped.extract()?;
+        serde_json::from_str(&s)
+            .map_err(|e| PyValueError::new_err(format!("Failed to encode argument as JSON: {e}")))
+    }
+
+    /// Convert a `serde_json::Value` into a Python object via `json.loads`.
+    fn value_to_py(py: Python<'_>, value: &Value) -> PyResult<PyObject> {
+        let s = serde_json::to_string(value)
+            .map_err(|e| PyRuntimeError::new_err(format!("Failed to serialize response: {e}")))?;
+        let json = py.import("json")?;
+        let obj = json.call_method1("loads", (PyString::new(py, &s),))?;
+        Ok(obj.unbind())
+    }
+
+    /// Map an `OcrError` to the appropriate Python exception type.
+    fn ocr_error_to_pyerr(err: OcrError) -> PyErr {
+        match err {
+            // Missing API key etc. -> ValueError (matches the Python code).
+            OcrError::Auth(msg) => PyValueError::new_err(msg),
+            // Bad document type etc. -> ValueError.
+            OcrError::Transform(msg) => PyValueError::new_err(msg),
+            // HTTP/network/parse failures -> RuntimeError carrying details.
+            other => PyRuntimeError::new_err(other.to_string()),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Perform a Mistral OCR call.
+    ///
+    /// Mirrors:
+    /// `litellm_rust.ocr(model, document, api_key, api_base, optional_params) -> dict`
+    #[pyfunction]
+    #[pyo3(signature = (model, document, api_key, api_base, optional_params))]
+    pub fn ocr(
+        py: Python<'_>,
+        model: String,
+        document: &Bound<'_, PyAny>,
+        api_key: Option<String>,
+        api_base: Option<String>,
+        optional_params: &Bound<'_, PyDict>,
+    ) -> PyResult<PyObject> {
+        let document_value = py_to_value(py, document)?;
+
+        let params_value = py_to_value(py, optional_params.as_any())?;
+        let optional_params: Map<String, Value> = match params_value {
+            Value::Object(map) => map,
+            _ => return Err(PyValueError::new_err("optional_params must be a dict")),
+        };
+
+        let req = OcrRequest {
+            model,
+            document: document_value,
+            api_key,
+            api_base,
+            optional_params,
+        };
+
+        // Release the GIL during the blocking HTTP call.
+        let result = py.allow_threads(|| ocr_blocking(req));
+
+        match result {
+            Ok(response) => {
+                let value = serde_json::to_value(&response).map_err(|e| {
+                    PyRuntimeError::new_err(format!("Failed to serialize response: {e}"))
+                })?;
+                value_to_py(py, &value)
+            }
+            Err(err) => Err(ocr_error_to_pyerr(err)),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[pymodule]
+    fn litellm_rust(m: &Bound<'_, PyModule>) -> PyResult<()> {
+        m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(ocr, m)?)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}