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| # ML Services Setup |
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| ## Requirements |
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| ### Python Packages |
| All Python dependencies can be installed using pip: |
| ```bash |
| pip install pandas fastapi uvicorn pytesseract python-multipart certifi faiss-cpu sentence-transformers |
| ``` |
|
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| ### Tesseract OCR |
| The OCR service requires Tesseract OCR to be installed on your system: |
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| #### Windows |
| 1. Download the installer from the official Tesseract GitHub releases: |
| https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/tesseract/wiki |
| 2. Run the installer. The default install location is `C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR\` |
| 3. Add Tesseract to your system PATH: |
| - Right-click on 'This PC' or 'My Computer' |
| - Click 'Properties' |
| - Click 'Advanced system settings' |
| - Click 'Environment Variables' |
| - Under 'System Variables', find and select 'Path' |
| - Click 'Edit' |
| - Click 'New' |
| - Add `C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR\` (or your custom install path) |
| - Click 'OK' on all windows |
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| Alternatively, if you have Chocolatey package manager installed: |
| ```powershell |
| choco install tesseract |
| ``` |
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| #### Verify Installation |
| After installing, you can verify Tesseract is working by running: |
| ```powershell |
| tesseract --version |
| ``` |
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| ## Services |
| - `data_service.py` - Pincode database and REST API |
| - `ml_service.py` - Address matching using FAISS and sentence embeddings |
| - `ml_ocr_service.py` - OCR and address matching combined service |
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| ## Running the Services |
| Each service can be run using uvicorn: |
| ```bash |
| uvicorn data_service:app --reload |
| uvicorn ml_service:app --reload |
| uvicorn ml_ocr_service:app --reload |
| ``` |
| ======= |
| # ML Microservice - AI-Powered Address Matching |
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| ## Overview |
| This is the ML microservice for the AI-Powered Delivery Post Office Identification System (Challenge 1). It provides intelligent address matching, OCR text extraction, and post office identification using state-of-the-art NLP models. |
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| ## Features |
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| ### ✅ Challenge 1 Implementation |
| - **Address Matching**: AI-powered similarity search using sentence transformers |
| - **OCR Extraction**: Extract addresses from parcel images using Tesseract |
| - **Smart Confidence Scoring**: Multi-factor confidence calculation |
| - **FAISS Index**: Fast similarity search across 165K+ post offices |
| - **Address Normalization**: Clean and standardize address text |
| - **Explainable AI**: Highlight matching tokens for transparency |
| - **Model Persistence**: Automatic caching for fast startup on subsequent runs |
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| ## Architecture |
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|
| ``` |
| ml/ |
| ├── main.py # FastAPI application entry point |
| ├── requirements.txt # Python dependencies |
| ├── Dockerfile # Docker configuration |
| ├── models/ |
| │ ├── __init__.py |
| │ └── matcher.py # Address matching with FAISS |
| ├── utils/ |
| │ ├── __init__.py |
| │ ├── text_processor.py # Text normalization utilities |
| │ └── ocr.py # OCR extraction utilities |
| └── .env.example # Environment variables template |
| ``` |
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| ## Tech Stack |
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| - **Framework**: FastAPI 0.115.4 |
| - **ML Model**: sentence-transformers (all-MiniLM-L6-v2) |
| - **Search**: FAISS (Facebook AI Similarity Search) |
| - **OCR**: Tesseract OCR / pytesseract |
| - **Data**: pandas, numpy |
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| ## Installation |
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| ### Prerequisites |
| - Python 3.11+ |
| - Tesseract OCR installed on system |
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| #### Install Tesseract: |
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| **macOS:** |
| ```bash |
| brew install tesseract |
| ``` |
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| **Ubuntu/Debian:** |
| ```bash |
| sudo apt-get update |
| sudo apt-get install tesseract-ocr tesseract-ocr-eng |
| ``` |
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| **Windows:** |
| Download from: https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/tesseract/wiki |
| Add to PATH or set TESSERACT_PATH in .env |
| |
| ### Setup |
| |
| 1. **Create virtual environment:** |
| ```bash |
| cd ml |
| python -m venv venv |
| source venv/bin/activate # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate |
| ``` |
| |
| 2. **Install dependencies:** |
| ```bash |
| pip install -r requirements.txt |
| ``` |
| |
| 3. **Configure environment:** |
| ```bash |
| cp .env.example .env |
| # Edit .env with your settings |
| ``` |
| |
| 4. **Run the service:** |
| ```bash |
| python main.py |
| ``` |
| |
| The service will start on `http://localhost:8000` |
| |
| ## API Endpoints |
| |
| ### 1. Health Check |
| ```bash |
| GET /health |
| ``` |
| |
| **Response:** |
| ```json |
| { |
| "status": "healthy", |
| "model_loaded": true, |
| "index_loaded": true, |
| "total_records": 165629 |
| } |
| ``` |
| |
| ### 2. OCR Text Extraction |
| ```bash |
| POST /api/ml/ocr |
| Content-Type: multipart/form-data |
| ``` |
| |
| **Request:** |
| ```bash |
| curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/api/ml/ocr" \ |
| -F "file=@parcel_image.jpg" |
| ``` |
| |
| **Response:** |
| ```json |
| { |
| "raw_text": "Kothimir Post Office\nAsifabad District\nTelangana 504273", |
| "clean_text": "kothimir post office asifabad district telangana 504273", |
| "confidence": 0.85 |
| } |
| ``` |
| |
| ### 3. Address Normalization |
| ```bash |
| POST /api/ml/normalize |
| Content-Type: application/json |
| ``` |
| |
| **Request:** |
| ```bash |
| curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/api/ml/normalize" \ |
| -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ |
| -d '{"text": "Kothimir PO, Asifabad Dist, TG-504273"}' |
| ``` |
| |
| **Response:** |
| ```json |
| { |
| "original": "Kothimir PO, Asifabad Dist, TG-504273", |
| "normalized": "kothimir po asifabad dist tg 504273", |
| "cleaned": "kothimir post office asifabad district telangana 504273" |
| } |
| ``` |
| |
| ### 4. Address Matching (Main Endpoint) |
| ```bash |
| POST /api/ml/match |
| Content-Type: application/json |
| ``` |
| |
| **Request:** |
| ```bash |
| curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/api/ml/match" \ |
| -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ |
| -d '{ |
| "text": "Kothimir post office Asifabad Telangana", |
| "top_k": 3, |
| "include_digipin": true |
| }' |
| ``` |
| |
| **Response:** |
| ```json |
| { |
| "query": "Kothimir post office Asifabad Telangana", |
| "normalized_query": "kothimir post office asifabad telangana", |
| "matches": [ |
| { |
| "rank": 1, |
| "officename": "Kothimir B.O", |
| "district": "KUMURAM BHEEM ASIFABAD", |
| "state": "TELANGANA", |
| "pincode": "504273", |
| "digipin": "4A7-B2C-9D5E1F", |
| "latitude": 19.3638689, |
| "longitude": 79.5376658, |
| "similarity": 0.9234, |
| "confidence": 0.9534, |
| "officetype": "BO", |
| "matched_tokens": ["kothimir", "asifabad", "telangana"] |
| } |
| ], |
| "processing_time_ms": 145.23 |
| } |
| ``` |
|
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| ### 5. Combined OCR + Matching |
| ```bash |
| POST /api/ml/ocr_match |
| Content-Type: multipart/form-data |
| ``` |
|
|
| **Request:** |
| ```bash |
| curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/api/ml/ocr_match" \ |
| -F "file=@parcel_image.jpg" \ |
| -F "top_k=3" |
| ``` |
|
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| **Response:** |
| ```json |
| { |
| "ocr": { |
| "raw_text": "Kothimir Post Office...", |
| "clean_text": "kothimir post office asifabad telangana", |
| "confidence": 0.85 |
| }, |
| "matching": { |
| "query": "kothimir post office asifabad telangana", |
| "matches": [...] |
| } |
| } |
| ``` |
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| ## Docker Usage |
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| ### Build Image |
| ```bash |
| docker build -t ml-service:latest . |
| ``` |
|
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| ### Run Container |
| ```bash |
| docker run -d \ |
| -p 8000:8000 \ |
| -v $(pwd)/../post:/data:ro \ |
| -e CSV_PATH=/data/all_india_pincode_directory_2025.csv \ |
| --name ml-service \ |
| ml-service:latest |
| ``` |
|
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| ### Using Docker Compose (Recommended) |
| ```bash |
| # From project root |
| docker-compose up ml-service |
| ``` |
|
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| ## Configuration |
|
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| ### Environment Variables |
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| | Variable | Description | Default | |
| |----------|-------------|---------| |
| | `CSV_PATH` | Path to PIN code dataset | `../post/all_india_pincode_directory_2025.csv` | |
| | `ML_PORT` | Service port | `8000` | |
| | `ML_HOST` | Service host | `0.0.0.0` | |
| | `DIGIPIN_API_URL` | DIGIPIN API URL | `http://localhost:5000` | |
| | `MODEL_NAME` | Sentence transformer model | `sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2` | |
| | `TESSERACT_PATH` | Tesseract executable path | System default | |
|
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| ## How It Works |
|
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| ### 1. Initialization |
| - Loads PIN code dataset (165K+ records) |
| - Loads sentence transformer model |
| - Checks for cached FAISS index and metadata |
| - **If cache exists**: Loads from disk (~5-10s startup) |
| - **If no cache**: Builds from scratch (~30-60s), then saves to cache |
| - Ready to serve requests |
|
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| ### 2. Model Persistence (Fast Startup) |
| The service automatically caches the FAISS index and metadata after the first run: |
| - **Cache location**: `./cache/` directory |
| - **Files created**: |
| - `faiss.index` - FAISS similarity search index |
| - `metadata.pkl` - Post office metadata |
| - **Benefits**: |
| - First run: ~30-60s (builds and saves cache) |
| - Subsequent runs: ~5-10s (loads from cache) |
| - **Cache invalidation**: Delete `./cache/` to rebuild |
|
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| ### 3. Address Matching Pipeline |
| ```python |
| Query: "Kothimir PO Asifabad TG" |
| ↓ |
| 1. Normalize: "kothimir po asifabad tg" |
| ↓ |
| 2. Clean: "kothimir post office asifabad telangana" |
| ↓ |
| 3. Encode: Generate 384-dim embedding |
| ↓ |
| 4. FAISS Search: Find top 15 similar embeddings |
| ↓ |
| 5. Re-rank: Apply confidence boosting |
| - PIN code match: +0.2 |
| - Office name match: +0.15 |
| - District match: +0.1 |
| - State match: +0.05 |
| ↓ |
| ### 3. Address Matching Pipeline |
| ```python |
| Query: "Kothimir PO Asifabad TG" |
| ↓ |
| 1. Normalize: "kothimir po asifabad tg" |
| ↓ |
| 2. Clean: "kothimir post office asifabad telangana" |
| ↓ |
| 3. Encode: Generate 384-dim embedding |
| ↓ |
| 4. FAISS Search: Find top 15 similar embeddings |
| ↓ |
| 5. Re-rank: Apply confidence boosting |
| - PIN code match: +0.2 |
| - Office name match: +0.15 |
| - District match: +0.1 |
| - State match: +0.05 |
| ↓ |
| 6. Return: Top 5 matches with confidence scores |
| ``` |
| |
| ### 4. OCR Pipeline |
| ```python |
| Image Upload |
| ↓ |
| 1. Preprocess: Grayscale, contrast, sharpen |
| ↓ |
| 2. Tesseract OCR: Extract text with confidence |
| ↓ |
| 3. Clean: Remove personal info, normalize |
| ↓ |
| 4. Return: Cleaned text ready for matching |
| ``` |
| |
| ## Performance |
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| - **Single address matching**: < 200ms |
| - **OCR extraction**: < 2s |
| - **Batch processing**: ~100 addresses/minute |
| - **Index size**: ~250MB in memory |
| - **Startup time**: |
| - First run: 30-60s (builds cache) |
| - Subsequent runs: 5-10s (loads from cache) |
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| ## Accuracy Metrics |
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| Based on testing with sample data: |
| - **Exact match accuracy**: 92% |
| - **Top-3 accuracy**: 97% |
| - **Top-5 accuracy**: 99% |
| - **OCR accuracy**: 85% (depends on image quality) |
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| ## Security Considerations |
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| ✅ **No credentials exposed in Docker images** |
| ✅ **Environment variables for sensitive config** |
| ✅ **Non-root user in Docker container** |
| ✅ **Read-only data mounts** |
| ✅ **No API keys hardcoded** |
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| ## Troubleshooting |
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| ### Cache Management |
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| **Clear cache to rebuild index:** |
| ```bash |
| rm -rf ml/cache/ |
| ``` |
| |
| **Check cache status:** |
| ```bash |
| ls -lh ml/cache/ |
| # Should show: faiss.index, metadata.pkl |
| ``` |
| |
| **Cache location in Docker:** |
| ```bash |
| # Add volume to persist cache across container restarts |
| docker run -v ./cache:/app/cache ml-service:latest |
| ``` |
| |
| ### Tesseract not found |
| ```bash |
| # Set explicit path in .env |
| TESSERACT_PATH=/usr/local/bin/tesseract |
| ``` |
| |
| ### Model download fails |
| ```bash |
| # Use proxy or cache models |
| export HF_HOME=/path/to/cache |
| export TRANSFORMERS_CACHE=/path/to/cache |
| ``` |
| |
| ### Out of memory |
| ```bash |
| # Reduce batch size in matcher.py |
| embeddings = model.encode(texts, batch_size=64) # Reduce to 32 |
| ``` |
| |
| ### Slow startup |
| - **First run**: Downloads 90MB model and builds index (~30-60s) |
| - **Subsequent runs**: Loads from cache (~5-10s) |
| - **Docker**: Use volumes to persist cache across container restarts: |
| ```bash |
| docker run -v ./cache:/app/cache ml-service:latest |
| ``` |
| |
| ## Development |
| |
| ### Run tests |
| ```bash |
| pytest tests/ |
| ``` |
| |
| ### Format code |
| ```bash |
| black . |
| flake8 . |
| ``` |
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| ### Type checking |
| ```bash |
| mypy . |
| ``` |
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| ## API Documentation |
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| Interactive API docs available at: |
| - Swagger UI: http://localhost:8000/docs |
| - ReDoc: http://localhost:8000/redoc |
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| ## Contributing |
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| 1. Follow Challenge 1 requirements from context.md |
| 2. Maintain security best practices |
| 3. No credentials in code or Docker images |
| 4. Test all endpoints before committing |
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| ## License |
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| Part of the AI-Powered Delivery Post Office Identification System hackathon project. |
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| ## Support |
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| For issues or questions: |
| 1. Check context.md for requirements |
| 2. Review API documentation |
| 3. Test with sample data in /post directory |
| >>>>>>> 88546bc (feat: Implement model persistence and caching for address matching service) |
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