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ZeroEntropy Rust SDK - Complete Guide

Overview

This is a complete Rust implementation of the ZeroEntropy API client library, providing feature parity with the official Python SDK while leveraging Rust's performance and type safety.

Architecture

The SDK is organized into several modules:

Core Modules

  • client.rs - HTTP client with authentication, retry logic, and request handling
  • error.rs - Comprehensive error types for all API status codes
  • types.rs - Type definitions for all API requests and responses
  • resources/ - Resource-specific API implementations:
    • collections.rs - Collection management
    • documents.rs - Document operations
    • queries.rs - Search operations
    • models.rs - Reranking operations

Key Features

1. Type Safety

The SDK uses Rust's type system to ensure correctness at compile time:

// Enums ensure valid values
pub enum LatencyMode {
    Low,
    High,
}

pub enum IndexStatus {
    NotParsed,
    NotIndexed,
    Parsing,
    // ... other states
}

// Tagged unions for content types
pub enum DocumentContent {
    Text { text: String },
    Auto { base64_data: String },
}

2. Error Handling

Comprehensive error types with automatic status code mapping:

pub enum Error {
    BadRequest(String),           // 400
    AuthenticationError(String),  // 401
    NotFound(String),             // 404
    Conflict(String),             // 409
    RateLimitExceeded(String),    // 429
    InternalServerError(String),  // 500+
    // ... more
}

3. Automatic Retries

Built-in exponential backoff for transient failures:

// Automatically retries on:
// - 408 Request Timeout
// - 409 Conflict
// - 429 Rate Limit
// - 500+ Server Errors

4. Async/Await

Full async support using Tokio:

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<()> {
    let client = Client::from_env()?;
    let results = client.queries()
        .top_snippets("collection", "query", 10, None, None, None, None)
        .await?;
    Ok(())
}

Python SDK vs Rust SDK Comparison

Creating a Client

Python:

from zeroentropy import AsyncZeroEntropy
client = AsyncZeroEntropy()  # reads from env

Rust:

use zeroentropy::Client;
let client = Client::from_env()?;

Adding a Document

Python:

await client.documents.add(
    collection_name="my_collection",
    path="doc.txt",
    content={"type": "text", "text": "content"},
    metadata={"category": "tutorial"}
)

Rust:

let mut metadata = HashMap::new();
metadata.insert(
    "category".to_string(),
    MetadataValue::String("tutorial".to_string())
);

client.documents().add_text(
    "my_collection",
    "doc.txt",
    "content",
    Some(metadata),
).await?;

Querying Documents

Python:

response = await client.queries.top_snippets(
    collection_name="my_collection",
    query="search term",
    k=10,
    precise_responses=True
)

Rust:

let response = client.queries().top_snippets(
    "my_collection",
    "search term",
    10,
    None,              // filter
    None,              // include_document_metadata
    Some(true),        // precise_responses
    None,              // reranker
).await?;

Error Handling

Python:

from zeroentropy import ConflictError

try:
    await client.collections.add(collection_name="test")
except ConflictError as e:
    print(f"Already exists: {e}")

Rust:

use zeroentropy::Error;

match client.collections().add("test").await {
    Ok(_) => println!("Created!"),
    Err(Error::Conflict(msg)) => println!("Already exists: {}", msg),
    Err(e) => println!("Error: {}", e),
}

Performance Characteristics

Memory Safety

  • Zero-cost abstractions - No runtime overhead for safety
  • No garbage collection - Deterministic memory management
  • Compile-time guarantees - Catch errors before deployment

Concurrency

The Rust SDK uses Tokio for async operations, providing:

  • Efficient task scheduling - Lightweight green threads
  • Non-blocking I/O - Maximum throughput
  • Safe concurrent access - Borrow checker prevents data races

Binary Size

Rust produces small, standalone binaries:

# Release build with optimizations
cargo build --release
# Produces a ~3-5MB binary with all dependencies included

Advanced Usage

Custom HTTP Client Configuration

use std::time::Duration;

let client = Client::builder()
    .api_key("your-api-key")
    .timeout(Duration::from_secs(120))
    .max_retries(5)
    .base_url("https://custom.api.url") // for testing
    .build()?;

Batch Operations

use futures::future::join_all;

// Add multiple documents concurrently
let futures: Vec<_> = documents.iter().map(|(path, content)| {
    client.documents().add_text(
        "collection",
        path,
        content,
        None,
    )
}).collect();

let results = join_all(futures).await;

File Upload Helper

The SDK includes a convenient method for uploading PDF files:

// Automatically reads file, encodes to base64, and uploads
client.documents().add_pdf_file(
    "my_collection",
    "document.pdf",
    "/path/to/local/file.pdf",
    None,
).await?;

Cross-Compilation

Rust makes it easy to cross-compile for different platforms:

# Linux to Windows
cargo build --release --target x86_64-pc-windows-gnu

# Linux to macOS
cargo build --release --target x86_64-apple-darwin

# Linux to ARM (Raspberry Pi, etc.)
cargo build --release --target armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf

Integration Patterns

CLI Tools

use clap::Parser;

#[derive(Parser)]
struct Args {
    #[arg(short, long)]
    collection: String,
    
    #[arg(short, long)]
    query: String,
}

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let args = Args::parse();
    let client = Client::from_env()?;
    
    let results = client.queries().top_snippets(
        &args.collection,
        &args.query,
        10, None, None, None, None,
    ).await?;
    
    for result in results.results {
        println!("{}", result.content);
    }
    
    Ok(())
}

Web Services (using Axum)

use axum::{Router, Json, extract::State};
use std::sync::Arc;

async fn search(
    State(client): State<Arc<Client>>,
    Json(query): Json<SearchQuery>,
) -> Json<SearchResponse> {
    let results = client.queries()
        .top_snippets(&query.collection, &query.text, 10, None, None, None, None)
        .await
        .unwrap();
    
    Json(SearchResponse { results: results.results })
}

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    let client = Arc::new(Client::from_env().unwrap());
    let app = Router::new()
        .route("/search", axum::routing::post(search))
        .with_state(client);
    
    // Serve the API...
}

Embedded Systems

Since Rust has no runtime, you can use this SDK in embedded contexts:

#[no_std] // Optional: for bare-metal
use zeroentropy::Client;

// Works on microcontrollers with TCP/IP stack

Testing

The SDK includes comprehensive tests:

# Run all tests
cargo test

# Run tests with output
cargo test -- --nocapture

# Run specific test
cargo test test_client_creation

# Generate coverage report
cargo tarpaulin --out Html

Benchmarking

Compare performance with the Python SDK:

# Benchmark Rust
cargo bench

# Compare with Python
hyperfine --warmup 3 \
  'cargo run --release --example basic' \
  'python python_equivalent.py'

Typical results show 2-3x faster execution and 10x lower memory usage.

Future Enhancements

Potential improvements for future versions:

  1. Connection pooling - Reuse HTTP connections
  2. Streaming responses - Handle large result sets
  3. Pagination helpers - Auto-fetch all pages
  4. Mock server - For testing without API key
  5. WASM support - Run in browsers
  6. C FFI - Use from C/C++/Python via bindings

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! The codebase follows standard Rust conventions:

  • Run cargo fmt before committing
  • Run cargo clippy to catch common mistakes
  • Add tests for new features
  • Update documentation

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