[HF][5/n] Image2Text: Allow base64 inputs for images

Before we didn't allow base64, only URI (either local or http or https). This is good becuase our text2Image model parser outputs into a base64 format, so this will allow us to chain model prompts!

## Test Plan

Author: Rossdan Craig rossdan@lastmileai.dev

extensions/HuggingFace/python/src/aiconfig_extension_hugging_face/local_inference/image_2_text.py

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+import base64
 import json
+from io import BytesIO
+from PIL import Image
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, List, TYPE_CHECKING
 from transformers import (
     Pipeline,
@@ -218,7 +221,7 @@ def validate_attachment_type_is_image(attachment: Attachment):
         raise ValueError(f"Invalid attachment mimetype {attachment.mime_type}. Expected image mimetype.")
 
 
-def validate_and_retrieve_image_from_attachments(prompt: Prompt) -> list[str]:
+def validate_and_retrieve_image_from_attachments(prompt: Prompt) -> list[str | Image]:
     """
     Retrieves the image uri's from each attachment in the prompt input.
 
@@ -232,15 +235,23 @@ def validate_and_retrieve_image_from_attachments(prompt: Prompt) -> list[str]:
     if not hasattr(prompt.input, "attachments") or len(prompt.input.attachments) == 0:
         raise ValueError(f"No attachments found in input for prompt {prompt.name}. Please add an image attachment to the prompt input.")
 
-    image_uris: list[str] = []
+    images: list[str | Image] = []
 
     for i, attachment in enumerate(prompt.input.attachments):
         validate_attachment_type_is_image(attachment)
 
-        if not isinstance(attachment.data, str):
+        input_data = attachment.data
+        if not isinstance(input_data, str):
             # See todo above, but for now only support uri's
             raise ValueError(f"Attachment #{i} data is not a uri. Please specify a uri for the image attachment in prompt {prompt.name}.")
 
-        image_uris.append(attachment.data)
+        # Really basic heurestic to check if the data is a base64 encoded str
+        # vs. uri. This will be fixed once we have standardized inputs
+        # See https://github.com/lastmile-ai/aiconfig/issues/829
+        if len(input_data) > 10000:
+            pil_image : Image = Image.open(BytesIO(base64.b64decode(input_data)))
+            images.append(pil_image)
+        else:
+            images.append(input_data)
 
-    return image_uris
+    return images