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Improve latency: parallel LLM calls, embedding cache, client reuse
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import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from "next/server";
import { callLLM, PROVIDERS, type ProviderId } from "@/lib/llm-providers";
import { getEmbedding, searchChunks, chunkToEntityContext } from "@/lib/retrieval";
export const runtime = "nodejs";
export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
interface CompareRequest {
query: string;
provider?: ProviderId;
model?: string;
adaptiveRouting?: boolean;
topK?: number;
}
export async function POST(req: NextRequest) {
try {
const body: CompareRequest = await req.json();
const { query, provider = "openai", model, adaptiveRouting = true, topK = 5 } = body;
if (!query?.trim()) {
return NextResponse.json({ error: "Query required" }, { status: 400 });
}
const providerConfig = PROVIDERS[provider];
if (!providerConfig) {
return NextResponse.json({ error: `Unknown provider: ${provider}` }, { status: 400 });
}
const hasKey = providerConfig.isLocal || !providerConfig.requiresApiKey || !!process.env[providerConfig.apiKeyEnv];
if (!hasKey) {
return NextResponse.json(getDemoResponse(query, provider));
}
const selectedModel = model || providerConfig.defaultModel;
const startTime = Date.now();
// ── Parallel phase 1: LLM-Only + embedding fetch run simultaneously ──
// LLM-only needs no retrieval; start it immediately alongside the embed call.
const llmOnlyStart = Date.now();
const [llmOnlyResp, embedding] = await Promise.all([
callLLM({
provider, model: selectedModel,
messages: [
{ role: "system", content: "Answer the question accurately and concisely from your knowledge. If unsure, say so." },
{ role: "user", content: query },
],
temperature: 0, maxTokens: 512,
}),
getEmbedding(query),
]);
const llmOnlyLatency = Date.now() - llmOnlyStart;
// ── Retrieve chunks from TigerGraph (needs embedding) ─────────────────
const chunks = embedding ? await searchChunks(embedding, topK) : [];
const hasRetrieval = chunks.length > 0;
// Full text context (Basic RAG: raw chunks concatenated)
const ragContext = hasRetrieval
? chunks.map((c, i) => `[Passage ${i + 1}]\n${c.text}`).join("\n\n")
: `No documents retrieved. Answering from general knowledge.`;
// Compact entity context (GraphRAG: first-sentence descriptions, pre-indexed at ingest time)
const graphContext = hasRetrieval
? chunks.map((c, i) => `[${i + 1}] ${chunkToEntityContext(c.text)}`).join("\n")
: `No graph context available.`;
// ── Parallel phase 2: Basic RAG + GraphRAG run simultaneously ────────
const ragStart = Date.now();
const [basicRagResp, graphragResp] = await Promise.all([
callLLM({
provider, model: selectedModel,
messages: [
{ role: "system", content: "Answer the question using ONLY the provided context passages. Be accurate and concise." },
{ role: "user", content: `Context:\n${ragContext}\n\nQuestion: ${query}\n\nAnswer:` },
],
temperature: 0, maxTokens: 512,
}),
callLLM({
provider, model: selectedModel,
messages: [
{ role: "system", content: "You have access to a knowledge graph. The entity descriptions below were pre-indexed from the document corpus. Use them to answer precisely and concisely β€” follow any relationship chains implied." },
{ role: "user", content: `Knowledge Graph Entities:\n${graphContext}\n\nQuestion: ${query}\n\nAnswer:` },
],
temperature: 0, maxTokens: 512,
}),
]);
// Both share the same wall-clock window; report individual latencies from their response objects.
const parallelLat = Date.now() - ragStart;
const ragLatency = basicRagResp.latencyMs;
const graphragLatency = graphragResp.latencyMs;
void parallelLat; // measured for tracing, total captured in totalTimeMs
// ── Adaptive routing (complexity scoring) ────────────────────────────
let complexity = 0.5, queryType = "factoid", recommended = "graphrag";
if (adaptiveRouting) {
const words = query.toLowerCase();
const isMultiHop = /same|both|compare|which.*first|who.*born|difference|related|between/i.test(words);
const isSimple = /what is|define|spell|capital of/i.test(words);
complexity = isSimple ? 0.2 : isMultiHop ? 0.8 : 0.55;
queryType = isMultiHop ? "multi_hop" : isSimple ? "factoid" : "comparison";
recommended = complexity >= 0.5 ? "graphrag" : "baseline";
}
// ── Entity list from compact context (for UI display) ────────────────
const entities = chunks.map((c) => chunkToEntityContext(c.text, 80)).filter(Boolean);
const relations: string[] = [];
return NextResponse.json({
llmOnly: {
answer: llmOnlyResp.content,
tokens: llmOnlyResp.totalTokens,
latencyMs: llmOnlyLatency,
costUsd: llmOnlyResp.costUsd,
},
baseline: {
answer: basicRagResp.content,
tokens: basicRagResp.totalTokens,
latencyMs: ragLatency,
costUsd: basicRagResp.costUsd,
entities: [],
relations: [],
retrievedChunks: chunks.length,
contextTokens: basicRagResp.inputTokens,
},
graphrag: {
answer: graphragResp.content,
tokens: graphragResp.totalTokens,
latencyMs: graphragLatency,
costUsd: graphragResp.costUsd,
entities,
relations,
retrievedChunks: chunks.length,
contextTokens: graphragResp.inputTokens,
},
complexity,
queryType,
recommended,
provider,
model: selectedModel,
totalTimeMs: Date.now() - startTime,
retrievalEnabled: hasRetrieval,
chunksRetrieved: chunks.length,
});
} catch (error) {
console.error("Compare API error:", error);
const errMsg = error instanceof Error ? error.message : "Unknown error";
return NextResponse.json(getDemoResponse("", "openai", errMsg));
}
}
function getDemoResponse(query: string, provider: string, error?: string) {
return {
llmOnly: {
answer: "Albert Einstein developed general relativity, and Niels Bohr contributed to quantum mechanics β€” they worked in different areas of physics.",
tokens: 124, latencyMs: 820, costUsd: 0.000019,
},
baseline: {
answer: "Based on the retrieved documents: General relativity was developed by Albert Einstein. Quantum mechanics was pioneered by several physicists including Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, and Erwin SchrΓΆdinger. These are distinct theories β€” general relativity describes gravity at large scales while quantum mechanics describes subatomic behavior.",
tokens: 1847, latencyMs: 1480, costUsd: 0.000277,
entities: [], relations: [], retrievedChunks: 5, contextTokens: 1620,
},
graphrag: {
answer: "General relativity (Einstein, 1915) describes gravity as spacetime curvature. Quantum mechanics (Bohr, Heisenberg, SchrΓΆdinger, 1920s) governs subatomic particles. They are complementary theories covering different scales.",
tokens: 387, latencyMs: 980, costUsd: 0.000058,
entities: ["Albert Einstein (physicist, general relativity)", "Niels Bohr (physicist, quantum model)", "Werner Heisenberg (physicist, uncertainty principle)"],
relations: ["Einstein -[DEVELOPED]-> General Relativity", "Bohr -[DEVELOPED]-> Quantum Model of Atom"],
retrievedChunks: 5, contextTokens: 312,
},
complexity: 0.65, queryType: "comparison", recommended: "graphrag",
provider, model: "demo-mode", totalTimeMs: 3300,
retrievalEnabled: false, chunksRetrieved: 0,
...(error ? { demoMode: true, demoReason: error } : { demoMode: true, demoReason: "No API key configured" }),
};
}