fix: update type extraction to extract inner types correctly (#3446)

* refactor: Improve post-processing of return type in type extraction.

* feat: Add support for Union[int, Sequence[str]] in post_process_type.

* refactor(langflow): Simplify return type extraction in CustomComponent.

* Refactor: Remove 'Sequence' and 'list' type options in starter projects.

* test: fix assertion

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Co-authored-by: italojohnny <italojohnnydosanjos@gmail.com>

src/backend/base/langflow/custom/custom_component/custom_component.py

@@ -17,10 +17,7 @@
 from langflow.services.storage.service import StorageService
 from langflow.services.tracing.schema import Log
 from langflow.template.utils import update_frontend_node_with_template_values
-from langflow.type_extraction.type_extraction import (
-    extract_inner_type_from_generic_alias,
-    extract_union_types_from_generic_alias,
-)
+from langflow.type_extraction.type_extraction import post_process_type
 from langflow.utils import validate
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -365,19 +362,7 @@ def get_function_entrypoint_return_type(self) -> List[Any]:
         return self.get_method_return_type(self._function_entrypoint_name)
 
     def _extract_return_type(self, return_type: Any) -> List[Any]:
-        if hasattr(return_type, "__origin__") and return_type.__origin__ in [
-            list,
-            List,
-        ]:
-            return_type = extract_inner_type_from_generic_alias(return_type)
-
-        # If the return type is not a Union, then we just return it as a list
-        inner_type = return_type[0] if isinstance(return_type, list) else return_type
-        if not hasattr(inner_type, "__origin__") or inner_type.__origin__ != Union:
-            return return_type if isinstance(return_type, list) else [return_type]
-        # If the return type is a Union, then we need to parse it
-        return_type = extract_union_types_from_generic_alias(return_type)
-        return return_type
+        return post_process_type(return_type)
 
     @property
     def get_main_class_name(self):

src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Complex Agent.json

@@ -4037,8 +4037,7 @@
                 "name": "api_run_model",
                 "selected": "Data",
                 "types": [
-                  "Data",
-                  "list"
+                  "Data"
                 ],
                 "value": "__UNDEFINED__"
               },
@@ -4049,8 +4048,7 @@
                 "name": "api_build_tool",
                 "selected": "Tool",
                 "types": [
-                  "Tool",
-                  "Sequence"
+                  "Tool"
                 ],
                 "value": "__UNDEFINED__"
               }

src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Hierarchical Agent.json

@@ -2615,8 +2615,7 @@
                 "name": "api_run_model",
                 "selected": "Data",
                 "types": [
-                  "Data",
-                  "list"
+                  "Data"
                 ],
                 "value": "__UNDEFINED__"
               },
@@ -2627,8 +2626,7 @@
                 "name": "api_build_tool",
                 "selected": "Tool",
                 "types": [
-                  "Tool",
-                  "Sequence"
+                  "Tool"
                 ],
                 "value": "__UNDEFINED__"
               }

src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Sequential Agent.json

@@ -2953,8 +2953,7 @@
                 "name": "api_run_model",
                 "selected": "Data",
                 "types": [
-                  "Data",
-                  "list"
+                  "Data"
                 ],
                 "value": "__UNDEFINED__"
               },
@@ -2965,8 +2964,7 @@
                 "name": "api_build_tool",
                 "selected": "Tool",
                 "types": [
-                  "Tool",
-                  "Sequence"
+                  "Tool"
                 ],
                 "value": "__UNDEFINED__"
               }

src/backend/base/langflow/type_extraction/type_extraction.py

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import re
+from collections.abc import Sequence as SequenceABC
+from itertools import chain
 from types import GenericAlias
 from typing import Any, List, Union
 
@@ -7,7 +9,7 @@ def extract_inner_type_from_generic_alias(return_type: GenericAlias) -> Any:
     """
     Extracts the inner type from a type hint that is a list or a Optional.
     """
-    if return_type.__origin__ == list:
+    if return_type.__origin__ in [list, SequenceABC]:
         return list(return_type.__args__)
     return return_type
 
@@ -57,10 +59,7 @@ def post_process_type(_type):
         Union[List[Any], Any]: The processed return type.
 
     """
-    if hasattr(_type, "__origin__") and _type.__origin__ in [
-        list,
-        List,
-    ]:
+    if hasattr(_type, "__origin__") and _type.__origin__ in [list, List, SequenceABC]:
         _type = extract_inner_type_from_generic_alias(_type)
 
     # If the return type is not a Union, then we just return it as a list
@@ -69,7 +68,8 @@ def post_process_type(_type):
         return _type if isinstance(_type, list) else [_type]
     # If the return type is a Union, then we need to parse it
     _type = extract_union_types_from_generic_alias(_type)
-    return _type
+    _type = set(chain.from_iterable([post_process_type(t) for t in _type]))
+    return list(_type)
 
 
 def extract_union_types_from_generic_alias(return_type: GenericAlias) -> list:

src/backend/tests/test_schema.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Union
+from typing import Sequence, Union
 
 import pytest
 from pydantic import ValidationError
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ def test_post_process_type_function(self):
         assert post_process_type(int) == [int]
         assert post_process_type(list[int]) == [int]
         assert post_process_type(Union[int, str]) == [int, str]
+        assert post_process_type(Union[int, Sequence[str]]) == [int, str]
+        assert post_process_type(Union[int, Sequence[int]]) == [int]
 
     def test_input_to_dict(self):
         input_obj = Input(field_type="str")
@@ -126,4 +128,4 @@ def test_union_custom_type(self):
         class CustomType:
             pass
 
-        assert post_process_type(Union[CustomType, int]) == [CustomType, int]
+        assert set(post_process_type(Union[CustomType, int])) == {CustomType, int}