Change component.get_feature return type

wyvern/components/component.py

@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 import logging
 from enum import Enum
 from functools import cached_property
-from typing import Dict, Generic, List, Optional, Set, Union
+from typing import Dict, Generic, List, Optional, Set, Tuple, Union
 from uuid import uuid4
 
 import polars as pl
 
 from wyvern import request_context
-from wyvern.entities.identifier import Identifier
+from wyvern.entities.identifier import Identifier, get_identifier_key
 from wyvern.exceptions import WyvernFeatureValueError
 from wyvern.wyvern_typing import INPUT_TYPE, OUTPUT_TYPE, WyvernFeature
 
@@ -149,13 +149,34 @@ def manifest_feature_names(self) -> Set[str]:
     def get_features(
         identifiers: List[Identifier],
         feature_names: List[str],
-    ) -> pl.DataFrame:
+    ) -> List[Tuple[str, List[WyvernFeature]]]:
         current_request = request_context.ensure_current_request()
-        return current_request.feature_df.get_features(
-            identifiers,
+        identifier_keys = [get_identifier_key(identifier) for identifier in identifiers]
+        df = current_request.feature_df.get_features_by_identifier_keys(
+            identifier_keys,
             feature_names,
         )
 
+        # build tuples where the identifier column is the first element and the feature columns are the rest
+        rows = df.rows()
+        identifier_to_features_dict = {
+            # row[0] is the identifier column, it is a string
+            # row[1:] are the feature columns, each column is a WyvernFeature
+            row[0]: row[1:]
+            for row in rows
+        }
+
+        empty_feature_list = [None] * len(feature_names)
+        tuples = [
+            (
+                identifier_key,
+                identifier_to_features_dict.get(identifier_key, empty_feature_list),
+            )
+            for identifier_key in identifier_keys
+        ]
+
+        return tuples  # type: ignore
+
     @staticmethod
     def get_feature(
         identifier: Identifier,

wyvern/components/models/modelbit_component.py

@@ -161,17 +161,14 @@ async def build_requests(
             Union[WyvernEntity, BaseWyvernRequest]
         ] = input.entities or [input.request]
         target_identifiers = [entity.identifier for entity in target_entities]
-        features = self.get_features(
+        identifier_features_tuples = self.get_features(
             target_identifiers,
             self.modelbit_features,
         )
 
-        # Convert the fetched features DataFrame to a list of lists for easy access
-        features_list = features.rows()
-
         all_requests = [
-            [idx + 1, row[1:]]  # row[0] is the identifier, so we skip it.
-            for idx, row in enumerate(features_list)
+            [idx + 1, features]
+            for idx, (identifier, features) in enumerate(identifier_features_tuples)
         ]
         return target_identifiers, all_requests
 

wyvern/entities/feature_entities.py

@@ -54,6 +54,17 @@ def get_features(
     ) -> pl.DataFrame:
         # Filter the dataframe by identifier. If the identifier is a composite identifier, use the primary identifier
         identifier_keys = [get_identifier_key(identifier) for identifier in identifiers]
+        return self.get_features_by_identifier_keys(
+            identifier_keys=identifier_keys,
+            feature_names=feature_names,
+        )
+
+    def get_features_by_identifier_keys(
+        self,
+        identifier_keys: List[str],
+        feature_names: List[str],
+    ) -> pl.DataFrame:
+        # Filter the dataframe by identifier
         df = self.df.filter(pl.col(IDENTIFIER).is_in(identifier_keys))
 
         # Process feature names, adding identifier to the selection