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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2023 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import sys
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, Mock, patch
+
+import pytest
+
+try:
+    import nemoguardrails.embeddings.providers.cohere
+
+    COHERE_AVAILABLE = True
+except (ImportError, ModuleNotFoundError):
+    COHERE_AVAILABLE = False
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not COHERE_AVAILABLE, reason="Cohere provider not available in this branch"
+)
+class TestCohereEmbeddingModelMocked:
+    def test_init_with_known_model(self):
+        mock_cohere = MagicMock()
+        mock_client = Mock()
+        mock_cohere.Client.return_value = mock_client
+
+        with patch.dict("sys.modules", {"cohere": mock_cohere}):
+            from nemoguardrails.embeddings.providers.cohere import CohereEmbeddingModel
+
+            model = CohereEmbeddingModel("embed-multilingual-v3.0")
+
+            assert model.model == "embed-multilingual-v3.0"
+            assert model.embedding_size == 1024
+            assert model.input_type == "search_document"
+            assert model.client == mock_client
+            mock_cohere.Client.assert_called_once()
+
+    def test_init_with_custom_input_type(self):
+        mock_cohere = MagicMock()
+        mock_client = Mock()
+        mock_cohere.Client.return_value = mock_client
+
+        with patch.dict("sys.modules", {"cohere": mock_cohere}):
+            from nemoguardrails.embeddings.providers.cohere import CohereEmbeddingModel
+
+            model = CohereEmbeddingModel(
+                "embed-english-v3.0", input_type="search_query"
+            )
+
+            assert model.model == "embed-english-v3.0"
+            assert model.embedding_size == 1024
+            assert model.input_type == "search_query"
+
+    def test_init_with_unknown_model(self):
+        mock_cohere = MagicMock()
+        mock_client = Mock()
+        mock_cohere.Client.return_value = mock_client
+
+        mock_response = Mock()
+        mock_response.embeddings = [[0.1] * 512]
+        mock_client.embed.return_value = mock_response
+
+        with patch.dict("sys.modules", {"cohere": mock_cohere}):
+            from nemoguardrails.embeddings.providers.cohere import CohereEmbeddingModel
+
+            model = CohereEmbeddingModel("custom-unknown-model")
+
+            assert model.model == "custom-unknown-model"
+            assert model.embedding_size == 512
+            mock_client.embed.assert_called_once_with(
+                texts=["test"],
+                model="custom-unknown-model",
+                input_type="search_document",
+            )
+
+    def test_import_error_when_cohere_not_installed(self):
+        with patch.dict("sys.modules", {"cohere": None}):
+            with pytest.raises(ImportError, match="Could not import cohere"):
+                if "nemoguardrails.embeddings.providers.cohere" in sys.modules:
+                    del sys.modules["nemoguardrails.embeddings.providers.cohere"]
+
+                from nemoguardrails.embeddings.providers.cohere import (
+                    CohereEmbeddingModel,
+                )
+
+                CohereEmbeddingModel("embed-v4.0")
+
+    def test_encode_success(self):
+        mock_cohere = MagicMock()
+        mock_client = Mock()
+        mock_cohere.Client.return_value = mock_client
+
+        mock_response = Mock()
+        expected_embeddings = [
+            [0.1, 0.2, 0.3],
+            [0.4, 0.5, 0.6],
+        ]
+        mock_response.embeddings = expected_embeddings
+        mock_client.embed.return_value = mock_response
+
+        with patch.dict("sys.modules", {"cohere": mock_cohere}):
+            from nemoguardrails.embeddings.providers.cohere import CohereEmbeddingModel
+
+            model = CohereEmbeddingModel("embed-english-light-v3.0")
+            documents = ["hello world", "test document"]
+            result = model.encode(documents)
+
+            assert result == expected_embeddings
+            mock_client.embed.assert_called_with(
+                texts=documents,
+                model="embed-english-light-v3.0",
+                input_type="search_document",
+            )
+
+    def test_encode_with_custom_input_type(self):
+        mock_cohere = MagicMock()
+        mock_client = Mock()
+        mock_cohere.Client.return_value = mock_client
+
+        mock_response = Mock()
+        expected_embeddings = [[0.1, 0.2]]
+        mock_response.embeddings = expected_embeddings
+        mock_client.embed.return_value = mock_response
+
+        with patch.dict("sys.modules", {"cohere": mock_cohere}):
+            from nemoguardrails.embeddings.providers.cohere import CohereEmbeddingModel
+
+            model = CohereEmbeddingModel("embed-v4.0", input_type="classification")
+            documents = ["classify this"]
+            result = model.encode(documents)
+
+            assert result == expected_embeddings
+            mock_client.embed.assert_called_with(
+                texts=documents, model="embed-v4.0", input_type="classification"
+            )
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_encode_async_success(self):
+        mock_cohere = MagicMock()
+        mock_client = Mock()
+        mock_cohere.Client.return_value = mock_client
+
+        mock_response = Mock()
+        expected_embeddings = [[0.1, 0.2, 0.3]]
+        mock_response.embeddings = expected_embeddings
+        mock_client.embed.return_value = mock_response
+
+        with patch.dict("sys.modules", {"cohere": mock_cohere}):
+            from nemoguardrails.embeddings.providers.cohere import CohereEmbeddingModel
+
+            model = CohereEmbeddingModel("embed-multilingual-v3.0")
+            documents = ["async test"]
+            result = await model.encode_async(documents)
+
+            assert result == expected_embeddings
+            mock_client.embed.assert_called_once()
+
+    def test_init_with_api_key_kwarg(self):
+        mock_cohere = MagicMock()
+        mock_client = Mock()
+        mock_cohere.Client.return_value = mock_client
+
+        with patch.dict("sys.modules", {"cohere": mock_cohere}):
+            from nemoguardrails.embeddings.providers.cohere import CohereEmbeddingModel
+
+            model = CohereEmbeddingModel("embed-v4.0", api_key="test-key-123")
+
+            mock_cohere.Client.assert_called_once_with(api_key="test-key-123")
+
+    def test_all_predefined_models(self):
+        mock_cohere = MagicMock()
+        mock_client = Mock()
+        mock_cohere.Client.return_value = mock_client
+
+        models_to_test = {
+            "embed-v4.0": 1536,
+            "embed-english-v3.0": 1024,
+            "embed-english-light-v3.0": 384,
+            "embed-multilingual-v3.0": 1024,
+            "embed-multilingual-light-v3.0": 384,
+        }
+
+        with patch.dict("sys.modules", {"cohere": mock_cohere}):
+            from nemoguardrails.embeddings.providers.cohere import CohereEmbeddingModel
+
+            for model_name, expected_size in models_to_test.items():
+                model = CohereEmbeddingModel(model_name)
+                assert model.embedding_size == expected_size
+                assert model.model == model_name
+
+
+class TestOpenAIEmbeddingModelMocked:
+    def test_init_with_known_model(self):
+        mock_openai = MagicMock()
+        mock_openai.__version__ = "1.0.0"
+        mock_client = Mock()
+        mock_openai.OpenAI.return_value = mock_client
+
+        with patch.dict("sys.modules", {"openai": mock_openai}):
+            from nemoguardrails.embeddings.providers.openai import OpenAIEmbeddingModel
+
+            model = OpenAIEmbeddingModel("text-embedding-3-small")
+
+            assert model.model == "text-embedding-3-small"
+            assert model.embedding_size == 1536
+            assert model.client == mock_client
+            mock_openai.OpenAI.assert_called_once()
+
+    def test_init_with_unknown_model(self):
+        mock_openai = MagicMock()
+        mock_openai.__version__ = "1.0.0"
+        mock_client = Mock()
+        mock_openai.OpenAI.return_value = mock_client
+
+        mock_response = Mock()
+        mock_record = Mock()
+        mock_record.embedding = [0.1] * 2048
+        mock_response.data = [mock_record]
+        mock_client.embeddings.create.return_value = mock_response
+
+        with patch.dict("sys.modules", {"openai": mock_openai}):
+            from nemoguardrails.embeddings.providers.openai import OpenAIEmbeddingModel
+
+            model = OpenAIEmbeddingModel("custom-unknown-model")
+
+            assert model.model == "custom-unknown-model"
+            assert model.embedding_size == 2048
+            mock_client.embeddings.create.assert_called_once_with(
+                input=["test"], model="custom-unknown-model"
+            )
+
+    def test_import_error_when_openai_not_installed(self):
+        with patch.dict("sys.modules", {"openai": None}):
+            with pytest.raises(ImportError, match="Could not import openai"):
+                if "nemoguardrails.embeddings.providers.openai" in sys.modules:
+                    del sys.modules["nemoguardrails.embeddings.providers.openai"]
+
+                from nemoguardrails.embeddings.providers.openai import (
+                    OpenAIEmbeddingModel,
+                )
+
+                OpenAIEmbeddingModel("text-embedding-3-small")
+
+    def test_old_version_error(self):
+        mock_openai = MagicMock()
+        mock_openai.__version__ = "0.28.0"
+
+        with patch.dict("sys.modules", {"openai": mock_openai}):
+            from nemoguardrails.embeddings.providers.openai import OpenAIEmbeddingModel
+
+            with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="openai<1.0.0"):
+                OpenAIEmbeddingModel("text-embedding-3-small")
+
+    def test_encode_success(self):
+        mock_openai = MagicMock()
+        mock_openai.__version__ = "1.0.0"
+        mock_client = Mock()
+        mock_openai.OpenAI.return_value = mock_client
+
+        mock_response = Mock()
+        mock_record1 = Mock()
+        expected_embedding1 = [0.1, 0.2, 0.3]
+        mock_record1.embedding = expected_embedding1
+        mock_record2 = Mock()
+        expected_embedding2 = [0.4, 0.5, 0.6]
+        mock_record2.embedding = expected_embedding2
+        mock_response.data = [mock_record1, mock_record2]
+        mock_client.embeddings.create.return_value = mock_response
+
+        with patch.dict("sys.modules", {"openai": mock_openai}):
+            from nemoguardrails.embeddings.providers.openai import OpenAIEmbeddingModel
+
+            model = OpenAIEmbeddingModel("text-embedding-ada-002")
+            documents = ["hello world", "test document"]
+            result = model.encode(documents)
+
+            assert result == [expected_embedding1, expected_embedding2]
+            mock_client.embeddings.create.assert_called_with(
+                input=documents, model="text-embedding-ada-002"
+            )
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_encode_async_success(self):
+        mock_openai = MagicMock()
+        mock_openai.__version__ = "1.0.0"
+        mock_client = Mock()
+        mock_openai.OpenAI.return_value = mock_client
+
+        mock_response = Mock()
+        mock_record = Mock()
+        expected_embedding = [0.1, 0.2, 0.3]
+        mock_record.embedding = expected_embedding
+        mock_response.data = [mock_record]
+        mock_client.embeddings.create.return_value = mock_response
+
+        with patch.dict("sys.modules", {"openai": mock_openai}):
+            from nemoguardrails.embeddings.providers.openai import OpenAIEmbeddingModel
+
+            model = OpenAIEmbeddingModel("text-embedding-3-small")
+            documents = ["async test"]
+            result = await model.encode_async(documents)
+
+            assert result == [expected_embedding]
+            mock_client.embeddings.create.assert_called_once()
+
+    def test_init_with_api_key_kwarg(self):
+        mock_openai = MagicMock()
+        mock_openai.__version__ = "1.0.0"
+        mock_client = Mock()
+        mock_openai.OpenAI.return_value = mock_client
+
+        with patch.dict("sys.modules", {"openai": mock_openai}):
+            from nemoguardrails.embeddings.providers.openai import OpenAIEmbeddingModel
+
+            model = OpenAIEmbeddingModel(
+                "text-embedding-3-small", api_key="test-key-123"
+            )
+
+            mock_openai.OpenAI.assert_called_once_with(api_key="test-key-123")
+
+    def test_all_predefined_models(self):
+        mock_openai = MagicMock()
+        mock_openai.__version__ = "1.0.0"
+        mock_client = Mock()
+        mock_openai.OpenAI.return_value = mock_client
+
+        models_to_test = {
+            "text-embedding-ada-002": 1536,
+            "text-embedding-3-small": 1536,
+            "text-embedding-3-large": 3072,
+        }
+
+        with patch.dict("sys.modules", {"openai": mock_openai}):
+            from nemoguardrails.embeddings.providers.openai import OpenAIEmbeddingModel
+
+            for model_name, expected_size in models_to_test.items():
+                model = OpenAIEmbeddingModel(model_name)
+                assert model.embedding_size == expected_size
+                assert model.model == model_name