Metadata support for safetensors (#639)

* metadata support for safetensors

* aliases making it alittle more readable

* addressing comments

* python binding tests

python/src/load.cpp

@@ -160,31 +160,29 @@ class PyFileReader : public io::Reader {
   py::object tell_func_;
 };
 
-std::unordered_map<std::string, array> mlx_load_safetensor_helper(
-    py::object file,
-    StreamOrDevice s) {
+std::pair<
+    std::unordered_map<std::string, array>,
+    std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>>
+mlx_load_safetensor_helper(py::object file, StreamOrDevice s) {
   if (py::isinstance<py::str>(file)) { // Assume .safetensors file path string
     return load_safetensors(py::cast<std::string>(file), s);
   } else if (is_istream_object(file)) {
     // If we don't own the stream and it was passed to us, eval immediately
-    auto arr = load_safetensors(std::make_shared<PyFileReader>(file), s);
+    auto res = load_safetensors(std::make_shared<PyFileReader>(file), s);
     {
       py::gil_scoped_release gil;
-      for (auto& [key, arr] : arr) {
+      for (auto& [key, arr] : std::get<0>(res)) {
         arr.eval();
       }
     }
-    return arr;
+    return res;
   }
 
   throw std::invalid_argument(
       "[load_safetensors] Input must be a file-like object, or string");
 }
 
-std::pair<
-    std::unordered_map<std::string, array>,
-    std::unordered_map<std::string, MetaData>>
-mlx_load_gguf_helper(py::object file, StreamOrDevice s) {
+GGUFLoad mlx_load_gguf_helper(py::object file, StreamOrDevice s) {
   if (py::isinstance<py::str>(file)) { // Assume .gguf file path string
     return load_gguf(py::cast<std::string>(file), s);
   }
@@ -274,12 +272,16 @@ LoadOutputTypes mlx_load_helper(
     format.emplace(fname.substr(ext + 1));
   }
 
-  if (return_metadata && format.value() != "gguf") {
+  if (return_metadata && (format.value() == "npy" || format.value() == "npz")) {
     throw std::invalid_argument(
         "[load] metadata not supported for format " + format.value());
   }
   if (format.value() == "safetensors") {
-    return mlx_load_safetensor_helper(file, s);
+    auto [dict, metadata] = mlx_load_safetensor_helper(file, s);
+    if (return_metadata) {
+      return std::make_pair(dict, metadata);
+    }
+    return dict;
   } else if (format.value() == "npz") {
     return mlx_load_npz_helper(file, s);
   } else if (format.value() == "npy") {
@@ -444,18 +446,33 @@ void mlx_savez_helper(
   return;
 }
 
-void mlx_save_safetensor_helper(py::object file, py::dict d) {
+void mlx_save_safetensor_helper(
+    py::object file,
+    py::dict d,
+    std::optional<py::dict> m) {
+  std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> metadata_map;
+  if (m) {
+    try {
+      metadata_map =
+          m.value().cast<std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>>();
+    } catch (const py::cast_error& e) {
+      throw std::invalid_argument(
+          "[save_safetensors] Metadata must be a dictionary with string keys and values");
+    }
+  } else {
+    metadata_map = std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>();
+  }
   auto arrays_map = d.cast<std::unordered_map<std::string, array>>();
   if (py::isinstance<py::str>(file)) {
     {
       py::gil_scoped_release nogil;
-      save_safetensors(py::cast<std::string>(file), arrays_map);
+      save_safetensors(py::cast<std::string>(file), arrays_map, metadata_map);
     }
   } else if (is_ostream_object(file)) {
     auto writer = std::make_shared<PyFileWriter>(file);
     {
       py::gil_scoped_release nogil;
-      save_safetensors(writer, arrays_map);
+      save_safetensors(writer, arrays_map, metadata_map);
     }
   } else {
     throw std::invalid_argument(
@@ -471,7 +488,7 @@ void mlx_save_gguf_helper(
   if (py::isinstance<py::str>(file)) {
     if (m) {
       auto metadata_map =
-          m.value().cast<std::unordered_map<std::string, MetaData>>();
+          m.value().cast<std::unordered_map<std::string, GGUFMetaData>>();
       {
         py::gil_scoped_release nogil;
         save_gguf(py::cast<std::string>(file), arrays_map, metadata_map);

python/src/load.h

@@ -15,19 +15,17 @@ using namespace mlx::core;
 using LoadOutputTypes = std::variant<
     array,
     std::unordered_map<std::string, array>,
-    std::pair<
-        std::unordered_map<std::string, array>,
-        std::unordered_map<std::string, MetaData>>>;
+    SafetensorsLoad,
+    GGUFLoad>;
 
-std::unordered_map<std::string, array> mlx_load_safetensor_helper(
+SafetensorsLoad mlx_load_safetensor_helper(py::object file, StreamOrDevice s);
+void mlx_save_safetensor_helper(
     py::object file,
-    StreamOrDevice s);
-void mlx_save_safetensor_helper(py::object file, py::dict d);
+    py::dict d,
+    std::optional<py::dict> m);
+
+GGUFLoad mlx_load_gguf_helper(py::object file, StreamOrDevice s);
 
-std::pair<
-    std::unordered_map<std::string, array>,
-    std::unordered_map<std::string, MetaData>>
-mlx_load_gguf_helper(py::object file, StreamOrDevice s);
 void mlx_save_gguf_helper(
     py::object file,
     py::dict d,

python/src/ops.cpp

@@ -3214,8 +3214,9 @@ void init_ops(py::module_& m) {
       &mlx_save_safetensor_helper,
       "file"_a,
       "arrays"_a,
+      "metadata"_a = none,
       R"pbdoc(
-        save_safetensors(file: str, arrays: Dict[str, array])
+        save_safetensors(file: str, arrays: Dict[str, array], metadata: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None)
 
         Save array(s) to a binary file in ``.safetensors`` format.
 
@@ -3225,6 +3226,7 @@ void init_ops(py::module_& m) {
         Args:
             file (file, str): File in which the array is saved.
             arrays (dict(str, array)): The dictionary of names to arrays to be saved.
+            metadata (dict(str, str), optional): The dictionary of metadata to be saved.
       )pbdoc");
   m.def(
       "save_gguf",