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These changes are part of a migration path from the http server to the gRPC server for users/applications that generate LP/MIP problems in cuOpt JSON dictionary format for submission to the http server and process the response dictionaries the http server returns.

With these converters, dictionary format problems can be converted to DataModel and Settings and passed to the gRPC client. Likewise, Solution objects returned from the client can be converted into dictionary response objects.

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The pull request adds utilities to convert legacy cuOpt LP dictionaries and serialized files into DataModel and SolverSettings objects. It also converts Solution objects into response dictionaries, exports the utilities, documents gRPC usage, adds tests, and updates runtime dependencies.

Legacy LP conversion

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Conversion API and serialization
python/cuopt/cuopt/linear_programming/io/parser.py, python/cuopt/cuopt/linear_programming/..., python/cuopt/pyproject.toml, conda/recipes/cuopt/recipe.yaml, dependencies.yaml
The parser loads dictionary, JSON, Msgpack, and zlib inputs; builds data models and solver settings; serializes initial solutions; and converts solver results into response dictionaries. The package exports the new functions and adds pinned Msgpack dependencies.
Conversion validation and gRPC documentation
python/cuopt/cuopt/tests/linear_programming/test_dict_convert.py, docs/cuopt/source/cuopt-grpc/python-async-client.rst
Tests cover input loading, solver settings, round trips, initial solutions, and solution responses. Documentation shows the conversion functions in a gRPC job lifecycle.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 9d741

The PR adds public conversion APIs and support for compressed problem payloads, but an untrusted compressed input can currently consume arbitrary memory and terminate the client, so merge should be blocked until decompression is size-limited. The new public APIs and migration examples also need their documented contracts and failure handling completed.

Suggested reviewers: iroy30, jameslamb, afender

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly summarizes the main change: adding conversion routines between LP/MIP cuOpt JSON dictionaries and gRPC DataModel and Solution objects.
Description check ✅ Passed The description directly explains the migration purpose and the conversions between dictionary formats, DataModel, Settings, and Solution objects.
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Inline comments:
In `@docs/cuopt/source/cuopt-grpc/python-async-client.rst`:
- Around line 75-84: Update the migration section to document the exported
toDictFromDataModel conversion API, including its purpose, accepted input, and
returned value; identify it as the toDict alias for callers using the paired
conversion naming scheme, alongside toDataModelAndSettings and
toDictFromSolution.
- Around line 89-95: Update the asynchronous client example to capture the
status returned by Client.wait and raise an error when it is not
JobStatus.COMPLETED before calling Client.result; retain the successful solution
conversion flow for completed jobs and ensure the documentation example remains
syntactically executable.

In `@python/cuopt/cuopt/linear_programming/io/parser.py`:
- Line 257: Update the zlib-loading branch in the parser to decompress
incrementally with a defined maximum uncompressed-size limit before calling
json_module.loads. Track cumulative output, reject payloads exceeding the limit,
and preserve normal parsing for inputs within the bound instead of using
unbounded zlib.decompress(f.read()).
- Line 260: The decoded result returned by _load_mapping must be validated as a
dict before _fill_data_model can access mapping methods. Raise a user-actionable
TypeError or ValueError for JSON arrays and other non-mapping payloads, and add
a regression test covering toDataModelAndSettings("[]").
- Around line 237-239: Update the public functions toDictFromDataModel,
toDataModelAndSettings, and toDictFromSolution with complete parameter and
return type annotations, and expand each docstring to document parameters,
return values, and applicable raises behavior factually before exporting them.
Keep toDictFromDataModel’s alias behavior unchanged while matching the
established types and contracts of the underlying conversion functions.
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Comment on lines +75 to +84
Two data conversion routines have been added that make it easy to migrate clients from
use of the cuOpt http server to the gRPC server. LP/MIP datasets in cuOpt JSON
format can be converted to inputs for the gRPC server, and Solution ojbects
returned from the gRPC server can be converted into cuOpt JSON response
dictionaries.

``toDataModelAndSettings`` accepts the same input dictionary format that
that ``CuOptServiceSelfHostClient.get_LP_solve()`` accepts.
``toDictFromSolution`` maps a ``Solution`` to the response dictionary
format that ``CuOptServiceSelfHostClient.get_LP_solve()`` optionally returns.

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Document toDictFromDataModel in this migration section.

The package now exports toDictFromDataModel, but this public conversion API is not documented here. Add its purpose, input, and return behavior. State that it is the toDict alias for callers that use the paired conversion naming scheme.

As per path instructions, “Missing docs: if the PR changes public APIs without updating docs, flag as HIGH.” Based on learnings, .rst files under docs/cuopt/source/ are the canonical published documentation.

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In `@docs/cuopt/source/cuopt-grpc/python-async-client.rst` around lines 75 - 84,
Update the migration section to document the exported toDictFromDataModel
conversion API, including its purpose, accepted input, and returned value;
identify it as the toDict alias for callers using the paired conversion naming
scheme, alongside toDataModelAndSettings and toDictFromSolution.

Sources: Path instructions, Learnings

Comment on lines +89 to +95
dm, settings = toDataModelAndSettings("problem.json") # or a dict
client = Client("localhost", 5001)
job_id = client.submit(dm, settings)
try:
client.wait(job_id, timeout=120)
solution = client.result(job_id)
envelope = toDictFromSolution(solution)

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Check the job status before calling result.

Client.wait can return a status other than JobStatus.COMPLETED. This example then calls result unconditionally. Match the earlier lifecycle example: raise an error when the wait result is not completed before reading the solution.

As per path instructions, verify that documentation code examples compile and run correctly.

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In `@docs/cuopt/source/cuopt-grpc/python-async-client.rst` around lines 89 - 95,
Update the asynchronous client example to capture the status returned by
Client.wait and raise an error when it is not JobStatus.COMPLETED before calling
Client.result; retain the successful solution conversion flow for completed jobs
and ensure the documentation example remains syntactically executable.

Source: Path instructions

Comment on lines +237 to +239
def toDictFromDataModel(model, json=False):
"""Alias of :func:`toDict`, named to match :func:`toDictFromSolution`."""
return toDict(model, json=json)

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Add typed and complete public API contracts.

toDictFromDataModel, toDataModelAndSettings, and toDictFromSolution are new public functions. They have no parameter or return type annotations. The alias docstring has no parameter or return details. The other new docstrings do not document all required return and raises behavior. Add annotations and complete docstrings before exporting these APIs.

As per coding guidelines, “Require type hints on new public Python functions and classes” and “Document new public Python APIs with meaningful docstring content covering parameters, returns, and raises.” As per path instructions, public Python APIs require type hints and complete factual docstring content.

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In `@python/cuopt/cuopt/linear_programming/io/parser.py` around lines 237 - 239,
Update the public functions toDictFromDataModel, toDataModelAndSettings, and
toDictFromSolution with complete parameter and return type annotations, and
expand each docstring to document parameters, return values, and applicable
raises behavior factually before exporting them. Keep toDictFromDataModel’s
alias behavior unchanged while matching the established types and contracts of
the underlying conversion functions.

Sources: Coding guidelines, Path instructions

return msgpack.load(f, strict_map_key=False)
if extension == ".zlib":
with open(data, "rb") as f:
return json_module.loads(zlib.decompress(f.read()))

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Bound zlib decompression before parsing.

Line 257 expands the complete zlib stream with no output limit. A small compressed input can allocate arbitrary memory before JSON validation. An untrusted .zlib problem file can terminate the client process. Stream the decompression with a defined maximum uncompressed size and reject larger payloads.

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In `@python/cuopt/cuopt/linear_programming/io/parser.py` at line 257, Update the
zlib-loading branch in the parser to decompress incrementally with a defined
maximum uncompressed-size limit before calling json_module.loads. Track
cumulative output, reject payloads exceeding the limit, and preserve normal
parsing for inputs within the bound instead of using unbounded
zlib.decompress(f.read()).

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Reject decoded payloads that are not mappings.

toDataModelAndSettings("[]") returns a list from _load_mapping. _fill_data_model then calls payload.get(...) and exposes an internal AttributeError. Validate that every decoded payload is a dict before returning it. Raise a user-actionable TypeError or ValueError. Add a regression test for a JSON array input.

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In `@python/cuopt/cuopt/linear_programming/io/parser.py` at line 260, The decoded
result returned by _load_mapping must be validated as a dict before
_fill_data_model can access mapping methods. Raise a user-actionable TypeError
or ValueError for JSON arrays and other non-mapping payloads, and add a
regression test covering toDataModelAndSettings("[]").

Source: Path instructions

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…pt JSON dictionary formats for problems and solutions can easily migrate to use of the gRPC server using the dictionary formats if desired
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