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+import logging
+import time
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Iterable, List, Optional
+
+from docling.datamodel.base_models import Page, VlmPrediction
+from docling.datamodel.document import ConversionResult
+from docling.datamodel.pipeline_options import (
+    AcceleratorDevice,
+    AcceleratorOptions,
+    HuggingFaceVlmOptions,
+)
+from docling.datamodel.settings import settings
+from docling.models.base_model import BasePageModel
+from docling.utils.accelerator_utils import decide_device
+from docling.utils.profiling import TimeRecorder
+
+_log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class HuggingFaceMlxModel(BasePageModel):
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        enabled: bool,
+        artifacts_path: Optional[Path],
+        accelerator_options: AcceleratorOptions,
+        vlm_options: HuggingFaceVlmOptions,
+    ):
+        self.enabled = enabled
+
+        self.vlm_options = vlm_options
+
+        if self.enabled:
+            from mlx_vlm import generate, load  # type: ignore
+            from mlx_vlm.prompt_utils import apply_chat_template  # type: ignore
+            from mlx_vlm.utils import load_config, stream_generate  # type: ignore
+
+            repo_cache_folder = vlm_options.repo_id.replace("/", "--")
+            self.apply_chat_template = apply_chat_template
+            self.stream_generate = stream_generate
+
+            # PARAMETERS:
+            if artifacts_path is None:
+                artifacts_path = self.download_models(self.vlm_options.repo_id)
+            elif (artifacts_path / repo_cache_folder).exists():
+                artifacts_path = artifacts_path / repo_cache_folder
+
+            self.param_question = vlm_options.prompt  # "Perform Layout Analysis."
+
+            ## Load the model
+            self.vlm_model, self.processor = load(artifacts_path)
+            self.config = load_config(artifacts_path)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def download_models(
+        repo_id: str,
+        local_dir: Optional[Path] = None,
+        force: bool = False,
+        progress: bool = False,
+    ) -> Path:
+        from huggingface_hub import snapshot_download
+        from huggingface_hub.utils import disable_progress_bars
+
+        if not progress:
+            disable_progress_bars()
+        download_path = snapshot_download(
+            repo_id=repo_id,
+            force_download=force,
+            local_dir=local_dir,
+            # revision="v0.0.1",
+        )
+
+        return Path(download_path)
+
+    def __call__(
+        self, conv_res: ConversionResult, page_batch: Iterable[Page]
+    ) -> Iterable[Page]:
+        for page in page_batch:
+            assert page._backend is not None
+            if not page._backend.is_valid():
+                yield page
+            else:
+                with TimeRecorder(conv_res, "vlm"):
+                    assert page.size is not None
+
+                    hi_res_image = page.get_image(scale=2.0)  # 144dpi
+                    # hi_res_image = page.get_image(scale=1.0)  # 72dpi
+
+                    if hi_res_image is not None:
+                        im_width, im_height = hi_res_image.size
+
+                    # populate page_tags with predicted doc tags
+                    page_tags = ""
+
+                    if hi_res_image:
+                        if hi_res_image.mode != "RGB":
+                            hi_res_image = hi_res_image.convert("RGB")
+
+                    prompt = self.apply_chat_template(
+                        self.processor, self.config, self.param_question, num_images=1
+                    )
+
+                    start_time = time.time()
+                    # Call model to generate:
+                    output = ""
+                    for token in self.stream_generate(
+                        self.vlm_model,
+                        self.processor,
+                        prompt,
+                        [hi_res_image],
+                        max_tokens=4096,
+                        verbose=False,
+                    ):
+                        output += token.text
+                        print(token.text, end="")
+                        if "</doctag>" in token.text:
+                            break
+
+                    generation_time = time.time() - start_time
+                    page_tags = output
+
+                    # inference_time = time.time() - start_time
+                    # tokens_per_second = num_tokens / generation_time
+                    # print("")
+                    # print(f"Page Inference Time: {inference_time:.2f} seconds")
+                    # print(f"Total tokens on page: {num_tokens:.2f}")
+                    # print(f"Tokens/sec: {tokens_per_second:.2f}")
+                    # print("")
+                    page.predictions.vlm_response = VlmPrediction(text=page_tags)
+
+                yield page