Okay, Senior Developer hat is on. Let’s review this diff focusing on quality, potential issues, and security.

Overall Impression:

The implementation follows the “Mode Switcher” approach (Option 3) reasonably well. It adds the required UI elements, backend endpoints, and processing logic for image and PDF OCR. However, there are several areas for improvement regarding code quality (DRY principle), robustness, and potentially a bug in the frontend logic.

Positive Points:

  1. Functionality: The core features (mode switching, conditional UI, new upload types, backend OCR calls) seem to be implemented.
  2. Security (Sanitization): Excellent use of DOMPurify.sanitize for rendering the OCR results on the frontend. This is crucial.
  3. Security (Input Validation): Good input validation on the backend (app.py) for file presence, filename, extensions, and size limits. Frontend validation is also present.
  4. Privacy: The backend OCR implementation processes files directly (in memory or via PIL object) without saving temporary files unnecessarily, respecting the no-data-retention requirement for OCR.
  5. Configuration: Correctly added ocr.py to Dockerfile and Pillow to requirements.txt.
  6. Documentation: README.md updated clearly to reflect the new features.

Areas for Improvement / Concerns:

  1. Frontend JavaScript - DRY Principle Violation (High Priority Tech Debt):
  2. Frontend JavaScript - Tab Switching Logic (Potential Bug / Incompleteness):
  3. Backend Robustness (ocr.py) - Missing Retries (Medium Priority Tech Debt):
  4. Backend Code Quality (ocr.py):
  5. Backend Efficiency/Security (app.py) - In-Memory Handling:
  6. Frontend Code Quality - Naming:

Summary of Recommendations:

  1. Fix: Address the potential bug in the frontend tab switching logic to ensure it works correctly for both modes.
  2. Refactor (JS): Apply the DRY principle heavily to the frontend JavaScript for Drag & Drop and File Selection handling.
  3. Refactor (JS): Rename UI elements (transcribe-button, transcript-container, etc.) to be mode-agnostic (action-button, result-container).
  4. Add (Backend): Implement @retry logic in ocr.py for robustness.
  5. Fix (Backend): Move the types import to the top level in ocr.py.
  6. Monitor/Consider (Backend): Be aware of the memory implications of reading full files in app.py. Keep Pillow updated. Investigate streaming/chunking if performance/security becomes a concern.

Overall, this is a solid first implementation of the feature, but addressing the duplication and robustness points will significantly improve the quality and maintainability of the codebase. The potential tab switching bug needs immediate attention.