mistralai Python SDK: `files.upload(purpose="ocr")` fails its own type check

files.upload
mistralai Python SDK
mistralai
purpose

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In the mistralai Python SDK (1.5.1), client.files.upload(file={...}, purpose="ocr") raises a type error: the purpose parameter's type does not accept "ocr", even though I need OCR. The upload itself works if I bypass the type check. Is purpose="ocr" unsupported?

files.upload
mistralai Python SDK
mistralai
purpose

2026-09-23 15:33 UTC