diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/api/utils.py b/src/backend/langflow/api/utils.py
index 703fbd9e3..4db323537 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/api/utils.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/api/utils.py
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List, Optional
 
 from fastapi import HTTPException
-from langchain_core.documents import Document
 from platformdirs import user_cache_dir
-from pydantic import BaseModel
 from sqlmodel import Session
 
 from langflow.graph.graph.base import Graph
@@ -217,20 +215,6 @@ def format_elapsed_time(elapsed_time: float) -> str:
         return f"{minutes} {minutes_unit}, {seconds} {seconds_unit}"
 
 
-def serialize_field(value):
-    """Unified serialization function for handling both BaseModel and Document types,
-    including handling lists of these types."""
-    if isinstance(value, (list, tuple)):
-        return [serialize_field(v) for v in value]
-    elif isinstance(value, Document):
-        return value.to_json()
-    elif isinstance(value, BaseModel):
-        return value.model_dump()
-    elif isinstance(value, str):
-        return {"result": value}
-    return value
-
-
 def build_and_cache_graph(
     flow_id: str,
     session: Session,
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/graph/schema.py b/src/backend/langflow/graph/schema.py
index a3a2822e1..d41e0544a 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/graph/schema.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/graph/schema.py
@@ -1,8 +1,37 @@
 from enum import Enum
+from typing import Any, Optional
+from langflow.graph.utils import serialize_field
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, field_serializer
 
 
-class InterfaceComponentTypes(Enum):
+class ResultData(BaseModel):
+    results: Optional[Any] = Field(default_factory=dict)
+    artifacts: Optional[Any] = Field(default_factory=dict)
+    timedelta: Optional[float] = None
+    duration: Optional[str] = None
+
+    @field_serializer("results")
+    def serialize_results(self, value):
+        if isinstance(value, dict):
+            return {key: serialize_field(val) for key, val in value.items()}
+        return serialize_field(value)
+
+
+class InterfaceComponentTypes(str, Enum):
     # ChatInput and ChatOutput are the only ones that are
     # power components
     ChatInput = "ChatInput"
     ChatOutput = "ChatOutput"
+    TextInput = "TextInput"
+    TextOutput = "TextOutput"
+
+
+INPUT_COMPONENTS = [
+    InterfaceComponentTypes.ChatInput,
+    InterfaceComponentTypes.TextInput,
+]
+OUTPUT_COMPONENTS = [
+    InterfaceComponentTypes.ChatOutput,
+    InterfaceComponentTypes.TextOutput,
+]