langchain.schema.language_model.BaseLanguageModel¶

class langchain.schema.language_model.BaseLanguageModel[source]¶

Bases: Serializable, Runnable[Union[PromptValue, str, List[BaseMessage]], LanguageModelOutput], ABC

Abstract base class for interfacing with language models.

All language model wrappers inherit from BaseLanguageModel.

Exposes three main methods: - generate_prompt: generate language model outputs for a sequence of prompt

values. A prompt value is a model input that can be converted to any language model input format (string or messages).

  • predict: pass in a single string to a language model and return a string

    prediction.

  • predict_messages: pass in a sequence of BaseMessages (corresponding to a single

    model call) to a language model and return a BaseMessage prediction.

Each of these has an equivalent asynchronous method.

Create a new model by parsing and validating input data from keyword arguments.

Raises ValidationError if the input data cannot be parsed to form a valid model.

abstract async agenerate_prompt(prompts: List[PromptValue], stop: Optional[List[str]] = None, callbacks: Callbacks = None, **kwargs: Any) LLMResult[source]¶

Asynchronously pass a sequence of prompts and return model generations.

This method should make use of batched calls for models that expose a batched API.

Use this method when you want to:
  1. take advantage of batched calls,

  2. need more output from the model than just the top generated value,

  3. are building chains that are agnostic to the underlying language model

    type (e.g., pure text completion models vs chat models).

Parameters
  • prompts – List of PromptValues. A PromptValue is an object that can be converted to match the format of any language model (string for pure text generation models and BaseMessages for chat models).

  • stop – Stop words to use when generating. Model output is cut off at the first occurrence of any of these substrings.

  • callbacks – Callbacks to pass through. Used for executing additional functionality, such as logging or streaming, throughout generation.

  • **kwargs – Arbitrary additional keyword arguments. These are usually passed to the model provider API call.

Returns

An LLMResult, which contains a list of candidate Generations for each input

prompt and additional model provider-specific output.

abstract async apredict(text: str, *, stop: Optional[Sequence[str]] = None, **kwargs: Any) str[source]¶

Asynchronously pass a string to the model and return a string prediction.

Use this method when calling pure text generation models and only the top

candidate generation is needed.

Parameters
  • text – String input to pass to the model.

  • stop – Stop words to use when generating. Model output is cut off at the first occurrence of any of these substrings.

  • **kwargs – Arbitrary additional keyword arguments. These are usually passed to the model provider API call.

Returns

Top model prediction as a string.

abstract async apredict_messages(messages: List[BaseMessage], *, stop: Optional[Sequence[str]] = None, **kwargs: Any) BaseMessage[source]¶

Asynchronously pass messages to the model and return a message prediction.

Use this method when calling chat models and only the top

candidate generation is needed.

Parameters
  • messages – A sequence of chat messages corresponding to a single model input.

  • stop – Stop words to use when generating. Model output is cut off at the first occurrence of any of these substrings.

  • **kwargs – Arbitrary additional keyword arguments. These are usually passed to the model provider API call.

Returns

Top model prediction as a message.

abstract generate_prompt(prompts: List[PromptValue], stop: Optional[List[str]] = None, callbacks: Callbacks = None, **kwargs: Any) LLMResult[source]¶

Pass a sequence of prompts to the model and return model generations.

This method should make use of batched calls for models that expose a batched API.

Use this method when you want to:
  1. take advantage of batched calls,

  2. need more output from the model than just the top generated value,

  3. are building chains that are agnostic to the underlying language model

    type (e.g., pure text completion models vs chat models).

Parameters
  • prompts – List of PromptValues. A PromptValue is an object that can be converted to match the format of any language model (string for pure text generation models and BaseMessages for chat models).

  • stop – Stop words to use when generating. Model output is cut off at the first occurrence of any of these substrings.

  • callbacks – Callbacks to pass through. Used for executing additional functionality, such as logging or streaming, throughout generation.

  • **kwargs – Arbitrary additional keyword arguments. These are usually passed to the model provider API call.

Returns

An LLMResult, which contains a list of candidate Generations for each input

prompt and additional model provider-specific output.

get_num_tokens(text: str) int[source]¶

Get the number of tokens present in the text.

Useful for checking if an input will fit in a model’s context window.

Parameters

text – The string input to tokenize.

Returns

The integer number of tokens in the text.

get_num_tokens_from_messages(messages: List[BaseMessage]) int[source]¶

Get the number of tokens in the messages.

Useful for checking if an input will fit in a model’s context window.

Parameters

messages – The message inputs to tokenize.

Returns

The sum of the number of tokens across the messages.

get_token_ids(text: str) List[int][source]¶

Return the ordered ids of the tokens in a text.

Parameters

text – The string input to tokenize.

Returns

A list of ids corresponding to the tokens in the text, in order they occur

in the text.

abstract predict(text: str, *, stop: Optional[Sequence[str]] = None, **kwargs: Any) str[source]¶

Pass a single string input to the model and return a string prediction.

Use this method when passing in raw text. If you want to pass in specific

types of chat messages, use predict_messages.

Parameters
  • text – String input to pass to the model.

  • stop – Stop words to use when generating. Model output is cut off at the first occurrence of any of these substrings.

  • **kwargs – Arbitrary additional keyword arguments. These are usually passed to the model provider API call.

Returns

Top model prediction as a string.

abstract predict_messages(messages: List[BaseMessage], *, stop: Optional[Sequence[str]] = None, **kwargs: Any) BaseMessage[source]¶

Pass a message sequence to the model and return a message prediction.

Use this method when passing in chat messages. If you want to pass in raw text,

use predict.

Parameters
  • messages – A sequence of chat messages corresponding to a single model input.

  • stop – Stop words to use when generating. Model output is cut off at the first occurrence of any of these substrings.

  • **kwargs – Arbitrary additional keyword arguments. These are usually passed to the model provider API call.

Returns

Top model prediction as a message.

to_json() Union[SerializedConstructor, SerializedNotImplemented]¶
to_json_not_implemented() SerializedNotImplemented¶
property lc_attributes: Dict¶

Return a list of attribute names that should be included in the serialized kwargs. These attributes must be accepted by the constructor.

property lc_namespace: List[str]¶

Return the namespace of the langchain object. eg. [“langchain”, “llms”, “openai”]

property lc_secrets: Dict[str, str]¶

Return a map of constructor argument names to secret ids. eg. {“openai_api_key”: “OPENAI_API_KEY”}

property lc_serializable: bool¶

Return whether or not the class is serializable.

model Config¶

Bases: object

extra = 'ignore'¶

Examples using BaseLanguageModel¶