[maven-release-plugin] prepare release v1.0.51

Adds feature for /api/chat access via OllamaAPI

.github/workflows/publish-docs.yml

@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build with Maven
         run: mvn --file pom.xml -U clean package && cp -r ./target/apidocs/. ./docs/build/apidocs
 
+      - name: Doxygen Action
+        uses: mattnotmitt/doxygen-action@v1.1.0
+        with:
+          doxyfile-path: "./Doxyfile"
+          working-directory: "."
+
       - name: Setup Pages
         uses: actions/configure-pages@v3
       - name: Upload artifact

Doxyfile

@@ -0,0 +1,413 @@
+# Doxyfile 1.10.0
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Project related configuration options
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+DOXYFILE_ENCODING      = UTF-8
+PROJECT_NAME           = "Ollama4j"
+PROJECT_NUMBER         =
+PROJECT_BRIEF          = "A Java library (wrapper/binding) for Ollama server."
+PROJECT_LOGO           = ./logo-small.png
+PROJECT_ICON           = ./logo-small.png
+OUTPUT_DIRECTORY       = ./docs/build/doxygen
+CREATE_SUBDIRS         = NO
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+                         "The $name widget" \
+                         "The $name file" \
+                         is \
+                         provides \
+                         specifies \
+                         contains \
+                         represents \
+                         a \
+                         an \
+                         the
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+OPTIMIZE_OUTPUT_SLICE  = NO
+EXTENSION_MAPPING      =
+MARKDOWN_SUPPORT       = YES
+TOC_INCLUDE_HEADINGS   = 5
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+INLINE_GROUPED_CLASSES = NO
+INLINE_SIMPLE_STRUCTS  = NO
+TYPEDEF_HIDES_STRUCT   = NO
+LOOKUP_CACHE_SIZE      = 0
+NUM_PROC_THREADS       = 1
+TIMESTAMP              = NO
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Build related configuration options
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+EXTRACT_ALL            = YES
+EXTRACT_PRIVATE        = NO
+EXTRACT_PRIV_VIRTUAL   = NO
+EXTRACT_PACKAGE        = NO
+EXTRACT_STATIC         = NO
+EXTRACT_LOCAL_CLASSES  = YES
+EXTRACT_LOCAL_METHODS  = NO
+EXTRACT_ANON_NSPACES   = NO
+RESOLVE_UNNAMED_PARAMS = YES
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+HIDE_IN_BODY_DOCS      = NO
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+HIDE_SCOPE_NAMES       = NO
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+SHOW_GROUPED_MEMB_INC  = NO
+FORCE_LOCAL_INCLUDES   = NO
+INLINE_INFO            = YES
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+GENERATE_TESTLIST      = YES
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+ENABLED_SECTIONS       =
+MAX_INITIALIZER_LINES  = 30
+SHOW_USED_FILES        = YES
+SHOW_FILES             = YES
+SHOW_NAMESPACES        = YES
+FILE_VERSION_FILTER    =
+LAYOUT_FILE            =
+CITE_BIB_FILES         =
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Configuration options related to warning and progress messages
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+QUIET                  = NO
+WARNINGS               = YES
+WARN_IF_UNDOCUMENTED   = YES
+WARN_IF_DOC_ERROR      = YES
+WARN_IF_INCOMPLETE_DOC = YES
+WARN_NO_PARAMDOC       = NO
+WARN_IF_UNDOC_ENUM_VAL = NO
+WARN_AS_ERROR          = NO
+WARN_FORMAT            = "$file:$line: $text"
+WARN_LINE_FORMAT       = "at line $line of file $file"
+WARN_LOGFILE           =
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+INPUT                  = ./src/main
+INPUT_ENCODING         = UTF-8
+INPUT_FILE_ENCODING    =
+FILE_PATTERNS          = *.c \
+                         *.cc \
+                         *.cxx \
+                         *.cxxm \
+                         *.cpp \
+                         *.cppm \
+                         *.ccm \
+                         *.c++ \
+                         *.c++m \
+                         *.java \
+                         *.ii \
+                         *.ixx \
+                         *.ipp \
+                         *.i++ \
+                         *.inl \
+                         *.idl \
+                         *.ddl \
+                         *.odl \
+                         *.h \
+                         *.hh \
+                         *.hxx \
+                         *.hpp \
+                         *.h++ \
+                         *.ixx \
+                         *.l \
+                         *.cs \
+                         *.d \
+                         *.php \
+                         *.php4 \
+                         *.php5 \
+                         *.phtml \
+                         *.inc \
+                         *.m \
+                         *.markdown \
+                         *.md \
+                         *.mm \
+                         *.dox \
+                         *.py \
+                         *.pyw \
+                         *.f90 \
+                         *.f95 \
+                         *.f03 \
+                         *.f08 \
+                         *.f18 \
+                         *.f \
+                         *.for \
+                         *.vhd \
+                         *.vhdl \
+                         *.ucf \
+                         *.qsf \
+                         *.ice
+RECURSIVE              = YES
+EXCLUDE                =
+EXCLUDE_SYMLINKS       = NO
+EXCLUDE_PATTERNS       =
+EXCLUDE_SYMBOLS        =
+EXAMPLE_PATH           =
+EXAMPLE_PATTERNS       = *
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+FILTER_PATTERNS        =
+FILTER_SOURCE_FILES    = NO
+FILTER_SOURCE_PATTERNS =
+USE_MDFILE_AS_MAINPAGE =
+FORTRAN_COMMENT_AFTER  = 72
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Configuration options related to source browsing
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+SOURCE_BROWSER         = YES
+INLINE_SOURCES         = NO
+STRIP_CODE_COMMENTS    = YES
+REFERENCED_BY_RELATION = NO
+REFERENCES_RELATION    = NO
+REFERENCES_LINK_SOURCE = YES
+SOURCE_TOOLTIPS        = YES
+USE_HTAGS              = NO
+VERBATIM_HEADERS       = YES
+CLANG_ASSISTED_PARSING = NO
+CLANG_ADD_INC_PATHS    = YES
+CLANG_OPTIONS          =
+CLANG_DATABASE_PATH    =
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Configuration options related to the alphabetical class index
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ALPHABETICAL_INDEX     = YES
+IGNORE_PREFIX          =
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Configuration options related to the HTML output
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+GENERATE_HTML          = YES
+HTML_OUTPUT            = html
+HTML_FILE_EXTENSION    = .html
+HTML_HEADER            =
+HTML_FOOTER            =
+HTML_STYLESHEET        =
+HTML_EXTRA_STYLESHEET  =
+HTML_EXTRA_FILES       =
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+HTML_COLORSTYLE_HUE    = 220
+HTML_COLORSTYLE_SAT    = 100
+HTML_COLORSTYLE_GAMMA  = 80
+HTML_DYNAMIC_MENUS     = YES
+HTML_DYNAMIC_SECTIONS  = NO
+HTML_CODE_FOLDING      = YES
+HTML_COPY_CLIPBOARD    = YES
+HTML_PROJECT_COOKIE    =
+HTML_INDEX_NUM_ENTRIES = 100
+GENERATE_DOCSET        = NO
+DOCSET_FEEDNAME        = "Doxygen generated docs"
+DOCSET_FEEDURL         =
+DOCSET_BUNDLE_ID       = org.doxygen.Project
+DOCSET_PUBLISHER_ID    = org.doxygen.Publisher
+DOCSET_PUBLISHER_NAME  = Publisher
+GENERATE_HTMLHELP      = NO
+CHM_FILE               =
+HHC_LOCATION           =
+GENERATE_CHI           = NO
+CHM_INDEX_ENCODING     =
+BINARY_TOC             = NO
+TOC_EXPAND             = NO
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+QHP_VIRTUAL_FOLDER     = doc
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+QHP_SECT_FILTER_ATTRS  =
+QHG_LOCATION           =
+GENERATE_ECLIPSEHELP   = NO
+ECLIPSE_DOC_ID         = org.doxygen.Project
+DISABLE_INDEX          = NO
+GENERATE_TREEVIEW      = YES
+FULL_SIDEBAR           = NO
+ENUM_VALUES_PER_LINE   = 4
+TREEVIEW_WIDTH         = 250
+EXT_LINKS_IN_WINDOW    = NO
+OBFUSCATE_EMAILS       = YES
+HTML_FORMULA_FORMAT    = png
+FORMULA_FONTSIZE       = 10
+FORMULA_MACROFILE      =
+USE_MATHJAX            = NO
+MATHJAX_VERSION        = MathJax_2
+MATHJAX_FORMAT         = HTML-CSS
+MATHJAX_RELPATH        =
+MATHJAX_EXTENSIONS     =
+MATHJAX_CODEFILE       =
+SEARCHENGINE           = YES
+SERVER_BASED_SEARCH    = NO
+EXTERNAL_SEARCH        = NO
+SEARCHENGINE_URL       =
+SEARCHDATA_FILE        = searchdata.xml
+EXTERNAL_SEARCH_ID     =
+EXTRA_SEARCH_MAPPINGS  =
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Configuration options related to the LaTeX output
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+GENERATE_LATEX         = YES
+LATEX_OUTPUT           = latex
+LATEX_CMD_NAME         =
+MAKEINDEX_CMD_NAME     = makeindex
+LATEX_MAKEINDEX_CMD    = makeindex
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+PAPER_TYPE             = a4
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+LATEX_FOOTER           =
+LATEX_EXTRA_STYLESHEET =
+LATEX_EXTRA_FILES      =
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+USE_PDFLATEX           = YES
+LATEX_BATCHMODE        = NO
+LATEX_HIDE_INDICES     = NO
+LATEX_BIB_STYLE        = plain
+LATEX_EMOJI_DIRECTORY  =
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Configuration options related to the RTF output
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+GENERATE_RTF           = NO
+RTF_OUTPUT             = rtf
+COMPACT_RTF            = NO
+RTF_HYPERLINKS         = NO
+RTF_STYLESHEET_FILE    =
+RTF_EXTENSIONS_FILE    =
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Configuration options related to the man page output
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+GENERATE_MAN           = NO
+MAN_OUTPUT             = man
+MAN_EXTENSION          = .3
+MAN_SUBDIR             =
+MAN_LINKS              = NO
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Configuration options related to the XML output
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+GENERATE_XML           = NO
+XML_OUTPUT             = xml
+XML_PROGRAMLISTING     = YES
+XML_NS_MEMB_FILE_SCOPE = NO
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Configuration options related to the DOCBOOK output
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+GENERATE_DOCBOOK       = NO
+DOCBOOK_OUTPUT         = docbook
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Configuration options for the AutoGen Definitions output
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+GENERATE_AUTOGEN_DEF   = NO
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Configuration options related to Sqlite3 output
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+GENERATE_SQLITE3       = NO
+SQLITE3_OUTPUT         = sqlite3
+SQLITE3_RECREATE_DB    = YES
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Configuration options related to the Perl module output
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+GENERATE_PERLMOD       = NO
+PERLMOD_LATEX          = NO
+PERLMOD_PRETTY         = YES
+PERLMOD_MAKEVAR_PREFIX =
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Configuration options related to the preprocessor
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ENABLE_PREPROCESSING   = YES
+MACRO_EXPANSION        = NO
+EXPAND_ONLY_PREDEF     = NO
+SEARCH_INCLUDES        = YES
+INCLUDE_PATH           =
+INCLUDE_FILE_PATTERNS  =
+PREDEFINED             =
+EXPAND_AS_DEFINED      =
+SKIP_FUNCTION_MACROS   = YES
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Configuration options related to external references
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+TAGFILES               =
+GENERATE_TAGFILE       =
+ALLEXTERNALS           = NO
+EXTERNAL_GROUPS        = YES
+EXTERNAL_PAGES         = YES
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Configuration options related to diagram generator tools
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+HIDE_UNDOC_RELATIONS   = YES
+HAVE_DOT               = NO
+DOT_NUM_THREADS        = 0
+DOT_COMMON_ATTR        = "fontname=Helvetica,fontsize=10"
+DOT_EDGE_ATTR          = "labelfontname=Helvetica,labelfontsize=10"
+DOT_NODE_ATTR          = "shape=box,height=0.2,width=0.4"
+DOT_FONTPATH           =
+CLASS_GRAPH            = YES
+COLLABORATION_GRAPH    = YES
+GROUP_GRAPHS           = YES
+UML_LOOK               = NO
+UML_LIMIT_NUM_FIELDS   = 10
+DOT_UML_DETAILS        = NO
+DOT_WRAP_THRESHOLD     = 17
+TEMPLATE_RELATIONS     = NO
+INCLUDE_GRAPH          = YES
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+CALL_GRAPH             = NO
+CALLER_GRAPH           = NO
+GRAPHICAL_HIERARCHY    = YES
+DIRECTORY_GRAPH        = YES
+DIR_GRAPH_MAX_DEPTH    = 1
+DOT_IMAGE_FORMAT       = png
+INTERACTIVE_SVG        = NO
+DOT_PATH               =
+DOTFILE_DIRS           =
+DIA_PATH               =
+DIAFILE_DIRS           =
+PLANTUML_JAR_PATH      =
+PLANTUML_CFG_FILE      =
+PLANTUML_INCLUDE_PATH  =
+DOT_GRAPH_MAX_NODES    = 50
+MAX_DOT_GRAPH_DEPTH    = 0
+DOT_MULTI_TARGETS      = NO
+GENERATE_LEGEND        = YES
+DOT_CLEANUP            = YES
+MSCGEN_TOOL            =
+MSCFILE_DIRS           =

Makefile

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ ut:
 it:
 	mvn clean verify -Pintegration-tests
 
+doxygen:
+	doxygen Doxyfile
+
 list-releases:
 	curl 'https://central.sonatype.com/api/internal/browse/component/versions?sortField=normalizedVersion&sortDirection=asc&page=0&size=12&filter=namespace%3Aio.github.amithkoujalgi%2Cname%3Aollama4j' \
       --compressed \

README.md

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ In your Maven project, add this dependency:
 <dependency>
     <groupId>io.github.amithkoujalgi</groupId>
     <artifactId>ollama4j</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.29</version>
+    <version>1.0.47</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 

docs/docs/apis-ask/ask-async.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 sidebar_position: 2
 ---
 
-# Ask - Async
+# Generate - Async
 
 This API lets you ask questions to the LLMs in a asynchronous way.
 These APIs correlate to
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ public class Main {
 
         String prompt = "Who are you?";
 
-        OllamaAsyncResultCallback callback = ollamaAPI.askAsync(OllamaModelType.LLAMA2, prompt);
+        OllamaAsyncResultCallback callback = ollamaAPI.generateAsync(OllamaModelType.LLAMA2, prompt);
 
         while (!callback.isComplete() || !callback.getStream().isEmpty()) {
             // poll for data from the response stream
             String result = callback.getStream().poll();
-            if (response != null) {
+            if (result != null) {
-                System.out.print(result.getResponse());
+                System.out.print(result);
             }
             Thread.sleep(100);
         }

docs/docs/apis-ask/ask-with-image-files.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 sidebar_position: 3
 ---
 
-# Ask - With Image Files
+# Generate - With Image Files
 
 This API lets you ask questions along with the image files to the LLMs.
 These APIs correlate to
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ recommended.
 
 :::
 
-## Ask (Sync)
+## Synchronous mode
 
 If you have this image downloaded and you pass the path to the downloaded image to the following code:
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class Main {
         OllamaAPI ollamaAPI = new OllamaAPI(host);
         ollamaAPI.setRequestTimeoutSeconds(10);
 
-        OllamaResult result = ollamaAPI.askWithImageFiles(OllamaModelType.LLAVA,
+        OllamaResult result = ollamaAPI.generateWithImageFiles(OllamaModelType.LLAVA,
                 "What's in this image?",
                 List.of(
                         new File("/path/to/image")));

docs/docs/apis-ask/ask-with-image-urls.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 sidebar_position: 4
 ---
 
-# Ask - With Image URLs
+# Generate - With Image URLs
 
 This API lets you ask questions along with the image files to the LLMs.
 These APIs correlate to
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class Main {
         OllamaAPI ollamaAPI = new OllamaAPI(host);
         ollamaAPI.setRequestTimeoutSeconds(10);
 
-        OllamaResult result = ollamaAPI.askWithImageURLs(OllamaModelType.LLAVA,
+        OllamaResult result = ollamaAPI.generateWithImageURLs(OllamaModelType.LLAVA,
                 "What's in this image?",
                 List.of(
                         "https://t3.ftcdn.net/jpg/02/96/63/80/360_F_296638053_0gUVA4WVBKceGsIr7LNqRWSnkusi07dq.jpg"));

docs/docs/apis-ask/ask.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 sidebar_position: 1
 ---
 
-# Ask - Sync
+# Generate - Sync
 
 This API lets you ask questions to the LLMs in a synchronous way.
 These APIs correlate to
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public class Main {
         OllamaAPI ollamaAPI = new OllamaAPI(host);
 
         OllamaResult result =
-                ollamaAPI.ask(OllamaModelType.LLAMA2, "Who are you?", new OptionsBuilder().build());
+                ollamaAPI.generate(OllamaModelType.LLAMA2, "Who are you?", new OptionsBuilder().build());
 
         System.out.println(result.getResponse());
     }
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class Main {
         String prompt = "List all cricket world cup teams of 2019.";
 
         OllamaResult result =
-                ollamaAPI.ask(OllamaModelType.LLAMA2, prompt, new OptionsBuilder().build());
+                ollamaAPI.generate(OllamaModelType.LLAMA2, prompt, new OptionsBuilder().build());
 
         System.out.println(result.getResponse());
     }
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public class Main {
                 SamplePrompts.getSampleDatabasePromptWithQuestion(
                         "List all customer names who have bought one or more products");
         OllamaResult result =
-                ollamaAPI.ask(OllamaModelType.SQLCODER, prompt, new OptionsBuilder().build());
+                ollamaAPI.generate(OllamaModelType.SQLCODER, prompt, new OptionsBuilder().build());
         System.out.println(result.getResponse());
     }
 }

docs/docs/apis-ask/chat.md

@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+---
+sidebar_position: 7
+---
+
+# Chat
+
+This API lets you create a conversation with LLMs. Using this API enables you to ask questions to the model including 
+information using the history of already asked questions and the respective answers.
+
+## Create a new conversation and use chat history to augment follow up questions
+
+```java
+public class Main {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+        String host = "http://localhost:11434/";
+
+        OllamaAPI ollamaAPI = new OllamaAPI(host);
+        OllamaChatRequestBuilder builder = OllamaChatRequestBuilder.getInstance(OllamaModelType.LLAMA2);
+
+        // create first user question
+        OllamaChatRequestModel requestModel = builder.withMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole.USER,"What is the capital of France?")
+             .build();
+
+        // start conversation with model
+        OllamaChatResult chatResult = ollamaAPI.chat(requestModel);
+
+        System.out.println("First answer: " + chatResult.getResponse());
+
+        // create next userQuestion
+        requestModel = builder.withMessages(chatResult.getChatHistory()).withMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole.USER,"And what is the second largest city?").build();
+
+        // "continue" conversation with model
+        chatResult = ollamaAPI.chat(requestModel);
+
+        System.out.println("Second answer: " + chatResult.getResponse());
+
+        System.out.println("Chat History: " + chatResult.getChatHistory());
+    }
+}
+
+```
+You will get a response similar to:
+
+> First answer: Should be Paris!
+> 
+> Second answer: Marseille.
+> 
+> Chat History:
+
+```json
+[ {
+    "role" : "user",
+    "content" : "What is the capital of France?",
+    "images" : [ ]
+  }, {
+    "role" : "assistant",
+    "content" : "Should be Paris!",
+    "images" : [ ]
+  }, {
+    "role" : "user",
+    "content" : "And what is the second largest city?",
+    "images" : [ ]
+  }, {
+    "role" : "assistant",
+    "content" : "Marseille.",
+    "images" : [ ]
+  } ]
+```
+
+## Create a new conversation with individual system prompt
+```java
+public class Main {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+        String host = "http://localhost:11434/";
+
+        OllamaAPI ollamaAPI = new OllamaAPI(host);
+        OllamaChatRequestBuilder builder = OllamaChatRequestBuilder.getInstance(OllamaModelType.LLAMA2);
+
+        // create request with system-prompt (overriding the model defaults) and user question
+        OllamaChatRequestModel requestModel = builder.withMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole.SYSTEM, "You are a silent bot that only says 'NI'. Do not say anything else under any circumstances!")
+             .withMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole.USER,"What is the capital of France? And what's France's connection with Mona Lisa?")
+             .build();
+
+        // start conversation with model
+        OllamaChatResult chatResult = ollamaAPI.chat(requestModel);
+
+        System.out.println(chatResult.getResponse());
+    }
+}
+
+```
+You will get a response similar to:
+
+> NI.

docs/docs/apis-ask/prompt-builder.md

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class AskPhi {
                         .addSeparator()
                         .add("How do I read a file in Go and print its contents to stdout?");
 
-        OllamaResult response = ollamaAPI.ask(model, promptBuilder.build());
+        OllamaResult response = ollamaAPI.generate(model, promptBuilder.build());
         System.out.println(response.getResponse());
     }
 }

docs/docusaurus.config.js

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ const config = {
                         label: 'Docs',
                     },
                     {to: 'https://amithkoujalgi.github.io/ollama4j/apidocs/', label: 'Javadoc', position: 'left'},
+                    {to: 'https://amithkoujalgi.github.io/ollama4j/doxygen/html/', label: 'Doxygen', position: 'left'},
                     {to: '/blog', label: 'Blog', position: 'left'},
                     {
                         href: 'https://github.com/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j',

pom.xml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <groupId>io.github.amithkoujalgi</groupId>
     <artifactId>ollama4j</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.44</version>
+    <version>1.0.51</version>
 
     <name>Ollama4j</name>
     <description>Java library for interacting with Ollama API.</description>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:amithkoujalgi/ollama4j.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j.git</developerConnection>
         <url>https://github.com/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j</url>
-        <tag>v1.0.44</tag>
+        <tag>v1.0.51</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <build>

src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/OllamaAPI.java

@@ -2,10 +2,16 @@ package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core;
 
 import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.exceptions.OllamaBaseException;
 import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.*;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.chat.OllamaChatMessage;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.chat.OllamaChatRequestBuilder;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.chat.OllamaChatRequestModel;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.chat.OllamaChatResult;
 import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.request.CustomModelFileContentsRequest;
 import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.request.CustomModelFilePathRequest;
 import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.request.ModelEmbeddingsRequest;
 import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.request.ModelRequest;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.request.OllamaChatEndpointCaller;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.request.OllamaGenerateEndpointCaller;
 import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Options;
 import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Utils;
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
@@ -329,7 +335,8 @@ public class OllamaAPI {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Ask a question to a model running on Ollama server. This is a sync/blocking call.
+   * Generate response for a question to a model running on Ollama server. This is a sync/blocking
+   * call.
    *
    * @param model the ollama model to ask the question to
    * @param prompt the prompt/question text
@@ -338,23 +345,23 @@ public class OllamaAPI {
    *     details on the options</a>
    * @return OllamaResult that includes response text and time taken for response
    */
-  public OllamaResult ask(String model, String prompt, Options options)
+  public OllamaResult generate(String model, String prompt, Options options)
       throws OllamaBaseException, IOException, InterruptedException {
     OllamaRequestModel ollamaRequestModel = new OllamaRequestModel(model, prompt);
     ollamaRequestModel.setOptions(options.getOptionsMap());
-    return askSync(ollamaRequestModel);
+    return generateSyncForOllamaRequestModel(ollamaRequestModel);
   }
 
   /**
-   * Ask a question to a model running on Ollama server and get a callback handle that can be used
+   * Generate response for a question to a model running on Ollama server and get a callback handle
-   * to check for status and get the response from the model later. This would be an
+   * that can be used to check for status and get the response from the model later. This would be
-   * async/non-blocking call.
+   * an async/non-blocking call.
    *
    * @param model the ollama model to ask the question to
    * @param prompt the prompt/question text
    * @return the ollama async result callback handle
    */
-  public OllamaAsyncResultCallback askAsync(String model, String prompt) {
+  public OllamaAsyncResultCallback generateAsync(String model, String prompt) {
     OllamaRequestModel ollamaRequestModel = new OllamaRequestModel(model, prompt);
 
     URI uri = URI.create(this.host + "/api/generate");
@@ -377,7 +384,7 @@ public class OllamaAPI {
    *     details on the options</a>
    * @return OllamaResult that includes response text and time taken for response
    */
-  public OllamaResult askWithImageFiles(
+  public OllamaResult generateWithImageFiles(
       String model, String prompt, List<File> imageFiles, Options options)
       throws OllamaBaseException, IOException, InterruptedException {
     List<String> images = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -386,7 +393,7 @@ public class OllamaAPI {
     }
     OllamaRequestModel ollamaRequestModel = new OllamaRequestModel(model, prompt, images);
     ollamaRequestModel.setOptions(options.getOptionsMap());
-    return askSync(ollamaRequestModel);
+    return generateSyncForOllamaRequestModel(ollamaRequestModel);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -401,7 +408,7 @@ public class OllamaAPI {
    *     details on the options</a>
    * @return OllamaResult that includes response text and time taken for response
    */
-  public OllamaResult askWithImageURLs(
+  public OllamaResult generateWithImageURLs(
       String model, String prompt, List<String> imageURLs, Options options)
       throws OllamaBaseException, IOException, InterruptedException, URISyntaxException {
     List<String> images = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -410,9 +417,50 @@ public class OllamaAPI {
     }
     OllamaRequestModel ollamaRequestModel = new OllamaRequestModel(model, prompt, images);
     ollamaRequestModel.setOptions(options.getOptionsMap());
-    return askSync(ollamaRequestModel);
+    return generateSyncForOllamaRequestModel(ollamaRequestModel);
   }
 
+
+  
+  /**
+   * Ask a question to a model based on a given message stack (i.e. a chat history). Creates a synchronous call to the api 
+   * 'api/chat'. 
+   * 
+   * @param model the ollama model to ask the question to
+   * @param messages chat history / message stack to send to the model
+   * @return {@link OllamaChatResult} containing the api response and the message history including the newly aqcuired assistant response.
+     * @throws OllamaBaseException any response code than 200 has been returned
+     * @throws IOException in case the responseStream can not be read
+     * @throws InterruptedException in case the server is not reachable or network issues happen
+   */
+  public OllamaChatResult chat(String model, List<OllamaChatMessage> messages)  throws OllamaBaseException, IOException, InterruptedException{
+    OllamaChatRequestBuilder builder = OllamaChatRequestBuilder.getInstance(model);
+    return chat(builder.withMessages(messages).build());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Ask a question to a model using an {@link OllamaChatRequestModel}. This can be constructed using an {@link OllamaChatRequestBuilder}. 
+   * 
+   * Hint: the OllamaChatRequestModel#getStream() property is not implemented.
+   * 
+   * @param request request object to be sent to the server
+   * @return 
+  * @throws OllamaBaseException any response code than 200 has been returned
+  * @throws IOException in case the responseStream can not be read
+  * @throws InterruptedException in case the server is not reachable or network issues happen
+   */
+  public OllamaChatResult chat(OllamaChatRequestModel request)  throws OllamaBaseException, IOException, InterruptedException{
+    OllamaChatEndpointCaller requestCaller = new OllamaChatEndpointCaller(host, basicAuth, requestTimeoutSeconds, verbose);
+    //TODO: implement async way
+    if(request.isStream()){
+      throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Streamed chat responses are not implemented yet");
+    }
+    OllamaResult result = requestCaller.generateSync(request);
+    return new OllamaChatResult(result.getResponse(), result.getResponseTime(), result.getHttpStatusCode(), request.getMessages());
+  }
+
+  // technical private methods //
+
   private static String encodeFileToBase64(File file) throws IOException {
     return Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(Files.readAllBytes(file.toPath()));
   }
@@ -435,58 +483,10 @@ public class OllamaAPI {
     }
   }
 
-  private OllamaResult askSync(OllamaRequestModel ollamaRequestModel)
+  private OllamaResult generateSyncForOllamaRequestModel(OllamaRequestModel ollamaRequestModel)
       throws OllamaBaseException, IOException, InterruptedException {
-    long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        OllamaGenerateEndpointCaller requestCaller = new OllamaGenerateEndpointCaller(host, basicAuth, requestTimeoutSeconds, verbose);
-    HttpClient httpClient = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
+        return requestCaller.generateSync(ollamaRequestModel);
-    URI uri = URI.create(this.host + "/api/generate");
-    HttpRequest.Builder requestBuilder =
-        getRequestBuilderDefault(uri)
-            .POST(
-                HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(
-                    Utils.getObjectMapper().writeValueAsString(ollamaRequestModel)));
-    HttpRequest request = requestBuilder.build();
-    if (verbose) logger.info("Asking model: " + ollamaRequestModel);
-    HttpResponse<InputStream> response =
-        httpClient.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofInputStream());
-    int statusCode = response.statusCode();
-    InputStream responseBodyStream = response.body();
-    StringBuilder responseBuffer = new StringBuilder();
-    try (BufferedReader reader =
-        new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(responseBodyStream, StandardCharsets.UTF_8))) {
-      String line;
-      while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
-        if (statusCode == 404) {
-          logger.warn("Status code: 404 (Not Found)");
-          OllamaErrorResponseModel ollamaResponseModel =
-              Utils.getObjectMapper().readValue(line, OllamaErrorResponseModel.class);
-          responseBuffer.append(ollamaResponseModel.getError());
-        } else if (statusCode == 401) {
-          logger.warn("Status code: 401 (Unauthorized)");
-          OllamaErrorResponseModel ollamaResponseModel =
-              Utils.getObjectMapper()
-                  .readValue("{\"error\":\"Unauthorized\"}", OllamaErrorResponseModel.class);
-          responseBuffer.append(ollamaResponseModel.getError());
-        } else {
-          OllamaResponseModel ollamaResponseModel =
-              Utils.getObjectMapper().readValue(line, OllamaResponseModel.class);
-          if (!ollamaResponseModel.isDone()) {
-            responseBuffer.append(ollamaResponseModel.getResponse());
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (statusCode != 200) {
-      logger.error("Status code " + statusCode);
-      throw new OllamaBaseException(responseBuffer.toString());
-    } else {
-      long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
-      OllamaResult ollamaResult =
-          new OllamaResult(responseBuffer.toString().trim(), endTime - startTime, statusCode);
-      if (verbose) logger.info("Model response: " + ollamaResult);
-      return ollamaResult;
-    }
   }
 
   /**

src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/models/Model.java

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import lombok.Data;
 public class Model {
 
   private String name;
+  private String model;
   @JsonProperty("modified_at")
   private String modifiedAt;
   private String digest;

src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/models/OllamaErrorResponseModel.java

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
-import java.util.List;
 import lombok.Data;
 
 @Data

src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/models/OllamaRequestModel.java

@@ -3,12 +3,15 @@ package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models;
 import static io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Utils.getObjectMapper;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.OllamaRequestBody;
+
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import lombok.Data;
 
 @Data
-public class OllamaRequestModel {
+public class OllamaRequestModel implements OllamaRequestBody{
 
   private String model;
   private String prompt;

src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/models/chat/OllamaChatMessage.java

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.chat;
+
+import static io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Utils.getObjectMapper;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.NonNull;
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+
+/**
+ * Defines a single Message to be used inside a chat request against the ollama /api/chat endpoint.
+ *
+ * @see <a href="https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/main/docs/api.md#generate-a-chat-completion">Generate chat completion</a>
+ */
+@Data
+@AllArgsConstructor
+@RequiredArgsConstructor
+@NoArgsConstructor
+public class OllamaChatMessage {
+
+    @NonNull
+    private OllamaChatMessageRole role;
+
+    @NonNull
+    private String content;
+
+    private List<File> images;
+    
+      @Override
+  public String toString() {
+    try {
+      return getObjectMapper().writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValueAsString(this);
+    } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+  }
+}

src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/models/chat/OllamaChatMessageRole.java

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.chat;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonValue;
+
+/**
+ * Defines the possible Chat Message roles.
+ */
+public enum OllamaChatMessageRole {
+    SYSTEM("system"),
+    USER("user"),
+    ASSISTANT("assistant");
+
+    @JsonValue
+    private String roleName;
+
+    private OllamaChatMessageRole(String roleName){
+        this.roleName = roleName;
+    }
+}

src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/models/chat/OllamaChatRequestBuilder.java

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.chat;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Options;
+
+/**
+ * Helper class for creating {@link OllamaChatRequestModel} objects using the builder-pattern.
+ */
+public class OllamaChatRequestBuilder {
+
+    private OllamaChatRequestBuilder(String model, List<OllamaChatMessage> messages){
+        request = new OllamaChatRequestModel(model, messages);
+    }
+
+    private OllamaChatRequestModel request;
+
+    public static OllamaChatRequestBuilder getInstance(String model){
+        return new OllamaChatRequestBuilder(model, new ArrayList<>());
+    }
+
+    public OllamaChatRequestModel build(){
+        return request;
+    }
+
+    public void reset(){
+        request = new OllamaChatRequestModel(request.getModel(), new ArrayList<>());
+    }
+
+    public OllamaChatRequestBuilder withMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole role, String content, File... images){
+        List<OllamaChatMessage> messages = this.request.getMessages();
+        messages.add(new OllamaChatMessage(role,content,List.of(images)));
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public OllamaChatRequestBuilder withMessages(List<OllamaChatMessage> messages){
+        this.request.getMessages().addAll(messages);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public OllamaChatRequestBuilder withOptions(Options options){
+        this.request.setOptions(options);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public OllamaChatRequestBuilder withFormat(String format){
+        this.request.setFormat(format);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public OllamaChatRequestBuilder withTemplate(String template){
+        this.request.setTemplate(template);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public OllamaChatRequestBuilder withStreaming(){
+        this.request.setStream(true);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public OllamaChatRequestBuilder withKeepAlive(String keepAlive){
+        this.request.setKeepAlive(keepAlive);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+}

src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/models/chat/OllamaChatRequestModel.java

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.chat;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.OllamaRequestBody;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Options;
+
+import static io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Utils.getObjectMapper;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.NonNull;
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+
+/**
+ * Defines a Request to use against the ollama /api/chat endpoint.
+ *
+ * @see <a
+ *     href="https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/main/docs/api.md#generate-a-chat-completion">Generate
+ *     Chat Completion</a>
+ */
+@Data
+@AllArgsConstructor
+@RequiredArgsConstructor
+public class OllamaChatRequestModel implements OllamaRequestBody {
+
+  @NonNull private String model;
+
+  @NonNull private List<OllamaChatMessage> messages;
+
+  private String format;
+  private Options options;
+  private String template;
+  private boolean stream;
+  private String keepAlive;
+
+  @Override
+  public String toString() {
+    try {
+      return getObjectMapper().writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValueAsString(this);
+    } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+  }
+}

src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/models/chat/OllamaChatResponseModel.java

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.chat;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import lombok.Data;
+
+@Data
+public class OllamaChatResponseModel {
+    private String model;
+    private @JsonProperty("created_at") String createdAt;
+    private OllamaChatMessage message;
+    private boolean done;
+    private List<Integer> context;
+    private @JsonProperty("total_duration") Long totalDuration;
+    private @JsonProperty("load_duration") Long loadDuration;
+    private @JsonProperty("prompt_eval_duration") Long promptEvalDuration;
+    private @JsonProperty("eval_duration") Long evalDuration;
+    private @JsonProperty("prompt_eval_count") Integer promptEvalCount;
+    private @JsonProperty("eval_count") Integer evalCount;
+}

src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/models/chat/OllamaChatResult.java

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.chat;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.OllamaResult;
+
+/**
+ * Specific chat-API result that contains the chat history sent to the model and appends the answer as {@link OllamaChatResult} given by the
+ * {@link OllamaChatMessageRole#ASSISTANT} role.
+ */
+public class OllamaChatResult extends OllamaResult{
+
+    private List<OllamaChatMessage> chatHistory;
+
+    public OllamaChatResult(String response, long responseTime, int httpStatusCode,
+            List<OllamaChatMessage> chatHistory) {
+        super(response, responseTime, httpStatusCode);
+        this.chatHistory = chatHistory;
+        appendAnswerToChatHistory(response);
+    }
+
+    public List<OllamaChatMessage> getChatHistory() {
+        return chatHistory;
+    } 
+
+    private void appendAnswerToChatHistory(String answer){
+        OllamaChatMessage assistantMessage = new OllamaChatMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole.ASSISTANT, answer);
+        this.chatHistory.add(assistantMessage);
+    }
+    
+    
+}

src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/models/request/OllamaChatEndpointCaller.java

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.request;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.BasicAuth;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.chat.OllamaChatResponseModel;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Utils;
+
+/**
+ * Specialization class for requests
+ */
+public class OllamaChatEndpointCaller extends OllamaEndpointCaller{
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(OllamaChatEndpointCaller.class);
+
+    public OllamaChatEndpointCaller(String host, BasicAuth basicAuth, long requestTimeoutSeconds, boolean verbose) {
+        super(host, basicAuth, requestTimeoutSeconds, verbose);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getEndpointSuffix() {
+        return "/api/chat";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean parseResponseAndAddToBuffer(String line, StringBuilder responseBuffer) {
+                try {
+                    OllamaChatResponseModel ollamaResponseModel = Utils.getObjectMapper().readValue(line, OllamaChatResponseModel.class);
+                    responseBuffer.append(ollamaResponseModel.getMessage().getContent());
+                    return ollamaResponseModel.isDone();
+                } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+                    LOG.error("Error parsing the Ollama chat response!",e);
+                    return true;
+                }         
+    }
+
+
+
+    
+
+}

src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/models/request/OllamaEndpointCaller.java

@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.request;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.http.HttpClient;
+import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
+import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.Base64;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.OllamaAPI;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.exceptions.OllamaBaseException;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.BasicAuth;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.OllamaErrorResponseModel;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.OllamaResult;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.OllamaRequestBody;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Utils;
+
+/**
+ * Abstract helperclass to call the ollama api server.
+ */
+public abstract class OllamaEndpointCaller {
+    
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(OllamaAPI.class);
+
+    private String host;
+    private BasicAuth basicAuth;
+    private long requestTimeoutSeconds;
+    private boolean verbose;
+
+    public OllamaEndpointCaller(String host, BasicAuth basicAuth, long requestTimeoutSeconds, boolean verbose) {
+        this.host = host;
+        this.basicAuth = basicAuth;
+        this.requestTimeoutSeconds = requestTimeoutSeconds;
+        this.verbose = verbose;
+    }
+
+    protected abstract String getEndpointSuffix();
+
+    protected abstract boolean parseResponseAndAddToBuffer(String line, StringBuilder responseBuffer);
+
+    
+    /**
+     * Calls the api server on the given host and endpoint suffix asynchronously, aka waiting for the response.
+     * 
+     * @param body POST body payload
+     * @return result answer given by the assistant
+     * @throws OllamaBaseException any response code than 200 has been returned
+     * @throws IOException in case the responseStream can not be read
+     * @throws InterruptedException in case the server is not reachable or network issues happen
+     */
+    public OllamaResult generateSync(OllamaRequestBody body)  throws OllamaBaseException, IOException, InterruptedException{
+
+        // Create Request
+    long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+    HttpClient httpClient = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
+    URI uri = URI.create(this.host + getEndpointSuffix());
+    HttpRequest.Builder requestBuilder =
+        getRequestBuilderDefault(uri)
+            .POST(
+                body.getBodyPublisher());
+    HttpRequest request = requestBuilder.build();
+    if (this.verbose) LOG.info("Asking model: " + body.toString());
+    HttpResponse<InputStream> response =
+        httpClient.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofInputStream());
+    
+        
+        int statusCode = response.statusCode();
+    InputStream responseBodyStream = response.body();
+    StringBuilder responseBuffer = new StringBuilder();
+    try (BufferedReader reader =
+        new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(responseBodyStream, StandardCharsets.UTF_8))) {
+      String line;
+      while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
+        if (statusCode == 404) {
+            LOG.warn("Status code: 404 (Not Found)");
+          OllamaErrorResponseModel ollamaResponseModel =
+              Utils.getObjectMapper().readValue(line, OllamaErrorResponseModel.class);
+          responseBuffer.append(ollamaResponseModel.getError());
+        } else if (statusCode == 401) {
+            LOG.warn("Status code: 401 (Unauthorized)");
+          OllamaErrorResponseModel ollamaResponseModel =
+              Utils.getObjectMapper()
+                  .readValue("{\"error\":\"Unauthorized\"}", OllamaErrorResponseModel.class);
+          responseBuffer.append(ollamaResponseModel.getError());
+        } else {
+          boolean finished = parseResponseAndAddToBuffer(line,responseBuffer);
+            if (finished) {
+              break;
+            }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (statusCode != 200) {
+        LOG.error("Status code " + statusCode);
+      throw new OllamaBaseException(responseBuffer.toString());
+    } else {
+      long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+      OllamaResult ollamaResult =
+          new OllamaResult(responseBuffer.toString().trim(), endTime - startTime, statusCode);
+      if (verbose) LOG.info("Model response: " + ollamaResult);
+      return ollamaResult;
+    }
+  }
+
+    /**
+   * Get default request builder.
+   *
+   * @param uri URI to get a HttpRequest.Builder
+   * @return HttpRequest.Builder
+   */
+  private HttpRequest.Builder getRequestBuilderDefault(URI uri) {
+    HttpRequest.Builder requestBuilder =
+        HttpRequest.newBuilder(uri)
+            .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
+            .timeout(Duration.ofSeconds(this.requestTimeoutSeconds));
+    if (isBasicAuthCredentialsSet()) {
+      requestBuilder.header("Authorization", getBasicAuthHeaderValue());
+    }
+    return requestBuilder;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get basic authentication header value.
+   *
+   * @return basic authentication header value (encoded credentials)
+   */
+  private String getBasicAuthHeaderValue() {
+    String credentialsToEncode = this.basicAuth.getUsername() + ":" + this.basicAuth.getPassword();
+    return "Basic " + Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(credentialsToEncode.getBytes());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Check if Basic Auth credentials set.
+   *
+   * @return true when Basic Auth credentials set
+   */
+  private boolean isBasicAuthCredentialsSet() {
+    return this.basicAuth != null;
+  }
+    
+}

src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/models/request/OllamaGenerateEndpointCaller.java

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.request;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.BasicAuth;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.OllamaResponseModel;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Utils;
+
+public class OllamaGenerateEndpointCaller extends OllamaEndpointCaller{
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(OllamaGenerateEndpointCaller.class);
+
+    public OllamaGenerateEndpointCaller(String host, BasicAuth basicAuth, long requestTimeoutSeconds, boolean verbose) {
+        super(host, basicAuth, requestTimeoutSeconds, verbose);   
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getEndpointSuffix() {
+        return "/api/generate";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean parseResponseAndAddToBuffer(String line, StringBuilder responseBuffer) {
+                try {
+                    OllamaResponseModel ollamaResponseModel = Utils.getObjectMapper().readValue(line, OllamaResponseModel.class);
+                    responseBuffer.append(ollamaResponseModel.getResponse());
+                    return ollamaResponseModel.isDone();
+                } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+                    LOG.error("Error parsing the Ollama chat response!",e);
+                    return true;
+                }         
+    }
+
+    
+    
+    
+}

src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/utils/OllamaRequestBody.java

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils;
+
+import java.net.http.HttpRequest.BodyPublisher;
+import java.net.http.HttpRequest.BodyPublishers;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+
+/**
+ * Interface to represent a OllamaRequest as HTTP-Request Body via {@link BodyPublishers}.
+ */
+public interface OllamaRequestBody {
+    
+    /**
+     * Transforms the OllamaRequest Object to a JSON Object via Jackson.
+     * 
+     * @return JSON representation of a OllamaRequest
+     */
+    @JsonIgnore
+    default BodyPublisher getBodyPublisher(){
+                try {
+          return BodyPublishers.ofString(
+                      Utils.getObjectMapper().writeValueAsString(this));
+        } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+          throw new IllegalArgumentException("Request not Body convertible.",e);
+        }
+    }
+}

src/test/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/integrationtests/TestRealAPIs.java

@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.OllamaAPI;
 import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.exceptions.OllamaBaseException;
 import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.OllamaResult;
-import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.types.OllamaModelType;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.chat.OllamaChatMessageRole;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.chat.OllamaChatRequestBuilder;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.chat.OllamaChatRequestModel;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.chat.OllamaChatResult;
 import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.OptionsBuilder;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -16,26 +19,14 @@ import java.net.http.HttpConnectTimeoutException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Properties;
+import lombok.Data;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Order;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 class TestRealAPIs {
   OllamaAPI ollamaAPI;
-
+  Config config;
-  private Properties loadProperties() {
-    Properties properties = new Properties();
-    try (InputStream input =
-        getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("test-config.properties")) {
-      if (input == null) {
-        throw new RuntimeException("Sorry, unable to find test-config.properties");
-      }
-      properties.load(input);
-      return properties;
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      throw new RuntimeException("Error loading properties", e);
-    }
-  }
 
   private File getImageFileFromClasspath(String fileName) {
     ClassLoader classLoader = getClass().getClassLoader();
@@ -44,9 +35,9 @@ class TestRealAPIs {
 
   @BeforeEach
   void setUp() {
-    Properties properties = loadProperties();
+    config = new Config();
-    ollamaAPI = new OllamaAPI(properties.getProperty("ollama.api.url"));
+    ollamaAPI = new OllamaAPI(config.getOllamaURL());
-    ollamaAPI.setRequestTimeoutSeconds(20);
+    ollamaAPI.setRequestTimeoutSeconds(config.getRequestTimeoutSeconds());
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -85,10 +76,10 @@ class TestRealAPIs {
   void testPullModel() {
     testEndpointReachability();
     try {
-      ollamaAPI.pullModel(OllamaModelType.LLAMA2);
+      ollamaAPI.pullModel(config.getModel());
       boolean found =
           ollamaAPI.listModels().stream()
-              .anyMatch(model -> model.getModelName().equals(OllamaModelType.LLAMA2));
+              .anyMatch(model -> model.getModel().equalsIgnoreCase(config.getModel()));
       assertTrue(found);
     } catch (IOException | OllamaBaseException | InterruptedException | URISyntaxException e) {
       throw new RuntimeException(e);
@@ -101,8 +92,8 @@ class TestRealAPIs {
     testEndpointReachability();
     try {
       OllamaResult result =
-          ollamaAPI.ask(
+          ollamaAPI.generate(
-              OllamaModelType.LLAMA2,
+              config.getModel(),
               "What is the capital of France? And what's France's connection with Mona Lisa?",
               new OptionsBuilder().build());
       assertNotNull(result);
@@ -119,8 +110,8 @@ class TestRealAPIs {
     testEndpointReachability();
     try {
       OllamaResult result =
-          ollamaAPI.ask(
+          ollamaAPI.generate(
-              OllamaModelType.LLAMA2,
+              config.getModel(),
               "What is the capital of France? And what's France's connection with Mona Lisa?",
               new OptionsBuilder().setTemperature(0.9f).build());
       assertNotNull(result);
@@ -131,6 +122,46 @@ class TestRealAPIs {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  @Order(3)
+  void testChat() {
+    testEndpointReachability();
+    try {
+      OllamaChatRequestBuilder builder = OllamaChatRequestBuilder.getInstance(config.getModel());
+      OllamaChatRequestModel requestModel = builder.withMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole.USER, "What is the capital of France?")
+             .withMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole.ASSISTANT, "Should be Paris!")
+             .withMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole.USER,"And what is the second larges city?")
+             .build();
+
+      OllamaChatResult chatResult = ollamaAPI.chat(requestModel);
+      assertNotNull(chatResult);
+      assertFalse(chatResult.getResponse().isBlank());
+      assertEquals(4,chatResult.getChatHistory().size());
+    } catch (IOException | OllamaBaseException | InterruptedException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  @Order(3)
+  void testChatWithSystemPrompt() {
+    testEndpointReachability();
+    try {
+      OllamaChatRequestBuilder builder = OllamaChatRequestBuilder.getInstance(config.getModel());
+      OllamaChatRequestModel requestModel = builder.withMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole.SYSTEM, "You are a silent bot that only says 'NI'. Do not say anything else under any circumstances!")
+             .withMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole.USER,"What is the capital of France? And what's France's connection with Mona Lisa?")
+             .build();
+
+      OllamaChatResult chatResult = ollamaAPI.chat(requestModel);
+      assertNotNull(chatResult);
+      assertFalse(chatResult.getResponse().isBlank());
+      assertTrue(chatResult.getResponse().startsWith("NI"));
+      assertEquals(3,chatResult.getChatHistory().size());
+    } catch (IOException | OllamaBaseException | InterruptedException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   @Order(3)
   void testAskModelWithOptionsAndImageFiles() {
@@ -138,8 +169,8 @@ class TestRealAPIs {
     File imageFile = getImageFileFromClasspath("dog-on-a-boat.jpg");
     try {
       OllamaResult result =
-          ollamaAPI.askWithImageFiles(
+          ollamaAPI.generateWithImageFiles(
-              OllamaModelType.LLAVA,
+              config.getImageModel(),
               "What is in this image?",
               List.of(imageFile),
               new OptionsBuilder().build());
@@ -157,8 +188,8 @@ class TestRealAPIs {
     testEndpointReachability();
     try {
       OllamaResult result =
-          ollamaAPI.askWithImageURLs(
+          ollamaAPI.generateWithImageURLs(
-              OllamaModelType.LLAVA,
+              config.getImageModel(),
               "What is in this image?",
               List.of(
                   "https://t3.ftcdn.net/jpg/02/96/63/80/360_F_296638053_0gUVA4WVBKceGsIr7LNqRWSnkusi07dq.jpg"),
@@ -171,3 +202,29 @@ class TestRealAPIs {
     }
   }
 }
+
+@Data
+class Config {
+  private String ollamaURL;
+  private String model;
+  private String imageModel;
+  private int requestTimeoutSeconds;
+
+  public Config() {
+    Properties properties = new Properties();
+    try (InputStream input =
+        getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("test-config.properties")) {
+      if (input == null) {
+        throw new RuntimeException("Sorry, unable to find test-config.properties");
+      }
+      properties.load(input);
+      this.ollamaURL = properties.getProperty("ollama.url");
+      this.model = properties.getProperty("ollama.model");
+      this.imageModel = properties.getProperty("ollama.model.image");
+      this.requestTimeoutSeconds =
+          Integer.parseInt(properties.getProperty("ollama.request-timeout-seconds"));
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Error loading properties", e);
+    }
+  }
+}

src/test/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/unittests/TestMockedAPIs.java

@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ class TestMockedAPIs {
     String prompt = "some prompt text";
     OptionsBuilder optionsBuilder = new OptionsBuilder();
     try {
-      when(ollamaAPI.ask(model, prompt, optionsBuilder.build()))
+      when(ollamaAPI.generate(model, prompt, optionsBuilder.build()))
           .thenReturn(new OllamaResult("", 0, 200));
-      ollamaAPI.ask(model, prompt, optionsBuilder.build());
+      ollamaAPI.generate(model, prompt, optionsBuilder.build());
-      verify(ollamaAPI, times(1)).ask(model, prompt, optionsBuilder.build());
+      verify(ollamaAPI, times(1)).generate(model, prompt, optionsBuilder.build());
     } catch (IOException | OllamaBaseException | InterruptedException e) {
       throw new RuntimeException(e);
     }
@@ -118,13 +118,14 @@ class TestMockedAPIs {
     String model = OllamaModelType.LLAMA2;
     String prompt = "some prompt text";
     try {
-      when(ollamaAPI.askWithImageFiles(
+      when(ollamaAPI.generateWithImageFiles(
               model, prompt, Collections.emptyList(), new OptionsBuilder().build()))
           .thenReturn(new OllamaResult("", 0, 200));
-      ollamaAPI.askWithImageFiles(
+      ollamaAPI.generateWithImageFiles(
           model, prompt, Collections.emptyList(), new OptionsBuilder().build());
       verify(ollamaAPI, times(1))
-          .askWithImageFiles(model, prompt, Collections.emptyList(), new OptionsBuilder().build());
+          .generateWithImageFiles(
+              model, prompt, Collections.emptyList(), new OptionsBuilder().build());
     } catch (IOException | OllamaBaseException | InterruptedException e) {
       throw new RuntimeException(e);
     }
@@ -136,13 +137,14 @@ class TestMockedAPIs {
     String model = OllamaModelType.LLAMA2;
     String prompt = "some prompt text";
     try {
-      when(ollamaAPI.askWithImageURLs(
+      when(ollamaAPI.generateWithImageURLs(
               model, prompt, Collections.emptyList(), new OptionsBuilder().build()))
           .thenReturn(new OllamaResult("", 0, 200));
-      ollamaAPI.askWithImageURLs(
+      ollamaAPI.generateWithImageURLs(
           model, prompt, Collections.emptyList(), new OptionsBuilder().build());
       verify(ollamaAPI, times(1))
-          .askWithImageURLs(model, prompt, Collections.emptyList(), new OptionsBuilder().build());
+          .generateWithImageURLs(
+              model, prompt, Collections.emptyList(), new OptionsBuilder().build());
     } catch (IOException | OllamaBaseException | InterruptedException | URISyntaxException e) {
       throw new RuntimeException(e);
     }
@@ -153,9 +155,9 @@ class TestMockedAPIs {
     OllamaAPI ollamaAPI = Mockito.mock(OllamaAPI.class);
     String model = OllamaModelType.LLAMA2;
     String prompt = "some prompt text";
-    when(ollamaAPI.askAsync(model, prompt))
+    when(ollamaAPI.generateAsync(model, prompt))
         .thenReturn(new OllamaAsyncResultCallback(null, null, 3));
-    ollamaAPI.askAsync(model, prompt);
+    ollamaAPI.generateAsync(model, prompt);
-    verify(ollamaAPI, times(1)).askAsync(model, prompt);
+    verify(ollamaAPI, times(1)).generateAsync(model, prompt);
   }
 }

src/test/resources/test-config.properties

@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
-ollama.api.url=http://192.168.29.223:11434
+ollama.url=http://localhost:11434
-ollama.model=llava
+ollama.model=qwen:0.5b
+ollama.model.image=llava
+ollama.request-timeout-seconds=120