[maven-release-plugin] prepare release v1.0.73

Update README to include gradle project set up options

README.md

@@ -67,10 +67,29 @@ In your Maven project, add this dependency:
 <dependency>
     <groupId>io.github.amithkoujalgi</groupId>
     <artifactId>ollama4j</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.47</version>
+    <version>1.0.70</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
+or
+
+In your Gradle project, add the dependency using the Kotlin DSL or the Groovy DSL:
+
+```kotlin
+dependencies {
+
+    val ollama4jVersion = "1.0.70"
+
+    implementation("io.github.amithkoujalgi:ollama4j:$ollama4jVersion")
+}
+ ```
+
+```groovy
+dependencies {
+    implementation("io.github.amithkoujalgi:ollama4j:1.0.70")
+}
+```
+
 Latest release:
 
 ![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/io.github.amithkoujalgi/ollama4j)
@@ -110,6 +129,16 @@ make it
 Releases (newer artifact versions) are done automatically on pushing the code to the `main` branch through GitHub
 Actions CI workflow.
 
+#### Who's using Ollama4j?
+
+- `Datafaker`: a library to generate fake data
+    - https://github.com/datafaker-net/datafaker-experimental/tree/main/ollama-api
+- `Vaadin Web UI`: UI-Tester for Interactions with Ollama via ollama4j
+    - https://github.com/TEAMPB/ollama4j-vaadin-ui
+- `ollama-translator`: Minecraft 1.20.6 spigot plugin allows to easily break language barriers by using ollama on the
+  server to translate all messages into a specfic target language.
+    - https://github.com/liebki/ollama-translator
+
 #### Traction
 
 [![Star History Chart](https://api.star-history.com/svg?repos=amithkoujalgi/ollama4j&type=Date)](https://star-history.com/#amithkoujalgi/ollama4j&Date)
@@ -125,15 +154,15 @@ Actions CI workflow.
 - [x] Update request body creation with Java objects
 - [ ] Async APIs for images
 - [ ] Add custom headers to requests
-- [ ] Add additional params for `ask` APIs such as:
+- [x] Add additional params for `ask` APIs such as:
     - [x] `options`: additional model parameters for the Modelfile such as `temperature` -
       Supported [params](https://github.com/jmorganca/ollama/blob/main/docs/modelfile.md#valid-parameters-and-values).
-    - [ ] `system`: system prompt to (overrides what is defined in the Modelfile)
-    - [ ] `template`: the full prompt or prompt template (overrides what is defined in the Modelfile)
-    - [ ] `context`: the context parameter returned from a previous request, which can be used to keep a
+    - [x] `system`: system prompt to (overrides what is defined in the Modelfile)
+    - [x] `template`: the full prompt or prompt template (overrides what is defined in the Modelfile)
+    - [x] `context`: the context parameter returned from a previous request, which can be used to keep a
       short
       conversational memory
-    - [ ] `stream`: Add support for streaming responses from the model
+    - [x] `stream`: Add support for streaming responses from the model
 - [ ] Add test cases
 - [ ] Handle exceptions better (maybe throw more appropriate exceptions)
 

docs/docs/apis-extras/_category_.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "label": "APIs - Extras",
-  "position": 10,
+  "position": 4,
   "link": {
     "type": "generated-index",
     "description": "Details of APIs to handle bunch of extra stuff."

docs/docs/apis-generate/_category_.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "label": "APIs - Ask",
-  "position": 10,
+  "label": "APIs - Generate",
+  "position": 3,
   "link": {
     "type": "generated-index",
     "description": "Details of APIs to interact with LLMs."

docs/docs/apis-generate/chat.md

@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+---
+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 conversation where the answer is streamed
+
+```java
+public class Main {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+        String host = "http://localhost:11434/";
+
+        OllamaAPI ollamaAPI = new OllamaAPI(host);
+        OllamaChatRequestBuilder builder = OllamaChatRequestBuilder.getInstance(config.getModel());
+        OllamaChatRequestModel requestModel = builder.withMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole.USER,
+                        "What is the capital of France? And what's France's connection with Mona Lisa?")
+                .build();
+
+        // define a handler (Consumer<String>)
+        OllamaStreamHandler streamHandler = (s) -> {
+            System.out.println(s);
+        };
+
+        OllamaChatResult chatResult = ollamaAPI.chat(requestModel, streamHandler);
+    }
+}
+```
+
+You will get a response similar to:
+
+> The
+> The capital
+> The capital of
+> The capital of France
+> The capital of France is
+> The capital of France is Paris
+> The capital of France is Paris.
+
+## Use a simple Console Output Stream Handler
+
+```java
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.impl.ConsoleOutputStreamHandler;
+
+public class Main {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        String host = "http://localhost:11434/";
+        OllamaAPI ollamaAPI = new OllamaAPI(host);
+
+        OllamaChatRequestBuilder builder = OllamaChatRequestBuilder.getInstance(OllamaModelType.LLAMA2);
+        OllamaChatRequestModel requestModel = builder.withMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole.USER, "List all cricket world cup teams of 2019. Name the teams!")
+                .build();
+        OllamaStreamHandler streamHandler = new ConsoleOutputStreamHandler();
+        ollamaAPI.chat(requestModel, streamHandler);
+    }
+}
+```
+
+## 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.
+
+## Create a conversation about an image (requires model with image recognition skills)
+
+```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.LLAVA);
+
+        // Load Image from File and attach to user message (alternatively images could also be added via URL)
+        OllamaChatRequestModel requestModel =
+                builder.withMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole.USER, "What's in the picture?",
+                        List.of(getImageFileFromClasspath("dog-on-a-boat.jpg"))).build();
+
+        OllamaChatResult chatResult = ollamaAPI.chat(requestModel);
+        System.out.println("First answer: " + chatResult.getResponse());
+
+        builder.reset();
+
+        // Use history to ask further questions about the image or assistant answer
+        requestModel =
+                builder.withMessages(chatResult.getChatHistory())
+                        .withMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole.USER, "What's the dogs breed?").build();
+
+        chatResult = ollamaAPI.chat(requestModel);
+        System.out.println("Second answer: " + chatResult.getResponse());
+    }
+}
+```
+
+You will get a response similar to:
+
+> First Answer: The image shows a dog sitting on the bow of a boat that is docked in calm water. The boat has two
+> levels, with the lower level containing seating and what appears to be an engine cover. The dog seems relaxed and
+> comfortable on the boat, looking out over the water. The background suggests it might be late afternoon or early
+> evening, given the warm lighting and the low position of the sun in the sky.
+>
+> Second Answer: Based on the image, it's difficult to definitively determine the breed of the dog. However, the dog
+> appears to be medium-sized with a short coat and a brown coloration, which might suggest that it is a Golden Retriever
+> or a similar breed. Without more details like ear shape and tail length, it's not possible to identify the exact breed
+> confidently.

docs/docs/apis-generate/generate-async.md

@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ public class Main {
         while (!callback.isComplete() || !callback.getStream().isEmpty()) {
             // poll for data from the response stream
             String result = callback.getStream().poll();
-            if (response != null) {
-                System.out.print(result.getResponse());
+            if (result != null) {
+                System.out.print(result);
             }
             Thread.sleep(100);
         }

docs/docs/apis-generate/generate.md

@@ -41,6 +41,41 @@ You will get a response similar to:
 > require
 > natural language understanding and generation capabilities.
 
+## Try asking a question, receiving the answer streamed
+
+```java
+public class Main {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+        String host = "http://localhost:11434/";
+
+        OllamaAPI ollamaAPI = new OllamaAPI(host);
+        // define a stream handler (Consumer<String>)
+        OllamaStreamHandler streamHandler = (s) -> {
+           System.out.println(s);
+        };
+
+        // Should be called using seperate thread to gain non blocking streaming effect.
+        OllamaResult result = ollamaAPI.generate(config.getModel(),
+          "What is the capital of France? And what's France's connection with Mona Lisa?",
+          new OptionsBuilder().build(), streamHandler);
+        
+        System.out.println("Full response: " +result.getResponse());
+    }
+}
+```
+You will get a response similar to:
+
+> The
+> The capital
+> The capital of
+> The capital of France
+> The capital of France is 
+> The capital of France is Paris
+> The capital of France is Paris.
+> Full response: The capital of France is Paris.
+
 ## Try asking a question from general topics.
 
 ```java

docs/docs/apis-generate/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.generate(model, promptBuilder.build());
+        OllamaResult response = ollamaAPI.generate(model, promptBuilder.build(), new OptionsBuilder().build());
         System.out.println(response.getResponse());
     }
 }

docs/docs/apis-model-management/_category_.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "label": "APIs - Model Management",
-  "position": 4,
+  "position": 2,
   "link": {
     "type": "generated-index",
     "description": "Details of APIs to manage LLMs."

pom.xml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <groupId>io.github.amithkoujalgi</groupId>
     <artifactId>ollama4j</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.47</version>
+    <version>1.0.73</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>v1.0.47</tag>
+        <tag>v1.0.73</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <build>
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
                 <configuration>
                     <skipTests>${skipUnitTests}</skipTests>
                     <includes>
-                        <include>**/unittests/*.java</include>
+                        <include>**/unittests/**/*.java</include>
                     </includes>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
@@ -149,7 +149,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.15.3</version>
+            <version>2.17.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
+            <version>2.17.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
@@ -174,6 +179,12 @@
             <version>4.1.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.json</groupId>
+            <artifactId>json</artifactId>
+            <version>20240205</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <distributionManagement>

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

@@ -2,21 +2,22 @@ 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.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.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.embeddings.OllamaEmbeddingResponseModel;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.embeddings.OllamaEmbeddingsRequestModel;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.generate.OllamaGenerateRequestModel;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.request.*;
 import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Options;
 import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Utils;
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.io.*;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
-import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.http.HttpClient;
 import java.net.http.HttpConnectTimeoutException;
 import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
@@ -27,16 +28,16 @@ import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Base64;
 import java.util.List;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-/** The base Ollama API class. */
+/**
+ * The base Ollama API class.
+ */
 @SuppressWarnings("DuplicatedCode")
 public class OllamaAPI {
 
     private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(OllamaAPI.class);
     private final String host;
-  private long requestTimeoutSeconds = 3;
+    private long requestTimeoutSeconds = 10;
     private boolean verbose = true;
     private BasicAuth basicAuth;
 
@@ -308,8 +309,18 @@ public class OllamaAPI {
      */
     public List<Double> generateEmbeddings(String model, String prompt)
             throws IOException, InterruptedException, OllamaBaseException {
+        return generateEmbeddings(new OllamaEmbeddingsRequestModel(model, prompt));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Generate embeddings using a {@link OllamaEmbeddingsRequestModel}.
+     *
+     * @param modelRequest request for '/api/embeddings' endpoint
+     * @return embeddings
+     */
+    public List<Double> generateEmbeddings(OllamaEmbeddingsRequestModel modelRequest) throws IOException, InterruptedException, OllamaBaseException {
         URI uri = URI.create(this.host + "/api/embeddings");
-    String jsonData = new ModelEmbeddingsRequest(model, prompt).toString();
+        String jsonData = modelRequest.toString();
         HttpClient httpClient = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
         HttpRequest.Builder requestBuilder =
                 getRequestBuilderDefault(uri)
@@ -320,8 +331,8 @@ public class OllamaAPI {
         int statusCode = response.statusCode();
         String responseBody = response.body();
         if (statusCode == 200) {
-      EmbeddingResponse embeddingResponse =
-          Utils.getObjectMapper().readValue(responseBody, EmbeddingResponse.class);
+            OllamaEmbeddingResponseModel embeddingResponse =
+                    Utils.getObjectMapper().readValue(responseBody, OllamaEmbeddingResponseModel.class);
             return embeddingResponse.getEmbedding();
         } else {
             throw new OllamaBaseException(statusCode + " - " + responseBody);
@@ -337,13 +348,24 @@ public class OllamaAPI {
      * @param options       the Options object - <a
      *                      href="https://github.com/jmorganca/ollama/blob/main/docs/modelfile.md#valid-parameters-and-values">More
      *                      details on the options</a>
+     * @param streamHandler optional callback consumer that will be applied every time a streamed response is received. If not set, the stream parameter of the request is set to false.
      * @return OllamaResult that includes response text and time taken for response
      */
+    public OllamaResult generate(String model, String prompt, Options options, OllamaStreamHandler streamHandler)
+            throws OllamaBaseException, IOException, InterruptedException {
+        OllamaGenerateRequestModel ollamaRequestModel = new OllamaGenerateRequestModel(model, prompt);
+        ollamaRequestModel.setOptions(options.getOptionsMap());
+        return generateSyncForOllamaRequestModel(ollamaRequestModel, streamHandler);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Convenience method to call Ollama API without streaming responses.
+     * <p>
+     * Uses {@link #generate(String, String, Options, OllamaStreamHandler)}
+     */
     public OllamaResult generate(String model, String prompt, Options options)
             throws OllamaBaseException, IOException, InterruptedException {
-    OllamaRequestModel ollamaRequestModel = new OllamaRequestModel(model, prompt);
-    ollamaRequestModel.setOptions(options.getOptionsMap());
-    return generateSync(ollamaRequestModel);
+        return generate(model, prompt, options, null);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -356,7 +378,7 @@ public class OllamaAPI {
      * @return the ollama async result callback handle
      */
     public OllamaAsyncResultCallback generateAsync(String model, String prompt) {
-    OllamaRequestModel ollamaRequestModel = new OllamaRequestModel(model, prompt);
+        OllamaGenerateRequestModel ollamaRequestModel = new OllamaGenerateRequestModel(model, prompt);
 
         URI uri = URI.create(this.host + "/api/generate");
         OllamaAsyncResultCallback ollamaAsyncResultCallback =
@@ -376,18 +398,30 @@ public class OllamaAPI {
      * @param options       the Options object - <a
      *                      href="https://github.com/jmorganca/ollama/blob/main/docs/modelfile.md#valid-parameters-and-values">More
      *                      details on the options</a>
+     * @param streamHandler optional callback consumer that will be applied every time a streamed response is received. If not set, the stream parameter of the request is set to false.
      * @return OllamaResult that includes response text and time taken for response
      */
     public OllamaResult generateWithImageFiles(
-      String model, String prompt, List<File> imageFiles, Options options)
+            String model, String prompt, List<File> imageFiles, Options options, OllamaStreamHandler streamHandler)
             throws OllamaBaseException, IOException, InterruptedException {
         List<String> images = new ArrayList<>();
         for (File imageFile : imageFiles) {
             images.add(encodeFileToBase64(imageFile));
         }
-    OllamaRequestModel ollamaRequestModel = new OllamaRequestModel(model, prompt, images);
+        OllamaGenerateRequestModel ollamaRequestModel = new OllamaGenerateRequestModel(model, prompt, images);
         ollamaRequestModel.setOptions(options.getOptionsMap());
-    return generateSync(ollamaRequestModel);
+        return generateSyncForOllamaRequestModel(ollamaRequestModel, streamHandler);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Convenience method to call Ollama API without streaming responses.
+     * <p>
+     * Uses {@link #generateWithImageFiles(String, String, List, Options, OllamaStreamHandler)}
+     */
+    public OllamaResult generateWithImageFiles(
+            String model, String prompt, List<File> imageFiles, Options options)
+            throws OllamaBaseException, IOException, InterruptedException {
+        return generateWithImageFiles(model, prompt, imageFiles, options, null);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -400,20 +434,90 @@ public class OllamaAPI {
      * @param options       the Options object - <a
      *                      href="https://github.com/jmorganca/ollama/blob/main/docs/modelfile.md#valid-parameters-and-values">More
      *                      details on the options</a>
+     * @param streamHandler optional callback consumer that will be applied every time a streamed response is received. If not set, the stream parameter of the request is set to false.
      * @return OllamaResult that includes response text and time taken for response
      */
     public OllamaResult generateWithImageURLs(
-      String model, String prompt, List<String> imageURLs, Options options)
+            String model, String prompt, List<String> imageURLs, Options options, OllamaStreamHandler streamHandler)
             throws OllamaBaseException, IOException, InterruptedException, URISyntaxException {
         List<String> images = new ArrayList<>();
         for (String imageURL : imageURLs) {
-      images.add(encodeByteArrayToBase64(loadImageBytesFromUrl(imageURL)));
+            images.add(encodeByteArrayToBase64(Utils.loadImageBytesFromUrl(imageURL)));
         }
-    OllamaRequestModel ollamaRequestModel = new OllamaRequestModel(model, prompt, images);
+        OllamaGenerateRequestModel ollamaRequestModel = new OllamaGenerateRequestModel(model, prompt, images);
         ollamaRequestModel.setOptions(options.getOptionsMap());
-    return generateSync(ollamaRequestModel);
+        return generateSyncForOllamaRequestModel(ollamaRequestModel, streamHandler);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Convenience method to call Ollama API without streaming responses.
+     * <p>
+     * Uses {@link #generateWithImageURLs(String, String, List, Options, OllamaStreamHandler)}
+     */
+    public OllamaResult generateWithImageURLs(String model, String prompt, List<String> imageURLs,
+                                              Options options)
+            throws OllamaBaseException, IOException, InterruptedException, URISyntaxException {
+        return generateWithImageURLs(model, prompt, imageURLs, options, null);
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * 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}.
+     * <p>
+     * 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 {
+        return chat(request, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Ask a question to a model using an {@link OllamaChatRequestModel}. This can be constructed using an {@link OllamaChatRequestBuilder}.
+     * <p>
+     * Hint: the OllamaChatRequestModel#getStream() property is not implemented.
+     *
+     * @param request       request object to be sent to the server
+     * @param streamHandler callback handler to handle the last message from stream (caution: all previous messages from stream will be concatenated)
+     * @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, OllamaStreamHandler streamHandler) throws OllamaBaseException, IOException, InterruptedException {
+        OllamaChatEndpointCaller requestCaller = new OllamaChatEndpointCaller(host, basicAuth, requestTimeoutSeconds, verbose);
+        OllamaResult result;
+        if (streamHandler != null) {
+            request.setStream(true);
+            result = requestCaller.call(request, streamHandler);
+        } else {
+            result = requestCaller.callSync(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()));
     }
@@ -422,72 +526,19 @@ public class OllamaAPI {
         return Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(bytes);
     }
 
-  private static byte[] loadImageBytesFromUrl(String imageUrl)
-      throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
-    URL url = new URI(imageUrl).toURL();
-    try (InputStream in = url.openStream();
-        ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream()) {
-      byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
-      int bytesRead;
-      while ((bytesRead = in.read(buffer)) != -1) {
-        out.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
-      }
-      return out.toByteArray();
-    }
-  }
-
-  private OllamaResult generateSync(OllamaRequestModel ollamaRequestModel)
+    private OllamaResult generateSyncForOllamaRequestModel(
+            OllamaGenerateRequestModel ollamaRequestModel, OllamaStreamHandler streamHandler)
             throws OllamaBaseException, IOException, InterruptedException {
-    long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
-    HttpClient httpClient = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
-    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());
+        OllamaGenerateEndpointCaller requestCaller =
+                new OllamaGenerateEndpointCaller(host, basicAuth, requestTimeoutSeconds, verbose);
+        OllamaResult result;
+        if (streamHandler != null) {
+            ollamaRequestModel.setStream(true);
+            result = requestCaller.call(ollamaRequestModel, streamHandler);
         } 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;
+            result = requestCaller.callSync(ollamaRequestModel);
         }
+        return result;
     }
 
     /**

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

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core;
+
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+public interface OllamaStreamHandler extends Consumer<String>{
+    void accept(String message);
+}

src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/impl/ConsoleOutputStreamHandler.java

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.impl;
+
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.OllamaStreamHandler;
+
+public class ConsoleOutputStreamHandler implements OllamaStreamHandler {
+    private final StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
+
+    @Override
+    public void accept(String message) {
+        String substr = message.substring(response.length());
+        response.append(substr);
+        System.out.print(substr);
+    }
+}

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

@@ -1,14 +1,22 @@
 package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models;
 
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
+
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Utils;
 import lombok.Data;
 
 @Data
 public class Model {
 
   private String name;
+  private String model;
   @JsonProperty("modified_at")
-  private String modifiedAt;
+  private OffsetDateTime modifiedAt;
+  @JsonProperty("expires_at")
+  private OffsetDateTime expiresAt;
   private String digest;
   private long size;
   @JsonProperty("details")
@@ -33,4 +41,13 @@ public class Model {
     return name.split(":")[1];
   }
 
+    @Override
+  public String toString() {
+    try {
+      return Utils.getObjectMapper().writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValueAsString(this);
+    } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+  }
+
 }

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

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
-import java.util.Map;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Utils;
 import lombok.Data;
 
 @Data
@@ -16,5 +17,14 @@ public class ModelDetail {
   private String parameters;
   private String template;
   private String system;
-  private Map<String, String> details;
+  private ModelMeta details;
+
+    @Override
+  public String toString() {
+    try {
+      return Utils.getObjectMapper().writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValueAsString(this);
+    } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+  }
 }

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

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Utils;
 import lombok.Data;
 
 @Data
@@ -21,4 +23,13 @@ public class ModelMeta {
 
   @JsonProperty("quantization_level")
   private String quantizationLevel;
+
+    @Override
+  public String toString() {
+    try {
+      return Utils.getObjectMapper().writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValueAsString(this);
+    } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+  }
 }

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

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models;
 
 import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.exceptions.OllamaBaseException;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.generate.OllamaGenerateRequestModel;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.generate.OllamaGenerateResponseModel;
 import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Utils;
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ import lombok.Getter;
 @SuppressWarnings("unused")
 public class OllamaAsyncResultCallback extends Thread {
   private final HttpRequest.Builder requestBuilder;
-  private final OllamaRequestModel ollamaRequestModel;
+  private final OllamaGenerateRequestModel ollamaRequestModel;
   private final Queue<String> queue = new LinkedList<>();
   private String result;
   private boolean isDone;
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ public class OllamaAsyncResultCallback extends Thread {
 
   public OllamaAsyncResultCallback(
       HttpRequest.Builder requestBuilder,
-      OllamaRequestModel ollamaRequestModel,
+      OllamaGenerateRequestModel ollamaRequestModel,
       long requestTimeoutSeconds) {
     this.requestBuilder = requestBuilder;
     this.ollamaRequestModel = ollamaRequestModel;
@@ -87,8 +89,8 @@ public class OllamaAsyncResultCallback extends Thread {
             queue.add(ollamaResponseModel.getError());
             responseBuffer.append(ollamaResponseModel.getError());
           } else {
-            OllamaResponseModel ollamaResponseModel =
-                Utils.getObjectMapper().readValue(line, OllamaResponseModel.class);
+            OllamaGenerateResponseModel ollamaResponseModel =
+                Utils.getObjectMapper().readValue(line, OllamaGenerateResponseModel.class);
             queue.add(ollamaResponseModel.getResponse());
             if (!ollamaResponseModel.isDone()) {
               responseBuffer.append(ollamaResponseModel.getResponse());

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

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonSerialize;
+
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.BooleanToJsonFormatFlagSerializer;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Utils;
+import lombok.Data;
+
+@Data
+@JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL)
+public abstract class OllamaCommonRequestModel {
+  
+  protected String model;  
+  @JsonSerialize(using = BooleanToJsonFormatFlagSerializer.class)
+  @JsonProperty(value = "format")
+  protected Boolean returnFormatJson;
+  protected Map<String, Object> options;
+  protected String template;
+  protected boolean stream;
+  @JsonProperty(value = "keep_alive")
+  protected String keepAlive;
+
+  
+  public String toString() {
+    try {
+      return Utils.getObjectMapper().writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValueAsString(this);
+    } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+  }
+}

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/chat/OllamaChatMessage.java

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+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 com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonSerialize;
+
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.FileToBase64Serializer;
+
+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;
+
+    @JsonSerialize(using = FileToBase64Serializer.class)
+    private List<byte[]> 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 +1,110 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.chat;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Options;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Utils;
+
+/**
+ * Helper class for creating {@link OllamaChatRequestModel} objects using the builder-pattern.
+ */
+public class OllamaChatRequestBuilder {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(OllamaChatRequestBuilder.class);
+
+    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, List<File> images){
+        List<OllamaChatMessage> messages = this.request.getMessages();
+
+        List<byte[]> binaryImages = images.stream().map(file -> {
+            try {
+                return Files.readAllBytes(file.toPath());
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                LOG.warn(String.format("File '%s' could not be accessed, will not add to message!",file.toPath()), e);
+                return new byte[0];
+            }
+        }).collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        messages.add(new OllamaChatMessage(role,content,binaryImages));
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public OllamaChatRequestBuilder withMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole role, String content, String... imageUrls){
+        List<OllamaChatMessage> messages = this.request.getMessages();
+        List<byte[]> binaryImages = null;
+        if(imageUrls.length>0){
+            binaryImages = new ArrayList<>();
+            for (String imageUrl : imageUrls) {
+                try{
+                    binaryImages.add(Utils.loadImageBytesFromUrl(imageUrl));
+                }
+                    catch (URISyntaxException e){
+                        LOG.warn(String.format("URL '%s' could not be accessed, will not add to message!",imageUrl), e);
+                }
+                catch (IOException e){
+                    LOG.warn(String.format("Content of URL '%s' could not be read, will not add to message!",imageUrl), e);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        
+        messages.add(new OllamaChatMessage(role,content,binaryImages));
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public OllamaChatRequestBuilder withMessages(List<OllamaChatMessage> messages){
+        this.request.getMessages().addAll(messages);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public OllamaChatRequestBuilder withOptions(Options options){
+        this.request.setOptions(options.getOptionsMap());
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public OllamaChatRequestBuilder withGetJsonResponse(){
+        this.request.setReturnFormatJson(true);
+        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 +1,39 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.chat;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.OllamaCommonRequestModel;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.OllamaRequestBody;
+
+import lombok.Getter;
+import lombok.Setter;
+
+/**
+ * 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>
+ */
+@Getter
+@Setter
+public class OllamaChatRequestModel extends OllamaCommonRequestModel implements OllamaRequestBody {
+
+  private List<OllamaChatMessage> messages;
+
+  public OllamaChatRequestModel() {}
+
+  public OllamaChatRequestModel(String model, List<OllamaChatMessage> messages) {
+    this.model = model;
+    this.messages = messages;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean equals(Object o) {
+    if (!(o instanceof OllamaChatRequestModel)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    return this.toString().equals(o.toString());
+  }
+
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.chat;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import lombok.Data;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+@Data
+public class OllamaChatResponseModel {
+    private String model;
+    private @JsonProperty("created_at") String createdAt;
+    private @JsonProperty("done_reason") String doneReason;
+    private OllamaChatMessage message;
+    private boolean done;
+    private String error;
+    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/chat/OllamaChatStreamObserver.java

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.chat;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.OllamaStreamHandler;
+
+public class OllamaChatStreamObserver {
+
+    private OllamaStreamHandler streamHandler;
+
+    private List<OllamaChatResponseModel> responseParts = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    private String message = "";
+
+    public OllamaChatStreamObserver(OllamaStreamHandler streamHandler) {
+        this.streamHandler = streamHandler;
+    }
+
+    public void notify(OllamaChatResponseModel currentResponsePart){
+        responseParts.add(currentResponsePart);
+        handleCurrentResponsePart(currentResponsePart);
+    }
+    
+    protected void handleCurrentResponsePart(OllamaChatResponseModel currentResponsePart){
+        message = message + currentResponsePart.getMessage().getContent();
+        streamHandler.accept(message);
+    }
+
+
+}

src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/models/embeddings/OllamaEmbeddingResponseModel.java

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models;
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.embeddings;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import lombok.Data;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("unused")
 @Data
-public class EmbeddingResponse {
+public class OllamaEmbeddingResponseModel {
     @JsonProperty("embedding")
     private List<Double> embedding;
 }

src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/models/embeddings/OllamaEmbeddingsRequestBuilder.java

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.embeddings;
+
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Options;
+
+public class OllamaEmbeddingsRequestBuilder {
+
+    private OllamaEmbeddingsRequestBuilder(String model, String prompt){
+        request = new OllamaEmbeddingsRequestModel(model, prompt);
+    }
+
+    private OllamaEmbeddingsRequestModel request;
+
+    public static OllamaEmbeddingsRequestBuilder getInstance(String model, String prompt){
+        return new OllamaEmbeddingsRequestBuilder(model, prompt);
+    }
+
+    public OllamaEmbeddingsRequestModel build(){
+        return request;
+    }
+
+    public OllamaEmbeddingsRequestBuilder withOptions(Options options){
+        this.request.setOptions(options.getOptionsMap());
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public OllamaEmbeddingsRequestBuilder withKeepAlive(String keepAlive){
+        this.request.setKeepAlive(keepAlive);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+}

src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/models/embeddings/OllamaEmbeddingsRequestModel.java

@@ -1,31 +1,28 @@
-package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models;
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.embeddings;
 
 import static io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Utils.getObjectMapper;
-
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.NonNull;
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 
 @Data
-public class OllamaRequestModel {
-
+@RequiredArgsConstructor
+@NoArgsConstructor
+public class OllamaEmbeddingsRequestModel {
+  @NonNull
   private String model;
+  @NonNull
   private String prompt;
-  private List<String> images;
-  private Map<String, Object> options;
 
-  public OllamaRequestModel(String model, String prompt) {
-    this.model = model;
-    this.prompt = prompt;
-  }
-
-  public OllamaRequestModel(String model, String prompt, List<String> images) {
-    this.model = model;
-    this.prompt = prompt;
-    this.images = images;
-  }
+  protected Map<String, Object> options;
+  @JsonProperty(value = "keep_alive")
+  private String keepAlive;
 
+  @Override
   public String toString() {
     try {
       return getObjectMapper().writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValueAsString(this);

src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/models/generate/OllamaGenerateRequestBuilder.java

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.generate;
+
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Options;
+
+/**
+ * Helper class for creating {@link io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.generate.OllamaGenerateRequestModel} 
+ * objects using the builder-pattern.
+ */
+public class OllamaGenerateRequestBuilder {
+
+    private OllamaGenerateRequestBuilder(String model, String prompt){
+        request = new OllamaGenerateRequestModel(model, prompt);
+    }
+
+    private OllamaGenerateRequestModel request;
+
+    public static OllamaGenerateRequestBuilder getInstance(String model){
+        return new OllamaGenerateRequestBuilder(model,"");
+    }
+
+    public OllamaGenerateRequestModel build(){
+        return request;
+    }
+
+    public OllamaGenerateRequestBuilder withPrompt(String prompt){
+        request.setPrompt(prompt);
+        return this;
+    }
+    
+    public OllamaGenerateRequestBuilder withGetJsonResponse(){
+        this.request.setReturnFormatJson(true);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public OllamaGenerateRequestBuilder withOptions(Options options){
+        this.request.setOptions(options.getOptionsMap());
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public OllamaGenerateRequestBuilder withTemplate(String template){
+        this.request.setTemplate(template);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public OllamaGenerateRequestBuilder withStreaming(){
+        this.request.setStream(true);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public OllamaGenerateRequestBuilder withKeepAlive(String keepAlive){
+        this.request.setKeepAlive(keepAlive);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+}

src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/models/generate/OllamaGenerateRequestModel.java

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.generate;
+
+
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.OllamaCommonRequestModel;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.OllamaRequestBody;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import lombok.Getter;
+import lombok.Setter;
+
+@Getter
+@Setter
+public class OllamaGenerateRequestModel extends OllamaCommonRequestModel implements OllamaRequestBody{
+
+  private String prompt;
+  private List<String> images;
+
+  private String system;
+  private String context;
+  private boolean raw;
+
+  public OllamaGenerateRequestModel() {
+  }
+
+  public OllamaGenerateRequestModel(String model, String prompt) {
+    this.model = model;
+    this.prompt = prompt;
+  }
+
+  public OllamaGenerateRequestModel(String model, String prompt, List<String> images) {
+    this.model = model;
+    this.prompt = prompt;
+    this.images = images;
+  }
+
+    @Override
+  public boolean equals(Object o) {
+    if (!(o instanceof OllamaGenerateRequestModel)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    return this.toString().equals(o.toString());
+  }
+
+}

src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/models/generate/OllamaGenerateResponseModel.java

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models;
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.generate;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import lombok.Data;
 
 @Data
 @JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
-public class OllamaResponseModel {
+public class OllamaGenerateResponseModel {
     private String model;
     private @JsonProperty("created_at") String createdAt;
     private String response;

src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/models/generate/OllamaGenerateStreamObserver.java

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.generate;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.OllamaStreamHandler;
+
+public class OllamaGenerateStreamObserver {
+
+    private OllamaStreamHandler streamHandler;
+
+    private List<OllamaGenerateResponseModel> responseParts = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    private String message = "";
+
+    public OllamaGenerateStreamObserver(OllamaStreamHandler streamHandler) {
+        this.streamHandler = streamHandler;
+    }
+
+    public void notify(OllamaGenerateResponseModel currentResponsePart){
+        responseParts.add(currentResponsePart);
+        handleCurrentResponsePart(currentResponsePart);
+    }
+    
+    protected void handleCurrentResponsePart(OllamaGenerateResponseModel currentResponsePart){
+        message = message + currentResponsePart.getResponse();
+        streamHandler.accept(message);
+    }
+
+
+}

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

@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.request;
-
-import static io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Utils.getObjectMapper;
-
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
-import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
-import lombok.Data;
-
-@Data
-@AllArgsConstructor
-public class ModelEmbeddingsRequest {
-  private String model;
-  private String prompt;
-
-  @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/request/OllamaChatEndpointCaller.java

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.request;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.OllamaStreamHandler;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.exceptions.OllamaBaseException;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.BasicAuth;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.OllamaResult;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.chat.OllamaChatResponseModel;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.chat.OllamaChatStreamObserver;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.OllamaRequestBody;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Utils;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Specialization class for requests
+ */
+public class OllamaChatEndpointCaller extends OllamaEndpointCaller {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(OllamaChatEndpointCaller.class);
+
+    private OllamaChatStreamObserver streamObserver;
+
+    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());
+            if (streamObserver != null) {
+                streamObserver.notify(ollamaResponseModel);
+            }
+            return ollamaResponseModel.isDone();
+        } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+            LOG.error("Error parsing the Ollama chat response!", e);
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public OllamaResult call(OllamaRequestBody body, OllamaStreamHandler streamHandler)
+            throws OllamaBaseException, IOException, InterruptedException {
+        streamObserver = new OllamaChatStreamObserver(streamHandler);
+        return super.callSync(body);
+    }
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.request;
+
+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;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+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;
+
+/**
+ * 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 callSync(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 if (statusCode == 400) {
+                    LOG.warn("Status code: 400 (Bad Request)");
+                    OllamaErrorResponseModel ollamaResponseModel = Utils.getObjectMapper().readValue(line,
+                            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 +1,54 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.request;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.OllamaStreamHandler;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.exceptions.OllamaBaseException;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.BasicAuth;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.OllamaResult;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.generate.OllamaGenerateResponseModel;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.generate.OllamaGenerateStreamObserver;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.OllamaRequestBody;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Utils;
+
+public class OllamaGenerateEndpointCaller extends OllamaEndpointCaller{
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(OllamaGenerateEndpointCaller.class);
+
+    private OllamaGenerateStreamObserver streamObserver;
+
+    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 {
+                    OllamaGenerateResponseModel ollamaResponseModel = Utils.getObjectMapper().readValue(line, OllamaGenerateResponseModel.class);
+                    responseBuffer.append(ollamaResponseModel.getResponse());
+                    if(streamObserver != null) {
+                        streamObserver.notify(ollamaResponseModel);
+                    }
+                    return ollamaResponseModel.isDone();
+                } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+                    LOG.error("Error parsing the Ollama chat response!",e);
+                    return true;
+                }         
+    }
+
+    public OllamaResult call(OllamaRequestBody body, OllamaStreamHandler streamHandler)
+        throws OllamaBaseException, IOException, InterruptedException {
+    streamObserver = new OllamaGenerateStreamObserver(streamHandler);
+    return super.callSync(body);
+    }
+    
+    
+}

src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/types/OllamaModelType.java

@@ -8,57 +8,76 @@ package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.types;
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("ALL")
 public class OllamaModelType {
+    public static final String GEMMA = "gemma";
     public static final String LLAMA2 = "llama2";
+    public static final String LLAMA3 = "llama3";
     public static final String MISTRAL = "mistral";
-  public static final String LLAVA = "llava";
     public static final String MIXTRAL = "mixtral";
-  public static final String STARLING_LM = "starling-lm";
+    public static final String LLAVA = "llava";
+    public static final String LLAVA_PHI3 = "llava-phi3";
     public static final String NEURAL_CHAT = "neural-chat";
     public static final String CODELLAMA = "codellama";
-  public static final String LLAMA2_UNCENSORED = "llama2-uncensored";
     public static final String DOLPHIN_MIXTRAL = "dolphin-mixtral";
+    public static final String MISTRAL_OPENORCA = "mistral-openorca";
+    public static final String LLAMA2_UNCENSORED = "llama2-uncensored";
+    public static final String PHI = "phi";
+    public static final String PHI3 = "phi3";
     public static final String ORCA_MINI = "orca-mini";
+    public static final String DEEPSEEK_CODER = "deepseek-coder";
+    public static final String DOLPHIN_MISTRAL = "dolphin-mistral";
     public static final String VICUNA = "vicuna";
     public static final String WIZARD_VICUNA_UNCENSORED = "wizard-vicuna-uncensored";
-  public static final String PHIND_CODELLAMA = "phind-codellama";
-  public static final String PHI = "phi";
     public static final String ZEPHYR = "zephyr";
+    public static final String OPENHERMES = "openhermes";
+    public static final String QWEN = "qwen";
     public static final String WIZARDCODER = "wizardcoder";
-  public static final String MISTRAL_OPENORCA = "mistral-openorca";
-  public static final String NOUS_HERMES = "nous-hermes";
-  public static final String DEEPSEEK_CODER = "deepseek-coder";
-  public static final String WIZARD_MATH = "wizard-math";
     public static final String LLAMA2_CHINESE = "llama2-chinese";
-  public static final String FALCON = "falcon";
-  public static final String ORCA2 = "orca2";
-  public static final String STABLE_BELUGA = "stable-beluga";
-  public static final String CODEUP = "codeup";
-  public static final String EVERYTHINGLM = "everythinglm";
-  public static final String MEDLLAMA2 = "medllama2";
-  public static final String WIZARDLM_UNCENSORED = "wizardlm-uncensored";
-  public static final String STARCODER = "starcoder";
-  public static final String DOLPHIN22_MISTRAL = "dolphin2.2-mistral";
+    public static final String TINYLLAMA = "tinyllama";
+    public static final String PHIND_CODELLAMA = "phind-codellama";
     public static final String OPENCHAT = "openchat";
-  public static final String WIZARD_VICUNA = "wizard-vicuna";
-  public static final String OPENHERMES25_MISTRAL = "openhermes2.5-mistral";
-  public static final String OPEN_ORCA_PLATYPUS2 = "open-orca-platypus2";
+    public static final String ORCA2 = "orca2";
+    public static final String FALCON = "falcon";
+    public static final String WIZARD_MATH = "wizard-math";
+    public static final String TINYDOLPHIN = "tinydolphin";
+    public static final String NOUS_HERMES = "nous-hermes";
     public static final String YI = "yi";
-  public static final String YARN_MISTRAL = "yarn-mistral";
-  public static final String SAMANTHA_MISTRAL = "samantha-mistral";
-  public static final String SQLCODER = "sqlcoder";
-  public static final String YARN_LLAMA2 = "yarn-llama2";
-  public static final String MEDITRON = "meditron";
-  public static final String STABLELM_ZEPHYR = "stablelm-zephyr";
-  public static final String OPENHERMES2_MISTRAL = "openhermes2-mistral";
-  public static final String DEEPSEEK_LLM = "deepseek-llm";
-  public static final String MISTRALLITE = "mistrallite";
-  public static final String DOLPHIN21_MISTRAL = "dolphin2.1-mistral";
-  public static final String WIZARDLM = "wizardlm";
-  public static final String CODEBOOGA = "codebooga";
-  public static final String MAGICODER = "magicoder";
-  public static final String GOLIATH = "goliath";
-  public static final String NEXUSRAVEN = "nexusraven";
-  public static final String ALFRED = "alfred";
-  public static final String XWINLM = "xwinlm";
+    public static final String DOLPHIN_PHI = "dolphin-phi";
+    public static final String STARLING_LM = "starling-lm";
+    public static final String STARCODER = "starcoder";
+    public static final String CODEUP = "codeup";
+    public static final String MEDLLAMA2 = "medllama2";
+    public static final String STABLE_CODE = "stable-code";
+    public static final String WIZARDLM_UNCENSORED = "wizardlm-uncensored";
     public static final String BAKLLAVA = "bakllava";
+    public static final String EVERYTHINGLM = "everythinglm";
+    public static final String SOLAR = "solar";
+    public static final String STABLE_BELUGA = "stable-beluga";
+    public static final String SQLCODER = "sqlcoder";
+    public static final String YARN_MISTRAL = "yarn-mistral";
+    public static final String NOUS_HERMES2_MIXTRAL = "nous-hermes2-mixtral";
+    public static final String SAMANTHA_MISTRAL = "samantha-mistral";
+    public static final String STABLELM_ZEPHYR = "stablelm-zephyr";
+    public static final String MEDITRON = "meditron";
+    public static final String WIZARD_VICUNA = "wizard-vicuna";
+    public static final String STABLELM2 = "stablelm2";
+    public static final String MAGICODER = "magicoder";
+    public static final String YARN_LLAMA2 = "yarn-llama2";
+    public static final String NOUS_HERMES2 = "nous-hermes2";
+    public static final String DEEPSEEK_LLM = "deepseek-llm";
+    public static final String LLAMA_PRO = "llama-pro";
+    public static final String OPEN_ORCA_PLATYPUS2 = "open-orca-platypus2";
+    public static final String CODEBOOGA = "codebooga";
+    public static final String MISTRALLITE = "mistrallite";
+    public static final String NEXUSRAVEN = "nexusraven";
+    public static final String GOLIATH = "goliath";
+    public static final String NOMIC_EMBED_TEXT = "nomic-embed-text";
+    public static final String NOTUX = "notux";
+    public static final String ALFRED = "alfred";
+    public static final String MEGADOLPHIN = "megadolphin";
+    public static final String WIZARDLM = "wizardlm";
+    public static final String XWINLM = "xwinlm";
+    public static final String NOTUS = "notus";
+    public static final String DUCKDB_NSQL = "duckdb-nsql";
+    public static final String ALL_MINILM = "all-minilm";
+    public static final String CODESTRAL = "codestral";
 }

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

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonSerializer;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider;
+
+public class BooleanToJsonFormatFlagSerializer extends JsonSerializer<Boolean>{
+
+    @Override
+    public void serialize(Boolean value, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider serializers) throws IOException {
+            gen.writeString("json");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isEmpty(SerializerProvider provider,Boolean value){
+        return !value;
+    }
+
+}

src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/utils/FileToBase64Serializer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Base64;
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonSerializer;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider;
+
+public class FileToBase64Serializer extends JsonSerializer<Collection<byte[]>> {
+
+    @Override
+    public void serialize(Collection<byte[]> value, JsonGenerator jsonGenerator, SerializerProvider serializers) throws IOException {
+        jsonGenerator.writeStartArray();
+        for (byte[] file : value) {
+            jsonGenerator.writeString(Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(file));
+        }
+        jsonGenerator.writeEndArray();
+    }
+}

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/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/utils/Utils.java

@@ -1,9 +1,38 @@
 package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.net.URL;
+
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.JavaTimeModule;
 
 public class Utils {
+
+  private static ObjectMapper objectMapper;
+
   public static ObjectMapper getObjectMapper() {
-    return new ObjectMapper();
+    if(objectMapper == null) {
+      objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+      objectMapper.registerModule(new JavaTimeModule());
+    }
+    return objectMapper;
+  }
+
+  public static byte[] loadImageBytesFromUrl(String imageUrl)
+      throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
+    URL url = new URI(imageUrl).toURL();
+    try (InputStream in = url.openStream();
+        ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream()) {
+      byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
+      int bytesRead;
+      while ((bytesRead = in.read(buffer)) != -1) {
+        out.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
+      }
+      return out.toByteArray();
+    }
   }
 }

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

@@ -4,8 +4,14 @@ 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.ModelDetail;
 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.models.embeddings.OllamaEmbeddingsRequestModel;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.embeddings.OllamaEmbeddingsRequestBuilder;
 import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.OptionsBuilder;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -16,26 +22,19 @@ 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;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 class TestRealAPIs {
-  OllamaAPI ollamaAPI;
 
-  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 static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TestRealAPIs.class);
+
+  OllamaAPI ollamaAPI;
+  Config config;
 
   private File getImageFileFromClasspath(String fileName) {
     ClassLoader classLoader = getClass().getClassLoader();
@@ -44,9 +43,9 @@ class TestRealAPIs {
 
   @BeforeEach
   void setUp() {
-    Properties properties = loadProperties();
-    ollamaAPI = new OllamaAPI(properties.getProperty("ollama.api.url"));
-    ollamaAPI.setRequestTimeoutSeconds(20);
+    config = new Config();
+    ollamaAPI = new OllamaAPI(config.getOllamaURL());
+    ollamaAPI.setRequestTimeoutSeconds(config.getRequestTimeoutSeconds());
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ class TestRealAPIs {
     } catch (HttpConnectTimeoutException e) {
       fail(e.getMessage());
     } catch (Exception e) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+      fail(e);
     }
   }
 
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ class TestRealAPIs {
       assertNotNull(ollamaAPI.listModels());
       ollamaAPI.listModels().forEach(System.out::println);
     } catch (IOException | OllamaBaseException | InterruptedException | URISyntaxException e) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+      fail(e);
     }
   }
 
@@ -85,13 +84,26 @@ 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);
+      fail(e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  @Order(3)
+  void testListDtails() {
+    testEndpointReachability();
+    try {
+      ModelDetail modelDetails = ollamaAPI.getModelDetails(config.getModel());
+      assertNotNull(modelDetails);
+      System.out.println(modelDetails);
+    } catch (IOException | OllamaBaseException | InterruptedException | URISyntaxException e) {
+      fail(e);
     }
   }
 
@@ -102,14 +114,40 @@ class TestRealAPIs {
     try {
       OllamaResult result =
           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);
       assertNotNull(result.getResponse());
       assertFalse(result.getResponse().isEmpty());
     } catch (IOException | OllamaBaseException | InterruptedException e) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+      fail(e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  @Order(3)
+  void testAskModelWithDefaultOptionsStreamed() {
+    testEndpointReachability();
+    try {
+
+      StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("");
+
+      OllamaResult result = ollamaAPI.generate(config.getModel(),
+          "What is the capital of France? And what's France's connection with Mona Lisa?",
+          new OptionsBuilder().build(), (s) -> {
+            LOG.info(s);
+            String substring = s.substring(sb.toString().length(), s.length());
+            LOG.info(substring);
+            sb.append(substring);
+          });
+
+      assertNotNull(result);
+      assertNotNull(result.getResponse());
+      assertFalse(result.getResponse().isEmpty());
+      assertEquals(sb.toString().trim(), result.getResponse().trim());
+    } catch (IOException | OllamaBaseException | InterruptedException e) {
+      fail(e);
     }
   }
 
@@ -120,14 +158,129 @@ class TestRealAPIs {
     try {
       OllamaResult result =
           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);
       assertNotNull(result.getResponse());
       assertFalse(result.getResponse().isEmpty());
     } catch (IOException | OllamaBaseException | InterruptedException e) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+      fail(e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @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) {
+      fail(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) {
+      fail(e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  @Order(3)
+  void testChatWithStream() {
+    testEndpointReachability();
+    try {
+      OllamaChatRequestBuilder builder = OllamaChatRequestBuilder.getInstance(config.getModel());
+      OllamaChatRequestModel requestModel = builder.withMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole.USER,
+              "What is the capital of France? And what's France's connection with Mona Lisa?")
+          .build();
+
+      StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("");
+
+      OllamaChatResult chatResult = ollamaAPI.chat(requestModel,(s) -> {
+        LOG.info(s);
+        String substring = s.substring(sb.toString().length(), s.length());
+        LOG.info(substring);
+        sb.append(substring);
+      });
+      assertNotNull(chatResult);
+      assertEquals(sb.toString().trim(), chatResult.getResponse().trim());
+    } catch (IOException | OllamaBaseException | InterruptedException e) {
+      fail(e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  @Order(3)
+  void testChatWithImageFromFileWithHistoryRecognition() {
+    testEndpointReachability();
+    try {
+      OllamaChatRequestBuilder builder =
+          OllamaChatRequestBuilder.getInstance(config.getImageModel());
+      OllamaChatRequestModel requestModel =
+          builder.withMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole.USER, "What's in the picture?",
+              List.of(getImageFileFromClasspath("dog-on-a-boat.jpg"))).build();
+
+      OllamaChatResult chatResult = ollamaAPI.chat(requestModel);
+      assertNotNull(chatResult);
+      assertNotNull(chatResult.getResponse());
+
+      builder.reset();
+
+      requestModel =
+          builder.withMessages(chatResult.getChatHistory())
+            .withMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole.USER, "What's the dogs breed?").build();
+
+      chatResult = ollamaAPI.chat(requestModel);
+      assertNotNull(chatResult);
+      assertNotNull(chatResult.getResponse());
+
+
+    } catch (IOException | OllamaBaseException | InterruptedException e) {
+      fail(e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  @Order(3)
+  void testChatWithImageFromURL() {
+    testEndpointReachability();
+    try {
+      OllamaChatRequestBuilder builder = OllamaChatRequestBuilder.getInstance(config.getImageModel());
+      OllamaChatRequestModel requestModel = builder.withMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole.USER, "What's in the picture?",
+      "https://t3.ftcdn.net/jpg/02/96/63/80/360_F_296638053_0gUVA4WVBKceGsIr7LNqRWSnkusi07dq.jpg")
+             .build();
+
+      OllamaChatResult chatResult = ollamaAPI.chat(requestModel);
+      assertNotNull(chatResult);
+    } catch (IOException | OllamaBaseException | InterruptedException e) {
+      fail(e);
     }
   }
 
@@ -139,7 +292,7 @@ class TestRealAPIs {
     try {
       OllamaResult result =
           ollamaAPI.generateWithImageFiles(
-              OllamaModelType.LLAVA,
+              config.getImageModel(),
               "What is in this image?",
               List.of(imageFile),
               new OptionsBuilder().build());
@@ -147,7 +300,31 @@ class TestRealAPIs {
       assertNotNull(result.getResponse());
       assertFalse(result.getResponse().isEmpty());
     } catch (IOException | OllamaBaseException | InterruptedException e) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+      fail(e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  @Order(3)
+  void testAskModelWithOptionsAndImageFilesStreamed() {
+    testEndpointReachability();
+    File imageFile = getImageFileFromClasspath("dog-on-a-boat.jpg");
+    try {
+      StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("");
+
+      OllamaResult result = ollamaAPI.generateWithImageFiles(config.getImageModel(),
+          "What is in this image?", List.of(imageFile), new OptionsBuilder().build(), (s) -> {
+            LOG.info(s);
+            String substring = s.substring(sb.toString().length(), s.length());
+            LOG.info(substring);
+            sb.append(substring);
+          });
+      assertNotNull(result);
+      assertNotNull(result.getResponse());
+      assertFalse(result.getResponse().isEmpty());
+      assertEquals(sb.toString().trim(), result.getResponse().trim());
+    } catch (IOException | OllamaBaseException | InterruptedException e) {
+      fail(e);
     }
   }
 
@@ -158,7 +335,7 @@ class TestRealAPIs {
     try {
       OllamaResult result =
           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"),
@@ -167,7 +344,50 @@ class TestRealAPIs {
       assertNotNull(result.getResponse());
       assertFalse(result.getResponse().isEmpty());
     } catch (IOException | OllamaBaseException | InterruptedException | URISyntaxException e) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+      fail(e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  @Order(3)
+  public void testEmbedding() {
+    testEndpointReachability();
+    try {
+      OllamaEmbeddingsRequestModel request = OllamaEmbeddingsRequestBuilder
+          .getInstance(config.getModel(), "What is the capital of France?").build();
+
+      List<Double> embeddings = ollamaAPI.generateEmbeddings(request);
+
+      assertNotNull(embeddings);
+      assertFalse(embeddings.isEmpty());
+    } catch (IOException | OllamaBaseException | InterruptedException e) {
+      fail(e);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+@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/jackson/AbstractSerializationTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.unittests.jackson;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Utils;
+
+public abstract class AbstractSerializationTest<T> {
+
+    protected ObjectMapper mapper = Utils.getObjectMapper();
+
+    protected String serialize(T obj) {
+        try {
+            return mapper.writeValueAsString(obj);
+        } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+            fail("Could not serialize request!", e);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected T deserialize(String jsonObject, Class<T> deserializationClass) {
+        try {
+            return mapper.readValue(jsonObject, deserializationClass);
+        } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+            fail("Could not deserialize jsonObject!", e);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected void assertEqualsAfterUnmarshalling(T unmarshalledObject,
+        T req) {
+        assertEquals(req, unmarshalledObject);
+    }
+}

src/test/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/unittests/jackson/TestChatRequestSerialization.java

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.unittests.jackson;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+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.utils.OptionsBuilder;
+
+public class TestChatRequestSerialization extends AbstractSerializationTest<OllamaChatRequestModel> {
+
+    private OllamaChatRequestBuilder builder;
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    public void init() {
+        builder = OllamaChatRequestBuilder.getInstance("DummyModel");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRequestOnlyMandatoryFields() {
+        OllamaChatRequestModel req = builder.withMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole.USER, "Some prompt").build();
+        String jsonRequest = serialize(req);
+        assertEqualsAfterUnmarshalling(deserialize(jsonRequest,OllamaChatRequestModel.class), req);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRequestMultipleMessages() {
+        OllamaChatRequestModel req = builder.withMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole.SYSTEM, "System prompt")
+        .withMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole.USER, "Some prompt")
+        .build();
+        String jsonRequest = serialize(req);
+        assertEqualsAfterUnmarshalling(deserialize(jsonRequest,OllamaChatRequestModel.class), req);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRequestWithMessageAndImage() {
+        OllamaChatRequestModel req = builder.withMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole.USER, "Some prompt",
+                List.of(new File("src/test/resources/dog-on-a-boat.jpg"))).build();
+        String jsonRequest = serialize(req);
+        assertEqualsAfterUnmarshalling(deserialize(jsonRequest,OllamaChatRequestModel.class), req);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRequestWithOptions() {
+        OptionsBuilder b = new OptionsBuilder();
+        OllamaChatRequestModel req = builder.withMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole.USER, "Some prompt")
+            .withOptions(b.setMirostat(1).build())
+            .withOptions(b.setTemperature(1L).build())
+            .withOptions(b.setMirostatEta(1L).build())
+            .withOptions(b.setMirostatTau(1L).build())
+            .withOptions(b.setNumGpu(1).build())
+            .withOptions(b.setSeed(1).build())
+            .withOptions(b.setTopK(1).build())
+            .withOptions(b.setTopP(1).build())
+            .build();
+
+        String jsonRequest = serialize(req);
+        OllamaChatRequestModel deserializeRequest = deserialize(jsonRequest, OllamaChatRequestModel.class);
+        assertEqualsAfterUnmarshalling(deserializeRequest, req);
+        assertEquals(1, deserializeRequest.getOptions().get("mirostat"));
+        assertEquals(1.0, deserializeRequest.getOptions().get("temperature"));
+        assertEquals(1.0, deserializeRequest.getOptions().get("mirostat_eta"));
+        assertEquals(1.0, deserializeRequest.getOptions().get("mirostat_tau"));
+        assertEquals(1, deserializeRequest.getOptions().get("num_gpu"));
+        assertEquals(1, deserializeRequest.getOptions().get("seed"));
+        assertEquals(1, deserializeRequest.getOptions().get("top_k"));
+        assertEquals(1.0, deserializeRequest.getOptions().get("top_p"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testWithJsonFormat() {
+        OllamaChatRequestModel req = builder.withMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole.USER, "Some prompt")
+                .withGetJsonResponse().build();
+
+        String jsonRequest = serialize(req);
+        // no jackson deserialization as format property is not boolean ==> omit as deserialization
+        // of request is never used in real code anyways
+        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(jsonRequest);
+        String requestFormatProperty = jsonObject.getString("format");
+        assertEquals("json", requestFormatProperty);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testWithTemplate() {
+        OllamaChatRequestModel req = builder.withTemplate("System Template")
+            .build();
+        String jsonRequest = serialize(req);
+        assertEqualsAfterUnmarshalling(deserialize(jsonRequest, OllamaChatRequestModel.class), req);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testWithStreaming() {
+        OllamaChatRequestModel req = builder.withStreaming().build();
+        String jsonRequest = serialize(req);
+        assertEquals(deserialize(jsonRequest, OllamaChatRequestModel.class).isStream(), true);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testWithKeepAlive() {
+        String expectedKeepAlive = "5m";
+        OllamaChatRequestModel req = builder.withKeepAlive(expectedKeepAlive)
+            .build();
+        String jsonRequest = serialize(req);
+        assertEquals(deserialize(jsonRequest, OllamaChatRequestModel.class).getKeepAlive(), expectedKeepAlive);
+    }
+}

src/test/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/unittests/jackson/TestEmbeddingsRequestSerialization.java

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.unittests.jackson;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.embeddings.OllamaEmbeddingsRequestModel;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.embeddings.OllamaEmbeddingsRequestBuilder;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.OptionsBuilder;
+
+public class TestEmbeddingsRequestSerialization extends AbstractSerializationTest<OllamaEmbeddingsRequestModel> {
+
+        private OllamaEmbeddingsRequestBuilder builder;
+
+        @BeforeEach
+        public void init() {
+            builder = OllamaEmbeddingsRequestBuilder.getInstance("DummyModel","DummyPrompt");
+        }
+
+            @Test
+    public void testRequestOnlyMandatoryFields() {
+        OllamaEmbeddingsRequestModel req = builder.build();
+        String jsonRequest = serialize(req);
+        assertEqualsAfterUnmarshalling(deserialize(jsonRequest,OllamaEmbeddingsRequestModel.class), req);
+    }
+
+        @Test
+        public void testRequestWithOptions() {
+            OptionsBuilder b = new OptionsBuilder();
+            OllamaEmbeddingsRequestModel req = builder
+                    .withOptions(b.setMirostat(1).build()).build();
+
+            String jsonRequest = serialize(req);
+            OllamaEmbeddingsRequestModel deserializeRequest = deserialize(jsonRequest,OllamaEmbeddingsRequestModel.class);
+            assertEqualsAfterUnmarshalling(deserializeRequest, req);
+            assertEquals(1, deserializeRequest.getOptions().get("mirostat"));
+        }
+}

src/test/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/unittests/jackson/TestGenerateRequestSerialization.java

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.unittests.jackson;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.generate.OllamaGenerateRequestBuilder;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.generate.OllamaGenerateRequestModel;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.OptionsBuilder;
+
+public class TestGenerateRequestSerialization extends AbstractSerializationTest<OllamaGenerateRequestModel> {
+
+    private OllamaGenerateRequestBuilder builder;
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    public void init() {
+        builder = OllamaGenerateRequestBuilder.getInstance("DummyModel");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRequestOnlyMandatoryFields() {
+        OllamaGenerateRequestModel req = builder.withPrompt("Some prompt").build();
+
+        String jsonRequest = serialize(req);
+        assertEqualsAfterUnmarshalling(deserialize(jsonRequest, OllamaGenerateRequestModel.class), req);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRequestWithOptions() {
+        OptionsBuilder b = new OptionsBuilder();
+        OllamaGenerateRequestModel req =
+                builder.withPrompt("Some prompt").withOptions(b.setMirostat(1).build()).build();
+
+        String jsonRequest = serialize(req);
+        OllamaGenerateRequestModel deserializeRequest = deserialize(jsonRequest, OllamaGenerateRequestModel.class);
+        assertEqualsAfterUnmarshalling(deserializeRequest, req);
+        assertEquals(1, deserializeRequest.getOptions().get("mirostat"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testWithJsonFormat() {
+        OllamaGenerateRequestModel req =
+                builder.withPrompt("Some prompt").withGetJsonResponse().build();
+
+        String jsonRequest = serialize(req);
+        // no jackson deserialization as format property is not boolean ==> omit as deserialization
+        // of request is never used in real code anyways
+        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(jsonRequest);
+        String requestFormatProperty = jsonObject.getString("format");
+        assertEquals("json", requestFormatProperty);
+    }
+
+}

src/test/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/unittests/jackson/TestModelRequestSerialization.java

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.unittests.jackson;
+
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.Model;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public class TestModelRequestSerialization extends AbstractSerializationTest<Model> {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDeserializationOfModelResponseWithOffsetTime(){
+        String serializedTestStringWithOffsetTime = "{\n"
+                + "\"name\": \"codellama:13b\",\n"
+                + "\"modified_at\": \"2023-11-04T14:56:49.277302595-07:00\",\n"
+                + "\"size\": 7365960935,\n"
+                + "\"digest\": \"9f438cb9cd581fc025612d27f7c1a6669ff83a8bb0ed86c94fcf4c5440555697\",\n"
+                + "\"details\": {\n"
+                + "\"format\": \"gguf\",\n"
+                + "\"family\": \"llama\",\n"
+                + "\"families\": null,\n"
+                + "\"parameter_size\": \"13B\",\n"
+                + "\"quantization_level\": \"Q4_0\"\n"
+                + "}}";
+        deserialize(serializedTestStringWithOffsetTime,Model.class);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDeserializationOfModelResponseWithZuluTime(){
+        String serializedTestStringWithZuluTimezone = "{\n"
+                + "\"name\": \"codellama:13b\",\n"
+                + "\"modified_at\": \"2023-11-04T14:56:49.277302595Z\",\n"
+                + "\"size\": 7365960935,\n"
+                + "\"digest\": \"9f438cb9cd581fc025612d27f7c1a6669ff83a8bb0ed86c94fcf4c5440555697\",\n"
+                + "\"details\": {\n"
+                + "\"format\": \"gguf\",\n"
+                + "\"family\": \"llama\",\n"
+                + "\"families\": null,\n"
+                + "\"parameter_size\": \"13B\",\n"
+                + "\"quantization_level\": \"Q4_0\"\n"
+                + "}}";
+        deserialize(serializedTestStringWithZuluTimezone,Model.class);
+    }
+
+}

src/test/resources/test-config.properties

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