[maven-release-plugin] prepare release v1.0.55

Adds streaming feature to generate API

docs/docs/apis-ask/ask.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-ask/chat.md

@@ -69,6 +69,41 @@ You will get a response similar to:
   } ]
 ```
 
+## 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.
+
+
 ## Create a new conversation with individual system prompt
 ```java
 public class Main {

pom.xml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <groupId>io.github.amithkoujalgi</groupId>
     <artifactId>ollama4j</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.52</version>
+    <version>1.0.55</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>v1.0.52</tag>
+        <tag>v1.0.55</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <build>
@@ -174,6 +174,12 @@
             <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

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ 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.generate.OllamaGenerateRequestModel;
 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;
@@ -341,13 +342,24 @@ 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.
+   * 
+   * 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);
+    return generate(model, prompt, options,null);
-    ollamaRequestModel.setOptions(options.getOptionsMap());
-    return generateSyncForOllamaRequestModel(ollamaRequestModel);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -360,7 +372,7 @@ 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 =
@@ -380,20 +392,32 @@ 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 generateSyncForOllamaRequestModel(ollamaRequestModel);
+    return generateSyncForOllamaRequestModel(ollamaRequestModel,streamHandler);
   }
 
+   /**
+   * Convenience method to call Ollama API without streaming responses.
+   * 
+   * 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);
+}
+
   /**
    * With one or more image URLs, ask a question to a model running on Ollama server. This is a
    * sync/blocking call.
@@ -404,18 +428,30 @@ 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 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(Utils.loadImageBytesFromUrl(imageURL)));
     }
-    OllamaRequestModel ollamaRequestModel = new OllamaRequestModel(model, prompt, images);
+    OllamaGenerateRequestModel ollamaRequestModel = new OllamaGenerateRequestModel(model, prompt, images);
     ollamaRequestModel.setOptions(options.getOptionsMap());
-    return generateSyncForOllamaRequestModel(ollamaRequestModel);
+    return generateSyncForOllamaRequestModel(ollamaRequestModel,streamHandler);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Convenience method to call Ollama API without streaming responses.
+   * 
+   * 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);
   }
 
 
@@ -448,12 +484,31 @@ public class OllamaAPI {
   * @throws InterruptedException in case the server is not reachable or network issues happen
    */
   public OllamaChatResult chat(OllamaChatRequestModel request)  throws OllamaBaseException, IOException, InterruptedException{
-    OllamaChatEndpointCaller requestCaller = new OllamaChatEndpointCaller(host, basicAuth, requestTimeoutSeconds, verbose);
+    return chat(request,null);
-    //TODO: implement async way
+  }
-    if(request.isStream()){
+
-      throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Streamed chat responses are not implemented yet");
+  /**
+   * Ask a question to a model using an {@link OllamaChatRequestModel}. This can be constructed using an {@link OllamaChatRequestBuilder}. 
+   * 
+   * Hint: the OllamaChatRequestModel#getStream() property is not implemented.
+   * 
+   * @param request request object to be sent to the server
+   * @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);
     }
-    OllamaResult result = requestCaller.generateSync(request);
     return new OllamaChatResult(result.getResponse(), result.getResponseTime(), result.getHttpStatusCode(), request.getMessages());
   }
 
@@ -467,10 +522,19 @@ public class OllamaAPI {
     return Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(bytes);
   }
 
-  private OllamaResult generateSyncForOllamaRequestModel(OllamaRequestModel ollamaRequestModel)
+  private OllamaResult generateSyncForOllamaRequestModel(
+      OllamaGenerateRequestModel ollamaRequestModel, OllamaStreamHandler streamHandler)
       throws OllamaBaseException, IOException, InterruptedException {
-        OllamaGenerateEndpointCaller requestCaller = new OllamaGenerateEndpointCaller(host, basicAuth, requestTimeoutSeconds, verbose);
+    OllamaGenerateEndpointCaller requestCaller =
-        return requestCaller.generateSync(ollamaRequestModel);
+        new OllamaGenerateEndpointCaller(host, basicAuth, requestTimeoutSeconds, verbose);
+    OllamaResult result;
+    if (streamHandler != null) {
+      ollamaRequestModel.setStream(true);
+      result = requestCaller.call(ollamaRequestModel, streamHandler);
+    } else {
+      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/models/Model.java

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Utils;
 import lombok.Data;
 
 @Data
@@ -34,4 +36,13 @@ 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 =
+            OllamaGenerateResponseModel ollamaResponseModel =
-                Utils.getObjectMapper().readValue(line, OllamaResponseModel.class);
+                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/OllamaRequestModel.java

@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models;
-
-import static io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Utils.getObjectMapper;
-
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
-
-import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.OllamaRequestBody;
-
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import lombok.Data;
-
-@Data
-public class OllamaRequestModel implements OllamaRequestBody{
-
-  private String model;
-  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;
-  }
-
-  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/OllamaChatRequestBuilder.java

@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ public class OllamaChatRequestBuilder {
     }
 
     public OllamaChatRequestBuilder withOptions(Options options){
-        this.request.setOptions(options);
+        this.request.setOptions(options.getOptionsMap());
         return this;
     }
 
-    public OllamaChatRequestBuilder withFormat(String format){
+    public OllamaChatRequestBuilder withGetJsonResponse(){
-        this.request.setFormat(format);
+        this.request.setReturnFormatJson(true);
         return this;
     }
 

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

@@ -1,47 +1,39 @@
 package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.chat;
 
 import java.util.List;
-
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.OllamaCommonRequestModel;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
-
 import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.OllamaRequestBody;
-import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Options;
 
-import static io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Utils.getObjectMapper;
+import lombok.Getter;
-
+import lombok.Setter;
-import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
-import lombok.Data;
-import lombok.NonNull;
-import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 
 /**
  * Defines a Request to use against the ollama /api/chat endpoint.
  *
- * @see <a
+ * @see <a href=
- *     href="https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/main/docs/api.md#generate-a-chat-completion">Generate
+ *      "https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/main/docs/api.md#generate-a-chat-completion">Generate
  *      Chat Completion</a>
  */
-@Data
+@Getter
-@AllArgsConstructor
+@Setter
-@RequiredArgsConstructor
+public class OllamaChatRequestModel extends OllamaCommonRequestModel implements OllamaRequestBody {
-public class OllamaChatRequestModel implements OllamaRequestBody {
 
-  @NonNull private String model;
+  private List<OllamaChatMessage> messages;
 
-  @NonNull private List<OllamaChatMessage> messages;
+  public OllamaChatRequestModel() {}
 
-  private String format;
+  public OllamaChatRequestModel(String model, List<OllamaChatMessage> messages) {
-  private Options options;
+    this.model = model;
-  private String template;
+    this.messages = messages;
-  private boolean stream;
+  }
-  private String keepAlive;
 
   @Override
-  public String toString() {
+  public boolean equals(Object o) {
-    try {
+    if (!(o instanceof OllamaChatRequestModel)) {
-      return getObjectMapper().writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValueAsString(this);
+      return false;
-    } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(e);
     }
+
+    return this.toString().equals(o.toString());
   }
+
 }

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/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/OllamaChatEndpointCaller.java

@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 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.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;
 
 /**
@@ -16,6 +23,8 @@ 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);
     }
@@ -30,6 +39,9 @@ public class OllamaChatEndpointCaller extends OllamaEndpointCaller{
         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);
@@ -37,7 +49,11 @@ public class OllamaChatEndpointCaller extends OllamaEndpointCaller{
         }         
     }
 
-
+    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

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public abstract class OllamaEndpointCaller {
      * @throws IOException in case the responseStream can not be read
      * @throws InterruptedException in case the server is not reachable or network issues happen
      */
-    public OllamaResult generateSync(OllamaRequestBody body)  throws OllamaBaseException, IOException, InterruptedException{
+    public OllamaResult callSync(OllamaRequestBody body)  throws OllamaBaseException, IOException, InterruptedException{
 
         // Create Request
     long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();

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

@@ -1,18 +1,25 @@
 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.OllamaResponseModel;
+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);   
     }
@@ -25,8 +32,11 @@ public class OllamaGenerateEndpointCaller extends OllamaEndpointCaller{
     @Override
     protected boolean parseResponseAndAddToBuffer(String line, StringBuilder responseBuffer) {
                 try {
-                    OllamaResponseModel ollamaResponseModel = Utils.getObjectMapper().readValue(line, OllamaResponseModel.class);
+                    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);
@@ -34,7 +44,11 @@ public class OllamaGenerateEndpointCaller extends OllamaEndpointCaller{
                 }         
     }
 
-    
+    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/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

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils;
 
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
 import java.util.Base64;
 import java.util.Collection;
 
@@ -20,11 +18,4 @@ public class FileToBase64Serializer extends JsonSerializer<Collection<byte[]>> {
         }
         jsonGenerator.writeEndArray();
     }
-
-    public static byte[] serialize(Object obj) throws IOException {
-        ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-        ObjectOutputStream os = new ObjectOutputStream(out);
-        os.writeObject(obj);
-        return out.toByteArray();
-    }
 }

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

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ 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.models.chat.OllamaChatMessageRole;
 import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.models.chat.OllamaChatRequestBuilder;
@@ -23,8 +24,13 @@ 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 {
+
+  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TestRealAPIs.class);
+
   OllamaAPI ollamaAPI;
   Config config;
 
@@ -86,6 +92,19 @@ class TestRealAPIs {
     }
   }
 
+  @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) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   @Order(3)
   void testAskModelWithDefaultOptions() {
@@ -104,6 +123,32 @@ class TestRealAPIs {
     }
   }
 
+  @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) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   @Order(3)
   void testAskModelWithOptions() {
@@ -164,6 +209,31 @@ class TestRealAPIs {
     }
   }
 
+  @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) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   @Order(3)
   void testChatWithImageFromFileWithHistoryRecognition() {
@@ -232,6 +302,30 @@ class TestRealAPIs {
     }
   }
 
+  @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) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   @Order(3)
   void testAskModelWithOptionsAndImageURLs() {

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

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.unittests.jackson;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
+
+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 com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+
+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;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Utils;
+
+public class TestChatRequestSerialization {
+
+    private OllamaChatRequestBuilder builder;
+
+    private ObjectMapper mapper = Utils.getObjectMapper();
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    public void init() {
+        builder = OllamaChatRequestBuilder.getInstance("DummyModel");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRequestOnlyMandatoryFields() {
+        OllamaChatRequestModel req = builder.withMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole.USER, "Some prompt",
+                List.of(new File("src/test/resources/dog-on-a-boat.jpg"))).build();
+        String jsonRequest = serializeRequest(req);
+        assertEqualsAfterUnmarshalling(deserializeRequest(jsonRequest), req);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRequestMultipleMessages() {
+        OllamaChatRequestModel req = builder.withMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole.SYSTEM, "System prompt")
+        .withMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole.USER, "Some prompt")
+        .build();
+        String jsonRequest = serializeRequest(req);
+        assertEqualsAfterUnmarshalling(deserializeRequest(jsonRequest), 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 = serializeRequest(req);
+        assertEqualsAfterUnmarshalling(deserializeRequest(jsonRequest), req);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRequestWithOptions() {
+        OptionsBuilder b = new OptionsBuilder();
+        OllamaChatRequestModel req = builder.withMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole.USER, "Some prompt")
+                .withOptions(b.setMirostat(1).build()).build();
+
+        String jsonRequest = serializeRequest(req);
+        OllamaChatRequestModel deserializeRequest = deserializeRequest(jsonRequest);
+        assertEqualsAfterUnmarshalling(deserializeRequest, req);
+        assertEquals(1, deserializeRequest.getOptions().get("mirostat"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testWithJsonFormat() {
+        OllamaChatRequestModel req = builder.withMessage(OllamaChatMessageRole.USER, "Some prompt")
+                .withGetJsonResponse().build();
+
+        String jsonRequest = serializeRequest(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);
+    }
+
+    private String serializeRequest(OllamaChatRequestModel req) {
+        try {
+            return mapper.writeValueAsString(req);
+        } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+            fail("Could not serialize request!", e);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private OllamaChatRequestModel deserializeRequest(String jsonRequest) {
+        try {
+            return mapper.readValue(jsonRequest, OllamaChatRequestModel.class);
+        } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+            fail("Could not deserialize jsonRequest!", e);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void assertEqualsAfterUnmarshalling(OllamaChatRequestModel unmarshalledRequest,
+            OllamaChatRequestModel req) {
+        assertEquals(req, unmarshalledRequest);
+    }
+
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.unittests.jackson;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
+
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+
+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;
+import io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils.Utils;
+
+public class TestGenerateRequestSerialization {
+
+    private OllamaGenerateRequestBuilder builder;
+
+    private ObjectMapper mapper = Utils.getObjectMapper();
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    public void init() {
+        builder = OllamaGenerateRequestBuilder.getInstance("DummyModel");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRequestOnlyMandatoryFields() {
+        OllamaGenerateRequestModel req = builder.withPrompt("Some prompt").build();
+
+        String jsonRequest = serializeRequest(req);
+        assertEqualsAfterUnmarshalling(deserializeRequest(jsonRequest), req);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRequestWithOptions() {
+        OptionsBuilder b = new OptionsBuilder();
+        OllamaGenerateRequestModel req =
+                builder.withPrompt("Some prompt").withOptions(b.setMirostat(1).build()).build();
+
+        String jsonRequest = serializeRequest(req);
+        OllamaGenerateRequestModel deserializeRequest = deserializeRequest(jsonRequest);
+        assertEqualsAfterUnmarshalling(deserializeRequest, req);
+        assertEquals(1, deserializeRequest.getOptions().get("mirostat"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testWithJsonFormat() {
+        OllamaGenerateRequestModel req =
+                builder.withPrompt("Some prompt").withGetJsonResponse().build();
+
+        String jsonRequest = serializeRequest(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);
+    }
+
+    private String serializeRequest(OllamaGenerateRequestModel req) {
+        try {
+            return mapper.writeValueAsString(req);
+        } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+            fail("Could not serialize request!", e);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private OllamaGenerateRequestModel deserializeRequest(String jsonRequest) {
+        try {
+            return mapper.readValue(jsonRequest, OllamaGenerateRequestModel.class);
+        } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+            fail("Could not deserialize jsonRequest!", e);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void assertEqualsAfterUnmarshalling(OllamaGenerateRequestModel unmarshalledRequest,
+            OllamaGenerateRequestModel req) {
+        assertEquals(req, unmarshalledRequest);
+    }
+
+}