added history and support for system_message as param (#14824)

- **Description:** added support for chat_history for Google
GenerativeAI (to actually use the `chat` API) plus since Gemini
currently doesn't have a support for SystemMessage, added support for it
only if a user provides additional `convert_system_message_to_human`
flag during model initialization (in this case, SystemMessage would be
prepanded to the first HumanMessage)
  - **Issue:** #14710 
  - **Dependencies:** any dependencies required for this change,
- **Tag maintainer:** for a quicker response, tag the relevant
maintainer (see below),
  - **Twitter handle:** lkuligin

---------

Co-authored-by: William FH <13333726+hinthornw@users.noreply.github.com>

docs/docs/integrations/chat/google_generative_ai.ipynb

@@ -136,6 +136,32 @@
     "print(result.content)"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "9e55d043-bb2f-44e3-9134-c39a1abe3a9e",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "Gemini doesn't support `SystemMessage` at the moment, but it can be added to the first human message in the row. If you want such behavior, just set the `convert_system_message_to_human` to True:"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "7a64b523-9710-4d15-9944-1e3cc567a52b",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "from langchain.schema.messages import HumanMessage, SystemMessage\n",
+    "\n",
+    "model = ChatGoogleGenerativeAI(model=\"gemini-pro\", convert_system_message_to_human=True)\n",
+    "model(\n",
+    "    [\n",
+    "        SystemMessage(content=\"Answer only yes or no.\"),\n",
+    "        HumanMessage(content=\"Is apple a fruit?\"),\n",
+    "    ]\n",
+    ")"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "id": "40773fac-b24d-476d-91c8-2da8fed99b53",

libs/partners/google-genai/langchain_google_genai/chat_models.py

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ from langchain_core.messages import (
     ChatMessageChunk,
     HumanMessage,
     HumanMessageChunk,
+    SystemMessage,
 )
 from langchain_core.outputs import ChatGeneration, ChatGenerationChunk, ChatResult
 from langchain_core.pydantic_v1 import Field, SecretStr, root_validator
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ def _create_retry_decorator() -> Callable[[Any], Any]:
     )
 
 
-def _chat_with_retry(*, generation_method: Callable, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
+def _chat_with_retry(generation_method: Callable, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
     """
     Executes a chat generation method with retry logic using tenacity.
 
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ def _chat_with_retry(*, generation_method: Callable, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
     return _chat_with_retry(**kwargs)
 
 
-async def _achat_with_retry(*, generation_method: Callable, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
+async def _achat_with_retry(generation_method: Callable, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
     """
     Executes a chat generation method with retry logic using tenacity.
 
@@ -172,26 +173,6 @@ async def _achat_with_retry(*, generation_method: Callable, **kwargs: Any) -> An
     return await _achat_with_retry(**kwargs)
 
 
-def _get_role(message: BaseMessage) -> str:
-    if isinstance(message, ChatMessage):
-        if message.role not in ("user", "model"):
-            raise ChatGoogleGenerativeAIError(
-                "Gemini only supports user and model roles when"
-                " providing it with Chat messages."
-            )
-        return message.role
-    elif isinstance(message, HumanMessage):
-        return "user"
-    elif isinstance(message, AIMessage):
-        return "model"
-    else:
-        # TODO: Gemini doesn't seem to have a concept of system messages yet.
-        raise ChatGoogleGenerativeAIError(
-            f"Message of '{message.type}' type not supported by Gemini."
-            " Please only provide it with Human or AI (user/assistant) messages."
-        )
-
-
 def _is_openai_parts_format(part: dict) -> bool:
     return "type" in part
 
@@ -266,13 +247,14 @@ def _url_to_pil(image_source: str) -> Image:
 
 
 def _convert_to_parts(
-    content: Sequence[Union[str, dict]],
+    raw_content: Union[str, Sequence[Union[str, dict]]],
 ) -> List[genai.types.PartType]:
     """Converts a list of LangChain messages into a google parts."""
     parts = []
+    content = [raw_content] if isinstance(raw_content, str) else raw_content
     for part in content:
         if isinstance(part, str):
-            parts.append(genai.types.PartDict(text=part, inline_data=None))
+            parts.append(genai.types.PartDict(text=part))
         elif isinstance(part, Mapping):
             # OpenAI Format
             if _is_openai_parts_format(part):
@@ -304,27 +286,49 @@ def _convert_to_parts(
     return parts
 
 
-def _messages_to_genai_contents(
+def _parse_chat_history(
-    input_messages: Sequence[BaseMessage],
+    input_messages: Sequence[BaseMessage], convert_system_message_to_human: bool = False
 ) -> List[genai.types.ContentDict]:
-    """Converts a list of messages into a Gemini API google content dicts."""
-
     messages: List[genai.types.MessageDict] = []
+
+    raw_system_message: Optional[SystemMessage] = None
     for i, message in enumerate(input_messages):
-        role = _get_role(message)
+        if (
-        if isinstance(message.content, str):
+            i == 0
-            parts = [message.content]
+            and isinstance(message, SystemMessage)
+            and not convert_system_message_to_human
+        ):
+            raise ValueError(
+                """SystemMessages are not yet supported!
+
+To automatically convert the leading SystemMessage to a HumanMessage,
+set  `convert_system_message_to_human` to True. Example:
+
+llm = ChatGoogleGenerativeAI(model="gemini-pro", convert_system_message_to_human=True)
+"""
+            )
+        elif i == 0 and isinstance(message, SystemMessage):
+            raw_system_message = message
+            continue
+        elif isinstance(message, AIMessage):
+            role = "model"
+        elif isinstance(message, HumanMessage):
+            role = "user"
         else:
-            parts = _convert_to_parts(message.content)
+            raise ValueError(
-        messages.append({"role": role, "parts": parts})
+                f"Unexpected message with type {type(message)} at the position {i}."
-        if i > 0:
+            )
-            # Cannot have multiple messages from the same role in a row.
+
-            if role == messages[-2]["role"]:
+        parts = _convert_to_parts(message.content)
-                raise ChatGoogleGenerativeAIError(
+        if raw_system_message:
-                    "Cannot have multiple messages from the same role in a row."
+            if role == "model":
-                    " Consider merging them into a single message with multiple"
+                raise ValueError(
-                    f" parts.\nReceived: {messages}"
+                    "SystemMessage should be followed by a HumanMessage and "
+                    "not by AIMessage."
                 )
+            parts = _convert_to_parts(raw_system_message.content) + parts
+            raw_system_message = None
+        messages.append({"role": role, "parts": parts})
     return messages
 
 
@@ -457,8 +461,11 @@ Supported examples:
     n: int = Field(default=1, alias="candidate_count")
     """Number of chat completions to generate for each prompt. Note that the API may
        not return the full n completions if duplicates are generated."""
-
+    convert_system_message_to_human: bool = False
-    _generative_model: Any  #: :meta private:
+    """Whether to merge any leading SystemMessage into the following HumanMessage.
+    
+    Gemini does not support system messages; any unsupported messages will 
+    raise an error."""
 
     class Config:
         allow_population_by_field_name = True
@@ -499,7 +506,7 @@ Supported examples:
         if values.get("top_k") is not None and values["top_k"] <= 0:
             raise ValueError("top_k must be positive")
         model = values["model"]
-        values["_generative_model"] = genai.GenerativeModel(model_name=model)
+        values["client"] = genai.GenerativeModel(model_name=model)
         return values
 
     @property
@@ -512,18 +519,9 @@ Supported examples:
             "n": self.n,
         }
 
-    @property
-    def _generation_method(self) -> Callable:
-        return self._generative_model.generate_content
-
-    @property
-    def _async_generation_method(self) -> Callable:
-        return self._generative_model.generate_content_async
-
     def _prepare_params(
-        self, messages: Sequence[BaseMessage], stop: Optional[List[str]], **kwargs: Any
+        self, stop: Optional[List[str]], **kwargs: Any
     ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        contents = _messages_to_genai_contents(messages)
         gen_config = {
             k: v
             for k, v in {
@@ -538,7 +536,7 @@ Supported examples:
         }
         if "generation_config" in kwargs:
             gen_config = {**gen_config, **kwargs.pop("generation_config")}
-        params = {"generation_config": gen_config, "contents": contents, **kwargs}
+        params = {"generation_config": gen_config, **kwargs}
         return params
 
     def _generate(
@@ -548,10 +546,11 @@ Supported examples:
         run_manager: Optional[CallbackManagerForLLMRun] = None,
         **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> ChatResult:
-        params = self._prepare_params(messages, stop, **kwargs)
+        params, chat, message = self._prepare_chat(messages, stop=stop)
         response: genai.types.GenerateContentResponse = _chat_with_retry(
+            content=message,
             **params,
-            generation_method=self._generation_method,
+            generation_method=chat.send_message,
         )
         return _response_to_result(response)
 
@@ -562,10 +561,11 @@ Supported examples:
         run_manager: Optional[AsyncCallbackManagerForLLMRun] = None,
         **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> ChatResult:
-        params = self._prepare_params(messages, stop, **kwargs)
+        params, chat, message = self._prepare_chat(messages, stop=stop)
         response: genai.types.GenerateContentResponse = await _achat_with_retry(
+            content=message,
             **params,
-            generation_method=self._async_generation_method,
+            generation_method=chat.send_message_async,
         )
         return _response_to_result(response)
 
@@ -576,10 +576,11 @@ Supported examples:
         run_manager: Optional[CallbackManagerForLLMRun] = None,
         **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> Iterator[ChatGenerationChunk]:
-        params = self._prepare_params(messages, stop, **kwargs)
+        params, chat, message = self._prepare_chat(messages, stop=stop)
         response: genai.types.GenerateContentResponse = _chat_with_retry(
+            content=message,
             **params,
-            generation_method=self._generation_method,
+            generation_method=chat.send_message,
             stream=True,
         )
         for chunk in response:
@@ -602,10 +603,11 @@ Supported examples:
         run_manager: Optional[AsyncCallbackManagerForLLMRun] = None,
         **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> AsyncIterator[ChatGenerationChunk]:
-        params = self._prepare_params(messages, stop, **kwargs)
+        params, chat, message = self._prepare_chat(messages, stop=stop)
         async for chunk in await _achat_with_retry(
+            content=message,
             **params,
-            generation_method=self._async_generation_method,
+            generation_method=chat.send_message_async,
             stream=True,
         ):
             _chat_result = _response_to_result(
@@ -619,3 +621,18 @@ Supported examples:
             yield gen
             if run_manager:
                 await run_manager.on_llm_new_token(gen.text)
+
+    def _prepare_chat(
+        self,
+        messages: List[BaseMessage],
+        stop: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> Tuple[Dict[str, Any], genai.ChatSession, genai.types.ContentDict]:
+        params = self._prepare_params(stop, **kwargs)
+        history = _parse_chat_history(
+            messages,
+            convert_system_message_to_human=self.convert_system_message_to_human,
+        )
+        message = history.pop()
+        chat = self.client.start_chat(history=history)
+        return params, chat, message

libs/partners/google-genai/tests/integration_tests/test_chat_models.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """Test ChatGoogleGenerativeAI chat model."""
 import pytest
-from langchain_core.messages import AIMessage, HumanMessage
+from langchain_core.messages import AIMessage, HumanMessage, SystemMessage
 
 from langchain_google_genai.chat_models import (
     ChatGoogleGenerativeAI,
@@ -147,3 +147,40 @@ def test_chat_google_genai_invoke_multimodal_invalid_model() -> None:
     llm = ChatGoogleGenerativeAI(model=_MODEL)
     with pytest.raises(ChatGoogleGenerativeAIError):
         llm.invoke(messages)
+
+
+def test_chat_google_genai_single_call_with_history() -> None:
+    model = ChatGoogleGenerativeAI(model=_MODEL)
+    text_question1, text_answer1 = "How much is 2+2?", "4"
+    text_question2 = "How much is 3+3?"
+    message1 = HumanMessage(content=text_question1)
+    message2 = AIMessage(content=text_answer1)
+    message3 = HumanMessage(content=text_question2)
+    response = model([message1, message2, message3])
+    assert isinstance(response, AIMessage)
+    assert isinstance(response.content, str)
+
+
+def test_chat_google_genai_system_message_error() -> None:
+    model = ChatGoogleGenerativeAI(model=_MODEL)
+    text_question1, text_answer1 = "How much is 2+2?", "4"
+    text_question2 = "How much is 3+3?"
+    system_message = SystemMessage(content="You're supposed to answer math questions.")
+    message1 = HumanMessage(content=text_question1)
+    message2 = AIMessage(content=text_answer1)
+    message3 = HumanMessage(content=text_question2)
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        model([system_message, message1, message2, message3])
+
+
+def test_chat_google_genai_system_message() -> None:
+    model = ChatGoogleGenerativeAI(model=_MODEL, convert_system_message_to_human=True)
+    text_question1, text_answer1 = "How much is 2+2?", "4"
+    text_question2 = "How much is 3+3?"
+    system_message = SystemMessage(content="You're supposed to answer math questions.")
+    message1 = HumanMessage(content=text_question1)
+    message2 = AIMessage(content=text_answer1)
+    message3 = HumanMessage(content=text_question2)
+    response = model([system_message, message1, message2, message3])
+    assert isinstance(response, AIMessage)
+    assert isinstance(response.content, str)

libs/partners/google-genai/tests/unit_tests/test_chat_models.py

@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 """Test chat model integration."""
+from langchain_core.messages import AIMessage, HumanMessage, SystemMessage
 from langchain_core.pydantic_v1 import SecretStr
 from pytest import CaptureFixture
 
-from langchain_google_genai.chat_models import ChatGoogleGenerativeAI
+from langchain_google_genai.chat_models import (
+    ChatGoogleGenerativeAI,
+    _parse_chat_history,
+)
 
 
 def test_integration_initialization() -> None:
@@ -36,3 +40,21 @@ def test_api_key_masked_when_passed_via_constructor(capsys: CaptureFixture) -> N
     captured = capsys.readouterr()
 
     assert captured.out == "**********"
+
+
+def test_parse_history() -> None:
+    system_input = "You're supposed to answer math questions."
+    text_question1, text_answer1 = "How much is 2+2?", "4"
+    text_question2 = "How much is 3+3?"
+    system_message = SystemMessage(content=system_input)
+    message1 = HumanMessage(content=text_question1)
+    message2 = AIMessage(content=text_answer1)
+    message3 = HumanMessage(content=text_question2)
+    messages = [system_message, message1, message2, message3]
+    history = _parse_chat_history(messages, convert_system_message_to_human=True)
+    assert len(history) == 3
+    assert history[0] == {
+        "role": "user",
+        "parts": [{"text": system_input}, {"text": text_question1}],
+    }
+    assert history[1] == {"role": "model", "parts": [{"text": text_answer1}]}