**Description:** Add link to Code of Conduct in the Additional resources
section to make community guidelines more accessible for all
contributors.
**Rationale:**
- **Community Health:** Making the Code of Conduct easily discoverable
helps set clear expectations for community behavior and fosters a more
inclusive, respectful environment
- **New Contributor Experience:** Many new contributors look to the
README as the primary source of project information. Having the Code of
Conduct readily available helps onboard them properly
- **Best Practices:** Prominent Code of Conduct links are considered a
best practice in open source projects and improve project accessibility
- **Low Impact:** This is a simple, non-breaking change that
significantly improves documentation completeness
**Issue:** N/A
**Dependencies:** None
Updated the README to clarify LangChain's focus on building agents and
LLM-powered applications. Added a section for community discussions and
refined the ecosystem description.
**Description:** Added a beginner-friendly tip to the README to help
first-time contributors find a starting point. This is a documentation
improvement aimed at lowering the barrier for newcomers to participate
in open source.
**Issue:** No related issue
**Dependencies:** None
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## Note to maintainers
I'm new to open source and this is my first PR! If there's anything that
needs improvement, please guide me and I'll be happy to learn and make
changes. Thank you for your patience! 😊
## What does this PR do?
- Added a noticeable beginner tip box after the badges section in README
- Provided specific guidance (Good First Issues link)
- Encourages newcomers to start with documentation fixes
## Why is this change needed?
- Makes it easier for new contributors to get started
- Provides clear direction and reduces confusion
- Creates a more welcoming open source community environment
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- stars badge redundant (look at the top of the page)
- remove version badge since we have many pkgs (and it was only showing
core) -- also, just look at the releases tab to the right of the readme
This PR addresses the common issue where users struggle to pass custom
parameters to OpenAI-compatible APIs like LM Studio, vLLM, and others.
The problem occurs when users try to use `model_kwargs` for custom
parameters, which causes API errors.
## Problem
Users attempting to pass custom parameters (like LM Studio's `ttl`
parameter) were getting errors:
```python
# ❌ This approach fails
llm = ChatOpenAI(
base_url="http://localhost:1234/v1",
model="mlx-community/QwQ-32B-4bit",
model_kwargs={"ttl": 5} # Causes TypeError: unexpected keyword argument 'ttl'
)
```
## Solution
The `extra_body` parameter is the correct way to pass custom parameters
to OpenAI-compatible APIs:
```python
# ✅ This approach works correctly
llm = ChatOpenAI(
base_url="http://localhost:1234/v1",
model="mlx-community/QwQ-32B-4bit",
extra_body={"ttl": 5} # Custom parameters go in extra_body
)
```
## Changes Made
1. **Enhanced Documentation**: Updated the `extra_body` parameter
docstring with comprehensive examples for LM Studio, vLLM, and other
providers
2. **Added Documentation Section**: Created a new "OpenAI-compatible
APIs" section in the main class docstring with practical examples
3. **Unit Tests**: Added tests to verify `extra_body` functionality
works correctly:
- `test_extra_body_parameter()`: Verifies custom parameters are included
in request payload
- `test_extra_body_with_model_kwargs()`: Ensures `extra_body` and
`model_kwargs` work together
4. **Clear Guidance**: Documented when to use `extra_body` vs
`model_kwargs`
## Examples Added
**LM Studio with TTL (auto-eviction):**
```python
ChatOpenAI(
base_url="http://localhost:1234/v1",
api_key="lm-studio",
model="mlx-community/QwQ-32B-4bit",
extra_body={"ttl": 300} # Auto-evict after 5 minutes
)
```
**vLLM with custom sampling:**
```python
ChatOpenAI(
base_url="http://localhost:8000/v1",
api_key="EMPTY",
model="meta-llama/Llama-2-7b-chat-hf",
extra_body={
"use_beam_search": True,
"best_of": 4
}
)
```
## Why This Works
- `model_kwargs` parameters are passed directly to the OpenAI client's
`create()` method, causing errors for non-standard parameters
- `extra_body` parameters are included in the HTTP request body, which
is exactly what OpenAI-compatible APIs expect for custom parameters
Fixes#32115.
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The first in a sequence of PRs focusing on improving performance in
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