langchain/libs/partners/openai

langchain-openai

This package contains the LangChain integrations for OpenAI through their openai SDK.

Installation and Setup

• Install the LangChain partner package

pip install langchain-openai

• Get an OpenAI api key and set it as an environment variable (OPENAI_API_KEY)

Chat model

See a usage example.

from langchain_openai import ChatOpenAI

If you are using a model hosted on Azure, you should use different wrapper for that:

from langchain_openai import AzureChatOpenAI

For a more detailed walkthrough of the Azure wrapper, see AzureChatOpenAI

Text Embedding Model

See a usage example

from langchain_openai import OpenAIEmbeddings

If you are using a model hosted on Azure, you should use different wrapper for that:

from langchain_openai import AzureOpenAIEmbeddings

For a more detailed walkthrough of the Azure wrapper, see AzureOpenAIEmbeddings

LLM (Legacy)

LLM refers to the legacy text-completion models that preceded chat models. See a usage example.

from langchain_openai import OpenAI

If you are using a model hosted on Azure, you should use different wrapper for that:

from langchain_openai import AzureOpenAI

For a more detailed walkthrough of the Azure wrapper, see Azure OpenAI