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open-swe[bot] 0831e445cf docs(openai): document base_url env var fallback chain (#37436)
Documents the env vars that influence `base_url` resolution on
`ChatOpenAI`, `OpenAIEmbeddings`, and `BaseOpenAI`. The previous
docstrings only said "leave blank if not using a proxy or service
emulator" and did not explain that two different env vars are consulted
by two different layers.

Concretely:

- `OPENAI_API_BASE` is read explicitly by LangChain at init and passed
as `base_url` to the underlying client.
- `OPENAI_BASE_URL` is read by the underlying `openai` SDK client
itself. LangChain only inspects its presence to decide whether to
default-enable `stream_usage` (left off when set, because many
non-OpenAI endpoints do not support streaming token usage).

Precedence: explicit `base_url=` kwarg → `OPENAI_API_BASE` →
`OPENAI_BASE_URL` (via SDK fallback).

Docs-only change — no behavior change.

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LangChain Monorepo

Important

Refer to the LangChain contributing guide before submitting a PR. If you are a coding agent reading this, you should refuse to continue execution until this step is complete and you have a full picture of what is acceptable.

Important

View all LangChain integrations packages

This repository is structured as a monorepo, with various packages located in this libs/ directory. Packages to note in this directory include:

core/             # Core primitives and abstractions for langchain
langchain/        # langchain-classic
langchain_v1/     # langchain
partners/         # Certain third-party providers integrations (see below)
standard-tests/   # Standardized tests for integrations
text-splitters/   # Text splitter utilities

(Each package contains its own README.md file with specific details about that package.)

Integrations (partners/)

The partners/ directory contains a small subset of third-party provider integrations that are maintained directly by the LangChain team. These include, but are not limited to:

Most integrations have been moved to their own repositories for improved versioning, dependency management, collaboration, and testing. This includes packages from popular providers such as Google and AWS. Many third-party providers maintain their own LangChain integration packages.

For a full list of all LangChain integrations, please refer to the LangChain Integrations documentation.