Source code for langchain.prompts.prompt
"""Prompt schema definition."""
from __future__ import annotations
from pathlib import Path
from string import Formatter
from typing import Any, Dict, List, Union
from pydantic import Extra, root_validator
from langchain.prompts.base import (
    DEFAULT_FORMATTER_MAPPING,
    StringPromptTemplate,
    _get_jinja2_variables_from_template,
    check_valid_template,
)
[docs]class PromptTemplate(StringPromptTemplate):
    """Schema to represent a prompt for an LLM.
    Example:
        .. code-block:: python
            from langchain import PromptTemplate
            prompt = PromptTemplate(input_variables=["foo"], template="Say {foo}")
    """
    @property
    def lc_attributes(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
        return {
            "template_format": self.template_format,
        }
    input_variables: List[str]
    """A list of the names of the variables the prompt template expects."""
    template: str
    """The prompt template."""
    template_format: str = "f-string"
    """The format of the prompt template. Options are: 'f-string', 'jinja2'."""
    validate_template: bool = True
    """Whether or not to try validating the template."""
    @property
    def _prompt_type(self) -> str:
        """Return the prompt type key."""
        return "prompt"
    class Config:
        """Configuration for this pydantic object."""
        extra = Extra.forbid
[docs]    def format(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
        """Format the prompt with the inputs.
        Args:
            kwargs: Any arguments to be passed to the prompt template.
        Returns:
            A formatted string.
        Example:
        .. code-block:: python
rtdocs_stable/api.python.langchain.com/en/stable/_modules/langchain/prompts/prompt.html