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JavaScript@langchain/coremessagesfilterMessages
Functionā—Since v1.0

filterMessages

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filterMessages(
  options: FilterMessagesFields
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Parameters

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optionsFilterMessagesFields

Example

Filter messages based on name, type or id.

Optional filtering options. Should only be provided if messagesOrOptions is an array of BaseMessage objects.

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import { filterMessages, AIMessage, HumanMessage, SystemMessage } from "@langchain/core/messages";

const messages = [
  new SystemMessage("you're a good assistant."),
  new HumanMessage({ content: "what's your name", id: "foo", name: "example_user" }),
  new AIMessage({ content: "steve-o", id: "bar", name: "example_assistant" }),
  new HumanMessage({ content: "what's your favorite color", id: "baz" }),
  new AIMessage({ content: "silicon blue" , id: "blah" }),
];

filterMessages(messages, {
  includeNames: ["example_user", "example_assistant"],
  includeTypes: ["system"],
  excludeIds: ["bar"],
});