# get_cohere_chat_request_v2

> **Function** in `langchain_cohere`

📖 [View in docs](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langchain-cohere/chat_models/get_cohere_chat_request_v2)

Get the request for the Cohere chat API (V2).
Args:
    messages: The messages.
    **kwargs: The keyword arguments.
Returns:
    The request for the Cohere chat API.

## Signature

```python
get_cohere_chat_request_v2(
    messages: List[BaseMessage],
    *,
    documents: Optional[List[Document]] = None,
    stop_sequences: Optional[List[str]] = None,
    **kwargs: Any = {},
) -> Dict[str, Any]
```

---

[View source on GitHub](https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain-cohere/blob/98e3d038d365eebd6dabcf8c4d94072580f7401d/libs/cohere/langchain_cohere/chat_models.py#L515)