# convert_openai_messages

> **Function** in `langchain_community`

📖 [View in docs](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langchain-community/adapters/openai/convert_openai_messages)

Convert dictionaries representing OpenAI messages to LangChain format.

## Signature

```python
convert_openai_messages(
    messages: Sequence[Dict[str, Any]],
) -> List[BaseMessage]
```

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `messages` | `Sequence[Dict[str, Any]]` | Yes | List of dictionaries representing OpenAI messages |

## Returns

`List[BaseMessage]`

List of LangChain `BaseMessage` objects.

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