# messages_to_dict

> **Function** in `langchain_core`

📖 [View in docs](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langchain-core/messages/base/messages_to_dict)

Convert a sequence of Messages to a list of dictionaries.

## Signature

```python
messages_to_dict(
    messages: Sequence[BaseMessage],
) -> list[dict]
```

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `messages` | `Sequence[BaseMessage]` | Yes | Sequence of messages (as `BaseMessage`s) to convert. |

## Returns

`list[dict]`

List of messages as dicts.

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[View source on GitHub](https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/blob/311675a517f51ec6c77454124293c58df517e952/libs/core/langchain_core/messages/base.py#L488)