# BaseMessagePromptTemplate

> **Class** in `langchain_core`

📖 [View in docs](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langchain-core/prompts/message/BaseMessagePromptTemplate)

Base class for message prompt templates.

## Signature

```python
BaseMessagePromptTemplate(
    self,
    *args: Any = (),
    **kwargs: Any = {},
)
```

## Extends

- `Serializable`
- `ABC`

## Properties

- `input_variables`

## Methods

- [`is_lc_serializable()`](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langchain-core/prompts/message/BaseMessagePromptTemplate/is_lc_serializable)
- [`get_lc_namespace()`](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langchain-core/prompts/message/BaseMessagePromptTemplate/get_lc_namespace)
- [`format_messages()`](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langchain-core/prompts/message/BaseMessagePromptTemplate/format_messages)
- [`aformat_messages()`](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langchain-core/prompts/message/BaseMessagePromptTemplate/aformat_messages)
- [`pretty_repr()`](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langchain-core/prompts/message/BaseMessagePromptTemplate/pretty_repr)
- [`pretty_print()`](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langchain-core/prompts/message/BaseMessagePromptTemplate/pretty_print)

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[View source on GitHub](https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/blob/02991cb4cf2063d51a07268edafb05fe53de1826/libs/core/langchain_core/prompts/message.py#L16)