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    Pythonlangchain-coreutilsfunction_callingconvert_to_openai_tool
    Functionā—Since v0.1

    convert_to_openai_tool

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    convert_to_openai_tool(
      tool: Mapping[str, Any] | type[BaseModel] | Callable | BaseTool,
      

    Used in Docs

    • ChatAI21 integration
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    *
    ,
    strict
    :
    bool
    |
    None
    =
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    )
    ->
    dict
    [
    str
    ,
    Any
    ]

    Parameters

    NameTypeDescription
    tool*Mapping[str, Any] | type[BaseModel] | Callable | BaseTool

    Either a dictionary, a pydantic.BaseModel class, Python function, or BaseTool.

    If a dictionary is passed in, it is assumed to already be a valid OpenAI function, a JSON schema with top-level title key specified, an Anthropic format tool, or an Amazon Bedrock Converse format tool.

    strictbool | None
    Default:None

    Convert a tool-like object to an OpenAI tool schema.

    OpenAI tool schema reference

    Behavior changed in langchain-core 0.3.16

    description and parameters keys are now optional. Only name is required and guaranteed to be part of the output.

    Behavior changed in langchain-core 0.3.44

    Return OpenAI Responses API-style tools unchanged. This includes any dict with "type" in "file_search", "function", "computer_use_preview", "web_search_preview".

    Behavior changed in langchain-core 0.3.63

    Added support for OpenAI's image generation built-in tool.

    If True, model output is guaranteed to exactly match the JSON Schema provided in the function definition.

    If None, strict argument will not be included in tool definition.