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Prerequisites

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API Host

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Usage

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Basic Usage

The main way to interact with Rowboat is using the Client class, which provides a stateless chat API. You can manage conversation state using the conversationId returned in each response. 
from rowboat.client import Client
from rowboat.schema import UserMessage

# Initialize the client
client = Client(
    host="<HOST>",
    projectId="<PROJECT_ID>",
    apiKey="<API_KEY>"
)

# Start a new conversation
result = client.run_turn(
    messages=[
        UserMessage(role='user', content="What is the capital of France?")
    ]
)
print(result.turn.output[-1].content)
# The capital of France is Paris.

print("Conversation ID:", result.conversationId)

# Continue the conversation by passing the conversationId
result = client.run_turn(
    messages=[
        UserMessage(role='user', content="What other major cities are in that country?")
    ],
    conversationId=result.conversationId
)
print(result.turn.output[-1].content)
# Other major cities in France include Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, and Nice.

result = client.run_turn(
    messages=[
        UserMessage(role='user', content="What's the population of the first city you mentioned?")
    ],
    conversationId=result.conversationId
)
print(result.turn.output[-1].content)
# Lyon has a population of approximately 513,000 in the city proper.

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Using Tool Overrides (Mock Tools)

You can provide tool override instructions to test a specific configuration using the mockTools argument: 
result = client.run_turn(
    messages=[
        UserMessage(role='user', content="What's the weather?")
    ],
    mockTools={
        "weather_lookup": "The weather in any city is sunny and 25°C.",
        "calculator": "The result of any calculation is 42."
    }
)
print(result.turn.output[-1].content)

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Message Types

You can use different message types as defined in rowboat.schema, such as UserMessage, SystemMessage, AssistantMessage, etc. See schema.py for all available message types.

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Error Handling

If the API returns a non-200 status code, a ValueError will be raised with the error details.
For more advanced usage, see the docstrings in client.py and the message schemas in schema.py.
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