# Function schema
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This is a small utility to generate JSON schemas for python functions.
With power of type annotations, it is possible to generate a schema for a function without describing it twice.
At this moment, extracting schema from a function is useful for [OpenAI Assistant Tool Calling](https://platform.openai.com/docs/assistants/tools/function-calling), [OpenAI API function-call](https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/function-calling), and [Anthropic Claude Tool calling](https://docs.anthropic.com/claude/docs/tool-use) feature.
And it can be used for other purposes for example to generate documentation in the future.
## Installation
```sh
pip install function-schema
```
## Usage
```python
from typing import Annotated, Optional
from function_schema import Doc
import enum
def get_weather(
city: Annotated[str, Doc("The city to get the weather for")],
unit: Annotated[
Optional[str],
Doc("The unit to return the temperature in"),
enum.Enum("Unit", "celcius fahrenheit")
] = "celcius",
) -> str:
"""Returns the weather for the given city."""
return f"Weather for {city} is 20°C"
```
Function description is taken from the docstring.
Type hinting with `typing.Annotated` for annotate additional information about the parameters and return type.
Then you can generate a schema for this function:
```python
import json
from function_schema import get_function_schema
schema = get_function_schema(get_weather)
print(json.dumps(schema, indent=2))
```
Will output:
```json
{
"name": "get_weather",
"description": "Returns the weather for the given city.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"city": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The city to get the weather for"
},
"unit": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The unit to return the temperature in",
"enum": [
"celcius",
"fahrenheit"
],
"default": "celcius"
}
},
}
"required": [
"city"
]
}
```
for claude, you should pass 2nd argument as SchemaFormat.claude or `claude`:
```python
from function_schema import get_function_schema
schema = get_function_schema(get_weather, "claude")
```
Please refer to the [Claude tool use](https://docs.anthropic.com/claude/docs/tool-use) documentation for more information.
You can use any type hinting supported by python for the first argument of `Annotated`. including:
`typing.Literal`, `typing.Optional`, `typing.Union`, and `T | None` for python 3.10+.
`Doc` class or plain string in `Annotated` is used for describe the parameter.
`Doc` metadata is the [PEP propose](https://peps.python.org/pep-0727/) for standardizing the metadata in type hints.
currently, implemented in `typing-extensions` module. Also `function_schema.Doc` is provided for compatibility.
Enumeratable candidates can be defined with `enum.Enum` in the argument of `Annotated`.
```python
import enum
class AnimalType(enum.Enum):
dog = enum.auto()
cat = enum.auto()
def get_animal(
animal: Annotated[str, Doc("The animal to get"), AnimalType],
) -> str:
"""Returns the animal."""
return f"Animal is {animal.value}"
```
In this example, each name of `AnimalType` enums(`dog`, `cat`) is used as an enum schema.
In shorthand, you can use `typing.Literal` as the type will do the same thing.
```python
def get_animal(
animal: Annotated[Literal["dog", "cat"], Doc("The animal to get")],
) -> str:
"""Returns the animal."""
return f"Animal is {animal}"
```
### Plain String in Annotated
The string value of `Annotated` is used as a description for convenience.
```python
def get_weather(
city: Annotated[str, "The city to get the weather for"], # <- string value of Annotated is used as a description
unit: Annotated[Optional[str], "The unit to return the temperature in"] = "celcius",
) -> str:
"""Returns the weather for the given city."""
return f"Weather for {city} is 20°C"
```
But this would create a predefined meaning for any plain string inside of `Annotated`,
and any tool that was using plain strings in them for any other purpose, which is currently allowed, would now be invalid.
Please refer to the [PEP 0727, Plain String in Annotated](https://peps.python.org/pep-0727/#plain-string-in-annotated) for more information.
### Usage with OpenAI API
You can use this schema to make a function call in OpenAI API:
```python
import openai
openai.api_key = "sk-..."
# Create an assistant with the function
assistant = client.beta.assistants.create(
instructions="You are a weather bot. Use the provided functions to answer questions.",
model="gpt-4-turbo-preview",
tools=[{
"type": "function",
"function": get_function_schema(get_weather),
}]
)
run = client.beta.messages.create(
assistant_id=assistant.id,
messages=[
{"role": "user", "content": "What's the weather like in Seoul?"}
]
)
# or with chat completion
result = openai.chat.completion.create(
model="gpt-3.5-turbo",
messages=[
{"role": "user", "content": "What's the weather like in Seoul?"}
],
tools=[{
"type": "function",
"function": get_function_schema(get_weather)
}],
tool_call="auto",
)
```
### Usage with Anthropic Claude
```python
import anthropic
client = anthropic.Client()
response = client.beta.tools.messages.create(
model="claude-3-opus-20240229",
max_tokens=4096,
tools=[get_function_schema(get_weather, "claude")],
messages=[
{"role": "user", "content": "What's the weather like in Seoul?"}
]
)
```
### CLI usage
```sh
function_schema mymodule.py my_function | jq
```
## License
MIT License
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