Struct ChatMessage 

pub struct ChatMessage {
    pub role: String,
    pub content: String,
    pub content_parts: Option<Vec<ContentPart>>,
}

Fields

role: String

content: String

content_parts: Option<Vec<ContentPart>>

Optional structured content parts for multi-modal messages. When set, content is used as a fallback text representation.

Implementations

impl ChatMessage

pub fn new(role: impl Into<String>, content: impl Into<String>) -> Self

Create a new text-only chat message.

pub fn with_images( role: impl Into<String>, text: impl Into<String>, image_data_uris: Vec<String>, ) -> Self

Create a new multi-modal chat message with text and optional image attachments.

pub fn to_openai_message(&self) -> Value

Serialize this message as a serde_json::Value for OpenAI-compatible APIs. When content_parts is Some, produces the multi-modal content array format.

pub fn to_anthropic_message(&self) -> Value

Serialize this message as a serde_json::Value for Anthropic APIs.

pub fn ollama_images(&self) -> Option<Vec<String>>

Get the base64 image data for Ollama’s images array format. Returns None if there are no image content parts.

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for ChatMessage

fn clone(&self) -> ChatMessage

Returns a duplicate of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Debug for ChatMessage

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for ChatMessage

fn deserialize<__D>(__deserializer: __D) -> Result<Self, __D::Error>

where __D: Deserializer<'de>,

Deserialize this value from the given Serde deserializer.

impl Serialize for ChatMessage

fn serialize<__S>(&self, __serializer: __S) -> Result<__S::Ok, __S::Error>

where __S: Serializer,

Serialize this value into the given Serde serializer.