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//! The public [`ChatTemplate`] type and its builder.
use std::sync::Arc;
use minijinja::{Environment, UndefinedBehavior, Value};
use serde_json::{Map, Value as Json};
use crate::clock::{Clock, SystemClock};
use crate::config::{self, ChatTemplateField, TokenizerConfig};
use crate::engine::{self, EngineConfig};
use crate::error::Error;
use crate::model::{Message, RenderInput};
/// A compiled Hugging Face chat template, ready to render.
///
/// Construction compiles the Jinja source and installs the `transformers`-compatible
/// globals/filters. [`render`](ChatTemplate::render) borrows `&self`, so a single instance is
/// cheap to reuse and shareable across threads.
pub struct ChatTemplate {
env: Environment<'static>,
/// Special tokens captured from a [`TokenizerConfig`] (empty for raw-string construction),
/// injected into the render context as `{{ bos_token }}` etc. unless the input overrides them.
special_tokens: Vec<(String, String)>,
}
impl std::fmt::Debug for ChatTemplate {
fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
// The compiled environment is large and not user-meaningful; keep this opaque.
f.debug_struct("ChatTemplate")
.field("special_tokens", &self.special_tokens)
.finish_non_exhaustive()
}
}
impl ChatTemplate {
/// Compile from a raw Jinja chat-template string, using the default
/// `transformers`-compatible settings (see [`ChatTemplateBuilder`] to customize).
///
/// An inherent `from_str` (not just the [`FromStr`](std::str::FromStr) impl) so callers
/// can write `ChatTemplate::from_str(s)` without importing the trait.
#[allow(clippy::should_implement_trait)]
pub fn from_str(source: &str) -> Result<Self, Error> {
ChatTemplate::builder(source).build()
}
/// Compile from a parsed `tokenizer_config.json`, resolving the default template and
/// injecting the config's special tokens (`bos_token`, …) into the render context.
///
/// For named-template selection (`tool_use`, `rag`) or custom options, use
/// [`builder_from_config`](ChatTemplate::builder_from_config).
pub fn from_tokenizer_config(config: &TokenizerConfig) -> Result<Self, Error> {
ChatTemplate::builder_from_config(config)?.build()
}
/// Compile from a standalone template string (the contents of a `chat_template.jinja` file),
/// injecting special tokens from a separately-loaded [`TokenizerConfig`].
///
/// Newer `transformers` ship the chat template as its own `chat_template.jinja` file rather
/// than inside `tokenizer_config.json` (Gemma 3+, SmolLM3, …). The template body comes from
/// the file; the special tokens (`bos_token`, …) still come from the config. Matching the
/// `transformers` precedence, a standalone file overrides any inline `chat_template` field, so
/// this ignores `config.chat_template` entirely.
pub fn from_template_and_config(
template: &str,
config: &TokenizerConfig,
) -> Result<Self, Error> {
ChatTemplate::builder(template)
.special_tokens_from(config)
.build()
}
/// Start a builder to compile `source` with non-default options (clock, undefined policy…).
pub fn builder(source: &str) -> ChatTemplateBuilder {
ChatTemplateBuilder::new(BuilderSource::Raw(source.to_owned()), Vec::new())
}
/// Start a builder from a `tokenizer_config.json`, carrying its special tokens. Use
/// [`template_name`](ChatTemplateBuilder::template_name) to pick a named sub-template.
///
/// Fails with [`Error::Config`] if the config has no `chat_template` field at all.
pub fn builder_from_config(config: &TokenizerConfig) -> Result<ChatTemplateBuilder, Error> {
let field = config
.chat_template
.clone()
.ok_or_else(|| Error::Config("tokenizer config has no chat_template".into()))?;
Ok(ChatTemplateBuilder::new(
BuilderSource::Field(field),
config.special_tokens(),
))
}
/// Fetch a Hub repo (default branch) and compile its default chat template, injecting the
/// config's special tokens. Requires the `hub` feature.
///
/// Loads `tokenizer_config.json`, plus a standalone `chat_template.jinja` if the repo ships
/// one (Gemma 3+, SmolLM3, …); the standalone file takes precedence over an inline
/// `chat_template` field, matching `transformers`.
///
/// Authentication uses `hf-hub`'s discovery (the `HF_TOKEN` env var or the cached
/// `huggingface-cli login` token); gated repos need a token with access. For a pinned
/// commit or branch, use [`from_hub_revision`](ChatTemplate::from_hub_revision).
///
/// ```no_run
/// use hf_chat_template::{ChatTemplate, Message};
/// let tmpl = ChatTemplate::from_hub("Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct")?;
/// let prompt = tmpl.render_messages(&[Message::user("Hi")], true)?;
/// # Ok::<(), hf_chat_template::Error>(())
/// ```
#[cfg(feature = "hub")]
pub fn from_hub(repo_id: &str) -> Result<Self, Error> {
Self::from_hub_inner(repo_id, None)
}
/// Like [`from_hub`](ChatTemplate::from_hub), but pins a specific `revision` (a branch,
/// tag, or commit SHA). Requires the `hub` feature.
#[cfg(feature = "hub")]
pub fn from_hub_revision(repo_id: &str, revision: &str) -> Result<Self, Error> {
Self::from_hub_inner(repo_id, Some(revision))
}
/// Shared `from_hub` body: fetch `tokenizer_config.json` plus a standalone
/// `chat_template.jinja` if the repo ships one, then compile with the `transformers`
/// precedence — a standalone file overrides any inline `chat_template` field.
#[cfg(feature = "hub")]
fn from_hub_inner(repo_id: &str, revision: Option<&str>) -> Result<Self, Error> {
let (config, standalone) = crate::hub::fetch_template_material(repo_id, revision)?;
match standalone {
Some(jinja) => ChatTemplate::from_template_and_config(&jinja, &config),
None => ChatTemplate::from_tokenizer_config(&config),
}
}
/// Render the typed input model to the final prompt string. Special tokens from the
/// source config are injected first; any matching key in [`RenderInput::extra`] wins.
pub fn render(&self, input: &RenderInput) -> Result<String, Error> {
let ctx = self.build_context(input)?;
self.render_value(ctx)
}
/// Render `input`, then encode the prompt to token IDs with `tokenizer`, returning both.
/// Requires the `tokenizers` feature.
///
/// Encodes with `add_special_tokens = false`: a chat template already emits the model's
/// special tokens (`bos_token`, end-of-turn markers, …), so letting the tokenizer add them
/// again would double them. This matches what `transformers.apply_chat_template(...,
/// tokenize=True)` does. The `tokenizer` you pass is the model's own `tokenizer.json`
/// (e.g. `tokenizers::Tokenizer::from_file("tokenizer.json")`).
///
/// ```no_run
/// use hf_chat_template::{ChatTemplate, Message, RenderInput};
/// use hf_chat_template::tokenizers::Tokenizer;
///
/// let tmpl = ChatTemplate::from_str("{{ messages[0].content }}")?;
/// let tok = Tokenizer::from_file("tokenizer.json").unwrap();
/// let input = RenderInput { messages: vec![Message::user("hi")], ..Default::default() };
/// let (prompt, ids) = tmpl.render_and_encode(&input, &tok)?;
/// # Ok::<(), hf_chat_template::Error>(())
/// ```
#[cfg(feature = "tokenizers")]
pub fn render_and_encode(
&self,
input: &RenderInput,
tokenizer: &tokenizers::Tokenizer,
) -> Result<(String, Vec<u32>), Error> {
let prompt = self.render(input)?;
let encoding = tokenizer
.encode(prompt.as_str(), false)
.map_err(|e| Error::Tokenize(e.to_string()))?;
let ids = encoding.get_ids().to_vec();
Ok((prompt, ids))
}
/// Convenience: render with only `messages` and the generation-prompt flag.
pub fn render_messages(
&self,
messages: &[Message],
add_generation_prompt: bool,
) -> Result<String, Error> {
let input = RenderInput {
messages: messages.to_vec(),
add_generation_prompt,
..Default::default()
};
self.render(&input)
}
/// Render with an arbitrary minijinja context value — the low-level escape hatch for
/// callers who need to pass template variables we don't model with typed structs.
///
/// Unlike [`render`](ChatTemplate::render), this does **not** inject the config's special
/// tokens; the caller's context is used as-is.
pub fn render_value(&self, ctx: Value) -> Result<String, Error> {
let tmpl = self
.env
.get_template("chat")
.expect("the 'chat' template is always present after construction");
tmpl.render(ctx).map_err(Error::from_render)
}
/// Build the Jinja context: special tokens, then the serialized input on top (input wins).
/// Routed through `serde_json` to a single `minijinja::Value`; `preserve_order` on both
/// crates keeps map key order intact end-to-end (load-bearing for `| tojson`).
fn build_context(&self, input: &RenderInput) -> Result<Value, Error> {
let mut ctx: Map<String, Json> = Map::new();
for (k, v) in &self.special_tokens {
ctx.insert(k.clone(), Json::String(v.clone()));
}
let serialized = serde_json::to_value(input)
.map_err(|e| Error::Config(format!("failed to serialize render input: {e}")))?;
if let Json::Object(map) = serialized {
for (k, v) in map {
ctx.insert(k, v);
}
}
Ok(Value::from_serialize(Json::Object(ctx)))
}
}
/// Where a builder draws its template source from.
enum BuilderSource {
/// A raw Jinja string.
Raw(String),
/// A `chat_template` field whose concrete source is resolved at `build()`.
Field(ChatTemplateField),
}
/// Builder for [`ChatTemplate`], exposing the knobs that affect rendering semantics.
///
/// Defaults mirror the `transformers` reference environment:
/// `trim_blocks = true`, `lstrip_blocks = true`, `keep_trailing_newline = true`,
/// lenient undefined behavior, pycompat enabled, [`SystemClock`].
pub struct ChatTemplateBuilder {
source: BuilderSource,
special_tokens: Vec<(String, String)>,
template_name: Option<String>,
cfg: EngineConfig,
}
impl ChatTemplateBuilder {
fn new(source: BuilderSource, special_tokens: Vec<(String, String)>) -> Self {
ChatTemplateBuilder {
source,
special_tokens,
template_name: None,
cfg: EngineConfig {
// VERIFY against transformers source; pinned here as the documented baseline.
trim_blocks: true,
lstrip_blocks: true,
keep_trailing_newline: true,
undefined: UndefinedBehavior::Lenient,
pycompat: true,
clock: Arc::new(SystemClock),
},
}
}
/// Inject special tokens (`bos_token`, …) from a parsed `tokenizer_config.json` into the
/// render context, replacing any already set. Use with [`ChatTemplate::builder`] when the
/// template source is a standalone `chat_template.jinja` but the tokens still live in the
/// config (see [`ChatTemplate::from_template_and_config`]).
pub fn special_tokens_from(mut self, config: &TokenizerConfig) -> Self {
self.special_tokens = config.special_tokens();
self
}
/// Select a named sub-template (e.g. `"tool_use"`, `"rag"`) when the config carries a
/// list of them. Ignored for a single-string source.
pub fn template_name(mut self, name: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
self.template_name = Some(name.into());
self
}
/// Inject a deterministic [`Clock`] for `strftime_now` (essential for golden tests).
pub fn clock(mut self, clock: impl Clock + 'static) -> Self {
self.cfg.clock = Arc::new(clock);
self
}
/// Enable/disable the pycompat Python-method shim. Default: enabled.
pub fn pycompat(mut self, enabled: bool) -> Self {
self.cfg.pycompat = enabled;
self
}
/// Override how undefined variables are treated. Default: [`UndefinedBehavior::Lenient`].
pub fn undefined_behavior(mut self, ub: UndefinedBehavior) -> Self {
self.cfg.undefined = ub;
self
}
/// Compile the template. Returns [`Error::Compile`] on a Jinja syntax error, or
/// [`Error::Config`] if a requested/needed named template can't be resolved.
pub fn build(self) -> Result<ChatTemplate, Error> {
let source: String = match &self.source {
BuilderSource::Raw(s) => s.clone(),
BuilderSource::Field(field) => {
config::resolve_template(field, self.template_name.as_deref())?.to_owned()
}
};
let env = engine::build(source, &self.cfg).map_err(Error::Compile)?;
Ok(ChatTemplate {
env,
special_tokens: self.special_tokens,
})
}
}
impl std::str::FromStr for ChatTemplate {
type Err = Error;
fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Error> {
ChatTemplate::from_str(s)
}
}