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[Saulti23]

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I have my code and for the first section of it I am inputting a memory key based in the session_id as a UUID
I am receiving the following error: Any idea what the issue is?

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/habuhassan004/Desktop/VIK/10x-csv-chat/llm.py", line 62, in
print(chat_csv(session_id,None,'Hi how are you?'))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/habuhassan004/Desktop/VIK/10x-csv-chat/llm.py", line 37, in chat_csv
response = conversation({"question": question})
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/habuhassan004/Desktop/VIK/10x-csv-chat/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/langchain/chains/base.py", line 286, in call
inputs = self.prep_inputs(inputs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/habuhassan004/Desktop/VIK/10x-csv-chat/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/langchain/chains/base.py", line 443, in prep_inputs
self._validate_inputs(inputs)
File "/Users/habuhassan004/Desktop/VIK/10x-csv-chat/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/langchain/chains/base.py", line 195, in _validate_inputs
raise ValueError(f"Missing some input keys: {missing_keys}")
ValueError: Missing some input keys: {'session_id'}

here is the input:
session_id = uuid.uuid4() print(chat_csv(session_id,None,'Hi how are you?'))

Here is the code:

def chat_csv(
    session_id: UUID = None,
    file_path: str = None,
    question: str = None
):
    # session_id = str(session_id)
    memory = ConversationBufferMemory(
        memory_key=str(session_id),
        return_messages=True
    )
    if file_path == None:
        template = """You are a nice chatbot having a conversation with a human.
            Previous conversation:
            {session_id}

            New human question: {question}
            Response:"""
        prompt = PromptTemplate.from_template(template)
        conversation = LLMChain(
            llm=OpenAI(temperature=0),
            prompt=prompt,
            verbose=False,
            memory=memory
        )
        response = conversation({"question": question})

Suggestion:

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Based on the error message you provided, it seems that the session_id is not being passed correctly to the conversation function. In your code, you are calling the conversation function with a dictionary that only contains the question key. However, the error message indicates that the session_id key is also required.

Here is the relevant part of your code:

response = conversation({"question": question})

To fix this issue, you should include the session_id in the dictionary that you pass to the conversation function. Here is how you can do it:

response = conversation({"question": question, "session_id": str(session_id)})

This will ensure that the session_id is included in the inputs to the conversation function, which should prevent the ValueError from being raised.

Please note that the session_id should be a string, so you need to convert the UUID object to a string using the str function.

I hope this helps! If you have any other questions or if the issue persists, please let me know.

Sources

• libs/langchain/langchain/llms/mosaicml.py

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[Saulti23]

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Based on the error message you provided, it seems that the session_id is not being passed correctly to the conversation function. In your code, you are calling the conversation function with a dictionary that only contains the question key. However, the error message indicates that the session_id key is also required.

Here is the relevant part of your code:

response = conversation({"question": question})

To fix this issue, you should include the session_id in the dictionary that you pass to the conversation function. Here is how you can do it:

response = conversation({"question": question, "session_id": str(session_id)})

This will ensure that the session_id is included in the inputs to the conversation function, which should prevent the ValueError from being raised.

Please note that the session_id should be a string, so you need to convert the UUID object to a string using the str function.

I hope this helps! If you have any other questions or if the issue persists, please let me know.

Sources

• libs/langchain/langchain/llms/mosaicml.py

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I already tried that and it didn't work I got this error:

ValueError: One input key expected got ['session_id', 'question']

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Based on the information you've provided and the context from the LangChain repository, it seems like the conversation function is expecting two inputs: history and input. The history input should be a string that represents the history of the conversation, and the input should also be a string that represents the current input from the user.

In your case, you're passing a dictionary with keys question and session_id to the conversation function, which is why you're seeing the ValueError: One input key expected got ['session_id', 'question'] error. The function is expecting a single key, either history or input, but it's receiving two keys.

To resolve this issue, you should modify your code to pass the history and input as separate arguments to the conversation function. Here's an example of how you can do this:

history = "Previous conversation: " + str(session_id)
input = question
response = conversation(history, input)

In this example, history is a string that represents the previous conversation (which includes the session_id), and input is the current question from the user.

As for the session_id, it seems like it should be included in the metadata dictionary, not as an argument to the conversation function. The metadata dictionary is passed to the conversation_model when logging the conversation to the context API. You can set the session_id in the metadata dictionary like this:

self.metadata["session_id"] = str(session_id)

You can add this line of code in the on_chat_model_start method or any other method where you want to set the session_id.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.

Sources

• libs/langchain/langchain/callbacks/context_callback.py
• libs/langchain/langchain/chains/conversation/prompt.py

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[Saulti23]

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now Im getting this error which is contradicting you're previous solution and I feel like the error is looping
ValueError: A single string input was passed in, but this chain expects multiple inputs ({'question', 'session_id'}). When a chain expects multiple inputs, please call it by passing in a dictionary, eg chain({'foo': 1, 'bar': 2})

[dosubot]

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Based on the issues I found in the LangChain repository, it seems like the ValueError you're encountering is due to the mismatch between the keys you're passing to the conversation function and the keys expected by the LLMChain instance.

In the DOC: Passing Context to Conversational Chain issue, it's suggested that you can pass context to the ConversationalRetrievalChain by using the combine_docs_chain parameter when initializing the chain. This parameter should be an instance of a chain that combines documents, such as the StuffDocumentsChain. Here's an example:

from langchain.chains import (
    StuffDocumentsChain, LLMChain, ConversationalRetrievalChain
)
from langchain.prompts import PromptTemplate
from langchain.llms import OpenAI

combine_docs_chain = StuffDocumentsChain(...)
vectorstore = ...
retriever = vectorstore.as_retriever()

template = (
    "Combine the chat history and follow up question into "
    "a standalone question. Chat History: {chat_history}"
    "Follow up question: {question}"
)
prompt = PromptTemplate.from_template(template)
llm = OpenAI()
question_generator_chain = LLMChain(llm=llm, prompt=prompt)

chain = ConversationalRetrievalChain(
    combine_docs_chain=combine_docs_chain,
    retriever=retriever,
    question_generator=question_generator_chain,
)

In this example, the combine_docs_chain is used to combine the chat history and the follow-up question into a standalone question. This standalone question is then passed to the retriever to fetch relevant documents. The retrieved documents are then passed to the question_generator_chain (an instance of LLMChain) to generate a final response.

In your case, you might need to adjust the keys you're passing to the conversation function to match the keys expected by the LLMChain instance. The ValueError you're seeing suggests that the LLMChain instance is expecting a single input key, but you're passing in a dictionary with multiple keys (question and session_id). You might need to adjust your code to pass these as separate arguments or combine them into a single argument that matches the expected input key.

As for the expected format and type of the session_id and question, I wasn't able to find specific information in the repository. However, based on common practices in Python and the error messages you're seeing, it's likely that session_id should be a string and question should be a string or a dictionary, depending on the expected input key.

I hope this helps! If you have any further questions or if something is unclear, please let me know.

Sources

• DOC: Passing Context to Conversational Chain
• Refine Chain Error
• ValueError: Missing some input keys: {'input'}
• libs/langchain/langchain/chains/conversation/base.py

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[dosubot]

Hi, @Saulti23,

I'm helping the LangChain team manage their backlog and am marking this issue as stale. From what I understand, you encountered a ValueError for missing input keys, specifically 'session_id', when using the code. Dosubot provided some suggestions, and it seems the issue was eventually resolved by adjusting the keys passed to the 'conversation' function to match the expected input keys of the 'LLMChain' instance.

Could you please confirm if this issue is still relevant to the latest version of the LangChain repository? If it is, please let the LangChain team know by commenting on the issue. Otherwise, feel free to close the issue yourself, or it will be automatically closed in 7 days. Thank you!