Source code for langchain.memory.buffer
from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
from pydantic import root_validator
from langchain.memory.chat_memory import BaseChatMemory, BaseMemory
from langchain.memory.utils import get_prompt_input_key
from langchain.schema import get_buffer_string
[docs]class ConversationBufferMemory(BaseChatMemory):
    """Buffer for storing conversation memory."""
    human_prefix: str = "Human"
    ai_prefix: str = "AI"
    memory_key: str = "history"  #: :meta private:
    @property
    def buffer(self) -> Any:
        """String buffer of memory."""
        if self.return_messages:
            return self.chat_memory.messages
        else:
            return get_buffer_string(
                self.chat_memory.messages,
                human_prefix=self.human_prefix,
                ai_prefix=self.ai_prefix,
            )
    @property
    def memory_variables(self) -> List[str]:
        """Will always return list of memory variables.
        :meta private:
        """
        return [self.memory_key]
[docs]    def load_memory_variables(self, inputs: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
        """Return history buffer."""
        return {self.memory_key: self.buffer}
[docs]class ConversationStringBufferMemory(BaseMemory):
    """Buffer for storing conversation memory."""
    human_prefix: str = "Human"
    ai_prefix: str = "AI"
    """Prefix to use for AI generated responses."""
    buffer: str = ""
    output_key: Optional[str] = None
    input_key: Optional[str] = None
    memory_key: str = "history"  #: :meta private:
    @root_validator()
    def validate_chains(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
@root_validator()
    def validate_chains(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
        """Validate that return messages is not True."""
        if values.get("return_messages", False):
            raise ValueError(
                "return_messages must be False for ConversationStringBufferMemory"
            )
        return values
    @property
    def memory_variables(self) -> List[str]:
        """Will always return list of memory variables.
        :meta private:
        """
        return [self.memory_key]
[docs]    def load_memory_variables(self, inputs: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, str]:
        """Return history buffer."""
        return {self.memory_key: self.buffer}
[docs]    def save_context(self, inputs: Dict[str, Any], outputs: Dict[str, str]) -> None:
        """Save context from this conversation to buffer."""
        if self.input_key is None:
            prompt_input_key = get_prompt_input_key(inputs, self.memory_variables)
        else:
            prompt_input_key = self.input_key
        if self.output_key is None:
            if len(outputs) != 1:
                raise ValueError(f"One output key expected, got {outputs.keys()}")
            output_key = list(outputs.keys())[0]
        else:
            output_key = self.output_key
        human = f"{self.human_prefix}: " + inputs[prompt_input_key]
        ai = f"{self.ai_prefix}: " + outputs[output_key]
        self.buffer += "\n" + "\n".join([human, ai])
[docs]    def clear(self) -> None:
        """Clear memory contents."""
        self.buffer = ""
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