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converse_stream

Operation

converse_stream async

converse_stream(input: ConverseStreamInput, plugins: list[Plugin] | None = None) -> OutputEventStream[ConverseStreamOutput, ConverseStreamOperationOutput]

Sends messages to the specified Amazon Bedrock model and returns the response in a stream. ConverseStream provides a consistent API that works with all Amazon Bedrock models that support messages. This allows you to write code once and use it with different models. Should a model have unique inference parameters, you can also pass those unique parameters to the model.

To find out if a model supports streaming, call GetFoundationModel and check the responseStreamingSupported field in the response.

Note

The CLI doesn't support streaming operations in Amazon Bedrock, including ConverseStream.

Amazon Bedrock doesn't store any text, images, or documents that you provide as content. The data is only used to generate the response.

You can submit a prompt by including it in the messages field, specifying the modelId of a foundation model or inference profile to run inference on it, and including any other fields that are relevant to your use case.

You can also submit a prompt from Prompt management by specifying the ARN of the prompt version and including a map of variables to values in the promptVariables field. You can append more messages to the prompt by using the messages field. If you use a prompt from Prompt management, you can't include the following fields in the request: additionalModelRequestFields, inferenceConfig, system, or toolConfig. Instead, these fields must be defined through Prompt management. For more information, see Use a prompt from Prompt management.

For information about the Converse API, see Use the Converse API in the Amazon Bedrock User Guide. To use a guardrail, see Use a guardrail with the Converse API in the Amazon Bedrock User Guide. To use a tool with a model, see Tool use (Function calling) in the Amazon Bedrock User Guide

For example code, see Conversation streaming example in the Amazon Bedrock User Guide.

This operation requires permission for the bedrock:InvokeModelWithResponseStream action.

Warning

To deny all inference access to resources that you specify in the modelId field, you need to deny access to the bedrock:InvokeModel and bedrock:InvokeModelWithResponseStream actions. Doing this also denies access to the resource through the base inference actions (InvokeModel and InvokeModelWithResponseStream). For more information see Deny access for inference on specific models.

For troubleshooting some of the common errors you might encounter when using the ConverseStream API, see Troubleshooting Amazon Bedrock API Error Codes in the Amazon Bedrock User Guide

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
input ConverseStreamInput

An instance of ConverseStreamInput.

required
plugins list[Plugin] | None

A list of callables that modify the configuration dynamically. Changes made by these plugins only apply for the duration of the operation execution and will not affect any other operation invocations.

None

Returns:

Type Description
OutputEventStream[ConverseStreamOutput, ConverseStreamOperationOutput]

An OutputEventStream for server-to-client streaming.

Input

ConverseStreamInput dataclass

Dataclass for ConverseStreamInput structure.

Attributes

additional_model_request_fields class-attribute instance-attribute
additional_model_request_fields: Document | None = None

Additional inference parameters that the model supports, beyond the base set of inference parameters that Converse and ConverseStream support in the inferenceConfig field. For more information, see Model parameters.

additional_model_response_field_paths class-attribute instance-attribute
additional_model_response_field_paths: list[str] | None = None

Additional model parameters field paths to return in the response. Converse and ConverseStream return the requested fields as a JSON Pointer object in the additionalModelResponseFields field. The following is example JSON for additionalModelResponseFieldPaths.

[ "/stop_sequence" ]

For information about the JSON Pointer syntax, see the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) documentation.

Converse and ConverseStream reject an empty JSON Pointer or incorrectly structured JSON Pointer with a 400 error code. if the JSON Pointer is valid, but the requested field is not in the model response, it is ignored by Converse.

guardrail_config class-attribute instance-attribute
guardrail_config: GuardrailStreamConfiguration | None = None

Configuration information for a guardrail that you want to use in the request. If you include guardContent blocks in the content field in the messages field, the guardrail operates only on those messages. If you include no guardContent blocks, the guardrail operates on all messages in the request body and in any included prompt resource.

inference_config class-attribute instance-attribute
inference_config: InferenceConfiguration | None = None

Inference parameters to pass to the model. Converse and ConverseStream support a base set of inference parameters. If you need to pass additional parameters that the model supports, use the additionalModelRequestFields request field.

messages class-attribute instance-attribute
messages: list[Message] | None = None

The messages that you want to send to the model.

model_id class-attribute instance-attribute
model_id: str | None = None

Specifies the model or throughput with which to run inference, or the prompt resource to use in inference. The value depends on the resource that you use:

The Converse API doesn't support imported models.

output_config class-attribute instance-attribute
output_config: OutputConfig | None = None

Output configuration for a model response.

performance_config class-attribute instance-attribute
performance_config: PerformanceConfiguration | None = None

Model performance settings for the request.

prompt_variables class-attribute instance-attribute
prompt_variables: dict[str, PromptVariableValues] | None = field(repr=False, default=None)

Contains a map of variables in a prompt from Prompt management to objects containing the values to fill in for them when running model invocation. This field is ignored if you don't specify a prompt resource in the modelId field.

request_metadata class-attribute instance-attribute
request_metadata: dict[str, str] | None = field(repr=False, default=None)

Key-value pairs that you can use to filter invocation logs.

service_tier class-attribute instance-attribute
service_tier: ServiceTier | None = None

Specifies the processing tier configuration used for serving the request.

system class-attribute instance-attribute
system: list[SystemContentBlock] | None = None

A prompt that provides instructions or context to the model about the task it should perform, or the persona it should adopt during the conversation.

tool_config class-attribute instance-attribute
tool_config: ToolConfiguration | None = None

Configuration information for the tools that the model can use when generating a response.

For information about models that support streaming tool use, see Supported models and model features.

Output

This operation returns an OutputEventStream for server-to-client streaming.

Event Stream Structure

Output Event Type

ConverseStreamOutput

Initial Response Structure

ConverseStreamOperationOutput dataclass

Dataclass for ConverseStreamOperationOutput structure.