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# ! pip install -U cohere
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import cohere
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# instantiating the old client
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co_v1 = cohere.Client(api_key="<YOUR API KEY>")
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# instantiating the new client
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co_v2 = cohere.ClientV2(api_key="<YOUR API KEY>")

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res = co_v1.chat(
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    model="command-a-03-2025",
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    preamble="You respond in concise sentences.",
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    chat_history=[
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        {"role": "user", "message": "Hello"},
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        {
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            "role": "chatbot",
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            "message": "Hi, how can I help you today?",
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        },
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    ],
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    message="I'm joining a new startup called Co1t today. Could you help me write a one-sentence introduction message to my teammates?",
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)
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print(res.text)

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res = co_v2.chat(
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    model="command-a-plus-05-2026",
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    messages=[
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        {
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            "role": "system",
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            "content": "You respond in concise sentences.",
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        },
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        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello"},
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        {
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            "role": "assistant",
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            "content": "Hi, how can I help you today?",
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        },
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        {
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            "role": "user",
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            "content": "I'm joining a new startup called Co1t today. Could you help me write a one-sentence introduction message to my teammates.",
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        },
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    ],
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)
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print(res.message.content[0].text)

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res = co_v1.chat(model="command-a-03-2025", message="What is 2 + 2")
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print(res.text)

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res = co_v2.chat(
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    model="command-a-plus-05-2026",
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    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "What is 2 + 2"}],
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)
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print(res.message.content[0].text)

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message = "I'm joining a new startup called Co1t today. Could you help me write a one-sentence introduction message to my teammates."
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res = co_v1.chat_stream(model="command-a-03-2025", message=message)
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for chunk in res:
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    if chunk.event_type == "text-generation":
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        print(chunk.text, end="")

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message = "I'm joining a new startup called Co1t today. Could you help me write a one-sentence introduction message to my teammates."
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res = co_v2.chat_stream(
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    model="command-a-plus-05-2026",
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    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": message}],
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)
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for chunk in res:
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    if chunk:
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        if chunk.type == "content-delta":
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            print(chunk.delta.message.content.text, end="")

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# Define the documents
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documents_v1 = [
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    {
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        "text": "Reimbursing Travel Expenses: Easily manage your travel expenses by submitting them through our finance tool. Approvals are prompt and straightforward."
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    },
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    {
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        "text": "Health and Wellness Benefits: We care about your well-being and offer gym memberships, on-site yoga classes, and comprehensive health insurance."
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    },
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]
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# The user query
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message = "Are there fitness-related benefits?"
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# Generate the response
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res_v1 = co_v1.chat(
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    model="command-a-03-2025",
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    message=message,
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    documents=documents_v1,
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)
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print(res_v1.text)

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# Define the documents
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documents_v2 = [
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    {
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        "data": {
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            "text": "Reimbursing Travel Expenses: Easily manage your travel expenses by submitting them through our finance tool. Approvals are prompt and straightforward."
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        }
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    },
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    {
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        "data": {
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            "text": "Health and Wellness Benefits: We care about your well-being and offer gym memberships, on-site yoga classes, and comprehensive health insurance."
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        }
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    },
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]
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# The user query
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message = "Are there fitness-related benefits?"
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# Generate the response
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res_v2 = co_v2.chat(
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    model="command-a-plus-05-2026",
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    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": message}],
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    documents=documents_v2,
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)
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print(res_v2.message.content[0].text)

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documents_v2 = [
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    # List of objects with data string
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    {
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        "id": "123",
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        "data": "I love penguins. they are fluffy",
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    },
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    # List of objects with data object
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    {
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        "id": "456",
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        "data": {
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            "text": "I love penguins. they are fluffy",
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            "author": "Abdullah",
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            "create_date": "09021989",
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        },
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    },
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    # List of strings
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    "just a string",
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]

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# Yes, there are fitness-related benefits. We offer gym memberships, on-site yoga classes, and comprehensive health insurance.
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print(res_v1.citations)
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print(res_v1.documents)

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# Yes, we offer gym memberships, on-site yoga classes, and comprehensive health insurance.
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print(res_v2.message.citations)

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res_v1 = co_v1.chat(
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    message="who won euro 2024",
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    connectors=[{"id": "web-search"}],
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)
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print(res_v1.text)

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# Any search engine can be used. This example uses the Tavily API.
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from tavily import TavilyClient
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tavily_client = TavilyClient(api_key=os.environ["TAVILY_API_KEY"])
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# Create a web search function
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def web_search(queries: list[str]) -> list[dict]:
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    documents = []
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    for query in queries:
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        response = tavily_client.search(query, max_results=2)
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        results = [
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            {
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                "title": r["title"],
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                "content": r["content"],
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                "url": r["url"],
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            }
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            for r in response["results"]
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        ]
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        for idx, result in enumerate(results):
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            document = {"id": str(idx), "data": result}
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            documents.append(document)
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    return documents
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# Define the web search tool
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web_search_tool = [
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    {
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        "type": "function",
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        "function": {
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            "name": "web_search",
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            "description": "Returns a list of relevant document snippets for a textual query retrieved from the internet",
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            "parameters": {
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                "type": "object",
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                "properties": {
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                    "queries": {
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                        "type": "array",
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                        "items": {"type": "string"},
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                        "description": "a list of queries to search the internet with.",
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                    }
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                },
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                "required": ["queries"],
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            },
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        },
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    }
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]
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# The user query
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query = "who won euro 2024"
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# Define a system message to optimize search query generation
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instructions = "Write a search query that will find helpful information for answering the user's question accurately. If you need more than one search query, write a list of search queries. If you decide that a search is very unlikely to find information that would be useful in constructing a response to the user, you should instead directly answer."
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messages = [
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    {"role": "system", "content": instructions},
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    {"role": "user", "content": query},
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]
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model = "command-a-plus-05-2026"
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# Generate search queries (if any)
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response = co_v2.chat(
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    model=model, messages=messages, tools=web_search_tool
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)
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search_queries = []
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while response.message.tool_calls:
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    print("Tool plan:")
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    print(response.message.tool_plan, "\n")
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    print("Tool calls:")
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    for tc in response.message.tool_calls:
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        print(
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            f"Tool name: {tc.function.name} | Parameters: {tc.function.arguments}"
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        )
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    print("=" * 50)
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    messages.append(response.message)
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    # Step 3: Get tool results
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    for idx, tc in enumerate(response.message.tool_calls):
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        tool_result = web_search(**json.loads(tc.function.arguments))
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        tool_content = []
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        for data in tool_result:
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            tool_content.append(
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                {
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                    "type": "document",
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                    "document": {"data": json.dumps(data)},
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                }
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            )
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            # Optional: add an "id" field in the "document" object, otherwise IDs are auto-generated
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        messages.append(
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            {
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                "role": "tool",
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                "tool_call_id": tc.id,
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                "content": tool_content,
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            }
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        )
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    # Step 4: Generate response and citations
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    response = co_v2.chat(
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        model=model, messages=messages, tools=web_search_tool
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    )
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print(response.message.content[0].text)

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message = "Are there fitness-related benefits?"
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res_v1 = co_v1.chat_stream(
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    model="command-a-03-2025",
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    message=message,
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    documents=documents_v1,
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)
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for chunk in res_v1:
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    if chunk.event_type == "text-generation":
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        print(chunk.text, end="")
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    if chunk.event_type == "citation-generation":
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        print(f"\n{chunk.citations}")

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message = "Are there fitness-related benefits?"
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messages = [{"role": "user", "content": message}]
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res_v2 = co_v2.chat_stream(
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    model="command-a-plus-05-2026",
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    messages=messages,
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    documents=documents_v2,
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)
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for chunk in res_v2:
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    if chunk:
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        if chunk.type == "content-delta":
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            print(chunk.delta.message.content.text, end="")
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        if chunk.type == "citation-start":
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            print(f"\n{chunk.delta.message.citations}")

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def get_weather(location):
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    return {"temperature": "20C"}
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functions_map = {"get_weather": get_weather}
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tools_v1 = [
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    {
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        "name": "get_weather",
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        "description": "Gets the weather of a given location",
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        "parameter_definitions": {
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            "location": {
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                "description": "The location to get weather, example: San Francisco, CA",
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                "type": "str",
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                "required": True,
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            }
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        },
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    },
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]

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def get_weather(location):
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    return [{"temperature": "20C"}]
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    # You can return a list of objects e.g. [{"url": "abc.com", "text": "..."}, {"url": "xyz.com", "text": "..."}]
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functions_map = {"get_weather": get_weather}
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tools_v2 = [
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    {
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        "type": "function",
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        "function": {
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            "name": "get_weather",
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            "description": "gets the weather of a given location",
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            "parameters": {
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                "type": "object",
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                "properties": {
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                    "location": {
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                        "type": "string",
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                        "description": "the location to get weather, example: San Fransisco, CA",
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                    }
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                },
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                "required": ["location"],
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            },
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        },
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    },
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]

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message = "What's the weather in Toronto?"
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res_v1 = co_v1.chat(
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    model="command-a-03-2025", message=message, tools=tools_v1
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)
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print(res_v1.tool_calls)

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messages = [
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    {"role": "user", "content": "What's the weather in Toronto?"}
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]
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res_v2 = co_v2.chat(
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    model="command-a-plus-05-2026", messages=messages, tools=tools_v2
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)
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if res_v2.message.tool_calls:
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    messages.append(res_v2.message)
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    print(res_v2.message.tool_calls)

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tool_results = [
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    {
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        "call": {
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            "name": "<tool name>",
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            "parameters": {"<param name>": "<param value>"},
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        },
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        "outputs": [{"<key>": "<value>"}],
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    },
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]

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messages = [
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    {
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        "role": "tool",
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        "tool_call_id": "123",
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        "content": [
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            {
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                "type": "document",
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                "document": {
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                    "id": "123",
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                    "data": {"<key>": "<value>"},
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                },
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            }
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        ],
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    }
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]

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tool_content_v1 = []
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if res_v1.tool_calls:
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    for tc in res_v1.tool_calls:
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        tool_call = {"name": tc.name, "parameters": tc.parameters}
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        tool_result = functions_map[tc.name](**tc.parameters)
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        tool_content_v1.append(
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            {"call": tool_call, "outputs": [tool_result]}
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        )
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res_v1 = co_v1.chat(
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    model="command-a-03-2025",
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    message="",
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    tools=tools_v1,
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    tool_results=tool_content_v1,
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    chat_history=res_v1.chat_history,
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)
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print(res_v1.text)

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if res_v2.message.tool_calls:
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    for tc in res_v2.message.tool_calls:
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        tool_result = functions_map[tc.function.name](
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            **json.loads(tc.function.arguments)
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        )
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        tool_content_v2 = []
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        for data in tool_result:
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            tool_content_v2.append(
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                {
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                    "type": "document",
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                    "document": {"data": json.dumps(data)},
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                }
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            )
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            # Optional: add an "id" field in the "document" object, otherwise IDs are auto-generated
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        messages.append(
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            {
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                "role": "tool",
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                "tool_call_id": tc.id,
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                "content": tool_content_v2,
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            }
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        )
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res_v2 = co_v2.chat(
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    model="command-a-plus-05-2026", messages=messages, tools=tools_v2
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)
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print(res_v2.message.content[0].text)

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print(res_v1.citations)
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print(res_v1.documents)

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print(res_v2.message.citations)

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tool_content_v1 = []
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if res_v1.tool_calls:
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    for tc in res_v1.tool_calls:
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        tool_call = {"name": tc.name, "parameters": tc.parameters}
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        tool_result = functions_map[tc.name](**tc.parameters)
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        tool_content_v1.append(
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            {"call": tool_call, "outputs": [tool_result]}
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        )
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res_v1 = co_v1.chat_stream(
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    message="",
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    tools=tools_v1,
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    tool_results=tool_content_v1,
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    chat_history=res_v1.chat_history,
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)
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for chunk in res_v1:
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    if chunk.event_type == "text-generation":
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        print(chunk.text, end="")
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    if chunk.event_type == "citation-generation":
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        print(f"\n{chunk.citations}")

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if res_v2.message.tool_calls:
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    for tc in res_v2.message.tool_calls:
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        tool_result = functions_map[tc.function.name](
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            **json.loads(tc.function.arguments)
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        )
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        tool_content_v2 = []
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        for data in tool_result:
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            tool_content_v2.append(
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                {
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                    "type": "document",
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                    "document": {"data": json.dumps(data)},
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                }
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            )
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            # Optional: add an "id" field in the "document" object, otherwise IDs are auto-generated
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        messages.append(
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            {
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                "role": "tool",
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                "tool_call_id": tc.id,
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                "content": tool_content_v2,
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            }
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        )
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res_v2 = co_v2.chat_stream(
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    model="command-a-plus-05-2026", messages=messages, tools=tools_v2
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)
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for chunk in res_v2:
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    if chunk:
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        if chunk.type == "content-delta":
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            print(chunk.delta.message.content.text, end="")
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        elif chunk.type == "citation-start":
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            print(f"\n{chunk.delta.message.citations}")