Changed import of VertexAI

rolench commented 11 months ago

System Info

python = "^3.8.10" langchain = "^0.0.336" google-cloud-aiplatform = "^1.36.3"

Who can help?

@hwchase17 @agol

Information

[ ] The official example notebooks/scripts
[ ] My own modified scripts

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[X] LLMs/Chat Models
[ ] Embedding Models
[ ] Prompts / Prompt Templates / Prompt Selectors
[ ] Output Parsers
[ ] Document Loaders
[ ] Vector Stores / Retrievers
[ ] Memory
[ ] Agents / Agent Executors
[ ] Tools / Toolkits
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[ ] Async

Reproduction

from langchain.llms.vertexai import VertexAI

model = VertexAI(
            model_name="text-bison@001",
            temperature=0.2,
            max_output_tokens=1024,
            top_k=40,
            top_p=0.8
        )

model.client
# <vertexai.preview.language_models._PreviewTextGenerationModel at ...>

# it should be <vertexai.language_models.TextGenerationModel at ...>

Expected behavior

Code reference: https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/blob/78a1f4b264fbdca263a4f8873b980eaadb8912a7/libs/langchain/langchain/llms/vertexai.py#L255C77-L255C77

The VertexAI API is now using vertexai.language_models.TextGenerationModel. Instead, here we are still importing it from from vertexai.preview.language_models.

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Based on the information provided, it seems like the VertexAI API in LangChain is still importing from vertexai.preview.language_models because the ChatVertexAI class is designed to work with both the ChatModel and CodeChatModel from the vertexai.preview.language_models module. This is evident in the validate_environment method of the ChatVertexAI class. Here's the relevant code:

@root_validator()
def validate_environment(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
    """Validate that the python package exists in environment."""
    cls._try_init_vertexai(values)
    try:
        if is_codey_model(values["model_name"]):
            from vertexai.preview.language_models import CodeChatModel

            values["client"] = CodeChatModel.from_pretrained(values["model_name"])
        else:
            from vertexai.preview.language_models import ChatModel

            values["client"] = ChatModel.from_pretrained(values["model_name"])
    except ImportError:
        raise_vertex_import_error()
    return values

In this method, depending on the model name, it either imports CodeChatModel or ChatModel from vertexai.preview.language_models. If the import fails, it raises an import error.

The vertexai.language_models.TextGenerationModel might not be used here because the ChatModel and CodeChatModel classes might have specific methods or attributes that are not available in the TextGenerationModel class.

Please note that the actual reason might depend on the specific requirements of the LangChain project and the features provided by the VertexAI API. You can find more details in the LangChain repository.

Regarding the similar issue you mentioned, it was solved by upgrading the version of the google-cloud-aiplatform library to 1.28.0 or 1.28.1. You can find more details in the resolved issue.

As for the recent update to the VertexAI API that changes the import path from vertexai.preview.language_models to vertexai.language_models.TextGenerationModel, I wasn't able to find any information about it in the LangChain repository. It's possible that the information is available elsewhere or I might have missed it.

I hope this helps! If you have any other questions or need further clarification, feel free to ask.

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dosubot[bot] commented 8 months ago

Hi, @rolench

I'm helping the LangChain team manage their backlog and am marking this issue as stale. From what I understand, you raised this issue to update the import of VertexAI in the code to use the correct API, vertexai.language_models.TextGenerationModel, instead of vertexai.preview.language_models._PreviewTextGenerationModel. The issue has been resolved by upgrading the version of the google-cloud-aiplatform library, allowing the ChatVertexAI class to work with both the ChatModel and CodeChatModel from the vertexai.preview.language_models module.

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!

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