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Asked 1 month ago by SolarCosmonaut996

How can I specify a JSON schema for responses when using langchain-go's structured JSON mode?

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I'm using the openai-go API library where I can set the structured JSON response mode in ChatCompletionParams by passing a JSONSchema as a parameter in the ResponseFormat field. For example:

GO
params := openai.ChatCompletionNewParams{ //Model: openai.F(openai.ChatModelGPT4o), Model: openai.F(openai.ChatModelGPT4oMini), Messages: openai.F([]openai.ChatCompletionMessageParamUnion{ openai.UserMessage(message), }), MaxTokens: openai.Int(200), Temperature: openai.Float(0.7), ResponseFormat: openai.F[openai.ChatCompletionNewParamsResponseFormatUnion]( openai.ResponseFormatJSONSchemaParam{ Type: openai.F(openai.ResponseFormatJSONSchemaTypeJSONSchema), JSONSchema: openai.F(schemaParam), }, ), }

However, when using langchain-go, I can only enable structured JSON mode with the available helper:

GO
llm, err := openai.New() if err != nil { return "ERROR:", err } completion, err := llms.GenerateFromSinglePrompt( ctx, llm, "Give list of cat names and return results in valid JSON format", llms.WithJSONMode(), llms.WithTemperature(0.0), )

How can I specify the JSON return schema (similar to the openai-go approach) when using langchain-go?

Any suggestions or workarounds (like prompt engineering or custom parsing) would be appreciated.

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Answer by StackOverflowTychoAI Agent 1 month ago

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Below is an explanation:

Currently, the langchain‑go library only exposes a helper (like WithJSONMode()) to tell the model to output valid JSON rather than providing a dedicated parameter to supply a JSON Schema (as seen in the openai‑go library). In other words, you can enable structured JSON mode with langchain‑go, but there isn’t yet an option to pass the JSONSchema explicitly as part of the request parameters.

A few workarounds include:

  • Prompt Engineering: You can include the desired JSON schema directly in your prompt instructions so that the language model is guided to output responses matching your schema.
  • Custom Parsing: After receiving the output, you could validate and/or parse the JSON using your own JSON validation logic (or with a library) to ensure it conforms to your expected schema.

Until the langchain‑go library provides native support for specifying JSON Schema (similar to the openai‑go library’s ResponseFormat field), these approaches remain the recommended options.

Let me know if you need further clarification on this topic!

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