The **chat** endpoint is one of two ways to generate text from an LLM with Ollama. At a high level you provide the endpoint an array of message objects with a role and content specified. Then with each output and prompt, you add more messages, which builds up the history.
The **chat** endpoint is one of two ways to generate text from an LLM with Ollama. At a high level you provide the endpoint an array of message objects with a role and content specified. Then with each output and prompt, you add more messages, which builds up the history.
## Run the Example
There are a few ways to run this, just like any Typescript code:
1. Compile with `tsc` and then run it with `node client.js`.
2. Install `tsx` and run it with `tsx client.ts`.
3. Install `bun` and run it with `bun client.ts`.
## Review the Code
## Review the Code
You can see in the **chat** function that is actually calling the endpoint is simply done with:
You can see in the **chat** function that is actually calling the endpoint is simply done with:
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