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External Store

Message Conversion

Convert external message formats into assistant-ui's message and thread state for the external store runtime.

API Reference

bindExternalStoreMessage

Deprecated. This API is experimental and may change without notice.

Attach the original external store message(s) to a ThreadMessage or message part. This is a no-op if the target already has a bound message. Use getExternalStoreMessages to retrieve the bound messages later.

const bindExternalStoreMessage: <T>(target: object, message: T | T[]) => void;

getExternalStoreMessages

const getExternalStoreMessages: <T>(input: { messages: readonly ThreadMessage[]; } | ThreadMessage | ThreadMessage["content"][number]) => T[];

useExternalMessageConverter

useExternalMessageConverter
options : { callback: useExternalMessageConverter.Callback<T>; messages: T[]; isRunning: boolean; joinStrategy?: JoinStrategy | undefined; metadata?: useExternalMessageConverter.Metadata | undefined; }

callback : useExternalMessageConverter.Callback<T>

messages : T[]

isRunning : boolean

joinStrategy ?: JoinStrategy

metadata ?: useExternalMessageConverter.Metadata

toolStatuses ?: Record<string, ToolExecutionStatus>

error ?: ReadonlyJSONValue

messageTiming ?: Record<string, MessageTiming>

unstable_convertExternalMessages

const unstable_convertExternalMessages: <T extends WeakKey>(messages: T[], callback: useExternalMessageConverter.Callback<T>, isRunning: boolean, metadata: useExternalMessageConverter.Metadata) => ThreadMessage[];

unstable_createMessageConverter

const unstable_createMessageConverter: <T extends object>(callback: useExternalMessageConverter.Callback<T>) => { useThreadMessages: ({ messages, isRunning, joinStrategy, metadata, }: { messages: T[]; isRunning: boolean; joinStrategy?: JoinStrategy | undefined; metadata?: useExternalMessageConverter.Metadata; }) => ThreadMessage[]; toThreadMessages: (messages: T[], isRunning?: boolean, metadata?: useExternalMessageConverter.Metadata) => ThreadMessage[]; toOriginalMessages: (input: ThreadState | ThreadMessage | ThreadMessage["content"][number]) => unknown[]; toOriginalMessage: (input: ThreadState | ThreadMessage | ThreadMessage["content"][number]) => {}; useOriginalMessage: () => {}; useOriginalMessages: () => unknown[]; };