llm-ie 1.0.0__py3-none-any.whl → 1.1.0__py3-none-any.whl

llm_ie/engines.py

@@ -1,22 +1,290 @@
 import abc
+import re
 import warnings
-import importlib
-from typing import List, Dict, Union, Generator
+import importlib.util
+from typing import Any, Tuple, List, Dict, Union, Generator
+
+
+class LLMConfig(abc.ABC):
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        """
+        This is an abstract class to provide interfaces for LLM configuration. 
+        Children classes that inherts this class can be used in extrators and prompt editor.
+        Common LLM parameters: max_new_tokens, temperature, top_p, top_k, min_p.
+        """
+        self.params = kwargs.copy()
+
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def preprocess_messages(self, messages:List[Dict[str,str]]) -> List[Dict[str,str]]:
+        """
+        This method preprocesses the input messages before passing them to the LLM.
+
+        Parameters:
+        ----------
+        messages : List[Dict[str,str]]
+            a list of dict with role and content. role must be one of {"system", "user", "assistant"}
+        
+        Returns:
+        -------
+        messages : List[Dict[str,str]]
+            a list of dict with role and content. role must be one of {"system", "user", "assistant"}
+        """
+        return NotImplemented
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def postprocess_response(self, response:Union[str, Generator[str, None, None]]) -> Union[str, Generator[str, None, None]]:
+        """
+        This method postprocesses the LLM response after it is generated.
+
+        Parameters:
+        ----------
+        response : Union[str, Generator[str, None, None]]
+            the LLM response. Can be a string or a generator.
+        
+        Returns:
+        -------
+        response : str
+            the postprocessed LLM response
+        """
+        return NotImplemented
+
+
+class BasicLLMConfig(LLMConfig):
+    def __init__(self, max_new_tokens:int=2048, temperature:float=0.0, **kwargs):
+        """
+        The basic LLM configuration for most non-reasoning models.
+        """
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self.max_new_tokens = max_new_tokens
+        self.temperature = temperature
+        self.params["max_new_tokens"] = self.max_new_tokens
+        self.params["temperature"] = self.temperature
+
+    def preprocess_messages(self, messages:List[Dict[str,str]]) -> List[Dict[str,str]]:
+        """
+        This method preprocesses the input messages before passing them to the LLM.
+
+        Parameters:
+        ----------
+        messages : List[Dict[str,str]]
+            a list of dict with role and content. role must be one of {"system", "user", "assistant"}
+        
+        Returns:
+        -------
+        messages : List[Dict[str,str]]
+            a list of dict with role and content. role must be one of {"system", "user", "assistant"}
+        """
+        return messages
+
+    def postprocess_response(self, response:Union[str, Generator[str, None, None]]) -> Union[str, Generator[Dict[str, str], None, None]]:
+        """
+        This method postprocesses the LLM response after it is generated.
+
+        Parameters:
+        ----------
+        response : Union[str, Generator[str, None, None]]
+            the LLM response. Can be a string or a generator.
+        
+        Returns: Union[str, Generator[Dict[str, str], None, None]]
+            the postprocessed LLM response. 
+            if input is a generator, the output will be a generator {"data": <content>}.
+        """
+        if isinstance(response, str):
+            return response
+
+        def _process_stream():
+            for chunk in response:
+                yield {"type": "response", "data": chunk}
+
+        return _process_stream()
+
+class Qwen3LLMConfig(LLMConfig):
+    def __init__(self, thinking_mode:bool=True, **kwargs):
+        """
+        The Qwen3 LLM configuration for reasoning models.
+
+        Parameters:
+        ----------
+        thinking_mode : bool, Optional
+            if True, a special token "/think" will be placed after each system and user prompt. Otherwise, "/no_think" will be placed.
+        """
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self.thinking_mode = thinking_mode
+
+    def preprocess_messages(self, messages:List[Dict[str,str]]) -> List[Dict[str,str]]:
+        """
+        Append a special token to the system and user prompts.
+        The token is "/think" if thinking_mode is True, otherwise "/no_think".
+
+        Parameters:
+        ----------
+        messages : List[Dict[str,str]]
+            a list of dict with role and content. role must be one of {"system", "user", "assistant"}
+        
+        Returns:
+        -------
+        messages : List[Dict[str,str]]
+            a list of dict with role and content. role must be one of {"system", "user", "assistant"}
+        """
+        thinking_token = "/think" if self.thinking_mode else "/no_think"
+        new_messages = []
+        for message in messages:
+            if message['role'] in ['system', 'user']:
+                new_message = {'role': message['role'], 'content': f"{message['content']} {thinking_token}"}
+            else:
+                new_message = {'role': message['role'], 'content': message['content']}
+
+            new_messages.append(new_message)
+
+        return new_messages
+
+    def postprocess_response(self, response:Union[str, Generator[str, None, None]]) -> Union[str, Generator[Dict[str,str], None, None]]:
+        """
+        If input is a generator, tag contents in <think> and </think> as {"type": "reasoning", "data": <content>},
+        and the rest as {"type": "response", "data": <content>}.
+        If input is a string, drop contents in <think> and </think>.
+
+        Parameters:
+        ----------
+        response : Union[str, Generator[str, None, None]]
+            the LLM response. Can be a string or a generator.
+        
+        Returns:
+        -------
+        response : Union[str, Generator[str, None, None]]
+            the postprocessed LLM response.
+            if input is a generator, the output will be a generator {"type": <reasoning or response>, "data": <content>}.
+        """
+        if isinstance(response, str):
+            return re.sub(r"<think>.*?</think>\s*", "", response, flags=re.DOTALL).strip()
+
+        if isinstance(response, Generator):
+            def _process_stream():
+                think_flag = False
+                buffer = ""
+                for chunk in response:
+                    if isinstance(chunk, str):
+                        buffer += chunk
+                        # switch between reasoning and response
+                        if "<think>" in buffer:
+                            think_flag = True
+                            buffer = buffer.replace("<think>", "")
+                        elif "</think>" in buffer:
+                            think_flag = False
+                            buffer = buffer.replace("</think>", "")
+                        
+                        # if chunk is in thinking block, tag it as reasoning; else tag it as response
+                        if chunk not in ["<think>", "</think>"]:
+                            if think_flag:
+                                yield {"type": "reasoning", "data": chunk}
+                            else:
+                                yield {"type": "response", "data": chunk}
+
+            return _process_stream()
+
+
+class OpenAIReasoningLLMConfig(LLMConfig):
+    def __init__(self, reasoning_effort:str="low", **kwargs):
+        """
+        The OpenAI "o" series configuration.
+        1. The reasoning effort is set to "low" by default.
+        2. The temperature parameter is not supported and will be ignored.
+        3. The system prompt is not supported and will be concatenated to the next user prompt.
+
+        Parameters:
+        ----------
+        reasoning_effort : str, Optional
+            the reasoning effort. Must be one of {"low", "medium", "high"}. Default is "low".
+        """
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        if reasoning_effort not in ["low", "medium", "high"]:
+            raise ValueError("reasoning_effort must be one of {'low', 'medium', 'high'}.")
+
+        self.reasoning_effort = reasoning_effort
+        self.params["reasoning_effort"] = self.reasoning_effort
+
+        if "temperature" in self.params:
+            warnings.warn("Reasoning models do not support temperature parameter. Will be ignored.", UserWarning)
+            self.params.pop("temperature")
+
+    def preprocess_messages(self, messages:List[Dict[str,str]]) -> List[Dict[str,str]]:
+        """
+        Concatenate system prompts to the next user prompt.
+
+        Parameters:
+        ----------
+        messages : List[Dict[str,str]]
+            a list of dict with role and content. role must be one of {"system", "user", "assistant"}
+        
+        Returns:
+        -------
+        messages : List[Dict[str,str]]
+            a list of dict with role and content. role must be one of {"system", "user", "assistant"}
+        """
+        system_prompt_holder = ""
+        new_messages = []
+        for i, message in enumerate(messages):
+            # if system prompt, store it in system_prompt_holder
+            if message['role'] == 'system':
+                system_prompt_holder = message['content']
+            # if user prompt, concatenate it with system_prompt_holder
+            elif message['role'] == 'user':
+                if system_prompt_holder:
+                    new_message = {'role': message['role'], 'content': f"{system_prompt_holder} {message['content']}"}
+                    system_prompt_holder = ""
+                else:
+                    new_message = {'role': message['role'], 'content': message['content']}
+
+                new_messages.append(new_message)
+            # if assistant/other prompt, do nothing
+            else:
+                new_message = {'role': message['role'], 'content': message['content']}
+                new_messages.append(new_message)
+
+        return new_messages
+
+    def postprocess_response(self, response:Union[str, Generator[str, None, None]]) -> Union[str, Generator[Dict[str, str], None, None]]:
+        """
+        This method postprocesses the LLM response after it is generated.
+
+        Parameters:
+        ----------
+        response : Union[str, Generator[str, None, None]]
+            the LLM response. Can be a string or a generator.
+        
+        Returns: Union[str, Generator[Dict[str, str], None, None]]
+            the postprocessed LLM response. 
+            if input is a generator, the output will be a generator {"type": "response", "data": <content>}.
+        """
+        if isinstance(response, str):
+            return response
+
+        def _process_stream():
+            for chunk in response:
+                yield {"type": "response", "data": chunk}
+
+        return _process_stream()
 
 
 class InferenceEngine:
     @abc.abstractmethod
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self, config:LLMConfig, **kwrs):
         """
         This is an abstract class to provide interfaces for LLM inference engines. 
         Children classes that inherts this class can be used in extrators. Must implement chat() method.
+
+        Parameters:
+        ----------
+        config : LLMConfig
+            the LLM configuration. Must be a child class of LLMConfig.
         """
         return NotImplemented
 
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
-    def chat(self, messages:List[Dict[str,str]], max_new_tokens:int=2048, temperature:float=0.0, 
-             verbose:bool=False, stream:bool=False, **kwrs) -> Union[str, Generator[str, None, None]]:
+    def chat(self, messages:List[Dict[str,str]], 
+             verbose:bool=False, stream:bool=False) -> Union[str, Generator[Dict[str, str], None, None]]:
         """
         This method inputs chat messages and outputs LLM generated text.
 
@@ -24,10 +292,6 @@ class InferenceEngine:
         ----------
         messages : List[Dict[str,str]]
             a list of dict with role and content. role must be one of {"system", "user", "assistant"}
-        max_new_tokens : str, Optional
-            the max number of new tokens LLM can generate. 
-        temperature : float, Optional
-            the temperature for token sampling. 
         verbose : bool, Optional
             if True, LLM generated text will be printed in terminal in real-time.
         stream : bool, Optional
@@ -35,9 +299,18 @@ class InferenceEngine:
         """
         return NotImplemented
 
+    def _format_config(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        This method format the LLM configuration with the correct key for the inference engine. 
+
+        Return : Dict[str, Any]
+            the config parameters.
+        """
+        return NotImplemented
+
 
 class LlamaCppInferenceEngine(InferenceEngine):
-    def __init__(self, repo_id:str, gguf_filename:str, n_ctx:int=4096, n_gpu_layers:int=-1, **kwrs):
+    def __init__(self, repo_id:str, gguf_filename:str, n_ctx:int=4096, n_gpu_layers:int=-1, config:LLMConfig=None, **kwrs):
         """
         The Llama.cpp inference engine.
 
@@ -52,12 +325,16 @@ class LlamaCppInferenceEngine(InferenceEngine):
             context length that LLM will evaluate. 
         n_gpu_layers : int, Optional
             number of layers to offload to GPU. Default is all layers (-1).
+        config : LLMConfig
+            the LLM configuration. 
         """
         from llama_cpp import Llama
         self.repo_id = repo_id
         self.gguf_filename = gguf_filename
         self.n_ctx = n_ctx
         self.n_gpu_layers = n_gpu_layers
+        self.config = config if config else BasicLLMConfig()
+        self.formatted_params = self._format_config()
 
         self.model = Llama.from_pretrained(
             repo_id=self.repo_id,
@@ -73,8 +350,18 @@ class LlamaCppInferenceEngine(InferenceEngine):
         """
         del self.model
 
+    def _format_config(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        This method format the LLM configuration with the correct key for the inference engine. 
+        """
+        formatted_params = self.config.params.copy()
+        if "max_new_tokens" in formatted_params:
+            formatted_params["max_tokens"] = formatted_params["max_new_tokens"]
+            formatted_params.pop("max_new_tokens")
+
+        return formatted_params
 
-    def chat(self, messages:List[Dict[str,str]], max_new_tokens:int=2048, temperature:float=0.0, verbose:bool=False, **kwrs) -> str:
+    def chat(self, messages:List[Dict[str,str]], verbose:bool=False) -> str:
         """
         This method inputs chat messages and outputs LLM generated text.
 
@@ -82,19 +369,15 @@ class LlamaCppInferenceEngine(InferenceEngine):
         ----------
         messages : List[Dict[str,str]]
             a list of dict with role and content. role must be one of {"system", "user", "assistant"}
-        max_new_tokens : str, Optional
-            the max number of new tokens LLM can generate. 
-        temperature : float, Optional
-            the temperature for token sampling. 
         verbose : bool, Optional
             if True, LLM generated text will be printed in terminal in real-time. 
         """
+        processed_messages = self.config.preprocess_messages(messages)
+
         response = self.model.create_chat_completion(
-                    messages=messages,
-                    max_tokens=max_new_tokens, 
-                    temperature=temperature,
+                    messages=processed_messages,
                     stream=verbose,
-                    **kwrs
+                    **self.formatted_params
                 )
 
         if verbose:
@@ -105,13 +388,14 @@ class LlamaCppInferenceEngine(InferenceEngine):
                     res += out_dict['content']
                     print(out_dict['content'], end='', flush=True)
             print('\n')
-            return res
+            return self.config.postprocess_response(res)
         
-        return response['choices'][0]['message']['content']
+        res = response['choices'][0]['message']['content']
+        return self.config.postprocess_response(res)
 
 
 class OllamaInferenceEngine(InferenceEngine):
-    def __init__(self, model_name:str, num_ctx:int=4096, keep_alive:int=300, **kwrs):
+    def __init__(self, model_name:str, num_ctx:int=4096, keep_alive:int=300, config:LLMConfig=None, **kwrs):
         """
         The Ollama inference engine.
 
@@ -123,6 +407,8 @@ class OllamaInferenceEngine(InferenceEngine):
             context length that LLM will evaluate.
         keep_alive : int, Optional
             seconds to hold the LLM after the last API call.
+        config : LLMConfig
+            the LLM configuration. 
         """
         if importlib.util.find_spec("ollama") is None:
             raise ImportError("ollama-python not found. Please install ollama-python (```pip install ollama```).")
@@ -133,9 +419,22 @@ class OllamaInferenceEngine(InferenceEngine):
         self.model_name = model_name
         self.num_ctx = num_ctx
         self.keep_alive = keep_alive
+        self.config = config if config else BasicLLMConfig()
+        self.formatted_params = self._format_config()
     
-    def chat(self, messages:List[Dict[str,str]], max_new_tokens:int=2048, temperature:float=0.0, 
-             verbose:bool=False, stream:bool=False, **kwrs) -> Union[str, Generator[str, None, None]]:
+    def _format_config(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        This method format the LLM configuration with the correct key for the inference engine. 
+        """
+        formatted_params = self.config.params.copy()
+        if "max_new_tokens" in formatted_params:
+            formatted_params["num_predict"] = formatted_params["max_new_tokens"]
+            formatted_params.pop("max_new_tokens")
+
+        return formatted_params
+
+    def chat(self, messages:List[Dict[str,str]], 
+             verbose:bool=False, stream:bool=False) -> Union[str, Generator[Dict[str, str], None, None]]:
         """
         This method inputs chat messages and outputs VLM generated text.
 
@@ -143,21 +442,19 @@ class OllamaInferenceEngine(InferenceEngine):
         ----------
         messages : List[Dict[str,str]]
             a list of dict with role and content. role must be one of {"system", "user", "assistant"}
-        max_new_tokens : str, Optional
-            the max number of new tokens VLM can generate. 
-        temperature : float, Optional
-            the temperature for token sampling. 
         verbose : bool, Optional
             if True, VLM generated text will be printed in terminal in real-time.
         stream : bool, Optional
             if True, returns a generator that yields the output in real-time.
         """
-        options={'temperature':temperature, 'num_ctx': self.num_ctx, 'num_predict': max_new_tokens, **kwrs}
+        processed_messages = self.config.preprocess_messages(messages)
+
+        options={'num_ctx': self.num_ctx, **self.formatted_params}
         if stream:
             def _stream_generator():
                 response_stream = self.client.chat(
                     model=self.model_name, 
-                    messages=messages, 
+                    messages=processed_messages, 
                     options=options,
                     stream=True, 
                     keep_alive=self.keep_alive
@@ -167,12 +464,12 @@ class OllamaInferenceEngine(InferenceEngine):
                     if content_chunk:
                         yield content_chunk
 
-            return _stream_generator()
+            return self.config.postprocess_response(_stream_generator())
 
         elif verbose:
             response = self.client.chat(
                             model=self.model_name, 
-                            messages=messages, 
+                            messages=processed_messages, 
                             options=options,
                             stream=True,
                             keep_alive=self.keep_alive
@@ -184,48 +481,82 @@ class OllamaInferenceEngine(InferenceEngine):
                 print(content_chunk, end='', flush=True)
                 res += content_chunk
             print('\n')
-            return res
+            return self.config.postprocess_response(res)
         
         else:
             response = self.client.chat(
                                 model=self.model_name, 
-                                messages=messages, 
+                                messages=processed_messages, 
                                 options=options,
                                 stream=False,
                                 keep_alive=self.keep_alive
                             )
-            return response.get('message', {}).get('content')
+            res = response.get('message', {}).get('content')
+            return self.config.postprocess_response(res)
+        
 
-    async def chat_async(self, messages:List[Dict[str,str]], max_new_tokens:int=2048, temperature:float=0.0, **kwrs) -> str:
+    async def chat_async(self, messages:List[Dict[str,str]]) -> str:
         """
         Async version of chat method. Streaming is not supported.
         """
+        processed_messages = self.config.preprocess_messages(messages)
+
         response = await self.async_client.chat(
                             model=self.model_name, 
-                            messages=messages, 
-                            options={'temperature':temperature, 'num_ctx': self.num_ctx, 'num_predict': max_new_tokens, **kwrs},
+                            messages=processed_messages, 
+                            options={'num_ctx': self.num_ctx, **self.formatted_params},
                             stream=False,
                             keep_alive=self.keep_alive
                         )
         
-        return response['message']['content']
+        res = response['message']['content']
+        return self.config.postprocess_response(res)
 
 
 class HuggingFaceHubInferenceEngine(InferenceEngine):
-    def __init__(self, model:str=None, token:Union[str, bool]=None, base_url:str=None, api_key:str=None, **kwrs):
+    def __init__(self, model:str=None, token:Union[str, bool]=None, base_url:str=None, api_key:str=None, config:LLMConfig=None, **kwrs):
         """
         The Huggingface_hub InferenceClient inference engine.
         For parameters and documentation, refer to https://huggingface.co/docs/huggingface_hub/en/package_reference/inference_client
+
+        Parameters:
+        ----------
+        model : str
+            the model name exactly as shown in Huggingface repo
+        token : str, Optional
+            the Huggingface token. If None, will use the token in os.environ['HF_TOKEN'].
+        base_url : str, Optional
+            the base url for the LLM server. If None, will use the default Huggingface Hub URL.
+        api_key : str, Optional
+            the API key for the LLM server. 
+        config : LLMConfig
+            the LLM configuration. 
         """
         if importlib.util.find_spec("huggingface_hub") is None:
             raise ImportError("huggingface-hub not found. Please install huggingface-hub (```pip install huggingface-hub```).")
         
         from huggingface_hub import InferenceClient, AsyncInferenceClient
+        self.model = model
+        self.base_url = base_url
         self.client = InferenceClient(model=model, token=token, base_url=base_url, api_key=api_key, **kwrs)
         self.client_async = AsyncInferenceClient(model=model, token=token, base_url=base_url, api_key=api_key, **kwrs)
+        self.config = config if config else BasicLLMConfig()
+        self.formatted_params = self._format_config()
 
-    def chat(self, messages:List[Dict[str,str]], max_new_tokens:int=2048, temperature:float=0.0, 
-             verbose:bool=False, stream:bool=False, **kwrs) -> Union[str, Generator[str, None, None]]:
+    def _format_config(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        This method format the LLM configuration with the correct key for the inference engine. 
+        """
+        formatted_params = self.config.params.copy()
+        if "max_new_tokens" in formatted_params:
+            formatted_params["max_tokens"] = formatted_params["max_new_tokens"]
+            formatted_params.pop("max_new_tokens")
+
+        return formatted_params
+
+
+    def chat(self, messages:List[Dict[str,str]], 
+             verbose:bool=False, stream:bool=False) -> Union[str, Generator[Dict[str, str], None, None]]:
         """
         This method inputs chat messages and outputs LLM generated text.
 
@@ -233,38 +564,32 @@ class HuggingFaceHubInferenceEngine(InferenceEngine):
         ----------
         messages : List[Dict[str,str]]
             a list of dict with role and content. role must be one of {"system", "user", "assistant"}
-        max_new_tokens : str, Optional
-            the max number of new tokens LLM can generate. 
-        temperature : float, Optional
-            the temperature for token sampling. 
         verbose : bool, Optional
             if True, VLM generated text will be printed in terminal in real-time.
         stream : bool, Optional
             if True, returns a generator that yields the output in real-time.
         """
+        processed_messages = self.config.preprocess_messages(messages)
+
         if stream:
             def _stream_generator():
                 response_stream = self.client.chat.completions.create(
-                                    messages=messages,
-                                    max_tokens=max_new_tokens,
-                                    temperature=temperature,
+                                    messages=processed_messages,
                                     stream=True,
-                                    **kwrs
+                                    **self.formatted_params
                                 )
                 for chunk in response_stream:
                     content_chunk = chunk.get('choices')[0].get('delta').get('content')
                     if content_chunk:
                         yield content_chunk
 
-            return _stream_generator()
+            return self.config.postprocess_response(_stream_generator())
         
         elif verbose:
             response = self.client.chat.completions.create(
-                            messages=messages,
-                            max_tokens=max_new_tokens,
-                            temperature=temperature,
+                            messages=processed_messages,
                             stream=True,
-                            **kwrs
+                            **self.formatted_params
                         )
             
             res = ''
@@ -273,35 +598,35 @@ class HuggingFaceHubInferenceEngine(InferenceEngine):
                 if content_chunk:
                     res += content_chunk
                     print(content_chunk, end='', flush=True)
-            return res
+            return self.config.postprocess_response(res)
         
         else:
             response = self.client.chat.completions.create(
-                                messages=messages,
-                                max_tokens=max_new_tokens,
-                                temperature=temperature,
+                                messages=processed_messages,
                                 stream=False,
-                                **kwrs
+                                **self.formatted_params
                             )
-            return response.choices[0].message.content
+            res = response.choices[0].message.content
+            return self.config.postprocess_response(res)
     
-    async def chat_async(self, messages:List[Dict[str,str]], max_new_tokens:int=2048, temperature:float=0.0, **kwrs) -> str:
+    async def chat_async(self, messages:List[Dict[str,str]]) -> str:
         """
         Async version of chat method. Streaming is not supported.
         """
+        processed_messages = self.config.preprocess_messages(messages)
+
         response = await self.client_async.chat.completions.create(
-                    messages=messages,
-                    max_tokens=max_new_tokens,
-                    temperature=temperature,
+                    messages=processed_messages,
                     stream=False,
-                    **kwrs
+                    **self.formatted_params
                 )
     
-        return response.choices[0].message.content
+        res = response.choices[0].message.content
+        return self.config.postprocess_response(res)
         
 
 class OpenAIInferenceEngine(InferenceEngine):
-    def __init__(self, model:str, reasoning_model:bool=False, **kwrs):
+    def __init__(self, model:str, config:LLMConfig=None, **kwrs):
         """
         The OpenAI API inference engine. Supports OpenAI models and OpenAI compatible servers:
         - vLLM OpenAI compatible server (https://docs.vllm.ai/en/latest/serving/openai_compatible_server.html)
@@ -313,8 +638,6 @@ class OpenAIInferenceEngine(InferenceEngine):
         ----------
         model_name : str
             model name as described in https://platform.openai.com/docs/models
-        reasoning_model : bool, Optional
-            indicator for OpenAI reasoning models ("o" series).
         """
         if importlib.util.find_spec("openai") is None:
             raise ImportError("OpenAI Python API library not found. Please install OpanAI (```pip install openai```).")
@@ -323,10 +646,21 @@ class OpenAIInferenceEngine(InferenceEngine):
         self.client = OpenAI(**kwrs)
         self.async_client = AsyncOpenAI(**kwrs)
         self.model = model
-        self.reasoning_model = reasoning_model
+        self.config = config if config else BasicLLMConfig()
+        self.formatted_params = self._format_config()
+
+    def _format_config(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        This method format the LLM configuration with the correct key for the inference engine. 
+        """
+        formatted_params = self.config.params.copy()
+        if "max_new_tokens" in formatted_params:
+            formatted_params["max_completion_tokens"] = formatted_params["max_new_tokens"]
+            formatted_params.pop("max_new_tokens")
+
+        return formatted_params
 
-    def chat(self, messages:List[Dict[str,str]], max_new_tokens:int=2048, temperature:float=0.0, 
-             verbose:bool=False, stream:bool=False, **kwrs) -> Union[str, Generator[str, None, None]]:
+    def chat(self, messages:List[Dict[str,str]], verbose:bool=False, stream:bool=False) -> Union[str, Generator[Dict[str, str], None, None]]:
         """
         This method inputs chat messages and outputs LLM generated text.
 
@@ -334,177 +668,81 @@ class OpenAIInferenceEngine(InferenceEngine):
         ----------
         messages : List[Dict[str,str]]
             a list of dict with role and content. role must be one of {"system", "user", "assistant"}
-        max_new_tokens : str, Optional
-            the max number of new tokens LLM can generate. 
-        temperature : float, Optional
-            the temperature for token sampling. 
         verbose : bool, Optional
             if True, VLM generated text will be printed in terminal in real-time.
         stream : bool, Optional
             if True, returns a generator that yields the output in real-time.
         """
-        # For reasoning models
-        if self.reasoning_model:
-            # Reasoning models do not support temperature parameter
-            if temperature != 0.0:
-                warnings.warn("Reasoning models do not support temperature parameter. Will be ignored.", UserWarning)
-
-            # Reasoning models do not support system prompts
-            if any(msg['role'] == 'system' for msg in messages):
-                warnings.warn("Reasoning models do not support system prompts. Will be ignored.", UserWarning)
-                messages = [msg for msg in messages if msg['role'] != 'system']
-            
-
-            if stream:
-                def _stream_generator():
-                    response_stream = self.client.chat.completions.create(
-                                            model=self.model,
-                                            messages=messages,
-                                            max_completion_tokens=max_new_tokens,
-                                            stream=True,
-                                            **kwrs
-                                        )
-                    for chunk in response_stream:
-                        if len(chunk.choices) > 0:
-                            if chunk.choices[0].delta.content is not None:
-                                yield chunk.choices[0].delta.content
-                            if chunk.choices[0].finish_reason == "length":
-                                warnings.warn("Model stopped generating due to context length limit.", RuntimeWarning)
-                                if self.reasoning_model:
-                                    warnings.warn("max_new_tokens includes reasoning tokens and output tokens.", UserWarning)
-                return _stream_generator()
-
-            elif verbose:
-                response = self.client.chat.completions.create(
-                    model=self.model,
-                    messages=messages,
-                    max_completion_tokens=max_new_tokens,
-                    stream=True,
-                    **kwrs
-                )
-                res = ''
-                for chunk in response:
-                    if len(chunk.choices) > 0:
-                        if chunk.choices[0].delta.content is not None:
-                            res += chunk.choices[0].delta.content
-                            print(chunk.choices[0].delta.content, end="", flush=True)
-                        if chunk.choices[0].finish_reason == "length":
-                            warnings.warn("Model stopped generating due to context length limit.", RuntimeWarning)
-                            if self.reasoning_model:
-                                warnings.warn("max_new_tokens includes reasoning tokens and output tokens.", UserWarning)
+        processed_messages = self.config.preprocess_messages(messages)
 
-                print('\n')
-                return res
-            else:
-                response = self.client.chat.completions.create(
-                    model=self.model,
-                    messages=messages,
-                    max_completion_tokens=max_new_tokens,
-                    stream=False,
-                    **kwrs
-                )
-                return response.choices[0].message.content
-
-        # For non-reasoning models
-        else:
-            if stream:
-                def _stream_generator():
-                    response_stream = self.client.chat.completions.create(
-                        model=self.model,
-                        messages=messages,
-                        max_tokens=max_new_tokens,
-                        temperature=temperature,
-                        stream=True,
-                        **kwrs
-                    )
-                    for chunk in response_stream:
-                        if len(chunk.choices) > 0:
-                            if chunk.choices[0].delta.content is not None:
-                                yield chunk.choices[0].delta.content
-                            if chunk.choices[0].finish_reason == "length":
-                                warnings.warn("Model stopped generating due to context length limit.", RuntimeWarning)
-                                if self.reasoning_model:
-                                    warnings.warn("max_new_tokens includes reasoning tokens and output tokens.", UserWarning)
-                return _stream_generator()
-            
-            elif verbose:
-                response = self.client.chat.completions.create(
-                    model=self.model,
-                    messages=messages,
-                    max_tokens=max_new_tokens,
-                    temperature=temperature,
-                    stream=True,
-                    **kwrs
-                )
-                res = ''
-                for chunk in response:
+        if stream:
+            def _stream_generator():
+                response_stream = self.client.chat.completions.create(
+                                        model=self.model,
+                                        messages=processed_messages,
+                                        stream=True,
+                                        **self.formatted_params
+                                    )
+                for chunk in response_stream:
                     if len(chunk.choices) > 0:
                         if chunk.choices[0].delta.content is not None:
-                            res += chunk.choices[0].delta.content
-                            print(chunk.choices[0].delta.content, end="", flush=True)
+                            yield chunk.choices[0].delta.content
                         if chunk.choices[0].finish_reason == "length":
                             warnings.warn("Model stopped generating due to context length limit.", RuntimeWarning)
-                            if self.reasoning_model:
-                                warnings.warn("max_new_tokens includes reasoning tokens and output tokens.", UserWarning)
-
-                print('\n')
-                return res
-
-            else:
-                response = self.client.chat.completions.create(
-                    model=self.model,
-                    messages=messages,
-                    max_tokens=max_new_tokens,
-                    temperature=temperature,
-                    stream=False,
-                    **kwrs
-                )
-
-            return response.choices[0].message.content
-    
-
-    async def chat_async(self, messages:List[Dict[str,str]], max_new_tokens:int=4096, temperature:float=0.0, **kwrs) -> str:
-        """
-        Async version of chat method. Streaming is not supported.
-        """
-        if self.reasoning_model:
-            # Reasoning models do not support temperature parameter
-            if temperature != 0.0:
-                warnings.warn("Reasoning models do not support temperature parameter. Will be ignored.", UserWarning)
 
-            # Reasoning models do not support system prompts
-            if any(msg['role'] == 'system' for msg in messages):
-                warnings.warn("Reasoning models do not support system prompts. Will be ignored.", UserWarning)
-                messages = [msg for msg in messages if msg['role'] != 'system']
+            return self.config.postprocess_response(_stream_generator())
 
-            response = await self.async_client.chat.completions.create(
+        elif verbose:
+            response = self.client.chat.completions.create(
                 model=self.model,
-                messages=messages,
-                max_completion_tokens=max_new_tokens,
-                stream=False,
-                **kwrs
+                messages=processed_messages,
+                stream=True,
+                **self.formatted_params
             )
+            res = ''
+            for chunk in response:
+                if len(chunk.choices) > 0:
+                    if chunk.choices[0].delta.content is not None:
+                        res += chunk.choices[0].delta.content
+                        print(chunk.choices[0].delta.content, end="", flush=True)
+                    if chunk.choices[0].finish_reason == "length":
+                        warnings.warn("Model stopped generating due to context length limit.", RuntimeWarning)
 
+            print('\n')
+            return self.config.postprocess_response(res)
         else:
-            response = await self.async_client.chat.completions.create(
+            response = self.client.chat.completions.create(
                 model=self.model,
-                messages=messages,
-                max_tokens=max_new_tokens,
-                temperature=temperature,
+                messages=processed_messages,
                 stream=False,
-                **kwrs
+                **self.formatted_params
             )
+            res = response.choices[0].message.content
+            return self.config.postprocess_response(res)
+    
+
+    async def chat_async(self, messages:List[Dict[str,str]]) -> str:
+        """
+        Async version of chat method. Streaming is not supported.
+        """
+        processed_messages = self.config.preprocess_messages(messages)
+
+        response = await self.async_client.chat.completions.create(
+            model=self.model,
+            messages=processed_messages,
+            stream=False,
+            **self.formatted_params
+        )
         
         if response.choices[0].finish_reason == "length":
             warnings.warn("Model stopped generating due to context length limit.", RuntimeWarning)
-            if self.reasoning_model:
-                warnings.warn("max_new_tokens includes reasoning tokens and output tokens.", UserWarning)
 
-        return response.choices[0].message.content
+        res = response.choices[0].message.content
+        return self.config.postprocess_response(res)
     
 
 class AzureOpenAIInferenceEngine(OpenAIInferenceEngine):
-    def __init__(self, model:str, api_version:str, reasoning_model:bool=False, **kwrs):
+    def __init__(self, model:str, api_version:str, config:LLMConfig=None, **kwrs):
         """
         The Azure OpenAI API inference engine.
         For parameters and documentation, refer to 
@@ -517,8 +755,8 @@ class AzureOpenAIInferenceEngine(OpenAIInferenceEngine):
             model name as described in https://platform.openai.com/docs/models
         api_version : str
             the Azure OpenAI API version
-        reasoning_model : bool, Optional
-            indicator for OpenAI reasoning models ("o" series).
+        config : LLMConfig
+            the LLM configuration.
         """
         if importlib.util.find_spec("openai") is None:
             raise ImportError("OpenAI Python API library not found. Please install OpanAI (```pip install openai```).")
@@ -530,11 +768,12 @@ class AzureOpenAIInferenceEngine(OpenAIInferenceEngine):
                                   **kwrs)
         self.async_client = AsyncAzureOpenAI(api_version=self.api_version, 
                                              **kwrs)
-        self.reasoning_model = reasoning_model
+        self.config = config if config else BasicLLMConfig()
+        self.formatted_params = self._format_config()
 
     
 class LiteLLMInferenceEngine(InferenceEngine):
-    def __init__(self, model:str=None, base_url:str=None, api_key:str=None):
+    def __init__(self, model:str=None, base_url:str=None, api_key:str=None, config:LLMConfig=None):
         """
         The LiteLLM inference engine. 
         For parameters and documentation, refer to https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm?tab=readme-ov-file
@@ -547,6 +786,8 @@ class LiteLLMInferenceEngine(InferenceEngine):
             the base url for the LLM server
         api_key : str, Optional
             the API key for the LLM server
+        config : LLMConfig
+            the LLM configuration.
         """
         if importlib.util.find_spec("litellm") is None:
             raise ImportError("litellm not found. Please install litellm (```pip install litellm```).")
@@ -556,36 +797,44 @@ class LiteLLMInferenceEngine(InferenceEngine):
         self.model = model
         self.base_url = base_url
         self.api_key = api_key
+        self.config = config if config else BasicLLMConfig()
+        self.formatted_params = self._format_config()
 
-    def chat(self, messages:List[Dict[str,str]], max_new_tokens:int=2048, temperature:float=0.0, 
-             verbose:bool=False, stream:bool=False, **kwrs) -> Union[str, Generator[str, None, None]]:
+    def _format_config(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        This method format the LLM configuration with the correct key for the inference engine. 
+        """
+        formatted_params = self.config.params.copy()
+        if "max_new_tokens" in formatted_params:
+            formatted_params["max_tokens"] = formatted_params["max_new_tokens"]
+            formatted_params.pop("max_new_tokens")
+
+        return formatted_params
+
+    def chat(self, messages:List[Dict[str,str]], verbose:bool=False, stream:bool=False) -> Union[str, Generator[Dict[str, str], None, None]]:
         """
         This method inputs chat messages and outputs LLM generated text.
 
         Parameters:
         ----------
         messages : List[Dict[str,str]]
-            a list of dict with role and content. role must be one of {"system", "user", "assistant"}
-        max_new_tokens : str, Optional
-            the max number of new tokens LLM can generate. 
-        temperature : float, Optional
-            the temperature for token sampling. 
+            a list of dict with role and content. role must be one of {"system", "user", "assistant"} 
         verbose : bool, Optional
             if True, VLM generated text will be printed in terminal in real-time.
         stream : bool, Optional
             if True, returns a generator that yields the output in real-time.
         """
+        processed_messages = self.config.preprocess_messages(messages)
+        
         if stream:
             def _stream_generator():
                 response_stream = self.litellm.completion(
                     model=self.model,
-                    messages=messages,
-                    max_tokens=max_new_tokens,
-                    temperature=temperature,
+                    messages=processed_messages,
                     stream=True,
                     base_url=self.base_url,
                     api_key=self.api_key,
-                    **kwrs
+                    **self.formatted_params
                 )
 
                 for chunk in response_stream:
@@ -593,18 +842,16 @@ class LiteLLMInferenceEngine(InferenceEngine):
                     if chunk_content:
                         yield chunk_content
 
-            return _stream_generator()
+            return self.config.postprocess_response(_stream_generator())
 
         elif verbose:
             response = self.litellm.completion(
                 model=self.model,
-                messages=messages,
-                max_tokens=max_new_tokens,
-                temperature=temperature,
+                messages=processed_messages,
                 stream=True,
                 base_url=self.base_url,
                 api_key=self.api_key,
-                **kwrs
+                **self.formatted_params
             )
 
             res = ''
@@ -614,34 +861,34 @@ class LiteLLMInferenceEngine(InferenceEngine):
                     res += chunk_content
                     print(chunk_content, end='', flush=True)
 
-            return res
+            return self.config.postprocess_response(res)
         
         else:
             response = self.litellm.completion(
                     model=self.model,
-                    messages=messages,
-                    max_tokens=max_new_tokens,
-                    temperature=temperature,
+                    messages=processed_messages,
                     stream=False,
                     base_url=self.base_url,
                     api_key=self.api_key,
-                    **kwrs
+                    **self.formatted_params
                 )
-            return response.choices[0].message.content
+            res = response.choices[0].message.content
+            return self.config.postprocess_response(res)
     
-    async def chat_async(self, messages:List[Dict[str,str]], max_new_tokens:int=2048, temperature:float=0.0, **kwrs) -> str:
+    async def chat_async(self, messages:List[Dict[str,str]]) -> str:
         """
         Async version of chat method. Streaming is not supported.
         """
+        processed_messages = self.config.preprocess_messages(messages)
+
         response = await self.litellm.acompletion(
             model=self.model,
-            messages=messages,
-            max_tokens=max_new_tokens,
-            temperature=temperature,
+            messages=processed_messages,
             stream=False,
             base_url=self.base_url,
             api_key=self.api_key,
-            **kwrs
+            **self.formatted_params
         )
         
-        return response.get('choices')[0].get('message').get('content')
+        res = response.get('choices')[0].get('message').get('content')
+        return self.config.postprocess_response(res)