api: fill up API documentation (#3596)

* api: fill up API documentation

Followup for #2878

Now that the documentation is more complete, mention it in the README.

Updates #2840

* fix typo/lint

* Update README.md

Co-authored-by: Jeffrey Morgan <jmorganca@gmail.com>

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Co-authored-by: Jeffrey Morgan <jmorganca@gmail.com>

api/client.go

@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 // Package api implements the client-side API for code wishing to interact
 // with the ollama service. The methods of the [Client] type correspond to
-// the ollama REST API as described in https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/main/docs/api.md
-//
+// the ollama REST API as described in [the API documentation].
 // The ollama command-line client itself uses this package to interact with
 // the backend service.
+//
+// # Examples
+//
+// Several examples of using this package are available [in the GitHub
+// repository].
+//
+// [the API documentation]: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/main/docs/api.md
+// [in the GitHub repository]: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/tree/main/examples
 package api
 
 import (
@@ -299,8 +306,14 @@ func (c *Client) Pull(ctx context.Context, req *PullRequest, fn PullProgressFunc
 	})
 }
 
+// PushProgressFunc is a function that [Client.Push] invokes when progress is
+// made.
+// It's similar to other progress function types like [PullProgressFunc].
 type PushProgressFunc func(ProgressResponse) error
 
+// Push uploads a model to the model library; requires registering for ollama.ai
+// and adding a public key first. fn is called each time progress is made on
+// the request and can be used to display a progress bar, etc.
 func (c *Client) Push(ctx context.Context, req *PushRequest, fn PushProgressFunc) error {
 	return c.stream(ctx, http.MethodPost, "/api/push", req, func(bts []byte) error {
 		var resp ProgressResponse
@@ -312,8 +325,15 @@ func (c *Client) Push(ctx context.Context, req *PushRequest, fn PushProgressFunc
 	})
 }
 
+// CreateProgressFunc is a function that [Client.Create] invokes when progress
+// is made.
+// It's similar to other progress function types like [PullProgressFunc].
 type CreateProgressFunc func(ProgressResponse) error
 
+// Create creates a model from a [Modelfile]. fn is a progress function that
+// behaves similarly to other methods (see [Client.Pull]).
+//
+// [Modelfile]: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/main/docs/modelfile.md
 func (c *Client) Create(ctx context.Context, req *CreateRequest, fn CreateProgressFunc) error {
 	return c.stream(ctx, http.MethodPost, "/api/create", req, func(bts []byte) error {
 		var resp ProgressResponse
@@ -325,6 +345,7 @@ func (c *Client) Create(ctx context.Context, req *CreateRequest, fn CreateProgre
 	})
 }
 
+// List lists models that are available locally.
 func (c *Client) List(ctx context.Context) (*ListResponse, error) {
 	var lr ListResponse
 	if err := c.do(ctx, http.MethodGet, "/api/tags", nil, &lr); err != nil {
@@ -333,6 +354,8 @@ func (c *Client) List(ctx context.Context) (*ListResponse, error) {
 	return &lr, nil
 }
 
+// Copy copies a model - creating a model with another name from an existing
+// model.
 func (c *Client) Copy(ctx context.Context, req *CopyRequest) error {
 	if err := c.do(ctx, http.MethodPost, "/api/copy", req, nil); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -340,6 +363,7 @@ func (c *Client) Copy(ctx context.Context, req *CopyRequest) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// Delete deletes a model and its data.
 func (c *Client) Delete(ctx context.Context, req *DeleteRequest) error {
 	if err := c.do(ctx, http.MethodDelete, "/api/delete", req, nil); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -347,6 +371,7 @@ func (c *Client) Delete(ctx context.Context, req *DeleteRequest) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// Show obtains model information, including details, modelfile, license etc.
 func (c *Client) Show(ctx context.Context, req *ShowRequest) (*ShowResponse, error) {
 	var resp ShowResponse
 	if err := c.do(ctx, http.MethodPost, "/api/show", req, &resp); err != nil {
@@ -355,12 +380,16 @@ func (c *Client) Show(ctx context.Context, req *ShowRequest) (*ShowResponse, err
 	return &resp, nil
 }
 
+// Hearbeat checks if the server has started and is responsive; if yes, it
+// returns nil, otherwise an error.
 func (c *Client) Heartbeat(ctx context.Context) error {
 	if err := c.do(ctx, http.MethodHead, "/", nil, nil); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// Embeddings generates embeddings from a model.
 func (c *Client) Embeddings(ctx context.Context, req *EmbeddingRequest) (*EmbeddingResponse, error) {
 	var resp EmbeddingResponse
 	if err := c.do(ctx, http.MethodPost, "/api/embeddings", req, &resp); err != nil {
@@ -369,10 +398,13 @@ func (c *Client) Embeddings(ctx context.Context, req *EmbeddingRequest) (*Embedd
 	return &resp, nil
 }
 
+// CreateBlob creates a blob from a file on the server. digest is the
+// expected SHA256 digest of the file, and r represents the file.
 func (c *Client) CreateBlob(ctx context.Context, digest string, r io.Reader) error {
 	return c.do(ctx, http.MethodPost, fmt.Sprintf("/api/blobs/%s", digest), r, nil)
 }
 
+// Version returns the Ollama server version as a string.
 func (c *Client) Version(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 	var version struct {
 		Version string `json:"version"`

api/types.go

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
+// StatusError is an error with and HTTP status code.
 type StatusError struct {
 	StatusCode   int
 	Status       string
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ func (e StatusError) Error() string {
 	}
 }
 
+// ImageData represents the raw binary data of an image file.
 type ImageData []byte
 
 // GenerateRequest describes a request sent by [Client.Generate]. While you
@@ -77,22 +79,39 @@ type GenerateRequest struct {
 	Options map[string]interface{} `json:"options"`
 }
 
+// ChatRequest describes a request sent by [Client.Chat].
 type ChatRequest struct {
-	Model     string    `json:"model"`
-	Messages  []Message `json:"messages"`
-	Stream    *bool     `json:"stream,omitempty"`
-	Format    string    `json:"format"`
+	// Model is the model name, as in [GenerateRequest].
+	Model string `json:"model"`
+
+	// Messages is the messages of the chat - can be used to keep a chat memory.
+	Messages []Message `json:"messages"`
+
+	// Stream enable streaming of returned response; true by default.
+	Stream *bool `json:"stream,omitempty"`
+
+	// Format is the format to return the response in (e.g. "json").
+	Format string `json:"format"`
+
+	// KeepAlive controls how long the model will stay loaded into memory
+	// followin the request.
 	KeepAlive *Duration `json:"keep_alive,omitempty"`
 
+	// Options lists model-specific options.
 	Options map[string]interface{} `json:"options"`
 }
 
+// Message is a single message in a chat sequence. The message contains the
+// role ("system", "user", or "assistant"), the content and an optional list
+// of images.
 type Message struct {
-	Role    string      `json:"role"` // one of ["system", "user", "assistant"]
+	Role    string      `json:"role"`
 	Content string      `json:"content"`
 	Images  []ImageData `json:"images,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// ChatResponse is the response returned by [Client.Chat]. Its fields are
+// similar to [GenerateResponse].
 type ChatResponse struct {
 	Model     string    `json:"model"`
 	CreatedAt time.Time `json:"created_at"`
@@ -112,7 +131,8 @@ type Metrics struct {
 	EvalDuration       time.Duration `json:"eval_duration,omitempty"`
 }
 
-// Options specified in GenerateRequest, if you add a new option here add it to the API docs also
+// Options specified in [GenerateRequest], if you add a new option here add it
+// to the API docs also.
 type Options struct {
 	Runner
 
@@ -158,18 +178,28 @@ type Runner struct {
 	RopeFrequencyScale float32 `json:"rope_frequency_scale,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// EmbeddingRequest is the request passed to [Client.Embeddings].
 type EmbeddingRequest struct {
-	Model     string    `json:"model"`
-	Prompt    string    `json:"prompt"`
+	// Model is the model name.
+	Model string `json:"model"`
+
+	// Prompt is the textual prompt to embed.
+	Prompt string `json:"prompt"`
+
+	// KeepAlive controls how long the model will stay loaded in memory following
+	// this request.
 	KeepAlive *Duration `json:"keep_alive,omitempty"`
 
+	// Options lists model-specific options.
 	Options map[string]interface{} `json:"options"`
 }
 
+// EmbeddingResponse is the response from [Client.Embeddings].
 type EmbeddingResponse struct {
 	Embedding []float64 `json:"embedding"`
 }
 
+// CreateRequest is the request passed to [Client.Create].
 type CreateRequest struct {
 	Model        string `json:"model"`
 	Path         string `json:"path"`
@@ -181,6 +211,7 @@ type CreateRequest struct {
 	Name string `json:"name"`
 }
 
+// DeleteRequest is the request passed to [Client.Delete].
 type DeleteRequest struct {
 	Model string `json:"model"`
 
@@ -188,6 +219,7 @@ type DeleteRequest struct {
 	Name string `json:"name"`
 }
 
+// ShowRequest is the request passed to [Client.Show].
 type ShowRequest struct {
 	Model    string `json:"model"`
 	System   string `json:"system"`
@@ -199,6 +231,7 @@ type ShowRequest struct {
 	Name string `json:"name"`
 }
 
+// ShowResponse is the response returned from [Client.Show].
 type ShowResponse struct {
 	License    string       `json:"license,omitempty"`
 	Modelfile  string       `json:"modelfile,omitempty"`
@@ -209,11 +242,13 @@ type ShowResponse struct {
 	Messages   []Message    `json:"messages,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// CopyRequest is the request passed to [Client.Copy].
 type CopyRequest struct {
 	Source      string `json:"source"`
 	Destination string `json:"destination"`
 }
 
+// PullRequest is the request passed to [Client.Pull].
 type PullRequest struct {
 	Model    string `json:"model"`
 	Insecure bool   `json:"insecure,omitempty"`
@@ -225,6 +260,8 @@ type PullRequest struct {
 	Name string `json:"name"`
 }
 
+// ProgressResponse is the response passed to progress functions like
+// [PullProgressFunc] and [PushProgressFunc].
 type ProgressResponse struct {
 	Status    string `json:"status"`
 	Digest    string `json:"digest,omitempty"`
@@ -232,6 +269,7 @@ type ProgressResponse struct {
 	Completed int64  `json:"completed,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// PushRequest is the request passed to [Client.Push].
 type PushRequest struct {
 	Model    string `json:"model"`
 	Insecure bool   `json:"insecure,omitempty"`
@@ -243,10 +281,12 @@ type PushRequest struct {
 	Name string `json:"name"`
 }
 
+// ListResponse is the response from [Client.List].
 type ListResponse struct {
 	Models []ModelResponse `json:"models"`
 }
 
+// ModelResponse is a single model description in [ListResponse].
 type ModelResponse struct {
 	Name       string       `json:"name"`
 	Model      string       `json:"model"`
@@ -260,17 +300,28 @@ type TokenResponse struct {
 	Token string `json:"token"`
 }
 
+// GenerateResponse is the response passed into [GenerateResponseFunc].
 type GenerateResponse struct {
-	Model     string    `json:"model"`
+	// Model is the model name that generated the response.
+	Model string `json:"model"`
+
+	//CreatedAt is the timestamp of the response.
 	CreatedAt time.Time `json:"created_at"`
-	Response  string    `json:"response"`
 
-	Done    bool  `json:"done"`
+	// Response is the textual response itself.
+	Response string `json:"response"`
+
+	// Done specifies if the response is complete.
+	Done bool `json:"done"`
+
+	// Context is an encoding of the conversation used in this response; this
+	// can be sent in the next request to keep a conversational memory.
 	Context []int `json:"context,omitempty"`
 
 	Metrics
 }
 
+// ModelDetails provides details about a model.
 type ModelDetails struct {
 	ParentModel       string   `json:"parent_model"`
 	Format            string   `json:"format"`
@@ -308,6 +359,7 @@ func (m *Metrics) Summary() {
 	}
 }
 
+// ErrInvalidOpts is returned when invalid options are passed to the client.
 var ErrInvalidOpts = errors.New("invalid options")
 var ErrInvalidHostPort = errors.New("invalid port specified in OLLAMA_HOST")
 
@@ -394,6 +446,8 @@ func (opts *Options) FromMap(m map[string]interface{}) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// DefaultOptions is the default set of options for [GenerateRequest]; these
+// values are used unless the user specifies other values explicitly.
 func DefaultOptions() Options {
 	return Options{
 		// options set on request to runner