validate_search_type() — langchain Function Reference

Architecture documentation for the validate_search_type() function in base.py from the langchain codebase.

Function python AgentOrchestration ClassicChains

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Source Code

libs/langchain/langchain_classic/chains/retrieval_qa/base.py lines 321–328

    def validate_search_type(cls, values: dict) -> Any:
        """Validate search type."""
        if "search_type" in values:
            search_type = values["search_type"]
            if search_type not in ("similarity", "mmr"):
                msg = f"search_type of {search_type} not allowed."
                raise ValueError(msg)
        return values