Create prompts to generate code (Generative AI)

Create prompts that work with a publisher code model to generate code for a function.

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C#

Before trying this sample, follow the C# setup instructions in the Vertex AI quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Vertex AI C# API reference documentation.

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using Google.Cloud.AIPlatform.V1;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Value = Google.Protobuf.WellKnownTypes.Value;

public class PredictCodeGenerationFunctionSample
{
    public string PredictFunction(
        string projectId = "your-project-id",
        string locationId = "us-central1",
        string publisher = "google",
        string model = "code-bison@001")
    {
        // Initialize client that will be used to send requests.
        // This client only needs to be created once,
        // and can be reused for multiple requests.
        var client = new PredictionServiceClientBuilder
        {
            Endpoint = $"{locationId}-aiplatform.googleapis.com"
        }.Build();

        // Configure the parent resource.
        var endpoint = EndpointName.FromProjectLocationPublisherModel(projectId, locationId, publisher, model);

        var instances = new List<Value>
        {
            Value.ForStruct(new()
            {
                Fields =
                {
                    ["prefix"] = Value.ForString("Write a C# function that checks if a year is a leap year."),
                }
            })
        };

        var parameters = Value.ForStruct(new()
        {
            Fields =
            {
                { "temperature", new Value { NumberValue = 0.5 } },
                { "maxOutputTokens", new Value { NumberValue = 256 } }
            }
        });

        // Make the request.
        var response = client.Predict(endpoint, instances, parameters);

        // Parse and return the content.
        var content = response.Predictions.First().StructValue.Fields["content"].StringValue;
        Console.WriteLine($"Content: {content}");
        return content;
    }
}

Java

Before trying this sample, follow the Java setup instructions in the Vertex AI quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Vertex AI Java API reference documentation.

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import com.google.cloud.aiplatform.v1.EndpointName;
import com.google.cloud.aiplatform.v1.PredictResponse;
import com.google.cloud.aiplatform.v1.PredictionServiceClient;
import com.google.cloud.aiplatform.v1.PredictionServiceSettings;
import com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException;
import com.google.protobuf.Value;
import com.google.protobuf.util.JsonFormat;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class PredictCodeGenerationFunctionSample {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace this variable before running the sample.
    String project = "YOUR_PROJECT_ID";

    // Learn how to create prompts to work with a code model to generate code:
    // https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/generative-ai/code/code-generation-prompts
    String instance = "{ \"prefix\": \"Write a function that checks if a year is a leap year.\"}";
    String parameters = "{\n" + "  \"temperature\": 0.5,\n" + "  \"maxOutputTokens\": 256,\n" + "}";
    String location = "us-central1";
    String publisher = "google";
    String model = "code-bison@001";

    predictFunction(instance, parameters, project, location, publisher, model);
  }

  // Use Codey for Code Generation to generate a code function
  public static void predictFunction(
      String instance,
      String parameters,
      String project,
      String location,
      String publisher,
      String model)
      throws IOException {
    final String endpoint = String.format("%s-aiplatform.googleapis.com:443", location);
    PredictionServiceSettings predictionServiceSettings =
        PredictionServiceSettings.newBuilder().setEndpoint(endpoint).build();

    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests.
    try (PredictionServiceClient predictionServiceClient =
        PredictionServiceClient.create(predictionServiceSettings)) {
      final EndpointName endpointName =
          EndpointName.ofProjectLocationPublisherModelName(project, location, publisher, model);

      Value instanceValue = stringToValue(instance);
      List<Value> instances = new ArrayList<>();
      instances.add(instanceValue);

      Value parameterValue = stringToValue(parameters);

      PredictResponse predictResponse =
          predictionServiceClient.predict(endpointName, instances, parameterValue);
      System.out.println("Predict Response");
      System.out.println(predictResponse);
    }
  }

  // Convert a Json string to a protobuf.Value
  static Value stringToValue(String value) throws InvalidProtocolBufferException {
    Value.Builder builder = Value.newBuilder();
    JsonFormat.parser().merge(value, builder);
    return builder.build();
  }
}

Node.js

Before trying this sample, follow the Node.js setup instructions in the Vertex AI quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Vertex AI Node.js API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Vertex AI, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.\
 * (Not necessary if passing values as arguments)
 */
// const project = 'YOUR_PROJECT_ID';
// const location = 'YOUR_PROJECT_LOCATION';
const aiplatform = require('@google-cloud/aiplatform');

// Imports the Google Cloud Prediction service client
const {PredictionServiceClient} = aiplatform.v1;

// Import the helper module for converting arbitrary protobuf.Value objects.
const {helpers} = aiplatform;

// Specifies the location of the api endpoint
const clientOptions = {
  apiEndpoint: 'us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com',
};
const publisher = 'google';
const model = 'code-bison@001';

// Instantiates a client
const predictionServiceClient = new PredictionServiceClient(clientOptions);

async function callPredict() {
  // Configure the parent resource
  const endpoint = `projects/${project}/locations/${location}/publishers/${publisher}/models/${model}`;

  const prompt = {
    prefix: 'Write a function that checks if a year is a leap year.',
  };
  const instanceValue = helpers.toValue(prompt);
  const instances = [instanceValue];

  const parameter = {
    temperature: 0.5,
    maxOutputTokens: 256,
  };
  const parameters = helpers.toValue(parameter);

  const request = {
    endpoint,
    instances,
    parameters,
  };

  // Predict request
  const [response] = await predictionServiceClient.predict(request);
  console.log('Get code generation response');
  const predictions = response.predictions;
  console.log('\tPredictions :');
  for (const prediction of predictions) {
    console.log(`\t\tPrediction : ${JSON.stringify(prediction)}`);
  }
}

callPredict();

Python

Before trying this sample, follow the Python setup instructions in the Vertex AI quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Vertex AI Python API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Vertex AI, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

from vertexai.language_models import CodeGenerationModel


def generate_a_function(temperature: float = 0.5) -> object:
    """Example of using Codey for Code Generation to write a function."""

    # TODO developer - override these parameters as needed:
    parameters = {
        "temperature": temperature,  # Temperature controls the degree of randomness in token selection.
        "max_output_tokens": 256,  # Token limit determines the maximum amount of text output.
    }

    code_generation_model = CodeGenerationModel.from_pretrained("code-bison@001")
    response = code_generation_model.predict(
        prefix="Write a function that checks if a year is a leap year.", **parameters
    )

    print(f"Response from Model: {response.text}")

    return response

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