Chat terminal client communicating with local models via Ollama API services.
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Query local Ollama instances and print stream updates.
const http = require('http');
function chatWithLocalModel(prompt, history) {
history.push({ role: 'user', content: prompt });
const postData = JSON.stringify({
model: 'llama3',
messages: history,
stream: true
});
const options = {
hostname: 'localhost',
port: 11434,
path: '/api/chat',
method: 'POST',
headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }
};
const req = http.request(options, (res) => {
res.on('data', (chunk) => {
const data = JSON.parse(chunk.toString());
process.stdout.write(data.message.content);
});
});
req.write(postData);
req.end();
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