Source code for langchain_community.chat_message_histories.file
import json
import logging
from pathlib import Path
from typing import List
from langchain_core.chat_history import BaseChatMessageHistory
from langchain_core.messages import (
    BaseMessage,
    messages_from_dict,
    messages_to_dict,
)
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
[docs]class FileChatMessageHistory(BaseChatMessageHistory):
    """
    Chat message history that stores history in a local file.
    Args:
        file_path: path of the local file to store the messages.
    """
[docs]    def __init__(self, file_path: str):
        self.file_path = Path(file_path)
        if not self.file_path.exists():
            self.file_path.touch()
            self.file_path.write_text(json.dumps([])) 
    @property
    def messages(self) -> List[BaseMessage]:  # type: ignore
        """Retrieve the messages from the local file"""
        items = json.loads(self.file_path.read_text())
        messages = messages_from_dict(items)
        return messages
[docs]    def add_message(self, message: BaseMessage) -> None:
        """Append the message to the record in the local file"""
        messages = messages_to_dict(self.messages)
        messages.append(messages_to_dict([message])[0])
        self.file_path.write_text(json.dumps(messages)) 
[docs]    def clear(self) -> None:
        """Clear session memory from the local file"""
        self.file_path.write_text(json.dumps([]))