OllamaClient class

Low-level Ollama HTTP client. Stateless, pure Dart, no Flutter dependency.

Supports the full Ollama REST API:

Constructors

OllamaClient({String host = 'http://localhost:11434', Duration timeout = const Duration(seconds: 5)})

hashCode → int: The hash code for this object.
no setterinherited
host → String: final
isRunning → Future<bool>: Whether Ollama is running (convenience).
no setter
openAiBaseUrl → String: OpenAI-compatible base URL for providers that use /v1/chat/completions.
no setter
runtimeType → Type: A representation of the runtime type of the object.
no setterinherited
timeout → Duration: final

chat(String model, String prompt, {String? system}) → Future<String>: Single-turn chat (native Ollama API). Returns response text with any <think>…</think> reasoning block stripped (user-visible content only).
chatStream(String model, String prompt, {String? system}) → Stream<String>: Streaming chat (native Ollama API). Yields text chunks.
chatWithThinking(String model, String prompt, {String? system, bool enableThinking = true}) → Future<OllamaChatResult>: Single-turn chat that also exposes the reasoning trace.
checkStatus() → Future<OllamaStatus>: Check if Ollama server is reachable.
createModel(String name, String modelfile) → Future<bool>: Create a model from a Modelfile string.
deleteModel(String name) → Future<bool>: Delete a local model.
hasModel(String name) → Future<bool>: Check if a specific model is installed.
listModels() → Future<List<OllamaModel>>: List all locally available models.
noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic: Invoked when a nonexistent method or property is accessed.
inherited
pullModel(String name) → Stream<OllamaPullProgress>: Pull (download) a model. Streams progress updates.
showModel(String name) → Future<OllamaModel?>: Get detailed info about a model.
toString() → String: A string representation of this object.
inherited