langchain/llms/cohere.py/Cohere/_call
class Cohere:    def _call(
        self,
        prompt: str,
        stop: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        run_manager: Optional[CallbackManagerForLLMRun] = None,
    ) -> str:
        """Call out to Cohere's generate endpoint.

        Args:
            prompt: The prompt to pass into the model.
            stop: Optional list of stop words to use when generating.

        Returns:
            The string generated by the model.

        Example:
            .. code-block:: python

                response = cohere("Tell me a joke.")
        """
        params = self._default_params
        if self.stop is not None and stop is not None:
            raise ValueError("`stop` found in both the input and default params.")
        elif self.stop is not None:
            params["stop_sequences"] = self.stop
        else:
            params["stop_sequences"] = stop

        response = self.client.generate(model=self.model, prompt=prompt, **params)
        text = response.generations[0].text
        # If stop tokens are provided, Cohere's endpoint returns them.
        # In order to make this consistent with other endpoints, we strip them.
        if stop is not None or self.stop is not None:
            text = enforce_stop_tokens(text, params["stop_sequences"])
        return text