fix: pass tool errors through the HTTP POST /tools requests with de…

…tailed error messages (#2110)

letta/errors.py

@@ -10,6 +10,18 @@ class LettaError(Exception):
     """Base class for all Letta related errors."""
 
 
+class LettaToolCreateError(LettaError):
+    """Error raised when a tool cannot be created."""
+
+    default_error_message = "Error creating tool."
+
+    def __init__(self, message=None):
+        if message is None:
+            message = self.default_error_message
+        self.message = message
+        super().__init__(self.message)
+
+
 class LLMError(LettaError):
     pass
 

letta/functions/functions.py

@@ -3,20 +3,18 @@
 import os
 from textwrap import dedent  # remove indentation
 from types import ModuleType
-from typing import Optional, List
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional
 
 from letta.constants import CLI_WARNING_PREFIX
+from letta.errors import LettaToolCreateError
 from letta.functions.schema_generator import generate_schema
 
 
 def derive_openai_json_schema(source_code: str, name: Optional[str] = None) -> dict:
     # auto-generate openai schema
     try:
         # Define a custom environment with necessary imports
-        env = {
-            "Optional": Optional,  # Add any other required imports here
-            "List": List
-        }
+        env = {"Optional": Optional, "List": List, "Dict": Dict}  # Add any other required imports here
 
         env.update(globals())
         exec(source_code, env)
@@ -29,7 +27,7 @@ def derive_openai_json_schema(source_code: str, name: Optional[str] = None) -> d
         json_schema = generate_schema(func, name=name)
         return json_schema
     except Exception as e:
-        raise RuntimeError(f"Failed to execute source code: {e}")
+        raise LettaToolCreateError(f"Failed to derive JSON schema from source code: {e}")
 
 
 def parse_source_code(func) -> str:

letta/functions/schema_generator.py

@@ -131,11 +131,12 @@ def generate_schema(function, name: Optional[str] = None, description: Optional[
         else:
             # Add parameter details to the schema
             param_doc = next((d for d in docstring.params if d.arg_name == param.name), None)
-            schema["parameters"]["properties"][param.name] = {
-                # "type": "string" if param.annotation == str else str(param.annotation),
-                "type": type_to_json_schema_type(param.annotation) if param.annotation != inspect.Parameter.empty else "string",
-                "description": param_doc.description,
-            }
+            if param_doc:
+                schema["parameters"]["properties"][param.name] = {
+                    # "type": "string" if param.annotation == str else str(param.annotation),
+                    "type": type_to_json_schema_type(param.annotation) if param.annotation != inspect.Parameter.empty else "string",
+                    "description": param_doc.description,
+                }
         if param.default == inspect.Parameter.empty:
             schema["parameters"]["required"].append(param.name)
 

letta/server/rest_api/routers/v1/tools.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Body, Depends, Header, HTTPException
 
+from letta.errors import LettaToolCreateError
 from letta.orm.errors import UniqueConstraintViolationError
 from letta.schemas.tool import Tool, ToolCreate, ToolUpdate
 from letta.server.rest_api.utils import get_letta_server
@@ -14,12 +15,13 @@
 def delete_tool(
     tool_id: str,
     server: SyncServer = Depends(get_letta_server),
+    user_id: Optional[str] = Header(None, alias="user_id"),  # Extract user_id from header, default to None if not present
 ):
     """
     Delete a tool by name
     """
-    # actor = server.get_user_or_default(user_id=user_id)
-    server.tool_manager.delete_tool(tool_id=tool_id)
+    actor = server.get_user_or_default(user_id=user_id)
+    server.tool_manager.delete_tool_by_id(tool_id=tool_id, actor=actor)
 
 
 @router.get("/{tool_id}", response_model=Tool, operation_id="get_tool")
@@ -91,7 +93,16 @@ def create_tool(
     except UniqueConstraintViolationError as e:
         # Log or print the full exception here for debugging
         print(f"Error occurred: {e}")
-        raise HTTPException(status_code=409, detail=str(e))
+        clean_error_message = f"Tool with name {request.name} already exists."
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=409, detail=clean_error_message)
+    except LettaToolCreateError as e:
+        # HTTP 400 == Bad Request
+        print(f"Error occurred during tool creation: {e}")
+        # print the full stack trace
+        import traceback
+
+        print(traceback.format_exc())
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=str(e))
     except Exception as e:
         # Catch other unexpected errors and raise an internal server error
         print(f"Unexpected error occurred: {e}")