diff --git a/examples/chatbot.rs b/examples/basic_chatbot.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/chatbot.rs
rename to examples/basic_chatbot.rs
diff --git a/examples/chat_api_chatbot.rs b/examples/chat_api_chatbot.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27700d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/chat_api_chatbot.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+use ollama_rs::{
+    generation::chat::{request::ChatMessageRequest, ChatMessage, ChatMessageResponseStream},
+    Ollama,
+};
+use tokio::io::{stdout, AsyncWriteExt};
+use tokio_stream::StreamExt;
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let ollama = Ollama::default();
+
+    let mut stdout = stdout();
+
+    let mut messages: Vec<ChatMessage> = vec![];
+
+    loop {
+        stdout.write_all(b"\n> ").await?;
+        stdout.flush().await?;
+
+        let mut input = String::new();
+        std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut input)?;
+
+        let input = input.trim_end();
+        if input.eq_ignore_ascii_case("exit") {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        let user_message = ChatMessage::user(input.to_string());
+        messages.push(user_message);
+
+        let mut stream: ChatMessageResponseStream = ollama
+            .send_chat_messages_stream(ChatMessageRequest::new(
+                "llama2:latest".to_string(),
+                messages.clone(),
+            ))
+            .await?;
+
+        let mut response = String::new();
+        while let Some(Ok(res)) = stream.next().await {
+            if let Some(assistant_message) = res.message {
+                stdout
+                    .write_all(assistant_message.content.as_bytes())
+                    .await?;
+                stdout.flush().await?;
+                response += assistant_message.content.as_str();
+            }
+        }
+        messages.push(ChatMessage::assistant(response));
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/generation.rs b/src/generation.rs
index 7442e54..9e28528 100644
--- a/src/generation.rs
+++ b/src/generation.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+pub mod chat;
 pub mod completion;
 pub mod embeddings;
+pub mod format;
 pub mod options;
diff --git a/src/generation/chat/mod.rs b/src/generation/chat/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..362aa74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/generation/chat/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+use crate::Ollama;
+
+pub mod request;
+
+use request::ChatMessageRequest;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "stream")]
+/// A stream of `ChatMessageResponse` objects
+pub type ChatMessageResponseStream =
+    std::pin::Pin<Box<dyn tokio_stream::Stream<Item = Result<ChatMessageResponse, ()>>>>;
+
+impl Ollama {
+    #[cfg(feature = "stream")]
+    /// Chat message generation with streaming.
+    /// Returns a stream of `ChatMessageResponse` objects
+    pub async fn send_chat_messages_stream(
+        &self,
+        request: ChatMessageRequest,
+    ) -> crate::error::Result<ChatMessageResponseStream> {
+        use tokio_stream::StreamExt;
+
+        let mut request = request;
+        request.stream = true;
+
+        let uri = format!("{}/api/chat", self.uri());
+        let serialized = serde_json::to_string(&request)
+            .map_err(|e| e.to_string())
+            .unwrap();
+        let res = self
+            .reqwest_client
+            .post(uri)
+            .body(serialized)
+            .send()
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+
+        if !res.status().is_success() {
+            return Err(res.text().await.unwrap_or_else(|e| e.to_string()).into());
+        }
+
+        let stream = Box::new(res.bytes_stream().map(|res| match res {
+            Ok(bytes) => {
+                let res = serde_json::from_slice::<ChatMessageResponse>(&bytes);
+                match res {
+                    Ok(res) => Ok(res),
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        eprintln!("Failed to deserialize response: {}", e);
+                        Err(())
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                eprintln!("Failed to read response: {}", e);
+                Err(())
+            }
+        }));
+
+        Ok(std::pin::Pin::from(stream))
+    }
+
+    /// Chat message generation.
+    /// Returns a `ChatMessageResponse` object
+    pub async fn send_chat_messages(
+        &self,
+        request: ChatMessageRequest,
+    ) -> crate::error::Result<ChatMessageResponse> {
+        let mut request = request;
+        request.stream = false;
+
+        let uri = format!("{}/api/chat", self.uri());
+        let serialized = serde_json::to_string(&request).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+        let res = self
+            .reqwest_client
+            .post(uri)
+            .body(serialized)
+            .send()
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+
+        if !res.status().is_success() {
+            return Err(res.text().await.unwrap_or_else(|e| e.to_string()).into());
+        }
+
+        let bytes = res.bytes().await.map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+        let res =
+            serde_json::from_slice::<ChatMessageResponse>(&bytes).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+
+        Ok(res)
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
+pub struct ChatMessageResponse {
+    /// The name of the model used for the completion.
+    pub model: String,
+    /// The creation time of the completion, in such format: `2023-08-04T08:52:19.385406455-07:00`.
+    pub created_at: String,
+    /// The generated chat message.
+    pub message: Option<ChatMessage>,
+    pub done: bool,
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    /// The final data of the completion. This is only present if the completion is done.
+    pub final_data: Option<ChatMessageFinalResponseData>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
+pub struct ChatMessageFinalResponseData {
+    /// Time spent generating the response
+    pub total_duration: u64,
+    /// Number of tokens in the prompt
+    pub prompt_eval_count: u16,
+    /// Time spent in nanoseconds evaluating the prompt
+    pub prompt_eval_duration: u64,
+    /// Number of tokens the response
+    pub eval_count: u16,
+    /// Time in nanoseconds spent generating the response
+    pub eval_duration: u64,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct ChatMessage {
+    pub role: MessageRole,
+    pub content: String,
+}
+
+impl ChatMessage {
+    pub fn new(role: MessageRole, content: String) -> Self {
+        Self { role, content }
+    }
+
+    pub fn user(content: String) -> Self {
+        Self::new(MessageRole::User, content)
+    }
+
+    pub fn assistant(content: String) -> Self {
+        Self::new(MessageRole::Assistant, content)
+    }
+
+    pub fn system(content: String) -> Self {
+        Self::new(MessageRole::System, content)
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub enum MessageRole {
+    #[serde(rename = "user")]
+    User,
+    #[serde(rename = "assistant")]
+    Assistant,
+    #[serde(rename = "system")]
+    System,
+}
diff --git a/src/generation/chat/request.rs b/src/generation/chat/request.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbc9d8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/generation/chat/request.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+use serde::Serialize;
+
+use crate::generation::{format::FormatType, options::GenerationOptions};
+
+use super::ChatMessage;
+
+/// A chat message request to Ollama.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
+pub struct ChatMessageRequest {
+    #[serde(rename = "model")]
+    pub model_name: String,
+    pub messages: Vec<ChatMessage>,
+    pub options: Option<GenerationOptions>,
+    pub template: Option<String>,
+    pub format: Option<FormatType>,
+    pub(crate) stream: bool,
+}
+
+impl ChatMessageRequest {
+    pub fn new(model_name: String, messages: Vec<ChatMessage>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            model_name,
+            messages,
+            options: None,
+            template: None,
+            format: None,
+            // Stream value will be overwritten by Ollama::send_chat_messages_stream() and Ollama::send_chat_messages() methods
+            stream: false,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Additional model parameters listed in the documentation for the Modelfile
+    pub fn options(mut self, options: GenerationOptions) -> Self {
+        self.options = Some(options);
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// The full prompt or prompt template (overrides what is defined in the Modelfile)
+    pub fn template(mut self, template: String) -> Self {
+        self.template = Some(template);
+        self
+    }
+
+    // The format to return a response in. Currently the only accepted value is `json`
+    pub fn format(mut self, format: FormatType) -> Self {
+        self.format = Some(format);
+        self
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/generation/completion/mod.rs b/src/generation/completion/mod.rs
index bb39cce..74445f3 100644
--- a/src/generation/completion/mod.rs
+++ b/src/generation/completion/mod.rs
@@ -110,8 +110,6 @@ pub struct GenerationFinalResponseData {
     pub context: GenerationContext,
     /// Time spent generating the response
     pub total_duration: u64,
-    /// Time spent in nanoseconds loading the model
-    pub load_duration: u64,
     /// Number of tokens in the prompt
     pub prompt_eval_count: u16,
     /// Time spent in nanoseconds evaluating the prompt
diff --git a/src/generation/completion/request.rs b/src/generation/completion/request.rs
index b7c5115..1f23e97 100644
--- a/src/generation/completion/request.rs
+++ b/src/generation/completion/request.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use serde::Serialize;
 
-use crate::generation::options::GenerationOptions;
+use crate::generation::{format::FormatType, options::GenerationOptions};
 
 use super::GenerationContext;
 
@@ -14,17 +14,10 @@ pub struct GenerationRequest {
     pub system: Option<String>,
     pub template: Option<String>,
     pub context: Option<GenerationContext>,
-    pub format: Option<FormatEnum>,
+    pub format: Option<FormatType>,
     pub(crate) stream: bool,
 }
 
-/// The format to return a response in. Currently the only accepted value is `json`
-#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
-#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
-pub enum FormatEnum {
-    Json,
-}
-
 impl GenerationRequest {
     pub fn new(model_name: String, prompt: String) -> Self {
         Self {
@@ -65,7 +58,7 @@ impl GenerationRequest {
     }
 
     // The format to return a response in. Currently the only accepted value is `json`
-    pub fn format(mut self, format: FormatEnum) -> Self {
+    pub fn format(mut self, format: FormatType) -> Self {
         self.format = Some(format);
         self
     }
diff --git a/src/generation/format.rs b/src/generation/format.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65bcb09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/generation/format.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+/// The format to return a response in. Currently the only accepted value is `json`
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
+pub enum FormatType {
+    Json,
+}
diff --git a/tests/generation.rs b/tests/generation.rs
index e9f8430..52ad195 100644
--- a/tests/generation.rs
+++ b/tests/generation.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 #![allow(unused_imports)]
 
 use ollama_rs::{
-    generation::completion::{
-        request::{FormatEnum, GenerationRequest},
-        GenerationResponseStream,
-    },
+    generation::completion::{request::GenerationRequest, GenerationResponseStream},
     Ollama,
 };
 use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
@@ -28,6 +25,7 @@ async fn test_generation_stream() {
     let mut done = false;
     while let Some(res) = res.next().await {
         let res = res.unwrap();
+        dbg!(&res);
         if res.done {
             done = true;
             break;
@@ -41,11 +39,12 @@ async fn test_generation_stream() {
 async fn test_generation() {
     let ollama = Ollama::default();
 
-    let _ = ollama
+    let res = ollama
         .generate(GenerationRequest::new(
             "llama2:latest".to_string(),
             PROMPT.into(),
         ))
         .await
         .unwrap();
+    dbg!(res);
 }
diff --git a/tests/send_chat_messages.rs b/tests/send_chat_messages.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9681a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/send_chat_messages.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+use ollama_rs::{
+    generation::chat::{request::ChatMessageRequest, ChatMessage},
+    Ollama,
+};
+use tokio_stream::StreamExt;
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+const PROMPT: &str = "Why is the sky blue?";
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_send_chat_messages_stream() {
+    let ollama = Ollama::default();
+
+    let messages = vec![ChatMessage::user(PROMPT.to_string())];
+    let mut res = ollama
+        .send_chat_messages_stream(ChatMessageRequest::new(
+            "llama2:latest".to_string(),
+            messages,
+        ))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let mut done = false;
+    while let Some(res) = res.next().await {
+        let res = res.unwrap();
+        dbg!(&res);
+        if res.done {
+            done = true;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    assert!(done);
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_send_chat_messages() {
+    let ollama = Ollama::default();
+
+    let messages = vec![ChatMessage::user(PROMPT.to_string())];
+    let res = ollama
+        .send_chat_messages(ChatMessageRequest::new(
+            "llama2:latest".to_string(),
+            messages,
+        ))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    dbg!(&res);
+
+    assert!(res.done);
+}