# Sending Feedback

The Feedback API allows users to provide feedback on responses created from the [Chat API](https://docs.cohere.com/fern/pages/-ARCHIVE-/api-reference/chat-1/chat.mdx).

The endpoint accepts preference and performance feedback, which we use to improve our models.  This guide provides a starting point for using the Feedback endpoint.

You can see a live example of the Feedback API in action on our [playground](https://dashboard.cohere.ai/playground/generate). In the image below, we've asked the model to generate titles for a blog post on quantum computing. If you look in the bottom right (where the red arrow is pointing), you'll see you can give a "thumbs up" or a "thumbs down" to provide feedback on the quality of the model's output. The other "stack of papers" icon let's you easily copy the output.

<img src="/current/media/t/75c5dc71-055f-4496-bcaf-6966eeb0b645/p/c4d0babb-28a1-4a78-a85d-f753e1d49ea7/d95a437c2708271f84515e8c3e4a3a608e61ed77a4eb3be2a56a9ae59d0ee55f.png/raw" alt="">

Or, you can read below to learn how to call the feedback endpoint with our API.

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## Generate Feedback

You can produce detailed feedback based on the annotator's acceptance of the generated response using the `generate_feedback` endpoint.

### **Parameters**

The endpoint has a number of settings you can use to control the kind of output it generates:

- `request_id` (String, required): The request\_id of the generation request to give feedback on.
- `good_response` (Boolean, required): Whether the response was good or not.
- `model` (String): The unique ID of the model.
- `desired_response` (String): The desired response. Used when an annotator edits a suggested response.
- `flagged_response` (Boolean): Whether the response was flagged or not.
- `flagged_reason` (String):  The reason the response was flagged.
- `prompt`(String): The original prompt used to generate the response.
- `annotator_id` (String): The annotator's ID.

### **Example Requests**

If the annotator _accepts_ the suggested response, you could format a request like this:

```python PYTHON
generations = co.generate(
    prompt=f"Write me a polite email responding to the one below: {email}. Response:"
)
if user_accepted_suggestion:
    co.generate_feedback(
        request_id=generations[0].id, good_response=True
    )
```

If the annotator _edits_ the suggested response, you could format a request like this:

```python PYTHON
generations = co.generate(
    prompt=f"Write me a polite email responding to the one below: {email}. Response:"
)
if user_edits_suggestion:
    co.generate_feedback(
        request_id=generations[0].id,
        good_response=False,
        desired_response=user_edited_suggestion,
    )
```

### **Example Response**

## Generate Preference Feedback

Alternatively, you can generate feedback based on which response an annotator prefers with the `generate_preference_feedback` endpoint.

### **Parameters**

- `ratings` (List\[PreferenceRating], required): A list of PreferenceRating objects.
- `model` (String):  The unique ID of the model.
- `prompt` (String): The original prompt used to generate the response.
- `annotator_id` (String):  The annotator's ID.

### **Example Request**

A user accepts a model's suggestion in an assisted writing setting, and prefers it to a second suggestion. Here's what a request might look like:

```python PYTHON
generations = co.generate(
    prompt=f"Write me a polite email responding to the one below: {email}. Response:",
    num_generations=2,
)
if user_accepted_idx:  # prompt user for which generation they prefer
    ratings = []
    if user_accepted_idx == 0:
        ratings.append(PreferenceRating(request_id=0, rating=1))
        ratings.append(PreferenceRating(request_id=1, rating=0))
    else:
        ratings.append(PreferenceRating(request_id=0, rating=0))
        ratings.append(PreferenceRating(request_id=1, rating=1))
    co.generate_preference_feedback(ratings=ratings)
```

## Related pages

- [Changelog](../changelog.md)
- [Cohere](../index.md)
- [Cohere API](./cohere-api-index.md)
- [Cohere Labs](./cohere-labs-index.md)
- [Cohere Platform](./cohere-platform-index.md)
- [Cookbooks](./cookbooks-index.md)
- [Deployment Options](./deployment-options-index.md)
- [Embeddings (Vectors, Search, Retrieval)](./embeddings-vectors-search-retrieval-index.md)
- [Get Started](./get-started-index.md)
- [Going to Production](./going-to-production-index.md)

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