# Type Alias AzureOpenAiFunctionObject

AzureOpenAiFunctionObject: {
description?: string;
name: string;
parameters?: AzureOpenAiFunctionParameters;
strict?: boolean | null;
} & Record<string, any>

Representation of the 'AzureOpenAiFunctionObject' schema.

#### Type Declaration

- ##### `Optional` description?: string

  A description of what the function does, used by the model to choose when and how to call the function.

- ##### name: string

  The name of the function to be called. Must be a-z, A-Z, 0-9, or contain underscores and dashes, with a maximum length of 64.

- ##### `Optional` parameters?: AzureOpenAiFunctionParameters

- ##### `Optional` strict?: boolean | null

  Whether to enable strict schema adherence when generating the function call. If set to true, the model will follow the exact schema defined in the `parameters` field. Only a subset of JSON Schema is supported when `strict` is `true`. Learn more about Structured Outputs in the function calling guide.

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- Defined in packages/foundation-models/dist/azure-openai/client/inference/schema/function-object.d.ts:5