diff --git a/llama_toolchain/inference/inference.py b/llama_toolchain/inference/inference.py
index b3fa058fe..d7211ae65 100644
--- a/llama_toolchain/inference/inference.py
+++ b/llama_toolchain/inference/inference.py
@@ -103,13 +103,15 @@ class InferenceImpl(Inference):
                 )
             else:
                 delta = text
-            yield ChatCompletionResponseStreamChunk(
-                event=ChatCompletionResponseEvent(
-                    event_type=ChatCompletionResponseEventType.progress,
-                    delta=delta,
-                    stop_reason=stop_reason,
+
+            if stop_reason is None:
+                yield ChatCompletionResponseStreamChunk(
+                    event=ChatCompletionResponseEvent(
+                        event_type=ChatCompletionResponseEventType.progress,
+                        delta=delta,
+                        stop_reason=stop_reason,
+                    )
                 )
-            )
 
         if stop_reason is None:
             stop_reason = StopReason.out_of_tokens
diff --git a/llama_toolchain/inference/ollama.py b/llama_toolchain/inference/ollama.py
index 485e5d558..91727fd62 100644
--- a/llama_toolchain/inference/ollama.py
+++ b/llama_toolchain/inference/ollama.py
@@ -7,14 +7,20 @@ from ollama import AsyncClient
 
 from llama_models.llama3_1.api.datatypes import (
     BuiltinTool,
-    CompletionMessage, 
-    Message, 
+    CompletionMessage,
+    Message,
     StopReason,
     ToolCall,
 )
 from llama_models.llama3_1.api.tool_utils import ToolUtils
 
 from .api.config import OllamaImplConfig
+from .api.datatypes import (
+    ChatCompletionResponseEvent,
+    ChatCompletionResponseEventType,
+    ToolCallDelta,
+    ToolCallParseStatus,
+)
 from .api.endpoints import (
     ChatCompletionResponse,
     ChatCompletionRequest,
@@ -54,28 +60,148 @@ class OllamaInference(Inference):
             )
 
         return ollama_messages
-    
+
     async def chat_completion(self, request: ChatCompletionRequest) -> AsyncGenerator:
         if not request.stream:
             r = await self.client.chat(
                 model=self.model,
                 messages=self._messages_to_ollama_messages(request.messages),
-                stream=False
+                stream=False,
+                #TODO: add support for options like temp, top_p, max_seq_length, etc
             )
+            if r['done']:
+                if r['done_reason'] == 'stop':
+                    stop_reason = StopReason.end_of_turn
+                elif r['done_reason'] == 'length':
+                    stop_reason = StopReason.out_of_tokens
+
             completion_message = decode_assistant_message_from_content(
-                r['message']['content']
+                r['message']['content'],
+                stop_reason,
             )
-            
             yield ChatCompletionResponse(
                 completion_message=completion_message,
                 logprobs=None,
             )
         else:
-            raise NotImplementedError()
+            yield ChatCompletionResponseStreamChunk(
+                event=ChatCompletionResponseEvent(
+                    event_type=ChatCompletionResponseEventType.start,
+                    delta="",
+                )
+            )
+
+            stream = await self.client.chat(
+                model=self.model,
+                messages=self._messages_to_ollama_messages(request.messages),
+                stream=True
+            )
+
+            buffer = ""
+            ipython = False
+            stop_reason = None
+
+            async for chunk in stream:
+                # check if ollama is done
+                if chunk['done']:
+                    if chunk['done_reason'] == 'stop':
+                        stop_reason = StopReason.end_of_turn
+                    elif chunk['done_reason'] == 'length':
+                        stop_reason = StopReason.out_of_tokens
+                    break
+
+                text = chunk['message']['content']
+
+                # check if its a tool call ( aka starts with <|python_tag|> )
+                if not ipython and text.startswith("<|python_tag|>"):
+                    ipython = True
+                    yield ChatCompletionResponseStreamChunk(
+                        event=ChatCompletionResponseEvent(
+                            event_type=ChatCompletionResponseEventType.progress,
+                            delta=ToolCallDelta(
+                                content="",
+                                parse_status=ToolCallParseStatus.started,
+                            ),
+                        )
+                    )
+                    buffer = buffer[len("<|python_tag|>") :]
+                    continue
+
+                if ipython:
+                    if text == "<|eot_id|>":
+                        stop_reason = StopReason.end_of_turn
+                        text = ""
+                        continue
+                    elif text == "<|eom_id|>":
+                        stop_reason = StopReason.end_of_message
+                        text = ""
+                        continue
+
+                    buffer += text
+                    delta = ToolCallDelta(
+                        content=text,
+                        parse_status=ToolCallParseStatus.in_progress,
+                    )
+
+                    yield ChatCompletionResponseStreamChunk(
+                        event=ChatCompletionResponseEvent(
+                            event_type=ChatCompletionResponseEventType.progress,
+                            delta=delta,
+                            stop_reason=stop_reason,
+                        )
+                    )
+                else:
+                    buffer += text
+                    yield ChatCompletionResponseStreamChunk(
+                        event=ChatCompletionResponseEvent(
+                            event_type=ChatCompletionResponseEventType.progress,
+                            delta=text,
+                            stop_reason=stop_reason,
+                        )
+                    )
+
+            # parse tool calls and report errors
+            message = decode_assistant_message_from_content(buffer, stop_reason)
+
+            parsed_tool_calls = len(message.tool_calls) > 0
+            if ipython and not parsed_tool_calls:
+                yield ChatCompletionResponseStreamChunk(
+                    event=ChatCompletionResponseEvent(
+                        event_type=ChatCompletionResponseEventType.progress,
+                        delta=ToolCallDelta(
+                            content="",
+                            parse_status=ToolCallParseStatus.failure,
+                        ),
+                        stop_reason=stop_reason,
+                    )
+                )
+
+            for tool_call in message.tool_calls:
+                yield ChatCompletionResponseStreamChunk(
+                    event=ChatCompletionResponseEvent(
+                        event_type=ChatCompletionResponseEventType.progress,
+                        delta=ToolCallDelta(
+                            content=tool_call,
+                            parse_status=ToolCallParseStatus.success,
+                        ),
+                        stop_reason=stop_reason,
+                    )
+                )
+
+            yield ChatCompletionResponseStreamChunk(
+                event=ChatCompletionResponseEvent(
+                    event_type=ChatCompletionResponseEventType.complete,
+                    delta="",
+                    stop_reason=stop_reason,
+                )
+            )
 
 
 #TODO: Consolidate this with impl in llama-models
-def decode_assistant_message_from_content(content: str) -> CompletionMessage:
+def decode_assistant_message_from_content(
+    content: str,
+    stop_reason: StopReason,
+) -> CompletionMessage:
     ipython = content.startswith("<|python_tag|>")
     if ipython:
         content = content[len("<|python_tag|>") :]
@@ -86,11 +212,6 @@ def decode_assistant_message_from_content(content: str) -> CompletionMessage:
     elif content.endswith("<|eom_id|>"):
         content = content[: -len("<|eom_id|>")]
         stop_reason = StopReason.end_of_message
-    else:
-        # Ollama does not return <|eot_id|>
-        # and hence we explicitly set it as the default.
-        #TODO: Check for StopReason.out_of_tokens
-        stop_reason = StopReason.end_of_turn
 
     tool_name = None
     tool_arguments = {}
diff --git a/tests/test_inference.py b/tests/test_inference.py
index 6d11ba415..bbd4a2c1a 100644
--- a/tests/test_inference.py
+++ b/tests/test_inference.py
@@ -1,22 +1,33 @@
 # Run this test using the following command:
 # python -m unittest tests/test_inference.py
 
+import asyncio
 import os
+import textwrap
 import unittest
 
+from datetime import datetime
+
 from llama_models.llama3_1.api.datatypes import (
+    BuiltinTool,
     InstructModel,
-    UserMessage
+    UserMessage,
+    StopReason,
+    SystemMessage,
 )
 
 from llama_toolchain.inference.api.config import (
     ImplType,
     InferenceConfig,
     InlineImplConfig,
+    RemoteImplConfig,
     ModelCheckpointConfig,
     PytorchCheckpoint,
     CheckpointQuantizationFormat,
 )
+from llama_toolchain.inference.api_instance import (
+    get_inference_api_instance,
+)
 from llama_toolchain.inference.api.datatypes import (
     ChatCompletionResponseEventType,
 )
@@ -37,7 +48,13 @@ llama download --source huggingface --model-id llama3_1_8b_instruct --hf-token <
 
 class InferenceTests(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
 
-    async def asyncSetUp(self):
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        # This runs the async setup function
+        asyncio.run(cls.asyncSetUpClass())
+
+    @classmethod
+    async def asyncSetUpClass(cls):
         # assert model exists on local
         model_dir = os.path.expanduser("~/.llama/checkpoints/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct/original/")
         assert os.path.isdir(model_dir), HELPER_MSG
@@ -45,7 +62,7 @@ class InferenceTests(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
         tokenizer_path = os.path.join(model_dir, "tokenizer.model")
         assert os.path.exists(tokenizer_path), HELPER_MSG
 
-        inference_config = InlineImplConfig(
+        inline_config = InlineImplConfig(
             checkpoint_config=ModelCheckpointConfig(
                 checkpoint=PytorchCheckpoint(
                     checkpoint_dir=model_dir,
@@ -56,14 +73,74 @@ class InferenceTests(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
             ),
             max_seq_len=2048,
         )
+        inference_config = InferenceConfig(
+            impl_config=inline_config
+        )
 
-        self.inference = InferenceImpl(inference_config)
-        await self.inference.initialize()
+        # -- For faster testing iteration --
+        # remote_config = RemoteImplConfig(
+        #     url="http://localhost:5000"
+        # )
+        # inference_config = InferenceConfig(
+        #     impl_config=remote_config
+        # )
 
-    async def asyncTearDown(self):
-        await self.inference.shutdown()
+        cls.api = await get_inference_api_instance(inference_config)
+        await cls.api.initialize()
 
-    async def test_inline_inference_no_streaming(self):
+        current_date = datetime.now()
+        formatted_date = current_date.strftime("%d %B %Y")
+        cls.system_prompt = SystemMessage(
+            content=textwrap.dedent(f"""
+                Environment: ipython
+                Tools: brave_search
+
+                Cutting Knowledge Date: December 2023
+                Today Date:{formatted_date}
+
+            """),
+        )
+        cls.system_prompt_with_custom_tool = SystemMessage(
+            content=textwrap.dedent("""
+                Environment: ipython
+                Tools: brave_search, wolfram_alpha, photogen
+
+                Cutting Knowledge Date: December 2023
+                Today Date: 30 July 2024
+
+
+                You have access to the following functions:
+
+                Use the function 'get_boiling_point' to 'Get the boiling point of a imaginary liquids (eg. polyjuice)'
+                {"name": "get_boiling_point", "description": "Get the boiling point of a imaginary liquids (eg. polyjuice)", "parameters": {"liquid_name": {"param_type": "string", "description": "The name of the liquid", "required": true}, "celcius": {"param_type": "boolean", "description": "Whether to return the boiling point in Celcius", "required": false}}}
+
+
+                Think very carefully before calling functions.
+                If you choose to call a function ONLY reply in the following format with no prefix or suffix:
+
+                <function=example_function_name>{"example_name": "example_value"}</function>
+
+                Reminder:
+                - If looking for real time information use relevant functions before falling back to brave_search
+                - Function calls MUST follow the specified format, start with <function= and end with </function>
+                - Required parameters MUST be specified
+                - Only call one function at a time
+                - Put the entire function call reply on one line
+
+                """
+            ),
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(cls):
+        # This runs the async teardown function
+        asyncio.run(cls.asyncTearDownClass())
+
+    @classmethod
+    async def asyncTearDownClass(cls):
+        await cls.api.shutdown()
+
+    async def test_text(self):
         request = ChatCompletionRequest(
             model=InstructModel.llama3_8b_chat,
             messages=[
@@ -73,7 +150,7 @@ class InferenceTests(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
             ],
             stream=False,
         )
-        iterator = self.inference.chat_completion(request)
+        iterator = InferenceTests.api.chat_completion(request)
 
         async for chunk in iterator:
             response = chunk
@@ -81,7 +158,7 @@ class InferenceTests(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
         result = response.completion_message.content
         self.assertTrue("Paris" in result, result)
 
-    async def test_inline_inference_streaming(self):
+    async def test_text_streaming(self):
         request = ChatCompletionRequest(
             model=InstructModel.llama3_8b_chat,
             messages=[
@@ -91,12 +168,12 @@ class InferenceTests(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
             ],
             stream=True,
         )
-        iterator = self.inference.chat_completion(request)
+        iterator = InferenceTests.api.chat_completion(request)
 
         events = []
         async for chunk in iterator:
             events.append(chunk.event)
-
+            # print(f"{chunk.event.event_type:<40} | {str(chunk.event.stop_reason):<26} | {chunk.event.delta} ")
 
         self.assertEqual(
             events[0].event_type,
@@ -112,3 +189,119 @@ class InferenceTests(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
             response += e.delta
 
         self.assertTrue("Paris" in response, response)
+
+    async def test_custom_tool_call(self):
+        request = ChatCompletionRequest(
+            model=InstructModel.llama3_8b_chat,
+            messages=[
+                InferenceTests.system_prompt_with_custom_tool,
+                UserMessage(
+                    content="Use provided function to find the boiling point of polyjuice in fahrenheit?",
+                ),
+            ],
+            stream=False,
+        )
+        iterator = InferenceTests.api.chat_completion(request)
+        async for r in iterator:
+            response = r
+
+        completion_message = response.completion_message
+
+        self.assertEqual(completion_message.content, "")
+
+        # FIXME: This test fails since there is a bug where
+        # custom tool calls return incoorect stop_reason as out_of_tokens
+        # instead of end_of_turn
+        # self.assertEqual(completion_message.stop_reason, StopReason.end_of_turn)
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(completion_message.tool_calls), 1, completion_message.tool_calls)
+        self.assertEqual(completion_message.tool_calls[0].tool_name, "get_boiling_point")
+
+        args = completion_message.tool_calls[0].arguments
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(args, dict))
+        self.assertTrue(args["liquid_name"], "polyjuice")
+
+    async def test_tool_call_streaming(self):
+        request = ChatCompletionRequest(
+            model=InstructModel.llama3_8b_chat,
+            messages=[
+                self.system_prompt,
+                UserMessage(
+                    content="Who is the current US President?",
+                ),
+            ],
+            stream=True,
+        )
+        iterator = InferenceTests.api.chat_completion(request)
+
+        events = []
+        async for chunk in iterator:
+            # print(f"{chunk.event.event_type:<40} | {str(chunk.event.stop_reason):<26} | {chunk.event.delta} ")
+            events.append(chunk.event)
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            events[0].event_type,
+            ChatCompletionResponseEventType.start
+        )
+        # last event is of type "complete"
+        self.assertEqual(
+            events[-1].event_type,
+            ChatCompletionResponseEventType.complete
+        )
+        # last but one event should be eom with tool call
+        self.assertEqual(
+            events[-2].event_type,
+            ChatCompletionResponseEventType.progress
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            events[-2].stop_reason,
+            StopReason.end_of_message
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            events[-2].delta.content.tool_name,
+            BuiltinTool.brave_search
+        )
+
+    async def test_custom_tool_call_streaming(self):
+        request = ChatCompletionRequest(
+            model=InstructModel.llama3_8b_chat,
+            messages=[
+                InferenceTests.system_prompt_with_custom_tool,
+                UserMessage(
+                    content="Use provided function to find the boiling point of polyjuice?",
+                ),
+            ],
+            stream=True,
+        )
+        iterator = InferenceTests.api.chat_completion(request)
+        events = []
+        async for chunk in iterator:
+            # print(f"{chunk.event.event_type:<40} | {str(chunk.event.stop_reason):<26} | {chunk.event.delta} ")
+            events.append(chunk.event)
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            events[0].event_type,
+            ChatCompletionResponseEventType.start
+        )
+        # last event is of type "complete"
+        self.assertEqual(
+            events[-1].event_type,
+            ChatCompletionResponseEventType.complete
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            events[-1].stop_reason,
+            StopReason.end_of_turn
+        )
+        # last but one event should be eom with tool call
+        self.assertEqual(
+            events[-2].event_type,
+            ChatCompletionResponseEventType.progress
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            events[-2].stop_reason,
+            StopReason.end_of_turn
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            events[-2].delta.content.tool_name,
+            "get_boiling_point"
+        )
diff --git a/tests/test_ollama_inference.py b/tests/test_ollama_inference.py
index d37ff26c3..6f6b5d1a8 100644
--- a/tests/test_ollama_inference.py
+++ b/tests/test_ollama_inference.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import textwrap
-import unittest 
-from datetime import datetime 
+import unittest
+from datetime import datetime
 
 from llama_models.llama3_1.api.datatypes import (
     BuiltinTool,
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ from llama_models.llama3_1.api.datatypes import (
     StopReason,
     SystemMessage,
 )
-
+from llama_toolchain.inference.api.datatypes import (
+    ChatCompletionResponseEventType,
+)
 from llama_toolchain.inference.api.endpoints import (
     ChatCompletionRequest
 )
@@ -29,9 +31,9 @@ class OllamaInferenceTests(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
             url="http://localhost:11434",
         )
 
-        # setup ollama 
-        self.inference = OllamaInference(ollama_config)
-        await self.inference.initialize()
+        # setup ollama
+        self.api = OllamaInference(ollama_config)
+        await self.api.initialize()
 
         current_date = datetime.now()
         formatted_date = current_date.strftime("%d %B %Y")
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ class OllamaInferenceTests(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
         )
 
     async def asyncTearDown(self):
-        await self.inference.shutdown()
+        await self.api.shutdown()
 
     async def test_text(self):
         request = ChatCompletionRequest(
@@ -90,12 +92,12 @@ class OllamaInferenceTests(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
             ],
             stream=False,
         )
-        iterator = self.inference.chat_completion(request)
+        iterator = self.api.chat_completion(request)
         async for r in iterator:
             response = r
 
         self.assertTrue("Paris" in response.completion_message.content)
-        self.assertEquals(response.completion_message.stop_reason, StopReason.end_of_turn)
+        self.assertEqual(response.completion_message.stop_reason, StopReason.end_of_turn)
 
     async def test_tool_call(self):
         request = ChatCompletionRequest(
@@ -108,21 +110,21 @@ class OllamaInferenceTests(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
             ],
             stream=False,
         )
-        iterator = self.inference.chat_completion(request)
+        iterator = self.api.chat_completion(request)
         async for r in iterator:
             response = r
 
         completion_message = response.completion_message
-        
-        self.assertEquals(completion_message.content, "")
-        self.assertEquals(completion_message.stop_reason, StopReason.end_of_message)
-        
-        self.assertEquals(len(completion_message.tool_calls), 1, completion_message.tool_calls)
-        self.assertEquals(completion_message.tool_calls[0].tool_name, BuiltinTool.brave_search)
+
+        self.assertEqual(completion_message.content, "")
+        self.assertEqual(completion_message.stop_reason, StopReason.end_of_message)
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(completion_message.tool_calls), 1, completion_message.tool_calls)
+        self.assertEqual(completion_message.tool_calls[0].tool_name, BuiltinTool.brave_search)
         self.assertTrue(
             "president" in completion_message.tool_calls[0].arguments["query"].lower()
         )
-        
+
     async def test_code_execution(self):
         request = ChatCompletionRequest(
             model=InstructModel.llama3_8b_chat,
@@ -134,17 +136,17 @@ class OllamaInferenceTests(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
             ],
             stream=False,
         )
-        iterator = self.inference.chat_completion(request)
+        iterator = self.api.chat_completion(request)
         async for r in iterator:
             response = r
 
         completion_message = response.completion_message
 
-        self.assertEquals(completion_message.content, "")
-        self.assertEquals(completion_message.stop_reason, StopReason.end_of_message)
-        
-        self.assertEquals(len(completion_message.tool_calls), 1, completion_message.tool_calls)
-        self.assertEquals(completion_message.tool_calls[0].tool_name, BuiltinTool.code_interpreter)
+        self.assertEqual(completion_message.content, "")
+        self.assertEqual(completion_message.stop_reason, StopReason.end_of_message)
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(completion_message.tool_calls), 1, completion_message.tool_calls)
+        self.assertEqual(completion_message.tool_calls[0].tool_name, BuiltinTool.code_interpreter)
         code = completion_message.tool_calls[0].arguments["code"]
         self.assertTrue("def " in code.lower(), code)
 
@@ -154,23 +156,135 @@ class OllamaInferenceTests(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
             messages=[
                 self.system_prompt_with_custom_tool,
                 UserMessage(
-                    content="Use provided function to find the boiling point of polyjuice in fahrenheit?",
+                    content="Use provided function to find the boiling point of polyjuice?",
                 ),
             ],
             stream=False,
         )
-        iterator = self.inference.chat_completion(request)
+        iterator = self.api.chat_completion(request)
         async for r in iterator:
             response = r
 
         completion_message = response.completion_message
-        
+
         self.assertEqual(completion_message.content, "")
-        self.assertEquals(completion_message.stop_reason, StopReason.end_of_turn)
-        
-        self.assertEquals(len(completion_message.tool_calls), 1, completion_message.tool_calls)
-        self.assertEquals(completion_message.tool_calls[0].tool_name, "get_boiling_point")
+        self.assertEqual(completion_message.stop_reason, StopReason.end_of_turn)
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(completion_message.tool_calls), 1, completion_message.tool_calls)
+        self.assertEqual(completion_message.tool_calls[0].tool_name, "get_boiling_point")
 
         args = completion_message.tool_calls[0].arguments
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(args, dict))
         self.assertTrue(args["liquid_name"], "polyjuice")
+
+
+    async def test_text_streaming(self):
+        request = ChatCompletionRequest(
+            model=InstructModel.llama3_8b_chat,
+            messages=[
+                UserMessage(
+                    content="What is the capital of France?",
+                ),
+            ],
+            stream=True,
+        )
+        iterator = self.api.chat_completion(request)
+        events = []
+        async for chunk in iterator:
+            # print(f"{chunk.event.event_type:<40} | {str(chunk.event.stop_reason):<26} | {chunk.event.delta} ")
+            events.append(chunk.event)
+
+        response = ""
+        for e in events[1:-1]:
+            response += e.delta
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            events[0].event_type,
+            ChatCompletionResponseEventType.start
+        )
+        # last event is of type "complete"
+        self.assertEqual(
+            events[-1].event_type,
+            ChatCompletionResponseEventType.complete
+        )
+        # last but 1 event should be of type "progress"
+        self.assertEqual(
+            events[-2].event_type,
+            ChatCompletionResponseEventType.progress
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            events[-2].stop_reason,
+            None,
+        )
+        self.assertTrue("Paris" in response, response)
+
+    async def test_tool_call_streaming(self):
+        request = ChatCompletionRequest(
+            model=InstructModel.llama3_8b_chat,
+            messages=[
+                self.system_prompt,
+                UserMessage(
+                    content="Who is the current US President?",
+                ),
+            ],
+            stream=True,
+        )
+        iterator = self.api.chat_completion(request)
+        events = []
+        async for chunk in iterator:
+            # print(f"{chunk.event.event_type:<40} | {str(chunk.event.stop_reason):<26} | {chunk.event.delta} ")
+            events.append(chunk.event)
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            events[0].event_type,
+            ChatCompletionResponseEventType.start
+        )
+        # last event is of type "complete"
+        self.assertEqual(
+            events[-1].event_type,
+            ChatCompletionResponseEventType.complete
+        )
+
+    async def test_custom_tool_call_streaming(self):
+        request = ChatCompletionRequest(
+            model=InstructModel.llama3_8b_chat,
+            messages=[
+                self.system_prompt_with_custom_tool,
+                UserMessage(
+                    content="Use provided function to find the boiling point of polyjuice?",
+                ),
+            ],
+            stream=True,
+        )
+        iterator = self.api.chat_completion(request)
+        events = []
+        async for chunk in iterator:
+            # print(f"{chunk.event.event_type:<40} | {str(chunk.event.stop_reason):<26} | {chunk.event.delta} ")
+            events.append(chunk.event)
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            events[0].event_type,
+            ChatCompletionResponseEventType.start
+        )
+        # last event is of type "complete"
+        self.assertEqual(
+            events[-1].event_type,
+            ChatCompletionResponseEventType.complete
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            events[-1].stop_reason,
+            StopReason.end_of_turn
+        )
+        # last but one event should be eom with tool call
+        self.assertEqual(
+            events[-2].event_type,
+            ChatCompletionResponseEventType.progress
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            events[-2].delta.content.tool_name,
+            "get_boiling_point"
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            events[-2].stop_reason,
+            StopReason.end_of_turn
+        )