> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.venice.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Get Character > This is a preview API and may change. Returns a single character by its slug. ## Experimental Endpoint This is an experimental endpoint and may be subject to change. ## Postman Collection For additional examples, please see this [Postman Collection](https://www.postman.com/veniceai/workspace/062d2eda-cd10-4f2f-83b4-083178d85fc5/request/38652128-8cca56f0-e7b7-4afa-855a-c41f9a6d53e2?action=share\&source=copy-link\&creator=48156591\&ctx=documentation). ## OpenAPI ````yaml GET /characters/{slug} openapi: 3.0.0 info: description: The Venice.ai API. termsOfService: https://venice.ai/legal/tos title: Venice.ai API version: '20260626.184905' x-guidance: >- Venice.ai is an OpenAI-compatible inference API supporting text, image, audio, and video generation. **Authentication options:** - API Key: Use Bearer token in Authorization header - x402 Wallet: Use USDC credits via EVM or Solana wallet (no account required) **For x402 wallet access:** 1. POST /x402/top-up without headers to get payment requirements 2. Choose one of the returned Base or Solana payment options and sign a USDC payment using the x402 SDK 3. POST /x402/top-up with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE header to add credits 4. Call any inference endpoint with SIGN-IN-WITH-X header **Pricing:** Prepaid credits consumed per request. Check /models for available models and their capabilities. servers: - url: https://api.venice.ai/api/v1 security: - BearerAuth: [] tags: - description: >- Generate speech/audio, transcribe audio, and manage asynchronous audio generation jobs. name: Audio - description: >- Given a list of messages comprising a conversation, the model will return a response. Supports multimodal inputs including text, images, audio (input_audio), and video (video_url) for compatible models. name: Chat - description: List and describe the various models available in the API. name: Models - description: Generate and manipulate images using AI models. name: Image - description: Generate videos using AI models. name: Video - description: List and retrieve character information for use in completions. name: Characters - description: >- Billing and usage analytics. **Beta**: This API is currently in beta and may be unstable. Endpoints, request/response schemas, and behavior may change without notice. name: Billing - description: Proxy JSON-RPC requests to blockchain nodes. Billed per credit. name: Crypto RPC - description: >- Wallet-based API access using the x402 protocol. No API key required — authenticate with an EVM or Solana wallet. **How it works:** 1. **Authenticate** — Send a `SIGN-IN-WITH-X` header (base64-encoded signed SIWX payload) with any request. EVM wallets sign an EIP-4361 SIWE message; Solana wallets sign the Solana SIWX message with Ed25519. See the `siwx` security scheme for the exact format. 2. **Top up** — `POST /x402/top-up` without a payment header returns an `accepts` array with Base and Solana USDC payment options. Choose one entry, sign it using the x402 SDK (`npm install x402`), and re-submit with the `PAYMENT-SIGNATURE` header (the legacy `X-402-Payment` and `X-PAYMENT` names are also accepted). 3. **Use any endpoint** — All inference endpoints (chat, image, audio, video, embeddings) accept `siwx` as an alternative to `BearerAuth`. Charges are deducted from your USDC credit balance. 4. **Monitor balance** — `GET /x402/balance/{walletAddress}` returns your current balance. The `X-Balance-Remaining` response header on inference calls also reports it. **Quick start (5 lines):** ``` import { VeniceClient } from '@venice-ai/x402-client' const venice = new VeniceClient(process.env.WALLET_KEY) await venice.topUp(10) // $10 USDC on a supported x402 rail const res = await venice.chat({ model: 'zai-org-glm-5-1', messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Hello!' }] }) ``` **Payment:** USDC on Base (chain ID 8453) or Solana mainnet. Minimum top-up: $5. Alternatively, stake DIEM tokens for daily credits (1 DIEM = $1/day). name: x402 externalDocs: description: Venice.ai API documentation url: https://docs.venice.ai paths: /characters/{slug}: get: tags: - Characters - Preview summary: /api/v1/characters/{slug} description: >- This is a preview API and may change. Returns a single character by its slug. operationId: getCharacterBySlug parameters: - description: The slug of the character to retrieve in: path name: slug required: true schema: example: alan-watts type: string responses: '200': description: OK content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: data: type: object properties: adult: type: boolean description: Whether the character is considered adult content example: false author: type: string description: >- Short anonymized identifier derived from the character author example: k3x9q createdAt: type: string description: Date when the character was created example: '2024-12-20T21:28:08.934Z' description: type: string nullable: true description: Description of the character example: >- Alan Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a British and American writer, speaker, and self-styled "philosophical entertainer", known for interpreting and popularizing Buddhist, Taoist, and Hindu philosophy for a Western audience. featured: type: boolean description: >- Whether the character is featured in public discovery surfaces example: false id: type: string description: Unique ID of the character example: 2f460055-7595-4640-9cb6-c442c4c869b0 name: type: string description: Name of the character example: Alan Watts shareUrl: type: string nullable: true description: Share URL of the character example: https://venice.ai/c/alan-watts photoUrl: type: string nullable: true description: URL of the character photo example: >- https://outerface.venice.ai/api/characters/2f460055-7595-4640-9cb6-c442c4c869b0/photo slug: type: string description: >- Slug of the character to be used in the completions API example: alan-watts stats: type: object properties: averageRating: type: number description: Average rating for the character example: 4.7 imports: type: number description: Number of imports for the character example: 112 ratingCount: type: number description: Number of ratings for the character example: 24 ratingSum: type: number description: Sum of all rating values for the character example: 113 userRating: type: number nullable: true description: >- The authenticated user rating for the character when available required: - averageRating - imports - ratingCount - ratingSum - userRating tags: type: array items: type: string description: Tags associated with the character example: - AlanWatts - Philosophy - Buddhism - Taoist - Hindu updatedAt: type: string description: Date when the character was last updated example: '2025-02-09T03:23:53.708Z' webEnabled: type: boolean description: Whether the character is enabled for web use example: true modelId: type: string description: API model ID for the character example: venice-uncensored-1-2 required: - adult - author - createdAt - description - featured - id - name - shareUrl - photoUrl - slug - stats - tags - updatedAt - webEnabled - modelId object: type: string enum: - character required: - data - object '401': description: Authentication failed content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/StandardError' '404': description: Character not found content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/StandardError' '500': description: An unknown error occurred content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/StandardError' components: schemas: StandardError: type: object properties: error: type: string description: A description of the error required: - error securitySchemes: BearerAuth: bearerFormat: JWT scheme: bearer type: http ````