To get started with Venice quickly, you’ll need to:
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Generate an API Key
Navigate to your user settings within your Venice API Settings and generate a new API key.For a more detailed guide, check out the API Key page.
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Choose a model
Go to the “List Models” API reference page and enter your API key to output a list of all models, or use the following command in a terminal
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# Open a terminal, replace <your-api-key> with your actual API key, and run the following commandcurl --request GET \ --url https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/models \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer <your-api-key>'
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Text Prompt
Go to the “Chat Completions” API reference page and enter your API key as well as text prompt configuration options, or modify the command below in a terminal
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# Open a terminal, replace <your-api-key> with your actual API key, edit the information to your needs and run the following commandcurl --request POST \--url https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \--header 'Authorization: Bearer <your-api-key>' \--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \--data '{ "model": "llama-3.3-70b", "messages": [ { "role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant" }, { "role": "user", "content": "Tell me about AI" } ], "venice_parameters": { "enable_web_search": "on", "include_venice_system_prompt": true }, "frequency_penalty": 0, "presence_penalty": 0, "max_tokens": 1000, "max_completion_tokens": 998, "temperature": 1, "top_p": 0.1, "stream": false}'
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Image Generation
Go to the “Generate Images” API reference page and enter your API key as well as image prompt configuration options, or modify the command below in a terminal
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# Open a terminal, replace <your-api-key> with your actual API key, edit the information to your needs and run the following commandcurl --request POST \--url https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/image/generate \--header 'Authorization: Bearer <your-api-key>' \--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \--data '{"model": "fluently-xl","prompt": "A beautiful sunset over a mountain range","negative_prompt": "Clouds, Rain, Snow","style_preset": "3D Model","height": 1024,"width": 1024,"steps": 30,"cfg_scale": 7.5,"seed": 123456789,"lora_strength": 50,"safe_mode": false,"return_binary": false,"hide_watermark": false}'