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                                                        https://api.inference.net/v1

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30 RPM (fair use)

Quick Start Guide

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Visit https://inference.net/

2

Sign up for a free account

3

Get your API key from settings

4

Use with OpenAI SDK (change base_url)

5

Check available models on dashboard

Available Models

Model Name	ID	Context	Capabilities
DeepSeek-R1 Free	`deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1`	64 000	Reasoning
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Free	`meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct`	128 000	-
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct Free	`meta-llama/Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct`	128 000	-

Integration Examples

Ready-to-use code snippets for your applications.

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main.py

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_INFERENCE_NET_KEY",
    base_url="https://api.inference.net/v1"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "What is decentralized AI inference?"}
    ]
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

index.js

import OpenAI from 'openai';

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: 'YOUR_INFERENCE_NET_KEY',
  baseURL: 'https://api.inference.net/v1'
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: 'deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1',
  messages: [
    { role: 'user', content: 'What is decentralized AI inference?' }
  ]
});

console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

terminal

curl https://api.inference.net/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_INFERENCE_NET_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "What is decentralized AI inference?"
      }
    ]
  }'

example.php

<?php
$apiKey = 'YOUR_API_KEY';
$url = "https://api.inference.net/v1/models/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1:generateContent?key=$apiKey";

$data = [
    "contents" => [
        ["parts" => [["text" => "Explain quantum mechanics"]]]
    ]
];

$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($data));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Content-Type: application/json']);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

echo $response;
?>

main.go

package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "github.com/google/generative-ai-go/genai"
    "google.golang.org/api/option"
)

func main() {
    ctx := context.Background()
    client, err := genai.NewClient(ctx, option.WithAPIKey("YOUR_API_KEY"))
    if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }
    defer client.Close()

    model := client.GenerativeModel("deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1")
    resp, err := model.GenerateContent(ctx, genai.Text("Explain quantum mechanics"))
    if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }
    
    // ...
}

main.py

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_INFERENCE_NET_KEY",
    base_url="https://api.inference.net/v1"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "What is decentralized AI inference?"}
    ]
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

index.js

import OpenAI from 'openai';

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: 'YOUR_INFERENCE_NET_KEY',
  baseURL: 'https://api.inference.net/v1'
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: 'deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1',
  messages: [
    { role: 'user', content: 'What is decentralized AI inference?' }
  ]
});

console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

terminal

curl https://api.inference.net/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_INFERENCE_NET_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "What is decentralized AI inference?"
      }
    ]
  }'

example.php

<?php
$apiKey = 'YOUR_API_KEY';
$url = "https://api.inference.net/v1/models/meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct:generateContent?key=$apiKey";

$data = [
    "contents" => [
        ["parts" => [["text" => "Explain quantum mechanics"]]]
    ]
];

$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($data));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Content-Type: application/json']);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

echo $response;
?>

main.go

package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "github.com/google/generative-ai-go/genai"
    "google.golang.org/api/option"
)

func main() {
    ctx := context.Background()
    client, err := genai.NewClient(ctx, option.WithAPIKey("YOUR_API_KEY"))
    if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }
    defer client.Close()

    model := client.GenerativeModel("meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct")
    resp, err := model.GenerateContent(ctx, genai.Text("Explain quantum mechanics"))
    if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }
    
    // ...
}

main.py

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_INFERENCE_NET_KEY",
    base_url="https://api.inference.net/v1"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "What is decentralized AI inference?"}
    ]
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

index.js

import OpenAI from 'openai';

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: 'YOUR_INFERENCE_NET_KEY',
  baseURL: 'https://api.inference.net/v1'
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: 'deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1',
  messages: [
    { role: 'user', content: 'What is decentralized AI inference?' }
  ]
});

console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

terminal

curl https://api.inference.net/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_INFERENCE_NET_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "What is decentralized AI inference?"
      }
    ]
  }'

example.php

<?php
$apiKey = 'YOUR_API_KEY';
$url = "https://api.inference.net/v1/models/meta-llama/Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct:generateContent?key=$apiKey";

$data = [
    "contents" => [
        ["parts" => [["text" => "Explain quantum mechanics"]]]
    ]
];

$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($data));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Content-Type: application/json']);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

echo $response;
?>

main.go

package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "github.com/google/generative-ai-go/genai"
    "google.golang.org/api/option"
)

func main() {
    ctx := context.Background()
    client, err := genai.NewClient(ctx, option.WithAPIKey("YOUR_API_KEY"))
    if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }
    defer client.Close()

    model := client.GenerativeModel("meta-llama/Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct")
    resp, err := model.GenerateContent(ctx, genai.Text("Explain quantum mechanics"))
    if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }
    
    // ...
}

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Use Cases

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Why Choose Inference.net?

Quick Start Guide

Visit https://inference.net/

Sign up for a free account

Get your API key from settings

Use with OpenAI SDK (change base_url)

Check available models on dashboard

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Integration Examples

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