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# API

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## Endpoints

- [Generate a completion](#generate-a-completion)
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- [Generate a chat completion](#generate-a-chat-completion)
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- [Create a Model](#create-a-model)
- [List Local Models](#list-local-models)
- [Show Model Information](#show-model-information)
- [Copy a Model](#copy-a-model)
- [Delete a Model](#delete-a-model)
- [Pull a Model](#pull-a-model)
- [Push a Model](#push-a-model)
- [Generate Embeddings](#generate-embeddings)
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- [List Running Models](#list-running-models)
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## Conventions
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### Model names
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Model names follow a `model:tag` format, where `model` can have an optional namespace such as `example/model`. Some examples are `orca-mini:3b-q4_1` and `llama3:70b`. The tag is optional and, if not provided, will default to `latest`. The tag is used to identify a specific version.
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### Durations

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All durations are returned in nanoseconds.
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### Streaming responses

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Certain endpoints stream responses as JSON objects. Streaming can be disabled by providing `{"stream": false}` for these endpoints.
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## Generate a completion
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```shell
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POST /api/generate
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Generate a response for a given prompt with a provided model. This is a streaming endpoint, so there will be a series of responses. The final response object will include statistics and additional data from the request.
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### Parameters
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- `model`: (required) the [model name](#model-names)
- `prompt`: the prompt to generate a response for
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- `suffix`: the text after the model response
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- `images`: (optional) a list of base64-encoded images (for multimodal models such as `llava`)
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Advanced parameters (optional):
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- `format`: the format to return a response in. Currently the only accepted value is `json`
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- `options`: additional model parameters listed in the documentation for the [Modelfile](./modelfile.md#valid-parameters-and-values) such as `temperature`
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- `system`: system message to (overrides what is defined in the `Modelfile`)
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- `template`: the prompt template to use (overrides what is defined in the `Modelfile`)
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- `context`: the context parameter returned from a previous request to `/generate`, this can be used to keep a short conversational memory
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- `stream`: if `false` the response will be returned as a single response object, rather than a stream of objects
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- `raw`: if `true` no formatting will be applied to the prompt. You may choose to use the `raw` parameter if you are specifying a full templated prompt in your request to the API
- `keep_alive`: controls how long the model will stay loaded into memory following the request (default: `5m`)
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#### JSON mode
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Enable JSON mode by setting the `format` parameter to `json`. This will structure the response as a valid JSON object. See the JSON mode [example](#request-json-mode) below.
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> [!IMPORTANT]
> It's important to instruct the model to use JSON in the `prompt`. Otherwise, the model may generate large amounts whitespace.
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### Examples

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#### Generate request (Streaming)

##### Request
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```shell
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curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d '{
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  "model": "llama3",
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  "prompt": "Why is the sky blue?"
}'
```
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##### Response
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A stream of JSON objects is returned:
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```json
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  "model": "llama3",
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  "created_at": "2023-08-04T08:52:19.385406455-07:00",
  "response": "The",
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  "done": false
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The final response in the stream also includes additional data about the generation:
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- `total_duration`: time spent generating the response
- `load_duration`: time spent in nanoseconds loading the model
- `prompt_eval_count`: number of tokens in the prompt
- `prompt_eval_duration`: time spent in nanoseconds evaluating the prompt
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- `eval_count`: number of tokens in the response
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- `eval_duration`: time in nanoseconds spent generating the response
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- `context`: an encoding of the conversation used in this response, this can be sent in the next request to keep a conversational memory
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- `response`: empty if the response was streamed, if not streamed, this will contain the full response
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To calculate how fast the response is generated in tokens per second (token/s), divide `eval_count` / `eval_duration` * `10^9`.
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  "created_at": "2023-08-04T19:22:45.499127Z",
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  "total_duration": 10706818083,
  "load_duration": 6338219291,
  "prompt_eval_count": 26,
  "prompt_eval_duration": 130079000,
  "eval_count": 259,
  "eval_duration": 4232710000
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#### Request (No streaming)
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##### Request

A response can be received in one reply when streaming is off.
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If `stream` is set to `false`, the response will be a single JSON object:

```json
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  "response": "The sky is blue because it is the color of the sky.",
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  "total_duration": 5043500667,
  "load_duration": 5025959,
  "prompt_eval_count": 26,
  "prompt_eval_duration": 325953000,
  "eval_count": 290,
  "eval_duration": 4709213000
}
```

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#### Request (with suffix)

##### Request

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d '{
  "model": "codellama:code",
  "prompt": "def compute_gcd(a, b):",
  "suffix": "    return result",
  "options": {
    "temperature": 0
  },
  "stream": false
}'
```

##### Response

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{
  "model": "codellama:code",
  "created_at": "2024-07-22T20:47:51.147561Z",
  "response": "\n  if a == 0:\n    return b\n  else:\n    return compute_gcd(b % a, a)\n\ndef compute_lcm(a, b):\n  result = (a * b) / compute_gcd(a, b)\n",
  "done": true,
  "done_reason": "stop",
  "context": [...],
  "total_duration": 1162761250,
  "load_duration": 6683708,
  "prompt_eval_count": 17,
  "prompt_eval_duration": 201222000,
  "eval_count": 63,
  "eval_duration": 953997000
}
```

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##### Request

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  "prompt": "What color is the sky at different times of the day? Respond using JSON",
  "format": "json",
  "stream": false
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```

##### Response

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  "created_at": "2023-11-09T21:07:55.186497Z",
  "response": "{\n\"morning\": {\n\"color\": \"blue\"\n},\n\"noon\": {\n\"color\": \"blue-gray\"\n},\n\"afternoon\": {\n\"color\": \"warm gray\"\n},\n\"evening\": {\n\"color\": \"orange\"\n}\n}\n",
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  "total_duration": 4648158584,
  "load_duration": 4071084,
  "prompt_eval_count": 36,
  "prompt_eval_duration": 439038000,
  "eval_count": 180,
  "eval_duration": 4196918000
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```

The value of `response` will be a string containing JSON similar to:

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{
  "morning": {
    "color": "blue"
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  "noon": {
    "color": "blue-gray"
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  "afternoon": {
    "color": "warm gray"
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  "evening": {
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  }
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To submit images to multimodal models such as `llava` or `bakllava`, provide a list of base64-encoded `images`:

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```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d '{
  "model": "llava",
  "prompt":"What is in this picture?",
  "stream": false,
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}'
```

#### Response

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{
  "model": "llava",
  "created_at": "2023-11-03T15:36:02.583064Z",
  "response": "A happy cartoon character, which is cute and cheerful.",
  "done": true,
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  "total_duration": 2938432250,
  "load_duration": 2559292,
  "prompt_eval_count": 1,
  "prompt_eval_duration": 2195557000,
  "eval_count": 44,
  "eval_duration": 736432000
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```

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In some cases, you may wish to bypass the templating system and provide a full prompt. In this case, you can use the `raw` parameter to disable templating. Also note that raw mode will not return a context.
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  "prompt": "[INST] why is the sky blue? [/INST]",
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  "stream": false
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##### Request

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d '{
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{
  "model": "mistral",
  "created_at": "2023-11-03T15:36:02.583064Z",
  "response": " The sky appears blue because of a phenomenon called Rayleigh scattering.",
  "done": true,
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  "stream": false,
  "options": {
    "num_keep": 5,
    "seed": 42,
    "num_predict": 100,
    "top_k": 20,
    "top_p": 0.9,
    "tfs_z": 0.5,
    "typical_p": 0.7,
    "repeat_last_n": 33,
    "temperature": 0.8,
    "repeat_penalty": 1.2,
    "presence_penalty": 1.5,
    "frequency_penalty": 1.0,
    "mirostat": 1,
    "mirostat_tau": 0.8,
    "mirostat_eta": 0.6,
    "penalize_newline": true,
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    "num_gpu": 1,
    "main_gpu": 0,
    "low_vram": false,
    "f16_kv": true,
    "vocab_only": false,
    "use_mmap": true,
    "use_mlock": false,
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  "response": "The sky is blue because it is the color of the sky.",
  "done": true,
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  "prompt_eval_duration": 107345000,
  "eval_count": 237,
  "eval_duration": 4289432000
}
```

#### Load a model

If an empty prompt is provided, the model will be loaded into memory.

##### Request

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##### Response

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```shell
POST /api/chat
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Generate the next message in a chat with a provided model. This is a streaming endpoint, so there will be a series of responses. Streaming can be disabled using `"stream": false`. The final response object will include statistics and additional data from the request.
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### Parameters

- `model`: (required) the [model name](#model-names)
- `messages`: the messages of the chat, this can be used to keep a chat memory

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- `images` (optional): a list of images to include in the message (for multimodal models such as `llava`)
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Advanced parameters (optional):

- `format`: the format to return a response in. Currently the only accepted value is `json`
- `options`: additional model parameters listed in the documentation for the [Modelfile](./modelfile.md#valid-parameters-and-values) such as `temperature`
- `stream`: if `false` the response will be returned as a single response object, rather than a stream of objects
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### Examples

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      "content": "why is the sky blue?"
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    "content": "Hello! How are you today?"
  },
  "done": true,
  "total_duration": 5191566416,
  "load_duration": 2154458,
  "prompt_eval_count": 26,
  "prompt_eval_duration": 383809000,
  "eval_count": 298,
  "eval_duration": 4799921000
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#### Chat request (With History)

Send a chat message with a conversation history. You can use this same approach to start the conversation using multi-shot or chain-of-thought prompting.

##### Request
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      "role": "user",
      "content": "why is the sky blue?"
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      "role": "assistant",
      "content": "due to rayleigh scattering."
    },
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "how is that different than mie scattering?"
    }
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    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "what is in this image?",
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```json
{
  "model": "llava",
  "created_at": "2023-12-13T22:42:50.203334Z",
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    "role": "assistant",
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  "total_duration": 5191566416,
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  "prompt_eval_count": 26,
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#### Chat request (with tools)

##### Request

```
curl http://localhost:11434/api/chat -d '{
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  "messages": [
    {
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      "content": "What is the weather today in Paris?"
    }
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  "stream": false,
  "tools": [
    {
      "type": "function",
      "function": {
        "name": "get_current_weather",
        "description": "Get the current weather for a location",
        "parameters": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "location": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The location to get the weather for, e.g. San Francisco, CA"
            },
            "format": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The format to return the weather in, e.g. 'celsius' or 'fahrenheit'",
              "enum": ["celsius", "fahrenheit"]
            }
          },
          "required": ["location", "format"]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

##### Response

```json
{
  "model": "mistral:7b-instruct-v0.3-q4_K_M",
  "created_at": "2024-07-22T20:33:28.123648Z",
  "message": {
    "role": "assistant",
    "content": "",
    "tool_calls": [
      {
        "function": {
          "name": "get_current_weather",
          "arguments": {
            "format": "celsius",
            "location": "Paris, FR"
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "done_reason": "stop",
  "done": true,
  "total_duration": 885095291,
  "load_duration": 3753500,
  "prompt_eval_count": 122,
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  "eval_count": 33,
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Create a new model from a `Modelfile`.

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{"status":"using already created layer sha256:8c17c2ebb0ea011be9981cc3922db8ca8fa61e828c5d3f44cb6ae342bf80460b"}
{"status":"using already created layer sha256:7c23fb36d80141c4ab8cdbb61ee4790102ebd2bf7aeff414453177d4f2110e5d"}
{"status":"using already created layer sha256:2e0493f67d0c8c9c68a8aeacdf6a38a2151cb3c4c1d42accf296e19810527988"}
{"status":"using already created layer sha256:2759286baa875dc22de5394b4a925701b1896a7e3f8e53275c36f75a877a82c9"}
{"status":"writing layer sha256:df30045fe90f0d750db82a058109cecd6d4de9c90a3d75b19c09e5f64580bb42"}
{"status":"writing layer sha256:f18a68eb09bf925bb1b669490407c1b1251c5db98dc4d3d81f3088498ea55690"}
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```shell
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#### Examples

##### Request

```shell
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      "size": 7365960935,
      "digest": "9f438cb9cd581fc025612d27f7c1a6669ff83a8bb0ed86c94fcf4c5440555697",
      "details": {
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      "size": 3825819519,
      "digest": "fe938a131f40e6f6d40083c9f0f430a515233eb2edaa6d72eb85c50d64f2300e",
      "details": {
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```shell
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## Copy a Model

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```shell
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```shell
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List models that are currently loaded into memory.

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