POST
/
v3
/
openai
/
chat
/
completions
Create chat completion
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.novita.ai/v3/openai/chat/completions \
  --header 'Authorization: <authorization>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: <content-type>' \
  --data '{
  "model": "<string>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "content": {},
      "role": "<string>",
      "name": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "max_tokens": 123,
  "stream": {},
  "stream_options": {
    "include_usage": true
  },
  "n": {},
  "seed": {},
  "frequency_penalty": {},
  "presence_penalty": {},
  "repetition_penalty": {},
  "stop": {},
  "temperature": {},
  "top_p": {},
  "top_k": {},
  "min_p": {},
  "logit_bias": {},
  "logprobs": {},
  "top_logprobs": {},
  "tools": {
    "type": "<string>",
    "function": {
      "name": "<string>",
      "description": {},
      "parameters": {},
      "strict": true
    }
  },
  "response_format": {
    "type": "<string>",
    "json_schema": {
      "name": "<string>",
      "description": {},
      "schema": {},
      "strict": true
    }
  },
  "separate_reasoning": {}
}'
{
  "choices": [
    {
      "finish_reason": "<string>",
      "index": 123,
      "message": {
        "role": "<string>",
        "content": {},
        "reasoning_content": {}
      }
    }
  ],
  "created": 123,
  "id": "<string>",
  "model": "<string>",
  "object": "<string>",
  "usage": {
    "completion_tokens": 123,
    "prompt_tokens": 123,
    "total_tokens": 123
  }
}
Creates a model response for the given chat conversation.

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Request Headers

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Content-Type
string
required
Enum: application/json
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Authorization
string
required
Bearer authentication format, for example: Bearer {{API Key}}.

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Request Body

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model
string
required
The name of the model to use.
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messages
object[]
required
A list of messages comprising the conversation so far.
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max_tokens
integer
required
The maximum number of tokens to generate in the completion.If the token count of your prompt (previous messages) plus max_tokens exceed the model’s context length, the behavior is depends on context_length_exceeded_behavior. By default, max_tokens will be lowered to fit in the context window instead of returning an error.
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stream
boolean | null
default:false
Whether to stream back partial progress. If set, tokens will be sent as data-only server-sent events (SSE) as they become available, with the stream terminated by a data: [DONE] message.
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stream_options
object | null
Options for streaming response. Only set this when you set stream: true.
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n
integer | null
default:1
How many completions to generate for each prompt.Note: Because this parameter generates many completions, it can quickly consume your token quota. Use carefully and ensure that you have reasonable settings for max_tokens and stop.Required range: 1 < x < 128
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seed
integer | null
If specified, our system will make a best effort to sample deterministically, such that repeated requests with the same seed and parameters should return the same result.
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frequency_penalty
number | null
default:0
Positive values penalize new tokens based on their existing frequency in the text so far, decreasing the model’s likelihood to repeat the same line verbatim.Reasonable value is around 0.1 to 1 if the aim is to just reduce repetitive samples somewhat. If the aim is to strongly suppress repetition, then one can increase the coefficients up to 2, but this can noticeably degrade the quality of samples. Negative values can be used to increase the likelihood of repetition.See also presence_penalty for penalizing tokens that have at least one appearance at a fixed rate.Required range: -2 < x < 2
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presence_penalty
number | null
default:0
Positive values penalize new tokens based on whether they appear in the text so far, increasing the model’s likelihood to talk about new topics.Reasonable value is around 0.1 to 1 if the aim is to just reduce repetitive samples somewhat. If the aim is to strongly suppress repetition, then one can increase the coefficients up to 2, but this can noticeably degrade the quality of samples. Negative values can be used to increase the likelihood of repetition.See also frequency_penalty for penalizing tokens at an increasing rate depending on how often they appear.Required range: -2 < x < 2
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repetition_penalty
number | null
Applies a penalty to repeated tokens to discourage or encourage repetition. A value of 1.0 means no penalty, allowing free repetition. Values above 1.0 penalize repetition, reducing the likelihood of repeating tokens. Values between 0.0 and 1.0 reward repetition, increasing the chance of repeated tokens. For a good balance, a value of 1.2 is often recommended. Note that the penalty is applied to both the generated output and the prompt in decoder-only models.Required range: 0 < x < 2
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stop
string | null
Up to 4 sequences where the API will stop generating further tokens. The returned text will contain the stop sequence.
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temperature
number | null
default:1
What sampling temperature to use, between 0 and 2. Higher values like 0.8 will make the output more random, while lower values like 0.2 will make it more focused and deterministic.We generally recommend altering this or top_p but not both.Required range: 0 < x < 2
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top_p
number | null
An alternative to sampling with temperature, called nucleus sampling, where the model considers the results of the tokens with top_p probability mass. So 0.1 means only the tokens comprising the top 10% probability mass are considered. We generally recommend altering this or temperature but not both.Required range: 0 < x <= 1
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top_k
integer | null
Top-k sampling is another sampling method where the k most probable next tokens are filtered and the probability mass is redistributed among only those k next tokens. The value of k controls the number of candidates for the next token at each step during text generation.Required range: 1 < x < 128
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min_p
number | null
float that represents the minimum probability for a token to be considered, relative to the probability of the most likely token.Required range: 0 <= x <= 1
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logit_bias
map[string, integer] | null
Modify the likelihood of specified tokens appearing in the completion.Accepts a JSON object that maps tokens to an associated bias value from -100 to 100. Mathematically, the bias is added to the logits generated by the model prior to sampling. The exact effect will vary per model.For example, by setting "logit_bias":{"1639": 6} will increase the likelihood of the token with token ID 1639.
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logprobs
boolean | null
default:false
Whether to return log probabilities of the output tokens or not. If true, returns the log probabilities of each output token returned in the content of message.
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top_logprobs
integer | null
An integer between 0 and 20 specifying the number of most likely tokens to return at each token position, each with an associated log probability. logprobs must be set to true if this parameter is used.Required range: 0 <= x <= 20
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tools
object[] | null
A list of tools the model may call. Currently, only functions are supported as a tool. Use this to provide a list of functions the model may generate JSON inputs for.Learn more about function calling in the function calling guide.
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response_format
object | null
Allows to force the model to produce specific output format.Setting to { "type": "json_schema", "json_schema": {...} } enables Structured Outputs which ensures the model will match your supplied JSON schema.Setting to { "type": "json_object" } enables the older JSON mode, which ensures the message the model generates is valid JSON. Using json_schema is preferred for models that support it.
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separate_reasoning
boolean | null
default:false
Whether to separate the reasoning from the “content” into “reasoning_content” field.Supported models: deepseek/deepseek-r1-turbo.

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Response

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choices
object[]
required
The list of chat completion choices.
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created
integer
required
The Unix time in seconds when the response was generated.
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id
string
required
A unique identifier of the response.
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model
string
required
The model used for the chat completion.
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object
string
required
The object type, which is always chat.completion.
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usage
object
Usage statistics.For streaming responses, usage field is included in the very last response chunk returned.