Quickstart

Get started with the INFER API in under 5 minutes.

1. Create an Account

2. Generate an API Key

Navigate to Dashboard → API Keys and click Create New Key.

Give your key a descriptive name (e.g., “production-app”)
Copy the key immediately — it won’t be shown again
Your key starts with sk-infer-

3. Add Funds

Go to Dashboard → Add Funds and deposit INFER tokens to your account. New accounts receive a small free credit to get started.

4. Make Your First Request

The INFER API is fully compatible with OpenAI’s chat completions format:


curl -X POST https://inferexchange.com/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-infer-YOUR_KEY_HERE" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "llama-3.1-8b",
    "messages": [
      {"role": "user", "content": "Hello, what is INFER?"}
    ]
  }'

5. Use with OpenAI SDKs

Since the API is OpenAI-compatible, you can use any OpenAI SDK by changing the base URL:


from openai import OpenAI
 
client = OpenAI(
    api_key="sk-infer-YOUR_KEY_HERE",
    base_url="https://inferexchange.com/api/v1"
)
 
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="llama-3.1-8b",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum computing in simple terms"}
    ]
)
 
print(response.choices[0].message.content)


import OpenAI from 'openai';
 
const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: 'sk-infer-YOUR_KEY_HERE',
  baseURL: 'https://inferexchange.com/api/v1',
});
 
const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: 'llama-3.1-8b',
  messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'What is decentralized AI?' }],
});
 
console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

Available Models

Model	Price (per 1M tokens)	Context Window
Llama 3.1 8B	$0.10	128K
Llama 3.1 70B	$0.50	128K
Mixtral 8x22B	$0.60	64K

Next Steps

API Reference — Explore all endpoints
Authentication — API key management
Error Handling — Handle errors gracefully
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