HTTP requests (curl)

Use the API without an SDK: any language or tool that can send an HTTP request.

Full guide

All requests are sent to https://api.ailoot.ai over HTTPS, with a JSON body or multipart for file uploads. Send the key in one of the authentication headers.

The key is in the variable

export AILOOT_API_KEY="sk-..."

OpenAI Chat Completions

curl https://api.ailoot.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AILOOT_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "claude-sonnet-5-5",
    "messages": [
      {"role": "user", "content": "Explain what an API is in two sentences."}
    ]
  }'

Streaming responses

The -N flag disables curl buffering so events are printed as soon as they arrive. Each event starts with data:; the stream ends with the line data: [DONE].

curl -N https://api.ailoot.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AILOOT_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model": "deepseek-v4-pro", "stream": true,
       "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Count to five"}]}'

OpenAI Responses

curl https://api.ailoot.ai/v1/responses \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AILOOT_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model": "gpt-6.1-sol", "input": "Write a birthday toast for a colleague"}'

Anthropic Messages

curl https://api.ailoot.ai/v1/messages \
  -H "x-api-key: $AILOOT_API_KEY" \
  -H "anthropic-version: 2023-06-01" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "claude-sonnet-5-5",
    "max_tokens": 1024,
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello! What can you do?"}]
  }'

Gemini

curl "https://api.ailoot.ai/v1beta/models/gemini-3.8-flash:generateContent" \
  -H "x-goog-api-key: $AILOOT_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "contents": [
      {"role": "user", "parts": [{"text": "Come up with three names for a coffee shop."}]}
    ]
  }'

Model list

curl -s https://api.ailoot.ai/v1/models \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AILOOT_API_KEY" | jq -r '.data[].id'

Response headers

Add -i to view the headers. X-Request-ID — the request ID, which also appears in error messages. X-Ailoot-Charged-USD — the amount charged for the billed text response. For all headers, see How it works.

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