Venice.ai API

A privacy-first AI platform that provides OpenAI-compatible APIs for text and image generation. The platform emphasizes user privacy, open-source models, and uncensored AI responses.

Complete API Reference: For detailed information about all endpoints, parameters, and functionality, see our comprehensive API reference.

Features

• Privacy-First Architecture: Venice does not utilize or store user data for any purposes
• Open-Source Models: Only uses open-source models for full transparency
• OpenAI API Compatible: Seamless integration with existing OpenAI clients and tools
• Uncensored Responses: Default system prompts designed for natural, uncensored model responses
• No Data Storage: Venice does not store user conversations or generated content
• Transparent Operations: Full visibility into model operations and capabilities

Base URL

All API requests must use Venice's base URL:

https://api.venice.ai/api/v1

Authentication

Venice uses Bearer token authentication with JWT format:

Authorization: Bearer <your-api-key>

Quick Start

JavaScript/Node.js

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: "your-api-key",
  baseURL: "https://api.venice.ai/api/v1",
});

// Chat completion
const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "venice-uncensored",
  messages: [
    { role: "user", content: "Hello!" }
  ]
});

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

Python

import openai

client = openai.OpenAI(
    api_key="your-venice-api-key",
    base_url="https://api.venice.ai/api/v1"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="venice-uncensored",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
)

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

API Endpoints

• POST /api/v1/chat/completions - Generate text responses in a chat-like format
• GET /api/v1/models - List available models
• POST /api/v1/images/generations - Generate images from text prompts
• POST /api/v1/image/generate - Venice native image generation
• POST /api/v1/embeddings - Create embeddings for text
• POST /api/v1/audio/speech - Text-to-speech generation
• GET /api/v1/characters - Get available Venice characters
• GET /api/v1/models/traits - Get model traits
• GET /api/v1/image/styles - List available image styles

Documentation

• Comprehensive API Reference: Venice.ai API Reference KNOWLEDGE BASE.md
• Online Documentation: https://docs.venice.ai
• API Specification: https://api.venice.ai/doc/api/swagger.yaml
• Terms of Service: https://venice.ai/legal/tos

Support

• Support Email: support@venice.ai