SDKs and curl

If your code already uses the OpenAI or Anthropic SDK, change the base URL and the key. Nothing else needs a new library.

Before you start

Create an account with a verified email address, add prepaid balance, then create a key on the console's API keys page. Keep the key secret.

Model IDs are listed in the console and returned by GET https://api.6bee.ai/v1/models. Replace <model id> with one of them.

curl

shell

curl https://api.6bee.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SIXBEE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model": "<model id>", "stream": true, "max_tokens": 2048,
       "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Write a unit test for fizzbuzz"}]}'

Python (OpenAI SDK)

app.py

from openai import OpenAI   # pip install openai

client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.6bee.ai/v1", api_key="<your key>")
reply = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="<model id>", max_tokens=2048,
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Explain this stack trace"}])
print(reply.choices[0].message.content)

Node.js (OpenAI SDK)

app.mjs

import OpenAI from 'openai'; // npm install openai

const client = new OpenAI({ baseURL: 'https://api.6bee.ai/v1', apiKey: process.env.SIXBEE_API_KEY });
const stream = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: '<model id>', max_tokens: 2048, stream: true,
  messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Explain this stack trace' }],
});
for await (const chunk of stream) process.stdout.write(chunk.choices[0]?.delta?.content ?? '');

Python (Anthropic SDK)

The Anthropic format lives on the same host, without /v1 in the base URL:

app.py

from anthropic import Anthropic   # pip install anthropic

client = Anthropic(base_url="https://api.6bee.ai", api_key="<your key>")
reply = client.messages.create(
    model="<model id>", max_tokens=2048,
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Explain this stack trace"}])
print(reply.content[0].text)

List the models

shell

curl https://api.6bee.ai/v1/models \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SIXBEE_API_KEY"

Errors and limits

Over a limit you get HTTP 429 with Retry-After, or 400 when a request can’t fit the context. A lowered output cap is reported in the X-6bee-Output-Cap response header; on /v1/messages a thinking budget is lowered with it.

Context: Input plus output up to the model’s window: 128K to 1M tokens, depending on the model.
Output: max_tokens up to the model’s output cap: 16,384 to 131,072, depending on the model. Larger values are lowered to the cap, not rejected. If omitted: 8,192 to 32,768.
Input tokens: 1,000,000 uncached tokens per rolling minute. Cache hits don’t count.
Requests: 60 per minute.
Concurrency: 2 requests at a time.
Request body: Up to 8 MiB. n must be 1.

On 429, wait for the number of seconds in Retry-After, then retry.
Send n: 1. Other values are rejected.
Keep the key on a server. Do not ship it in client-side code or a public repository.