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API
Endpoints
- Generate a completion
- Generate a chat completion
- Create a Model
- List Local Models
- Show Model Information
- Copy a Model
- Delete a Model
- Pull a Model
- Push a Model
- Generate Embeddings
- List Running Models
Conventions
Model names
Model names follow a model:tag
format, where model
can have an optional namespace such as example/model
. Some examples are orca-mini:3b-q4_1
and llama3:70b
. The tag is optional and, if not provided, will default to latest
. The tag is used to identify a specific version.
Durations
All durations are returned in nanoseconds.
Streaming responses
Certain endpoints stream responses as JSON objects. Streaming can be disabled by providing {"stream": false}
for these endpoints.
Generate a completion
POST /api/generate
Generate a response for a given prompt with a provided model. This is a streaming endpoint, so there will be a series of responses. The final response object will include statistics and additional data from the request.
Parameters
model
: (required) the model nameprompt
: the prompt to generate a response forimages
: (optional) a list of base64-encoded images (for multimodal models such asllava
)
Advanced parameters (optional):
format
: the format to return a response in. Currently the only accepted value isjson
options
: additional model parameters listed in the documentation for the Modelfile such astemperature
system
: system message to (overrides what is defined in theModelfile
)template
: the prompt template to use (overrides what is defined in theModelfile
)context
: the context parameter returned from a previous request to/generate
, this can be used to keep a short conversational memorystream
: iffalse
the response will be returned as a single response object, rather than a stream of objectsraw
: iftrue
no formatting will be applied to the prompt. You may choose to use theraw
parameter if you are specifying a full templated prompt in your request to the APIkeep_alive
: controls how long the model will stay loaded into memory following the request (default:5m
)
JSON mode
Enable JSON mode by setting the format
parameter to json
. This will structure the response as a valid JSON object. See the JSON mode example below.
Note: it's important to instruct the model to use JSON in the
prompt
. Otherwise, the model may generate large amounts whitespace.
Examples
Generate request (Streaming)
Request
curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d '{
"model": "llama3",
"prompt": "Why is the sky blue?"
}'
Response
A stream of JSON objects is returned:
{
"model": "llama3",
"created_at": "2023-08-04T08:52:19.385406455-07:00",
"response": "The",
"done": false
}
The final response in the stream also includes additional data about the generation:
total_duration
: time spent generating the responseload_duration
: time spent in nanoseconds loading the modelprompt_eval_count
: number of tokens in the promptprompt_eval_duration
: time spent in nanoseconds evaluating the prompteval_count
: number of tokens in the responseeval_duration
: time in nanoseconds spent generating the responsecontext
: an encoding of the conversation used in this response, this can be sent in the next request to keep a conversational memoryresponse
: empty if the response was streamed, if not streamed, this will contain the full response
To calculate how fast the response is generated in tokens per second (token/s), divide eval_count
/ eval_duration
* 10^9
.
{
"model": "llama3",
"created_at": "2023-08-04T19:22:45.499127Z",
"response": "",
"done": true,
"context": [1, 2, 3],
"total_duration": 10706818083,
"load_duration": 6338219291,
"prompt_eval_count": 26,
"prompt_eval_duration": 130079000,
"eval_count": 259,
"eval_duration": 4232710000
}
Request (No streaming)
Request
A response can be received in one reply when streaming is off.
curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d '{
"model": "llama3",
"prompt": "Why is the sky blue?",
"stream": false
}'
Response
If stream
is set to false
, the response will be a single JSON object:
{
"model": "llama3",
"created_at": "2023-08-04T19:22:45.499127Z",
"response": "The sky is blue because it is the color of the sky.",
"done": true,
"context": [1, 2, 3],
"total_duration": 5043500667,
"load_duration": 5025959,
"prompt_eval_count": 26,
"prompt_eval_duration": 325953000,
"eval_count": 290,
"eval_duration": 4709213000
}
Request (JSON mode)
When
format
is set tojson
, the output will always be a well-formed JSON object. It's important to also instruct the model to respond in JSON.
Request
curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d '{
"model": "llama3",
"prompt": "What color is the sky at different times of the day? Respond using JSON",
"format": "json",
"stream": false
}'
Response
{
"model": "llama3",
"created_at": "2023-11-09T21:07:55.186497Z",
"response": "{\n\"morning\": {\n\"color\": \"blue\"\n},\n\"noon\": {\n\"color\": \"blue-gray\"\n},\n\"afternoon\": {\n\"color\": \"warm gray\"\n},\n\"evening\": {\n\"color\": \"orange\"\n}\n}\n",
"done": true,
"context": [1, 2, 3],
"total_duration": 4648158584,
"load_duration": 4071084,
"prompt_eval_count": 36,
"prompt_eval_duration": 439038000,
"eval_count": 180,
"eval_duration": 4196918000
}
The value of response
will be a string containing JSON similar to:
{
"morning": {
"color": "blue"
},
"noon": {
"color": "blue-gray"
},
"afternoon": {
"color": "warm gray"
},
"evening": {
"color": "orange"
}
}
Request (with images)
To submit images to multimodal models such as llava
or bakllava
, provide a list of base64-encoded images
:
Request
curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d '{
"model": "llava",
"prompt":"What is in this picture?",
"stream": false,
"images": ["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"]
}'
Response
{
"model": "llava",
"created_at": "2023-11-03T15:36:02.583064Z",
"response": "A happy cartoon character, which is cute and cheerful.",
"done": true,
"context": [1, 2, 3],
"total_duration": 2938432250,
"load_duration": 2559292,
"prompt_eval_count": 1,
"prompt_eval_duration": 2195557000,
"eval_count": 44,
"eval_duration": 736432000
}
Request (Raw Mode)
In some cases, you may wish to bypass the templating system and provide a full prompt. In this case, you can use the raw
parameter to disable templating. Also note that raw mode will not return a context.
Request
curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d '{
"model": "mistral",
"prompt": "[INST] why is the sky blue? [/INST]",
"raw": true,
"stream": false
}'
Request (Reproducible outputs)
For reproducible outputs, set seed
to a number:
Request
curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d '{
"model": "mistral",
"prompt": "Why is the sky blue?",
"options": {
"seed": 123
}
}'
Response
{
"model": "mistral",
"created_at": "2023-11-03T15:36:02.583064Z",
"response": " The sky appears blue because of a phenomenon called Rayleigh scattering.",
"done": true,
"total_duration": 8493852375,
"load_duration": 6589624375,
"prompt_eval_count": 14,
"prompt_eval_duration": 119039000,
"eval_count": 110,
"eval_duration": 1779061000
}
Generate request (With options)
If you want to set custom options for the model at runtime rather than in the Modelfile, you can do so with the options
parameter. This example sets every available option, but you can set any of them individually and omit the ones you do not want to override.
Request
curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d '{
"model": "llama3",
"prompt": "Why is the sky blue?",
"stream": false,
"options": {
"num_keep": 5,
"seed": 42,
"num_predict": 100,
"top_k": 20,
"top_p": 0.9,
"tfs_z": 0.5,
"typical_p": 0.7,
"repeat_last_n": 33,
"temperature": 0.8,
"repeat_penalty": 1.2,
"presence_penalty": 1.5,
"frequency_penalty": 1.0,
"mirostat": 1,
"mirostat_tau": 0.8,
"mirostat_eta": 0.6,
"penalize_newline": true,
"stop": ["\n", "user:"],
"numa": false,
"num_ctx": 1024,
"num_batch": 2,
"num_gpu": 1,
"main_gpu": 0,
"low_vram": false,
"f16_kv": true,
"vocab_only": false,
"use_mmap": true,
"use_mlock": false,
"num_thread": 8
}
}'
Response
{
"model": "llama3",
"created_at": "2023-08-04T19:22:45.499127Z",
"response": "The sky is blue because it is the color of the sky.",
"done": true,
"context": [1, 2, 3],
"total_duration": 4935886791,
"load_duration": 534986708,
"prompt_eval_count": 26,
"prompt_eval_duration": 107345000,
"eval_count": 237,
"eval_duration": 4289432000
}
Load a model
If an empty prompt is provided, the model will be loaded into memory.
Request
curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d '{
"model": "llama3"
}'
Response
A single JSON object is returned:
{
"model": "llama3",
"created_at": "2023-12-18T19:52:07.071755Z",
"response": "",
"done": true
}
Generate a chat completion
POST /api/chat
Generate the next message in a chat with a provided model. This is a streaming endpoint, so there will be a series of responses. Streaming can be disabled using "stream": false
. The final response object will include statistics and additional data from the request.
Parameters
model
: (required) the model namemessages
: the messages of the chat, this can be used to keep a chat memory
The message
object has the following fields:
role
: the role of the message, eithersystem
,user
orassistant
content
: the content of the messageimages
(optional): a list of images to include in the message (for multimodal models such asllava
)
Advanced parameters (optional):
format
: the format to return a response in. Currently the only accepted value isjson
options
: additional model parameters listed in the documentation for the Modelfile such astemperature
stream
: iffalse
the response will be returned as a single response object, rather than a stream of objectskeep_alive
: controls how long the model will stay loaded into memory following the request (default:5m
)
Examples
Chat Request (Streaming)
Request
Send a chat message with a streaming response.
curl http://localhost:11434/api/chat -d '{
"model": "llama3",
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": "why is the sky blue?"
}
]
}'
Response
A stream of JSON objects is returned:
{
"model": "llama3",
"created_at": "2023-08-04T08:52:19.385406455-07:00",
"message": {
"role": "assistant",
"content": "The",
"images": null
},
"done": false
}
Final response:
{
"model": "llama3",
"created_at": "2023-08-04T19:22:45.499127Z",
"done": true,
"total_duration": 4883583458,
"load_duration": 1334875,
"prompt_eval_count": 26,
"prompt_eval_duration": 342546000,
"eval_count": 282,
"eval_duration": 4535599000
}
Chat request (No streaming)
Request
curl http://localhost:11434/api/chat -d '{
"model": "llama3",
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": "why is the sky blue?"
}
],
"stream": false
}'
Response
{
"model": "registry.ollama.ai/library/llama3:latest",
"created_at": "2023-12-12T14:13:43.416799Z",
"message": {
"role": "assistant",
"content": "Hello! How are you today?"
},
"done": true,
"total_duration": 5191566416,
"load_duration": 2154458,
"prompt_eval_count": 26,
"prompt_eval_duration": 383809000,
"eval_count": 298,
"eval_duration": 4799921000
}
Chat request (With History)
Send a chat message with a conversation history. You can use this same approach to start the conversation using multi-shot or chain-of-thought prompting.
Request
curl http://localhost:11434/api/chat -d '{
"model": "llama3",
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": "why is the sky blue?"
},
{
"role": "assistant",
"content": "due to rayleigh scattering."
},
{
"role": "user",
"content": "how is that different than mie scattering?"
}
]
}'
Response
A stream of JSON objects is returned:
{
"model": "llama3",
"created_at": "2023-08-04T08:52:19.385406455-07:00",
"message": {
"role": "assistant",
"content": "The"
},
"done": false
}
Final response:
{
"model": "llama3",
"created_at": "2023-08-04T19:22:45.499127Z",
"done": true,
"total_duration": 8113331500,
"load_duration": 6396458,
"prompt_eval_count": 61,
"prompt_eval_duration": 398801000,
"eval_count": 468,
"eval_duration": 7701267000
}
Chat request (with images)
Request
Send a chat message with a conversation history.
curl http://localhost:11434/api/chat -d '{
"model": "llava",
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": "what is in this image?",
"images": ["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"]
}
]
}'
Response
{
"model": "llava",
"created_at": "2023-12-13T22:42:50.203334Z",
"message": {
"role": "assistant",
"content": " The image features a cute, little pig with an angry facial expression. It's wearing a heart on its shirt and is waving in the air. This scene appears to be part of a drawing or sketching project.",
"images": null
},
"done": true,
"total_duration": 1668506709,
"load_duration": 1986209,
"prompt_eval_count": 26,
"prompt_eval_duration": 359682000,
"eval_count": 83,
"eval_duration": 1303285000
}
Chat request (Reproducible outputs)
Request
curl http://localhost:11434/api/chat -d '{
"model": "llama3",
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Hello!"
}
],
"options": {
"seed": 101,
"temperature": 0
}
}'
Response
{
"model": "registry.ollama.ai/library/llama3:latest",
"created_at": "2023-12-12T14:13:43.416799Z",
"message": {
"role": "assistant",
"content": "Hello! How are you today?"
},
"done": true,
"total_duration": 5191566416,
"load_duration": 2154458,
"prompt_eval_count": 26,
"prompt_eval_duration": 383809000,
"eval_count": 298,
"eval_duration": 4799921000
}
Create a Model
POST /api/create
Create a model from a Modelfile
. It is recommended to set modelfile
to the content of the Modelfile rather than just set path
. This is a requirement for remote create. Remote model creation must also create any file blobs, fields such as FROM
and ADAPTER
, explicitly with the server using Create a Blob and the value to the path indicated in the response.
Parameters
name
: name of the model to createmodelfile
(optional): contents of the Modelfilestream
: (optional) iffalse
the response will be returned as a single response object, rather than a stream of objectspath
(optional): path to the Modelfile
Examples
Create a new model
Create a new model from a Modelfile
.
Request
curl http://localhost:11434/api/create -d '{
"name": "mario",
"modelfile": "FROM llama3\nSYSTEM You are mario from Super Mario Bros."
}'
Response
A stream of JSON objects. Notice that the final JSON object shows a "status": "success"
.
{"status":"reading model metadata"}
{"status":"creating system layer"}
{"status":"using already created layer sha256:22f7f8ef5f4c791c1b03d7eb414399294764d7cc82c7e94aa81a1feb80a983a2"}
{"status":"using already created layer sha256:8c17c2ebb0ea011be9981cc3922db8ca8fa61e828c5d3f44cb6ae342bf80460b"}
{"status":"using already created layer sha256:7c23fb36d80141c4ab8cdbb61ee4790102ebd2bf7aeff414453177d4f2110e5d"}
{"status":"using already created layer sha256:2e0493f67d0c8c9c68a8aeacdf6a38a2151cb3c4c1d42accf296e19810527988"}
{"status":"using already created layer sha256:2759286baa875dc22de5394b4a925701b1896a7e3f8e53275c36f75a877a82c9"}
{"status":"writing layer sha256:df30045fe90f0d750db82a058109cecd6d4de9c90a3d75b19c09e5f64580bb42"}
{"status":"writing layer sha256:f18a68eb09bf925bb1b669490407c1b1251c5db98dc4d3d81f3088498ea55690"}
{"status":"writing manifest"}
{"status":"success"}
Check if a Blob Exists
HEAD /api/blobs/:digest
Ensures that the file blob used for a FROM or ADAPTER field exists on the server. This is checking your Ollama server and not Ollama.ai.
Query Parameters
digest
: the SHA256 digest of the blob
Examples
Request
curl -I http://localhost:11434/api/blobs/sha256:29fdb92e57cf0827ded04ae6461b5931d01fa595843f55d36f5b275a52087dd2
Response
Return 200 OK if the blob exists, 404 Not Found if it does not.
Create a Blob
POST /api/blobs/:digest
Create a blob from a file on the server. Returns the server file path.
Query Parameters
digest
: the expected SHA256 digest of the file
Examples
Request
curl -T model.bin -X POST http://localhost:11434/api/blobs/sha256:29fdb92e57cf0827ded04ae6461b5931d01fa595843f55d36f5b275a52087dd2
Response
Return 201 Created if the blob was successfully created, 400 Bad Request if the digest used is not expected.
List Local Models
GET /api/tags
List models that are available locally.
Examples
Request
curl http://localhost:11434/api/tags
Response
A single JSON object will be returned.
{
"models": [
{
"name": "codellama:13b",
"modified_at": "2023-11-04T14:56:49.277302595-07:00",
"size": 7365960935,
"digest": "9f438cb9cd581fc025612d27f7c1a6669ff83a8bb0ed86c94fcf4c5440555697",
"details": {
"format": "gguf",
"family": "llama",
"families": null,
"parameter_size": "13B",
"quantization_level": "Q4_0"
}
},
{
"name": "llama3:latest",
"modified_at": "2023-12-07T09:32:18.757212583-08:00",
"size": 3825819519,
"digest": "fe938a131f40e6f6d40083c9f0f430a515233eb2edaa6d72eb85c50d64f2300e",
"details": {
"format": "gguf",
"family": "llama",
"families": null,
"parameter_size": "7B",
"quantization_level": "Q4_0"
}
}
]
}
Show Model Information
POST /api/show
Show information about a model including details, modelfile, template, parameters, license, system prompt.
Parameters
name
: name of the model to showverbose
: (optional) if set totrue
, returns full data for verbose response fields
Examples
Request
curl http://localhost:11434/api/show -d '{
"name": "llama3"
}'
Response
{
"modelfile": "# Modelfile generated by \"ollama show\"\n# To build a new Modelfile based on this one, replace the FROM line with:\n# FROM llava:latest\n\nFROM /Users/matt/.ollama/models/blobs/sha256:200765e1283640ffbd013184bf496e261032fa75b99498a9613be4e94d63ad52\nTEMPLATE \"\"\"{{ .System }}\nUSER: {{ .Prompt }}\nASSISTANT: \"\"\"\nPARAMETER num_ctx 4096\nPARAMETER stop \"\u003c/s\u003e\"\nPARAMETER stop \"USER:\"\nPARAMETER stop \"ASSISTANT:\"",
"parameters": "num_keep 24\nstop \"<|start_header_id|>\"\nstop \"<|end_header_id|>\"\nstop \"<|eot_id|>\"",
"template": "{{ if .System }}<|start_header_id|>system<|end_header_id|>\n\n{{ .System }}<|eot_id|>{{ end }}{{ if .Prompt }}<|start_header_id|>user<|end_header_id|>\n\n{{ .Prompt }}<|eot_id|>{{ end }}<|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|>\n\n{{ .Response }}<|eot_id|>",
"details": {
"parent_model": "",
"format": "gguf",
"family": "llama",
"families": [
"llama"
],
"parameter_size": "8.0B",
"quantization_level": "Q4_0"
},
"model_info": {
"general.architecture": "llama",
"general.file_type": 2,
"general.parameter_count": 8030261248,
"general.quantization_version": 2,
"llama.attention.head_count": 32,
"llama.attention.head_count_kv": 8,
"llama.attention.layer_norm_rms_epsilon": 0.00001,
"llama.block_count": 32,
"llama.context_length": 8192,
"llama.embedding_length": 4096,
"llama.feed_forward_length": 14336,
"llama.rope.dimension_count": 128,
"llama.rope.freq_base": 500000,
"llama.vocab_size": 128256,
"tokenizer.ggml.bos_token_id": 128000,
"tokenizer.ggml.eos_token_id": 128009,
"tokenizer.ggml.merges": [], // populates if `verbose=true`
"tokenizer.ggml.model": "gpt2",
"tokenizer.ggml.pre": "llama-bpe",
"tokenizer.ggml.token_type": [], // populates if `verbose=true`
"tokenizer.ggml.tokens": [] // populates if `verbose=true`
}
}
Copy a Model
POST /api/copy
Copy a model. Creates a model with another name from an existing model.
Examples
Request
curl http://localhost:11434/api/copy -d '{
"source": "llama3",
"destination": "llama3-backup"
}'
Response
Returns a 200 OK if successful, or a 404 Not Found if the source model doesn't exist.
Delete a Model
DELETE /api/delete
Delete a model and its data.
Parameters
name
: model name to delete
Examples
Request
curl -X DELETE http://localhost:11434/api/delete -d '{
"name": "llama3:13b"
}'
Response
Returns a 200 OK if successful, 404 Not Found if the model to be deleted doesn't exist.
Pull a Model
POST /api/pull
Download a model from the ollama library. Cancelled pulls are resumed from where they left off, and multiple calls will share the same download progress.
Parameters
name
: name of the model to pullinsecure
: (optional) allow insecure connections to the library. Only use this if you are pulling from your own library during development.stream
: (optional) iffalse
the response will be returned as a single response object, rather than a stream of objects
Examples
Request
curl http://localhost:11434/api/pull -d '{
"name": "llama3"
}'
Response
If stream
is not specified, or set to true
, a stream of JSON objects is returned:
The first object is the manifest:
{
"status": "pulling manifest"
}
Then there is a series of downloading responses. Until any of the download is completed, the completed
key may not be included. The number of files to be downloaded depends on the number of layers specified in the manifest.
{
"status": "downloading digestname",
"digest": "digestname",
"total": 2142590208,
"completed": 241970
}
After all the files are downloaded, the final responses are:
{
"status": "verifying sha256 digest"
}
{
"status": "writing manifest"
}
{
"status": "removing any unused layers"
}
{
"status": "success"
}
if stream
is set to false, then the response is a single JSON object:
{
"status": "success"
}
Push a Model
POST /api/push
Upload a model to a model library. Requires registering for ollama.ai and adding a public key first.
Parameters
name
: name of the model to push in the form of<namespace>/<model>:<tag>
insecure
: (optional) allow insecure connections to the library. Only use this if you are pushing to your library during development.stream
: (optional) iffalse
the response will be returned as a single response object, rather than a stream of objects
Examples
Request
curl http://localhost:11434/api/push -d '{
"name": "mattw/pygmalion:latest"
}'
Response
If stream
is not specified, or set to true
, a stream of JSON objects is returned:
{ "status": "retrieving manifest" }
and then:
{
"status": "starting upload",
"digest": "sha256:bc07c81de745696fdf5afca05e065818a8149fb0c77266fb584d9b2cba3711ab",
"total": 1928429856
}
Then there is a series of uploading responses:
{
"status": "starting upload",
"digest": "sha256:bc07c81de745696fdf5afca05e065818a8149fb0c77266fb584d9b2cba3711ab",
"total": 1928429856
}
Finally, when the upload is complete:
{"status":"pushing manifest"}
{"status":"success"}
If stream
is set to false
, then the response is a single JSON object:
{ "status": "success" }
Generate Embeddings
POST /api/embed
Generate embeddings from a model
Parameters
model
: name of model to generate embeddings frominput
: text or list of text to generate embeddings for
Advanced parameters:
truncate
: truncates the end of each input to fit within context length. Returns error iffalse
and context length is exceeded. Defaults totrue
options
: additional model parameters listed in the documentation for the Modelfile such astemperature
keep_alive
: controls how long the model will stay loaded into memory following the request (default:5m
)
Examples
Request
curl http://localhost:11434/api/embed -d '{
"model": "all-minilm",
"input": "Why is the sky blue?"
}'
Response
{
"model": "all-minilm",
"embeddings": [[
0.010071029, -0.0017594862, 0.05007221, 0.04692972, 0.054916814,
0.008599704, 0.105441414, -0.025878139, 0.12958129, 0.031952348
]]
}
Request (Multiple input)
curl http://localhost:11434/api/embed -d '{
"model": "all-minilm",
"input": ["Why is the sky blue?", "Why is the grass green?"]
}'
Response
{
"model": "all-minilm",
"embeddings": [[
0.010071029, -0.0017594862, 0.05007221, 0.04692972, 0.054916814,
0.008599704, 0.105441414, -0.025878139, 0.12958129, 0.031952348
],[
-0.0098027075, 0.06042469, 0.025257962, -0.006364387, 0.07272725,
0.017194884, 0.09032035, -0.051705178, 0.09951512, 0.09072481
]]
}
List Running Models
GET /api/ps
List models that are currently loaded into memory.
Examples
Request
curl http://localhost:11434/api/ps
Response
A single JSON object will be returned.
{
"models": [
{
"name": "mistral:latest",
"model": "mistral:latest",
"size": 5137025024,
"digest": "2ae6f6dd7a3dd734790bbbf58b8909a606e0e7e97e94b7604e0aa7ae4490e6d8",
"details": {
"parent_model": "",
"format": "gguf",
"family": "llama",
"families": [
"llama"
],
"parameter_size": "7.2B",
"quantization_level": "Q4_0"
},
"expires_at": "2024-06-04T14:38:31.83753-07:00",
"size_vram": 5137025024
}
]
}
Generate Embedding
Note: this endpoint has been superseded by
/api/embed
POST /api/embeddings
Generate embeddings from a model
Parameters
model
: name of model to generate embeddings fromprompt
: text to generate embeddings for
Advanced parameters:
options
: additional model parameters listed in the documentation for the Modelfile such astemperature
keep_alive
: controls how long the model will stay loaded into memory following the request (default:5m
)
Examples
Request
curl http://localhost:11434/api/embeddings -d '{
"model": "all-minilm",
"prompt": "Here is an article about llamas..."
}'
Response
{
"embedding": [
0.5670403838157654, 0.009260174818336964, 0.23178744316101074, -0.2916173040866852, -0.8924556970596313,
0.8785552978515625, -0.34576427936553955, 0.5742510557174683, -0.04222835972905159, -0.137906014919281
]
}