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Quickstart

Get up and running with the Groq API in a few minutes.

Create an API Key

Please visit here to create an API Key.

Set up your API Key (recommended)

Configure your API key as an environment variable. This approach streamlines your API usage by eliminating the need to include your API key in each request. Moreover, it enhances security by minimizing the risk of inadvertently including your API key in your codebase.

In your terminal of choice:

shell
export GROQ_API_KEY=<your-api-key-here>

Requesting your first chat completion

Install the Groq Python library:

shell
pip install groq

Performing a Chat Completion:

Python
import os

from groq import Groq

client = Groq(
    api_key=os.environ.get("GROQ_API_KEY"),
)

chat_completion = client.chat.completions.create(
    messages=[
        {
            "role": "user",
            "content": "Explain the importance of fast language models",
        }
    ],
    model="llama-3.3-70b-versatile",
)

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

Using third-party libraries and SDKs

Using AI SDK:

AI SDK is a Javascript-based open-source library that simplifies building large language model (LLM) applications. Documentation for how to use Groq on the AI SDK can be found here.


First, install the ai package and the Groq provider @ai-sdk/groq:


shell
pnpm add ai @ai-sdk/groq

Then, you can use the Groq provider to generate text. By default, the provider will look for GROQ_API_KEY as the API key.


JavaScript
import { groq } from '@ai-sdk/groq';
import { generateText } from 'ai';

const { text } = await generateText({
  model: groq('llama-3.3-70b-versatile'),
  prompt: 'Write a vegetarian lasagna recipe for 4 people.',
});

Now that you have successfully received a chat completion, you can try out the other endpoints in the API.

Next Steps

  • Check out the Playground to try out the Groq API in your browser
  • Join our GroqCloud developer community on Discord
  • Add a how-to on your project to the Groq API Cookbook

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