ollama/docs/api.md

# API

> Note: Ollama's API docs are moving to https://docs.ollama.com/api

## Endpoints

- [Generate a completion](#generate-a-completion)
- [Generate a chat completion](#generate-a-chat-completion)
- [Create a Model](#create-a-model)
- [List Local Models](#list-local-models)
- [Show Model Information](#show-model-information)
- [Copy a Model](#copy-a-model)
- [Delete a Model](#delete-a-model)
- [Pull a Model](#pull-a-model)
- [Push a Model](#push-a-model)
- [Generate Embeddings](#generate-embeddings)
- [List Running Models](#list-running-models)
- [Version](#version)
- [Experimental: Image Generation](#image-generation-experimental)

## 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-q8_0` 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 name](#model-names)
- `prompt`: the prompt to generate a response for
- `suffix`: the text after the model response
- `images`: (optional) a list of base64-encoded images (for multimodal models such as `llava`)
- `think`: (for thinking models) should the model think before responding?

Advanced parameters (optional):

- `format`: the format to return a response in. Format can be `json` or a JSON schema
- `options`: additional model parameters listed in the documentation for the [Modelfile](./modelfile.mdx#valid-parameters-and-values) such as `temperature`
- `system`: system message to (overrides what is defined in the `Modelfile`)
- `template`: the prompt template to use (overrides what is defined in the `Modelfile`)
- `stream`: if `false` the response will be returned as a single response object, rather than a stream of objects
- `raw`: if `true` no formatting will be applied to the prompt. You may choose to use the `raw` parameter if you are specifying a full templated prompt in your request to the API
- `keep_alive`: controls how long the model will stay loaded into memory following the request (default: `5m`)
- `context` (deprecated): the context parameter returned from a previous request to `/generate`, this can be used to keep a short conversational memory

Experimental image generation parameters (for image generation models only):

> [!WARNING]
> These parameters are experimental and may change in future versions.

- `width`: width of the generated image in pixels
- `height`: height of the generated image in pixels
- `steps`: number of diffusion steps

#### Structured outputs

Structured outputs are supported by providing a JSON schema in the `format` parameter. The model will generate a response that matches the schema. See the [structured outputs](#request-structured-outputs) example below.

#### 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](#request-json-mode) below.

> [!IMPORTANT]
> 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

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d '{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "prompt": "Why is the sky blue?"
}'
```

##### Response

A stream of JSON objects is returned:

```json
{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "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 response
- `load_duration`: time spent in nanoseconds loading the model
- `prompt_eval_count`: number of tokens in the prompt
- `prompt_eval_duration`: time spent in nanoseconds evaluating the prompt
- `eval_count`: number of tokens in the response
- `eval_duration`: time in nanoseconds spent generating the response
- `context`: an encoding of the conversation used in this response, this can be sent in the next request to keep a conversational memory
- `response`: 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`.

```json
{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "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.

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d '{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "prompt": "Why is the sky blue?",
  "stream": false
}'
```

##### Response

If `stream` is set to `false`, the response will be a single JSON object:

```json
{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "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 (with suffix)

##### Request

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d '{
  "model": "codellama:code",
  "prompt": "def compute_gcd(a, b):",
  "suffix": "    return result",
  "options": {
    "temperature": 0
  },
  "stream": false
}'
```

##### Response

```json5
{
  "model": "codellama:code",
  "created_at": "2024-07-22T20:47:51.147561Z",
  "response": "\n  if a == 0:\n    return b\n  else:\n    return compute_gcd(b % a, a)\n\ndef compute_lcm(a, b):\n  result = (a * b) / compute_gcd(a, b)\n",
  "done": true,
  "done_reason": "stop",
  "context": [...],
  "total_duration": 1162761250,
  "load_duration": 6683708,
  "prompt_eval_count": 17,
  "prompt_eval_duration": 201222000,
  "eval_count": 63,
  "eval_duration": 953997000
}
```

#### Request (Structured outputs)

##### Request

```shell
curl -X POST http://localhost:11434/api/generate -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
  "model": "llama3.1:8b",
  "prompt": "Ollama is 22 years old and is busy saving the world. Respond using JSON",
  "stream": false,
  "format": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "age": {
        "type": "integer"
      },
      "available": {
        "type": "boolean"
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "age",
      "available"
    ]
  }
}'
```

##### Response

```json
{
  "model": "llama3.1:8b",
  "created_at": "2024-12-06T00:48:09.983619Z",
  "response": "{\n  \"age\": 22,\n  \"available\": true\n}",
  "done": true,
  "done_reason": "stop",
  "context": [1, 2, 3],
  "total_duration": 1075509083,
  "load_duration": 567678166,
  "prompt_eval_count": 28,
  "prompt_eval_duration": 236000000,
  "eval_count": 16,
  "eval_duration": 269000000
}
```

#### Request (JSON mode)

> [!IMPORTANT]
> When `format` is set to `json`, the output will always be a well-formed JSON object. It's important to also instruct the model to respond in JSON.

##### Request

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d '{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "prompt": "What color is the sky at different times of the day? Respond using JSON",
  "format": "json",
  "stream": false
}'
```

##### Response

```json
{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "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:

```json
{
  "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

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d '{
  "model": "llava",
  "prompt":"What is in this picture?",
  "stream": false,
  "images": ["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"]
}'
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "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

```shell
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

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d '{
  "model": "mistral",
  "prompt": "Why is the sky blue?",
  "options": {
    "seed": 123
  }
}'
```

##### Response

```json
{
  "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

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d '{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "prompt": "Why is the sky blue?",
  "stream": false,
  "options": {
    "num_keep": 5,
    "seed": 42,
    "num_predict": 100,
    "draft_num_predict": 4,
    "top_k": 20,
    "top_p": 0.9,
    "min_p": 0.0,
    "typical_p": 0.7,
    "repeat_last_n": 33,
    "temperature": 0.8,
    "repeat_penalty": 1.2,
    "presence_penalty": 1.5,
    "frequency_penalty": 1.0,
    "penalize_newline": true,
    "stop": ["\n", "user:"],
    "numa": false,
    "num_ctx": 1024,
    "num_batch": 2,
    "num_gpu": 1,
    "main_gpu": 0,
    "use_mmap": true,
    "num_thread": 8
  }
}'
```

##### Response

```json
{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "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

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d '{
  "model": "llama3.2"
}'
```

##### Response

A single JSON object is returned:

```json
{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "created_at": "2023-12-18T19:52:07.071755Z",
  "response": "",
  "done": true
}
```

#### Unload a model

If an empty prompt is provided and the `keep_alive` parameter is set to `0`, a model will be unloaded from memory.

##### Request

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d '{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "keep_alive": 0
}'
```

##### Response

A single JSON object is returned:

```json
{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "created_at": "2024-09-12T03:54:03.516566Z",
  "response": "",
  "done": true,
  "done_reason": "unload"
}
```

## 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 name](#model-names)
- `messages`: the messages of the chat, this can be used to keep a chat memory
- `tools`: list of tools in JSON for the model to use if supported
- `think`: (for thinking models) should the model think before responding?

The `message` object has the following fields:

- `role`: the role of the message, either `system`, `user`, `assistant`, or `tool`
- `content`: the content of the message
- `thinking`: (for thinking models) the model's thinking process
- `images` (optional): a list of images to include in the message (for multimodal models such as `llava`)
- `tool_calls` (optional): a list of tools in JSON that the model wants to use
- `tool_name` (optional): add the name of the tool that was executed to inform the model of the result

Advanced parameters (optional):

- `format`: the format to return a response in. Format can be `json` or a JSON schema.
- `options`: additional model parameters listed in the documentation for the [Modelfile](./modelfile.mdx#valid-parameters-and-values) such as `temperature`
- `stream`: if `false` the response will be returned as a single response object, rather than a stream of objects
- `keep_alive`: controls how long the model will stay loaded into memory following the request (default: `5m`)

### Tool calling

Tool calling is supported by providing a list of tools in the `tools` parameter. The model will generate a response that includes a list of tool calls. See the [Chat request (Streaming with tools)](#chat-request-streaming-with-tools) example below.

Models can also explain the result of the tool call in the response. See the [Chat request (With history, with tools)](#chat-request-with-history-with-tools) example below.

[See models with tool calling capabilities](https://ollama.com/search?c=tool).

### Structured outputs

Structured outputs are supported by providing a JSON schema in the `format` parameter. The model will generate a response that matches the schema. See the [Chat request (Structured outputs)](#chat-request-structured-outputs) example below.

### Examples

#### Chat request (Streaming)

##### Request

Send a chat message with a streaming response.

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/chat -d '{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "why is the sky blue?"
    }
  ]
}'
```

##### Response

A stream of JSON objects is returned:

```json
{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "created_at": "2023-08-04T08:52:19.385406455-07:00",
  "message": {
    "role": "assistant",
    "content": "The",
    "images": null
  },
  "done": false
}
```

Final response:

```json
{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "created_at": "2023-08-04T19:22:45.499127Z",
  "message": {
    "role": "assistant",
    "content": ""
  },
  "done": true,
  "total_duration": 4883583458,
  "load_duration": 1334875,
  "prompt_eval_count": 26,
  "prompt_eval_duration": 342546000,
  "eval_count": 282,
  "eval_duration": 4535599000
}
```

#### Chat request (Streaming with tools)

##### Request

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/chat -d '{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "what is the weather in tokyo?"
    }
  ],
  "tools": [
    {
      "type": "function",
      "function": {
        "name": "get_weather",
        "description": "Get the weather in a given city",
        "parameters": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "city": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The city to get the weather for"
            }
          },
          "required": ["city"]
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "stream": true
}'
```

##### Response

A stream of JSON objects is returned:

```json
{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "created_at": "2025-07-07T20:22:19.184789Z",
  "message": {
    "role": "assistant",
    "content": "",
    "tool_calls": [
      {
        "function": {
          "name": "get_weather",
          "arguments": {
            "city": "Tokyo"
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "done": false
}
```

Final response:

```json
{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "created_at": "2025-07-07T20:22:19.19314Z",
  "message": {
    "role": "assistant",
    "content": ""
  },
  "done_reason": "stop",
  "done": true,
  "total_duration": 182242375,
  "load_duration": 41295167,
  "prompt_eval_count": 169,
  "prompt_eval_duration": 24573166,
  "eval_count": 15,
  "eval_duration": 115959084
}
```

#### Chat request (No streaming)

##### Request

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/chat -d '{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "why is the sky blue?"
    }
  ],
  "stream": false
}'
```

##### Response

```json
{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "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 (No streaming, with tools)

##### Request

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/chat -d '{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "what is the weather in tokyo?"
    }
  ],
  "tools": [
    {
      "type": "function",
      "function": {
        "name": "get_weather",
        "description": "Get the weather in a given city",
        "parameters": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "city": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The city to get the weather for"
            }
          },
          "required": ["city"]
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "stream": false
}'
```

##### Response

```json
{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "created_at": "2025-07-07T20:32:53.844124Z",
  "message": {
    "role": "assistant",
    "content": "",
    "tool_calls": [
      {
        "function": {
          "name": "get_weather",
          "arguments": {
            "city": "Tokyo"
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "done_reason": "stop",
  "done": true,
  "total_duration": 3244883583,
  "load_duration": 2969184542,
  "prompt_eval_count": 169,
  "prompt_eval_duration": 141656333,
  "eval_count": 18,
  "eval_duration": 133293625
}
```

#### Chat request (Structured outputs)

##### Request

```shell
curl -X POST http://localhost:11434/api/chat -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
  "model": "llama3.1",
  "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Ollama is 22 years old and busy saving the world. Return a JSON object with the age and availability."}],
  "stream": false,
  "format": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "age": {
        "type": "integer"
      },
      "available": {
        "type": "boolean"
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "age",
      "available"
    ]
  },
  "options": {
    "temperature": 0
  }
}'
```

##### Response

```json
{
  "model": "llama3.1",
  "created_at": "2024-12-06T00:46:58.265747Z",
  "message": {
    "role": "assistant",
    "content": "{\"age\": 22, \"available\": false}"
  },
  "done_reason": "stop",
  "done": true,
  "total_duration": 2254970291,
  "load_duration": 574751416,
  "prompt_eval_count": 34,
  "prompt_eval_duration": 1502000000,
  "eval_count": 12,
  "eval_duration": 175000000
}
```

#### 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

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/chat -d '{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "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:

```json
{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "created_at": "2023-08-04T08:52:19.385406455-07:00",
  "message": {
    "role": "assistant",
    "content": "The"
  },
  "done": false
}
```

Final response:

```json
{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "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 history, with tools)

##### Request

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/chat -d '{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "what is the weather in Toronto?"
    },
    // the message from the model appended to history
    {
      "role": "assistant",
      "content": "",
      "tool_calls": [
        {
          "function": {
            "name": "get_weather",
            "arguments": {
              "city": "Toronto"
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    // the tool call result appended to history
    {
      "role": "tool",
      "content": "11 degrees celsius",
      "tool_name": "get_weather"
    }
  ],
  "stream": false,
  "tools": [
    {
      "type": "function",
      "function": {
        "name": "get_weather",
        "description": "Get the weather in a given city",
        "parameters": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "city": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The city to get the weather for"
            }
          },
          "required": ["city"]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

##### Response

```json
{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "created_at": "2025-07-07T20:43:37.688511Z",
  "message": {
    "role": "assistant",
    "content": "The current temperature in Toronto is 11°C."
  },
  "done_reason": "stop",
  "done": true,
  "total_duration": 890771750,
  "load_duration": 707634750,
  "prompt_eval_count": 94,
  "prompt_eval_duration": 91703208,
  "eval_count": 11,
  "eval_duration": 90282125
}
```

#### Chat request (with images)

##### Request

Send a chat message with images. The images should be provided as an array, with the individual images encoded in Base64.

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/chat -d '{
  "model": "llava",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "what is in this image?",
      "images": ["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"]
    }
  ]
}'
```

##### Response

```json
{
  "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

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/chat -d '{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Hello!"
    }
  ],
  "options": {
    "seed": 101,
    "temperature": 0
  }
}'
```

##### Response

```json
{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "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 tools)

##### Request

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/chat -d '{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "What is the weather today in Paris?"
    }
  ],
  "stream": false,
  "tools": [
    {
      "type": "function",
      "function": {
        "name": "get_current_weather",
        "description": "Get the current weather for a location",
        "parameters": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "location": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The location to get the weather for, e.g. San Francisco, CA"
            },
            "format": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The format to return the weather in, e.g. 'celsius' or 'fahrenheit'",
              "enum": ["celsius", "fahrenheit"]
            }
          },
          "required": ["location", "format"]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

##### Response

```json
{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "created_at": "2024-07-22T20:33:28.123648Z",
  "message": {
    "role": "assistant",
    "content": "",
    "tool_calls": [
      {
        "function": {
          "name": "get_current_weather",
          "arguments": {
            "format": "celsius",
            "location": "Paris, FR"
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "done_reason": "stop",
  "done": true,
  "total_duration": 885095291,
  "load_duration": 3753500,
  "prompt_eval_count": 122,
  "prompt_eval_duration": 328493000,
  "eval_count": 33,
  "eval_duration": 552222000
}
```

#### Load a model

If the messages array is empty, the model will be loaded into memory.

##### Request

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/chat -d '{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "messages": []
}'
```

##### Response

```json
{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "created_at": "2024-09-12T21:17:29.110811Z",
  "message": {
    "role": "assistant",
    "content": ""
  },
  "done_reason": "load",
  "done": true
}
```

#### Unload a model

If the messages array is empty and the `keep_alive` parameter is set to `0`, a model will be unloaded from memory.

##### Request

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/chat -d '{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "messages": [],
  "keep_alive": 0
}'
```

##### Response

A single JSON object is returned:

```json
{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "created_at": "2024-09-12T21:33:17.547535Z",
  "message": {
    "role": "assistant",
    "content": ""
  },
  "done_reason": "unload",
  "done": true
}
```

## Create a Model

```
POST /api/create
```

Create a model from:

- another model;
- a safetensors directory; or
- a GGUF file.

If you are creating a model from a safetensors directory or from a GGUF file, you must [create a blob](#create-a-blob) for each of the files and then use the file name and SHA256 digest associated with each blob in the `files` field.

### Parameters

- `model`: name of the model to create
- `from`: (optional) name of an existing model to create the new model from
- `files`: (optional) a dictionary of file names to SHA256 digests of blobs to create the model from
- `adapters`: (optional) a dictionary of file names to SHA256 digests of blobs for LORA adapters
- `template`: (optional) the prompt template for the model
- `license`: (optional) a string or list of strings containing the license or licenses for the model
- `system`: (optional) a string containing the system prompt for the model
- `parameters`: (optional) a dictionary of parameters for the model (see [Modelfile](./modelfile.mdx#valid-parameters-and-values) for a list of parameters)
- `messages`: (optional) a list of message objects used to create a conversation
- `stream`: (optional) if `false` the response will be returned as a single response object, rather than a stream of objects
- `quantize` (optional): quantize a non-quantized (e.g. float16) model

#### Quantization types

| Type   | Recommended |
| ------ | :---------: |
| q4_K_M |     \*      |
| q4_K_S |             |
| q8_0   |     \*      |

### Examples

#### Create a new model

Create a new model from an existing model.

##### Request

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/create -d '{
  "model": "mario",
  "from": "llama3.2",
  "system": "You are Mario from Super Mario Bros."
}'
```

##### Response

A stream of JSON objects is returned:

```json
{"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"}
```

#### Quantize a model

Quantize a non-quantized model.

##### Request

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/create -d '{
  "model": "llama3.2:quantized",
  "from": "llama3.2:3b-instruct-fp16",
  "quantize": "q4_K_M"
}'
```

##### Response

A stream of JSON objects is returned:

```json
{"status":"quantizing F16 model to Q4_K_M","digest":"0","total":6433687776,"completed":12302}
{"status":"quantizing F16 model to Q4_K_M","digest":"0","total":6433687776,"completed":6433687552}
{"status":"verifying conversion"}
{"status":"creating new layer sha256:fb7f4f211b89c6c4928ff4ddb73db9f9c0cfca3e000c3e40d6cf27ddc6ca72eb"}
{"status":"using existing layer sha256:966de95ca8a62200913e3f8bfbf84c8494536f1b94b49166851e76644e966396"}
{"status":"using existing layer sha256:fcc5a6bec9daf9b561a68827b67ab6088e1dba9d1fa2a50d7bbcc8384e0a265d"}
{"status":"using existing layer sha256:a70ff7e570d97baaf4e62ac6e6ad9975e04caa6d900d3742d37698494479e0cd"}
{"status":"using existing layer sha256:56bb8bd477a519ffa694fc449c2413c6f0e1d3b1c88fa7e3c9d88d3ae49d4dcb"}
{"status":"writing manifest"}
{"status":"success"}
```

#### Create a model from GGUF

Create a model from a GGUF file. The `files` parameter should be filled out with the file name and SHA256 digest of the GGUF file you wish to use. Use [/api/blobs/:digest](#push-a-blob) to push the GGUF file to the server before calling this API.

##### Request

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/create -d '{
  "model": "my-gguf-model",
  "files": {
    "test.gguf": "sha256:432f310a77f4650a88d0fd59ecdd7cebed8d684bafea53cbff0473542964f0c3"
  }
}'
```

##### Response

A stream of JSON objects is returned:

```json
{"status":"parsing GGUF"}
{"status":"using existing layer sha256:432f310a77f4650a88d0fd59ecdd7cebed8d684bafea53cbff0473542964f0c3"}
{"status":"writing manifest"}
{"status":"success"}
```

#### Create a model from a Safetensors directory

The `files` parameter should include a dictionary of files for the safetensors model which includes the file names and SHA256 digest of each file. Use [/api/blobs/:digest](#push-a-blob) to first push each of the files to the server before calling this API. Files will remain in the cache until the Ollama server is restarted.

##### Request

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/create -d '{
  "model": "fred",
  "files": {
    "config.json": "sha256:dd3443e529fb2290423a0c65c2d633e67b419d273f170259e27297219828e389",
    "generation_config.json": "sha256:88effbb63300dbbc7390143fbbdd9d9fa50587b37e8bfd16c8c90d4970a74a36",
    "special_tokens_map.json": "sha256:b7455f0e8f00539108837bfa586c4fbf424e31f8717819a6798be74bef813d05",
    "tokenizer.json": "sha256:bbc1904d35169c542dffbe1f7589a5994ec7426d9e5b609d07bab876f32e97ab",
    "tokenizer_config.json": "sha256:24e8a6dc2547164b7002e3125f10b415105644fcf02bf9ad8b674c87b1eaaed6",
    "model.safetensors": "sha256:1ff795ff6a07e6a68085d206fb84417da2f083f68391c2843cd2b8ac6df8538f"
  }
}'
```

##### Response

A stream of JSON objects is returned:

```shell
{"status":"converting model"}
{"status":"creating new layer sha256:05ca5b813af4a53d2c2922933936e398958855c44ee534858fcfd830940618b6"}
{"status":"using autodetected template llama3-instruct"}
{"status":"using existing layer sha256:56bb8bd477a519ffa694fc449c2413c6f0e1d3b1c88fa7e3c9d88d3ae49d4dcb"}
{"status":"writing manifest"}
{"status":"success"}
```

## Check if a Blob Exists

```shell
HEAD /api/blobs/:digest
```

Ensures that the file blob (Binary Large Object) used with create a model exists on the server. This checks your Ollama server and not ollama.com.

### Query Parameters

- `digest`: the SHA256 digest of the blob

### Examples

#### Request

```shell
curl -I http://localhost:11434/api/blobs/sha256:29fdb92e57cf0827ded04ae6461b5931d01fa595843f55d36f5b275a52087dd2
```

#### Response

Return 200 OK if the blob exists, 404 Not Found if it does not.

## Push a Blob

```
POST /api/blobs/:digest
```

Push a file to the Ollama server to create a "blob" (Binary Large Object).

### Query Parameters

- `digest`: the expected SHA256 digest of the file

### Examples

#### Request

```shell
curl -T model.gguf -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

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/tags
```

#### Response

A single JSON object will be returned.

```json
{
  "models": [
    {
      "name": "deepseek-r1:latest",
      "model": "deepseek-r1:latest",
      "modified_at": "2025-05-10T08:06:48.639712648-07:00",
      "size": 4683075271,
      "digest": "0a8c266910232fd3291e71e5ba1e058cc5af9d411192cf88b6d30e92b6e73163",
      "details": {
        "parent_model": "",
        "format": "gguf",
        "family": "qwen2",
        "families": ["qwen2"],
        "parameter_size": "7.6B",
        "quantization_level": "Q4_K_M"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "llama3.2:latest",
      "model": "llama3.2:latest",
      "modified_at": "2025-05-04T17:37:44.706015396-07:00",
      "size": 2019393189,
      "digest": "a80c4f17acd55265feec403c7aef86be0c25983ab279d83f3bcd3abbcb5b8b72",
      "details": {
        "parent_model": "",
        "format": "gguf",
        "family": "llama",
        "families": ["llama"],
        "parameter_size": "3.2B",
        "quantization_level": "Q4_K_M"
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

## Show Model Information

```
POST /api/show
```

Show information about a model including details, modelfile, template, parameters, license, system prompt.

### Parameters

- `model`: name of the model to show
- `verbose`: (optional) if set to `true`, returns full data for verbose response fields

### Examples

#### Request

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/show -d '{
  "model": "llava"
}'
```

#### Response

```json5
{
  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`
  },
  capabilities: ["completion", "vision"],
}
```

## Copy a Model

```
POST /api/copy
```

Copy a model. Creates a model with another name from an existing model.

### Examples

#### Request

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/copy -d '{
  "source": "llama3.2",
  "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

- `model`: model name to delete

### Examples

#### Request

```shell
curl -X DELETE http://localhost:11434/api/delete -d '{
  "model": "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

- `model`: name of the model to pull
- `insecure`: (optional) allow insecure connections to the library. Only use this if you are pulling from your own library during development.
- `stream`: (optional) if `false` the response will be returned as a single response object, rather than a stream of objects

### Examples

#### Request

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/pull -d '{
  "model": "llama3.2"
}'
```

#### Response

If `stream` is not specified, or set to `true`, a stream of JSON objects is returned:

The first object is the manifest:

```json
{
  "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.

```json
{
  "status": "pulling digestname",
  "digest": "digestname",
  "total": 2142590208,
  "completed": 241970
}
```

After all the files are downloaded, the final responses are:

```json
{
    "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:

```json
{
  "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

- `model`: 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) if `false` the response will be returned as a single response object, rather than a stream of objects

### Examples

#### Request

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/push -d '{
  "model": "mattw/pygmalion:latest"
}'
```

#### Response

If `stream` is not specified, or set to `true`, a stream of JSON objects is returned:

```json
{ "status": "retrieving manifest" }
```

and then:

```json
{
  "status": "starting upload",
  "digest": "sha256:bc07c81de745696fdf5afca05e065818a8149fb0c77266fb584d9b2cba3711ab",
  "total": 1928429856
}
```

Then there is a series of uploading responses:

```json
{
  "status": "starting upload",
  "digest": "sha256:bc07c81de745696fdf5afca05e065818a8149fb0c77266fb584d9b2cba3711ab",
  "total": 1928429856
}
```

Finally, when the upload is complete:

```json
{"status":"pushing manifest"}
{"status":"success"}
```

If `stream` is set to `false`, then the response is a single JSON object:

```json
{ "status": "success" }
```

## Generate Embeddings

```
POST /api/embed
```

Generate embeddings from a model

### Parameters

- `model`: name of model to generate embeddings from
- `input`: 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 if `false` and context length is exceeded. Defaults to `true`
- `options`: additional model parameters listed in the documentation for the [Modelfile](./modelfile.mdx#valid-parameters-and-values) such as `temperature`
- `keep_alive`: controls how long the model will stay loaded into memory following the request (default: `5m`)
- `dimensions`: number of dimensions for the embedding

### Examples

#### Request

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/embed -d '{
  "model": "all-minilm",
  "input": "Why is the sky blue?"
}'
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "model": "all-minilm",
  "embeddings": [
    [
      0.010071029, -0.0017594862, 0.05007221, 0.04692972, 0.054916814,
      0.008599704, 0.105441414, -0.025878139, 0.12958129, 0.031952348
    ]
  ],
  "total_duration": 14143917,
  "load_duration": 1019500,
  "prompt_eval_count": 8
}
```

#### Request (Multiple input)

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/embed -d '{
  "model": "all-minilm",
  "input": ["Why is the sky blue?", "Why is the grass green?"]
}'
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "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

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/ps
```

#### Response

A single JSON object will be returned.

```json
{
  "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 from
- `prompt`: text to generate embeddings for

Advanced parameters:

- `options`: additional model parameters listed in the documentation for the [Modelfile](./modelfile.mdx#valid-parameters-and-values) such as `temperature`
- `keep_alive`: controls how long the model will stay loaded into memory following the request (default: `5m`)

### Examples

#### Request

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/embeddings -d '{
  "model": "all-minilm",
  "prompt": "Here is an article about llamas..."
}'
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "embedding": [
    0.5670403838157654, 0.009260174818336964, 0.23178744316101074,
    -0.2916173040866852, -0.8924556970596313, 0.8785552978515625,
    -0.34576427936553955, 0.5742510557174683, -0.04222835972905159,
    -0.137906014919281
  ]
}
```

## Version

```
GET /api/version
```

Retrieve the Ollama version

### Examples

#### Request

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/version
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "version": "0.5.1"
}
```

## Experimental Features

### Image Generation (Experimental)

> [!WARNING]
> Image generation is experimental and may change in future versions.

Image generation is now supported through the standard `/api/generate` endpoint when using image generation models. The API automatically detects when an image generation model is being used.

See the [Generate a completion](#generate-a-completion) section for the full API documentation. The experimental image generation parameters (`width`, `height`, `steps`) are documented there.

#### Example

##### Request

```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d '{
  "model": "x/z-image-turbo",
  "prompt": "a sunset over mountains",
  "width": 1024,
  "height": 768
}'
```

##### Response (streaming)

Progress updates during generation:

```json
{
  "model": "x/z-image-turbo",
  "created_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00.000000Z",
  "completed": 5,
  "total": 20,
  "done": false
}
```

##### Final Response

```json
{
  "model": "x/z-image-turbo",
  "created_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:15.000000Z",
  "image": "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUg...",
  "done": true,
  "done_reason": "stop",
  "total_duration": 15000000000,
  "load_duration": 2000000000
}
```