gpt-4

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gpt-4

Model Overview

The model represents a significant leap forward in conversational AI technology. It offers enhanced understanding and generation of natural language, capable of handling complex and nuanced dialogues with greater coherence and context sensitivity. This model is designed to mimic human-like conversation more closely than ever before.

How to Make a Call

Step-by-Step Instructions

1️ Setup You Can’t Skip

▪️ Create an Account: Visit the AI/ML API website and create an account (if you don’t have one yet). ▪️ Generate an API Key: After logging in, navigate to your account dashboard and generate your API key. Ensure that key is enabled on UI.

2️ Copy the code example

At the bottom of this page, you'll find a code example that shows how to structure the request. Choose the code snippet in your preferred programming language and copy it into your development environment.

3️ Modify the code example

▪️ Replace <YOUR_AIMLAPI_KEY> with your actual AI/ML API key from your account. ▪️ Insert your question or request into the content field—this is what the model will respond to.

4️ ^_(Optional)Adjust other optional parameters if needed

Only model and messages are required parameters for this model (and we’ve already filled them in for you in the example), but you can include optional parameters if needed to adjust the model’s behavior. Below, you can find the corresponding API schema, which lists all available parameters along with notes on how to use them.

5️ Run your modified code

Run your modified code in your development environment. Response time depends on various factors, but for simple prompts it rarely exceeds a few seconds.

If you need a more detailed walkthrough for setting up your development environment and making a request step by step — feel free to use our Quickstart guide.

API Schema

Generate a conversational response using a language model.

post

Creates a chat completion using a language model, allowing interactive conversation by predicting the next response based on the given chat history. This is useful for AI-driven dialogue systems and virtual assistants.

Authorizations

Body

modelundefined · enumRequiredPossible values:

max_completion_tokensinteger · min: 1Optional

An upper bound for the number of tokens that can be generated for a completion, including visible output tokens and reasoning tokens.

Default: 512

max_tokensnumber · min: 1Optional

The maximum number of tokens that can be generated in the chat completion. This value can be used to control costs for text generated via API.

Default: 512

streambooleanOptional

If set to True, the model response data will be streamed to the client as it is generated using server-sent events.

Default: false

tool_choiceany ofOptional

Controls which (if any) tool is called by the model. none means the model will not call any tool and instead generates a message. auto means the model can pick between generating a message or calling one or more tools. required means the model must call one or more tools. Specifying a particular tool via {"type": "function", "function": {"name": "my_function"}} forces the model to call that tool. none is the default when no tools are present. auto is the default if tools are present.

string · enumOptional

none means the model will not call any tool and instead generates a message. auto means the model can pick between generating a message or calling one or more tools. required means the model must call one or more tools.

Possible values:

parallel_tool_callsbooleanOptional

Whether to enable parallel function calling during tool use.

ninteger | nullableOptional

How many chat completion choices to generate for each input message. Note that you will be charged based on the number of generated tokens across all of the choices. Keep n as 1 to minimize costs.

stopany ofOptional

Up to 4 sequences where the API will stop generating further tokens. The returned text will not contain the stop sequence.

stringOptional

string[]Optional

any | nullableOptional

logprobsboolean | nullableOptional

Whether to return log probabilities of the output tokens or not. If True, returns the log probabilities of each output token returned in the content of message.

top_logprobsnumber | nullableOptional

An integer between 0 and 20 specifying the number of most likely tokens to return at each token position, each with an associated log probability. logprobs must be set to True if this parameter is used.

frequency_penaltynumber | nullableOptional

Number between -2.0 and 2.0. Positive values penalize new tokens based on their existing frequency in the text so far, decreasing the model's likelihood to repeat the same line verbatim.

presence_penaltynumber | nullableOptional

Positive values penalize new tokens based on whether they appear in the text so far, increasing the model's likelihood to talk about new topics.

seedinteger · min: 1Optional

This feature is in Beta. If specified, our system will make a best effort to sample deterministically, such that repeated requests with the same seed and parameters should return the same result.

temperaturenumber · max: 2Optional

What sampling temperature to use, between 0 and 2. Higher values like 0.8 will make the output more random, while lower values like 0.2 will make it more focused and deterministic. We generally recommend altering this or top_p but not both.

top_pnumber · min: 0.01 · max: 1Optional

An alternative to sampling with temperature, called nucleus sampling, where the model considers the results of the tokens with top_p probability mass. So 0.1 means only the tokens comprising the top 10% probability mass are considered. We generally recommend altering this or temperature but not both.

Responses

201Success

post

POST /v1/chat/completions HTTP/1.1
Host: api.aimlapi.com
Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_AIMLAPI_KEY>
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 529

{
  "model": "gpt-4",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "text",
      "name": "text"
    }
  ],
  "max_completion_tokens": 512,
  "max_tokens": 512,
  "stream": false,
  "stream_options": {
    "include_usage": true
  },
  "tools": [
    {
      "type": "function",
      "function": {
        "description": "text",
        "name": "text",
        "parameters": null,
        "strict": true,
        "required": [
          "text"
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "tool_choice": "none",
  "parallel_tool_calls": true,
  "n": 1,
  "stop": "text",
  "logprobs": true,
  "top_logprobs": 1,
  "logit_bias": {
    "ANY_ADDITIONAL_PROPERTY": 1
  },
  "frequency_penalty": 1,
  "presence_penalty": 1,
  "seed": 1,
  "temperature": 1,
  "top_p": 1
}

201Success

No content

Responses Endpoint

This endpoint is currently used only with OpenAI models. Some models support both the /chat/completions and /responses endpoints, while others support only one of them. OpenAI has announced plans to expand the capabilities of the /responses endpoint in the future.

post

Authorizations

Body

modelstring · enumRequired

Model ID used to generate the response.

Possible values:

inputany ofRequired

Text, image, or file inputs to the model, used to generate a response.

stringOptional

A text input to the model, equivalent to a text input with the user role.

instructionsstring | nullableOptional

A system (or developer) message inserted into the model's context.

When using along with previous_response_id, the instructions from a previous response will not be carried over to the next response. This makes it simple to swap out system (or developer) messages in new responses.

max_output_tokensintegerOptional

An upper bound for the number of tokens that can be generated for a response, including visible output tokens and reasoning tokens.

Default: 512

parallel_tool_callsboolean | nullableOptional

Whether to allow the model to run tool calls in parallel.

previous_response_idstring | nullableOptional

The unique ID of the previous response to the model. Use this to create multi-turn conversations.

storeboolean | nullableOptional

Whether to store the generated model response for later retrieval via API.

Default: false

streamboolean | nullableOptional

If set to true, the model response data will be streamed to the client as it is generated using server-sent events.

Default: false

temperaturenumber | nullableOptional

tool_choiceany ofOptional

How the model should select which tool (or tools) to use when generating a response.

string · enumOptional

Controls which (if any) tool is called by the model.

none means the model will not call any tool and instead generates a message.

auto means the model can pick between generating a message or calling one or more tools.

required means the model must call one or more tools.

Possible values:

top_pnumber | nullableOptional

truncationstring · enumOptional

The truncation strategy to use for the model response.

- auto: If the context of this response and previous ones exceeds the model's context window size, the model will truncate the response to fit the context window by dropping input items in the middle of the conversation.
- disabled (default): If a model response will exceed the context window size for a model, the request will fail with a 400 error.

Default: disabledPossible values:

Responses

201Success

post

POST /v1/responses HTTP/1.1
Host: api.aimlapi.com
Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_AIMLAPI_KEY>
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 672

{
  "model": "openai/gpt-4o",
  "input": "text",
  "include": [
    "message.input_image.image_url"
  ],
  "instructions": "text",
  "max_output_tokens": 512,
  "metadata": {
    "ANY_ADDITIONAL_PROPERTY": "text"
  },
  "parallel_tool_calls": true,
  "previous_response_id": "text",
  "prompt": {
    "id": "text",
    "variables": {
      "ANY_ADDITIONAL_PROPERTY": "text"
    },
    "version": "text"
  },
  "reasoning": {
    "effort": "low",
    "summary": "auto"
  },
  "store": false,
  "stream": false,
  "temperature": 1,
  "text": {
    "format": {
      "type": "text"
    }
  },
  "tool_choice": "none",
  "tools": [
    {
      "type": "web_search_preview",
      "search_context_size": "low",
      "user_location": {
        "type": "approximate",
        "city": "text",
        "country": "text",
        "region": "text",
        "timezone": "text"
      }
    }
  ],
  "top_p": 1,
  "truncation": "disabled"
}

201Success

No content

Code Example

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions",
    headers={
        "Content-Type":"application/json", 

        # Insert your AIML API Key instead of <YOUR_AIMLAPI_KEY>:
        "Authorization":"Bearer <YOUR_AIMLAPI_KEY>",
        "Content-Type":"application/json"
    },
    json={
        "model":"gpt-4",
        "messages":[
            {
                "role":"user",

                # Insert your question for the model here, instead of Hello:
                "content":"Hello"
            }
        ]
    }
)

data = response.json()
print(data)

Response

{'id': 'chatcmpl-BKKWkzVpUFHEDbw7MlOsqBIbm9Vi2', 'object': 'chat.completion', 'choices': [{'index': 0, 'finish_reason': 'stop', 'logprobs': None, 'message': {'role': 'assistant', 'content': 'Hello! How can I assist you today?', 'refusal': None, 'annotations': []}}], 'created': 1744185166, 'model': 'gpt-4-0613', 'usage': {'prompt_tokens': 504, 'completion_tokens': 1260, 'total_tokens': 1764, 'prompt_tokens_details': {'cached_tokens': 0, 'audio_tokens': 0}, 'completion_tokens_details': {'reasoning_tokens': 0, 'audio_tokens': 0, 'accepted_prediction_tokens': 0, 'rejected_prediction_tokens': 0}}, 'system_fingerprint': None}

Code Example #2: Using /responses Endpoint

import requests
import json   # for getting a structured output with indentation

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/responses",
    headers={
        "Content-Type":"application/json", 

        # Insert your AIML API Key instead of <YOUR_AIMLAPI_KEY>:
        "Authorization":"Bearer <YOUR_AIMLAPI_KEY>",
        "Content-Type":"application/json"
    },
    json={
        "model":"gpt-4",
        "input":"Hello"  # Insert your question for the model here, instead of Hello   
    }
)

data = response.json()
print(json.dumps(data, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False))

async function main() {
  try {
    const response = await fetch('https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/responses', {
      method: 'POST',
      headers: {
        // Insert your AIML API Key instead of <YOUR_AIMLAPI_KEY>
        'Authorization': 'Bearer <YOUR_AIMLAPI_KEY>',
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
      },
      body: JSON.stringify({
        model: 'gpt-4',
        input: 'Hello',  // Insert your question here, instead of Hello 
      }),
    });

    if (!response.ok) {
      throw new Error(`HTTP error! Status ${response.status}`);
    }

    const data = await response.json();
    console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));

  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Error', error);
  }
}

main();

Response

{
  "id": "resp_686ba45ce63481a2a4b1fad55d2bea8102a1cc22f1a1bcf1",
  "object": "response",
  "created_at": 1751884892,
  "error": null,
  "incomplete_details": null,
  "instructions": null,
  "max_output_tokens": 512,
  "model": "gpt-4",
  "output": [
    {
      "id": "rs_686ba463d18481a29dde85cfd7b055bf02a1cc22f1a1bcf1",
      "type": "reasoning",
      "summary": []
    },
    {
      "id": "msg_686ba463d4e081a2b2e2aff962ab00f702a1cc22f1a1bcf1",
      "type": "message",
      "status": "in_progress",
      "content": [
        {
          "type": "output_text",
          "annotations": [],
          "logprobs": [],
          "text": "Hello! How can I help you today?"
        }
      ],
      "role": "assistant"
    }
  ],
  "parallel_tool_calls": true,
  "previous_response_id": null,
  "reasoning": {
    "effort": "medium",
    "summary": null
  },
  "temperature": 1,
  "text": {
    "format": {
      "type": "text"
    }
  },
  "tool_choice": "auto",
  "tools": [],
  "top_p": 1,
  "truncation": "disabled",
  "usage": {
    "input_tokens": 294,
    "input_tokens_details": {
      "cached_tokens": 0
    },
    "output_tokens": 2520,
    "output_tokens_details": {
      "reasoning_tokens": 0
    },
    "total_tokens": 2814
  },
  "metadata": {},
  "output_text": "Hello! How can I help you today?"
}

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Model Overview

How to Make a Call

1️ Setup You Can’t Skip

2️ Copy the code example

3️ Modify the code example

4️ (Optional) Adjust other optional parameters if needed

5️ Run your modified code

API Schema

Generate a conversational response using a language model.

Responses Endpoint

Code Example

Code Example #2: Using /responses Endpoint

4️ ^_(Optional)Adjust other optional parameters if needed