cURL request examples | 51cowork API Docs

Quick answer

List models first, send one non-streaming request, then move the same values to an SDK, CLI, or IDE.

Use: Smoke test
Auth: Bearer / x-api-key
Model: /v1/models
Stream: -N + stream

Set variables

Terminalbash

export COWORK_GATEWAY_URL="https://api.51cowork.com"
export COWORK_API_KEY="<key-from-dashboard>"
export COWORK_MODEL="<model-from-v1-models>"

List models

GET /v1/modelsbash

curl "https://api.51cowork.com/v1/models" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <key-from-dashboard>"

Three request formats

Anthropic Messagesbash

curl "https://api.51cowork.com/v1/messages" \
  -H "x-api-key: <key-from-dashboard>" \
  -H "anthropic-version: 2023-06-01" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "<model-from-v1-models>",
    "max_tokens": 256,
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
  }'

OpenAI Chatbash

curl "https://api.51cowork.com/v1/chat/completions" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <key-from-dashboard>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"<model-from-v1-models>","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'

OpenAI Responsesbash

curl "https://api.51cowork.com/v1/responses" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <key-from-dashboard>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"<model-from-v1-models>","input":"Hello"}'