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Step 1: Get your API Key

  1. Sign up at samurai-ai.com
  2. Go to your Dashboard
  3. Click API Keys → Create New Key
  4. Copy your key — it starts with sk-samurai-
Store your API key in an environment variable. Never commit it to version control or expose it in client-side code.

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Step 2: Install the SDK

Use the official OpenAI SDK — no special Samurai package needed: 
pip install openai

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Step 3: Set your environment variable

export SAMURAI_API_KEY="sk-samurai-YOUR_KEY"
Or create a .env file:
.env
SAMURAI_API_KEY=sk-samurai-YOUR_KEY

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Step 4: Make your first request

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ.get("SAMURAI_API_KEY"),
    base_url="https://www.samuraiapi.in/v1"  # Only change from OpenAI
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-4o",
    messages=[
        {"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant."},
        {"role": "user", "content": "What is bushido?"}
    ]
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)
# => "Bushido is the code of ethics followed by Japanese samurai warriors..."
You’ll get a response like: 
{
  "choices": [{
    "message": {
      "role": "assistant",
      "content": "Bushido is the ethical code of conduct historically observed by the samurai of Japan..."
    },
    "finish_reason": "stop"
  }],
  "usage": { "prompt_tokens": 24, "completion_tokens": 87, "total_tokens": 111 }
}

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Try a cheaper model (same quality)

# DeepSeek V3 — $0.007/1M input tokens (vs $1.25 for GPT-4o)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="deepseek-chat",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "What is bushido?"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

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Try streaming

stream = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-4o",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Tell me a haiku about samurai."}],
    stream=True
)
for chunk in stream:
    if chunk.choices[0].delta.content:
        print(chunk.choices[0].delta.content, end="", flush=True)

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Step 1: Get your API Key

  1. Sign up at samurai-ai.com
  2. Go to your Dashboard
  3. Click API Keys → Create New Key
  4. Copy your key — it starts with sk-samurai-
Never share your API key or commit it to version control. Always use environment variables.

​
Step 2: Install the SDK

Samurai AI is 100% OpenAI-compatible. Use the official OpenAI SDK — no special package needed: 
pip install openai

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Step 3: Make your first request

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="sk-samurai-YOUR_KEY",
    base_url="https://api.samuraiapi.in/v1"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-4o",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello! What can you do?"}]
)

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

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What’s next?

Chat Completions

Learn all parameters and options for chat.

Browse Models

See all 400+ available models.

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Streaming

Stream responses in real time.