Create a model from a Safetensors directory

POST

http://localhost:11434/api/create

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 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 Example

Shell

JavaScript

Java

Swift

curl --location --request POST 'http://localhost:11434/api/create' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "model": "bert-base-chinese",
    "files": {
        "config.json": "a1b2c3d4e5f6",
        "generation_config.json": "b2c3d4e5f6g7",
        "special_tokens_map.json": "c3d4e5f6g7h8",
        "tokenizer.json": "d4e5f6g7h8i9",
        "tokenizer_config.json": "e5f6g7h8i9j0",
        "model.safetensors": "f6g7h8i9j0k1"
    }
}'

Response Example

{"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"}

Request

Body Params application/json

Examples

Responses

🟢200Success

application/json

A stream of JSON objects is returned:

Body

Modified at 2025-03-28 02:48:51

Create a model from GGUF

Overview