Ollama API
  1. Generate a completion
Ollama API
  • Endpoints
  • Conventions
  • Generate a completion
    • Overview
    • Generate request (Streaming)
      POST
    • Request (No streaming)
      POST
    • Request (with suffix)
      POST
    • Request (Structured outputs)
      POST
    • Request (JSON mode)
      POST
    • Request (with images)
      POST
    • Request (Raw Mode)
      POST
    • Request (Reproducible outputs)
      POST
    • Generate request (With options)
      POST
    • Load a model
      POST
    • Unload a model
      POST
  • Generate a chat completion
    • Overview
    • Chat Request (Streaming)
      POST
    • Chat request (No streaming)
      POST
    • Chat request (Structured outputs)
      POST
    • Chat request (With History)
      POST
    • Chat request (with images)
      POST
    • Chat request (Reproducible outputs)
      POST
    • Chat request (with tools)
      POST
    • Load a model
      POST
    • Unload a model
      POST
  • Create a Model
    • Overview
    • Create a new model
      POST
    • Quantize a model
      POST
    • Create a model from GGUF
      POST
    • Create a model from a Safetensors directory
      POST
  • Check if a Blob Exists
    • Overview
  • Push a Blob
    • Overview
  • List Local Models
    • Overview
    • Examples
  • Show Model Information
    • Overview
    • Examples
  • Copy a Model
    • Overview
    • Examples
  • Delete a Model
    • Overview
    • Examples
  • Pull a Model
    • Overview
    • Examples
  • Push a Model
    • Overview
  • Generate Embeddings
    • Overview
    • Examples
    • Request (Multiple input)
  • List Running Models
    • Overview
    • Examples
  • Generate Embedding
    • Overview
    • Examples
  • Version
    • Overview
  1. Generate a completion

Request (Raw Mode)

POST
http://localhost:11434/api/generate
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 Request Example
Shell
JavaScript
Java
Swift
curl --location --request POST 'http://localhost:11434/api/generate' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "model": "string",
    "prompt": "string",
    "raw": true,
    "stream": true
}'
Response Response Example
{}

Request

Body Params application/json
model
string 
required
prompt
string 
required
raw
boolean 
optional
stream
boolean 
optional
Examples

Responses

🟢200Success
application/json
Body
object {0}
Modified at 2025-03-27 10:04:39
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