docs: add docs for docs.ollama.com (#12805)

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title: Authentication
---
No authentication is required when accessing Ollama's API locally via `http://localhost:11434`.
Authentication is required for the following:
* Running cloud models via ollama.com
* Publishing models
* Downloading private models
Ollama supports two authentication methods:
* **Signing in**: sign in from your local installation, and Ollama will automatically take care of authenticating requests to ollama.com when running commands
* **API keys**: API keys for programmatic access to ollama.com's API
## Signing in
To sign in to ollama.com from your local installation of Ollama, run:
```
ollama signin
```
Once signed in, Ollama will automatically authenticate commands as required:
```
ollama run gpt-oss:120b-cloud
```
Similarly, when accessing a local API endpoint that requires cloud access, Ollama will automatically authenticate the request:
```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d '{
"model": "gpt-oss:120b-cloud",
"prompt": "Why is the sky blue?"
}'
```
## API keys
For direct access to ollama.com's API served at `https://ollama.com/api`, authentication via API keys is required.
First, create an [API key](https://ollama.com/settings/keys), then set the `OLLAMA_API_KEY` environment variable:
```shell
export OLLAMA_API_KEY=your_api_key
```
Then use the API key in the Authorization header:
```shell
curl https://ollama.com/api/generate \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OLLAMA_API_KEY" \
-d '{
"model": "gpt-oss:120b",
"prompt": "Why is the sky blue?",
"stream": false
}'
```
API keys don't currently expire, however you can revoke them at any time in your [API keys settings](https://ollama.com/settings/keys).

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title: Errors
---
## Status codes
Endpoints return appropriate HTTP status codes based on the success or failure of the request in the HTTP status line (e.g. `HTTP/1.1 200 OK` or `HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request`). Common status codes are:
- `200`: Success
- `400`: Bad Request (missing parameters, invalid JSON, etc.)
- `404`: Not Found (model doesn't exist, etc.)
- `429`: Too Many Requests (e.g. when a rate limit is exceeded)
- `500`: Internal Server Error
- `502`: Bad Gateway (e.g. when a cloud model cannot be reached)
## Error messages
Errors are returned in the `application/json` format with the following structure, with the error message in the `error` property:
```json
{
"error": "the model failed to generate a response"
}
```
## Errors that occur while streaming
If an error occurs mid-stream, the error will be returned as an object in the `application/x-ndjson` format with an `error` property. Since the response has already started, the status code of the response will not be changed.
```json
{"model":"gemma3","created_at":"2025-10-26T17:21:21.196249Z","response":" Yes","done":false}
{"model":"gemma3","created_at":"2025-10-26T17:21:21.207235Z","response":".","done":false}
{"model":"gemma3","created_at":"2025-10-26T17:21:21.219166Z","response":"I","done":false}
{"model":"gemma3","created_at":"2025-10-26T17:21:21.231094Z","response":"can","done":false}
{"error":"an error was encountered while running the model"}
```

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# OpenAI compatibility
---
title: OpenAI compatibility
---
> [!NOTE]
> OpenAI compatibility is experimental and is subject to major adjustments including breaking changes. For fully-featured access to the Ollama API, see the Ollama [Python library](https://github.com/ollama/ollama-python), [JavaScript library](https://github.com/ollama/ollama-js) and [REST API](https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/main/docs/api.md).
Ollama provides experimental compatibility with parts of the [OpenAI API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference) to help connect existing applications to Ollama.
Ollama provides compatibility with parts of the [OpenAI API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference) to help connect existing applications to Ollama.
## Usage
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### OpenAI JavaScript library
```javascript
import OpenAI from 'openai'
import OpenAI from "openai";
const openai = new OpenAI({
baseURL: 'http://localhost:11434/v1/',
baseURL: "http://localhost:11434/v1/",
// required but ignored
apiKey: 'ollama',
})
apiKey: "ollama",
});
const chatCompletion = await openai.chat.completions.create({
messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Say this is a test' }],
model: 'llama3.2',
})
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Say this is a test" }],
model: "llama3.2",
});
const response = await openai.chat.completions.create({
model: "llava",
messages: [
model: "llava",
messages: [
{
role: "user",
content: [
{ type: "text", text: "What's in this image?" },
{
role: "user",
content: [
{ type: "text", text: "What's in this image?" },
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},
],
})
],
},
],
});
const completion = await openai.completions.create({
model: "llama3.2",
prompt: "Say this is a test.",
})
model: "llama3.2",
prompt: "Say this is a test.",
});
const listCompletion = await openai.models.list()
const listCompletion = await openai.models.list();
const model = await openai.models.retrieve("llama3.2")
const model = await openai.models.retrieve("llama3.2");
const embedding = await openai.embeddings.create({
model: "all-minilm",
input: ["why is the sky blue?", "why is the grass green?"],
})
});
```
### `curl`
@@ -306,8 +306,8 @@ curl http://localhost:11434/v1/embeddings \
- [x] array of strings
- [ ] array of tokens
- [ ] array of token arrays
- [ ] `encoding format`
- [ ] `dimensions`
- [x] `encoding format`
- [x] `dimensions`
- [ ] `user`
## Models
@@ -365,4 +365,4 @@ curl http://localhost:11434/v1/chat/completions \
}
]
}'
```
```

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---
title: Streaming
---
Certain API endpoints stream responses by default, such as `/api/generate`. These responses are provided in the newline-delimited JSON format (i.e. the `application/x-ndjson` content type). For example:
```json
{"model":"gemma3","created_at":"2025-10-26T17:15:24.097767Z","response":"That","done":false}
{"model":"gemma3","created_at":"2025-10-26T17:15:24.109172Z","response":"'","done":false}
{"model":"gemma3","created_at":"2025-10-26T17:15:24.121485Z","response":"s","done":false}
{"model":"gemma3","created_at":"2025-10-26T17:15:24.132802Z","response":" a","done":false}
{"model":"gemma3","created_at":"2025-10-26T17:15:24.143931Z","response":" fantastic","done":false}
{"model":"gemma3","created_at":"2025-10-26T17:15:24.155176Z","response":" question","done":false}
{"model":"gemma3","created_at":"2025-10-26T17:15:24.166576Z","response":"!","done":true, "done_reason": "stop"}
```
## Disabling streaming
Streaming can be disabled by providing `{"stream": false}` in the request body for any endpoint that support streaming. This will cause responses to be returned in the `application/json` format instead:
```json
{"model":"gemma3","created_at":"2025-10-26T17:15:24.166576Z","response":"That's a fantastic question!","done":true}
```
## When to use streaming vs non-streaming
**Streaming (default)**:
- Real-time response generation
- Lower perceived latency
- Better for long generations
**Non-streaming**:
- Simpler to process
- Better for short responses, or structured outputs
- Easier to handle in some applications

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---
title: Usage
---
Ollama's API responses include metrics that can be used for measuring performance and model usage:
* `total_duration`: How long the response took to generate
* `load_duration`: How long the model took to load
* `prompt_eval_count`: How many input tokens were processed
* `prompt_eval_duration`: How long it took to evaluate the prompt
* `eval_count`: How many output tokens were processes
* `eval_duration`: How long it took to generate the output tokens
All timing values are measured in nanoseconds.
## Example response
For endpoints that return usage metrics, the response body will include the usage fields. For example, a non-streaming call to `/api/generate` may return the following response:
```json
{
"model": "gemma3",
"created_at": "2025-10-17T23:14:07.414671Z",
"response": "Hello! How can I help you today?",
"done": true,
"done_reason": "stop",
"total_duration": 174560334,
"load_duration": 101397084,
"prompt_eval_count": 11,
"prompt_eval_duration": 13074791,
"eval_count": 18,
"eval_duration": 52479709
}
```
For endpoints that return **streaming responses**, usage fields are included as part of the final chunk, where `done` is `true`.