API keys

API keys authenticate your requests. You can create keys with different access scopes depending on what each key needs to do, and set an expiration date to limit how long a key remains valid.

Create an API key

API keys are managed from the API Tokens page in the console.

Go to API Tokens

Open the API Tokens page in the console and click Create.

Fill in the token details

In the dialog that appears, provide the following:

Name: A short, descriptive name for the token.
Description: Optional context about what the token is used for.
Model access: Toggle on to grant access to all models in your organization. Enable this for tokens used to call inference endpoints.
Developer access: Toggle on to grant full API access including cluster and deployment management. Enable this for tokens used to manage infrastructure programmatically.
Expires: Choose when the token expires. The token cannot be used after its expiration date.

Submit and record the token

Click Submit. Copy the token value immediately; it will not be shown again after you close the dialog. All created tokens appear on the API Tokens page. Click Delete next to any token you no longer need.

Environment variable authentication

Store your API key in an environment variable rather than hard-coding it in your application. Export it in your shell before running your code:

export MODULAR_API_KEY="your_api_key_here"

Then reference it in your requests:

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.modular.com/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["MODULAR_API_KEY"],
)

Inference

Deployments

Administration

Create an API key

Go to API Tokens

Fill in the token details

Submit and record the token

Environment variable authentication

​Create an API key

​Go to API Tokens

​Fill in the token details

​Submit and record the token

​Environment variable authentication

Create an API key

Go to API Tokens

Fill in the token details

Submit and record the token

Environment variable authentication