Python Example

Reviewed by Proof · Updated

Definition

The Python example is a short script that calls luv13 with the official OpenAI Python SDK.

Key takeaways

  • Install the SDK with pip install openai and set base_url to https://api.luv13.ai/v1.
  • Read your key from the LUV13_API_KEY environment variable.
  • Tested on 2026-09-30 with openai 3.22.1: listing models returned all seven ids, and the chat call without a key raised AuthenticationError (401).
  • For plain HTTP without the SDK, see Python Requests.

The script

import os
import openai
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.luv13.ai/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["LUV13_API_KEY"],
)

for model in client.models.list():
    print(model.id)

try:
    reply = client.chat.completions.create(
        model="luv13/glm-5.3-flash",
        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "ping"}],
    )
    print(reply.choices[0].message.content)
except openai.AuthenticationError:
    raise SystemExit("401: check LUV13_API_KEY.")
pip install openai
export LUV13_API_KEY=sk-luv13-...
python luv13_example.py

The SDK retries 429 and 5xx responses twice by default; see Retrying Requests. For the SDKs in general, see Using the OpenAI SDKs.