SEA-LION API

The SEA-LION API provides a quick and simple interface to our various SEA-LION models for text generation, translation, summarization, and more.

Usage of the SEA-LION API is subject to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

Getting an API Key

To get started with SEA-LION API, you'll need to first create an API key via our SEA-LION Playground:

1. Sign in to SEA-LION Playground via your Google account

2. Navigate to our API Key Manager page by clicking on Settings -> API Key

API Key Navigation

1. Click on the "Create New Trial API Key" button, and enter a name for your API key.

API Key Create

An API key will be generated for you after you click "Create". Make sure to copy or download the generated key and keep it in a safe place since you won't be able to view it again.

API Key Create

Only 1 API key is allowed to be created per user.

How To Use Your API Key

Step 1. Find the Available Models

To find the available SEA-LION models for your API key, use the following curl command.

curl 'https://api.sea-lion.ai/v1/models' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your generated API key.

Step 2: Call the API

SEA-LION's API endpoints for chat and embeddings are compatible with OpenAI's API and libraries.

curl

curl -X 'POST' \
  https://api.sea-lion.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H 'accept: text/plain' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "max_completion_tokens": 20,
    "messages": [
      {
        "content": "Hi SEA-LION",
        "role": "user"
      }
    ],
    "model": "aisingapore/Gemma-SEA-LION-v3-9B-IT"
  }'

python

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=YOUR_API_KEY,
    base_url="https://api.sea-lion.ai/v1" 
)

completion = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="aisingapore/Gemma-SEA-LION-v3-9B-IT",
    messages=[
        {
            "role": "user",
            "content": "What is Deep Learning"
        }
    ]
)

print(completion.choices[0].message.content)

Rate Limits

Limits help us mitigate misuse and manage API capacity and help ensure that everyone has fair access to the API.

SEA-LION API usage frequency will be subject to rate limits applied on requests per minute (RPM).

As of 18 Mar 2025, our rate limits is set to 10 requests per minute per user.

If you have any questions or want to speak about getting a rate limit increase, reach out to [e-mail].