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title: Introduction
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---
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Ollama's API allows you to run and interact with models programatically.
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## Get started
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If you're just getting started, follow the [quickstart](/quickstart) documentation to get up and running with Ollama's API.
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## Base URL
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After installation, Ollama's API is served by default at:
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```
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http://localhost:11434/api
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```
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For running cloud models on **ollama.com**, the same API is available with the following base URL:
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```
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https://ollama.com/api
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```
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## Example request
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Once Ollama is running, its API is automatically available and can be accessed via `curl`:
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```shell
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curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d '{
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"model": "gemma3",
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"prompt": "Why is the sky blue?"
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}'
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```
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## Libraries
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Ollama has official libraries for Python and JavaScript:
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- [Python](https://github.com/ollama/ollama-python)
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- [JavaScript](https://github.com/ollama/ollama-js)
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Several community-maintained libraries are available for Ollama. For a full list, see the [Ollama GitHub repository](https://github.com/ollama/ollama?tab=readme-ov-file#libraries-1).
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## Versioning
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Ollama's API isn't strictly versioned, but the API is expected to be stable and backwards compatible. Deprecations are rare and will be announced in the [release notes](https://github.com/ollama/ollama/releases).
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