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---
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title: Streaming
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---
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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:
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```json
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{"model":"gemma3","created_at":"2025-10-26T17:15:24.097767Z","response":"That","done":false}
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{"model":"gemma3","created_at":"2025-10-26T17:15:24.109172Z","response":"'","done":false}
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{"model":"gemma3","created_at":"2025-10-26T17:15:24.121485Z","response":"s","done":false}
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{"model":"gemma3","created_at":"2025-10-26T17:15:24.132802Z","response":" a","done":false}
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{"model":"gemma3","created_at":"2025-10-26T17:15:24.143931Z","response":" fantastic","done":false}
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{"model":"gemma3","created_at":"2025-10-26T17:15:24.155176Z","response":" question","done":false}
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{"model":"gemma3","created_at":"2025-10-26T17:15:24.166576Z","response":"!","done":true, "done_reason": "stop"}
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```
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## Disabling streaming
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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:
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```json
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{"model":"gemma3","created_at":"2025-10-26T17:15:24.166576Z","response":"That's a fantastic question!","done":true}
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```
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## When to use streaming vs non-streaming
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**Streaming (default)**:
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- Real-time response generation
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- Lower perceived latency
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- Better for long generations
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**Non-streaming**:
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- Simpler to process
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- Better for short responses, or structured outputs
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- Easier to handle in some applications |