Quick Start

Before calling a model, you need to complete the following steps:

1. Register and log in to your Jalapeno Cloud account
2. Select a model and view the API call examples
3. Create an API Key
4. Base URL
5. Call the Model API
6. View Model Usage Statistics

1. Register and Log In

Visit the Jalapeno Cloud official website and click "Login" in the top right corner. Follow the prompts to log in using your credentials or verification code. After successful login, you will be redirected to the Model Marketplace.

Figure 1: Model Marketplace after login

2. Select a Model and View Examples

In the Model Marketplace, browse the available models. Each model card typically displays the model name, pricing information, and core capabilities. Click on a model card to view detailed information including model description, capabilities, pricing, and API call examples.

• Model Name: Required in the model field when making API calls (e.g., DeepSeek-V4-Pro)
• Model Capabilities: Check if the model supports text, images, tool calling, deep thinking, etc.
• Pricing: Billed based on input tokens, cached tokens, output tokens, etc.

3. Create API Key

From the top navigation bar, click API KEY to access the API Key management interface. If you don't have any API Keys yet, the list will be empty. Click the Create API KEY button in the top right corner to generate a new key.

In the "Create API KEY" dialog, enter a Name (e.g., "My API Key"). The name is only used to differentiate between keys. Click OK to generate the API Key. After generation, you'll see the name, key ID, creation time, etc. Copy the key value for API calls.

If you already have an API Key, you can skip this step and select the existing key directly in the model details page for testing.

4. Base URL

All API requests should be sent to the following base URL:

https://api.jalapeno-cloud.ai/v1

Use this base URL as the base_url in your SDK configuration or as the request endpoint prefix.

5. Call the Model API

Select the API Key you just created from the model details page's dropdown menu.

Copy the curl example provided at the bottom of the page, which looks like:

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.jalapeno-cloud.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer ${API_KEY}' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "model": "${MODEL_NAME}",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Please give a travel plan"
      }
    ],
    "stream": true,
    "max_tokens": 512,
    "stream_options": {
      "include_usage": true
    },
    "chat_template_kwargs": {
      "thinking": true
    },
    "tools": [
      {
        "type": "function",
        "function": {
          "name": "web_search",
          "description": "Web search tool",
          "parameters": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "query": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Sub-task query for text retrieval"
              },
              "timeliness": {
                "type": "integer",
                "description": "Timeline parameter setting"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  }'

Send the request to get the model's response.

For programmatic integration, check the examples in Python, JavaScript, Golang, etc.

6. View Model Usage Statistics

Visit the Usage Statistics page to view usage and performance data for different models.