Groq Install & Auth

Overview

Install the official Groq SDK and configure API key authentication. Groq provides ultra-fast LLM inference on custom LPU hardware through an OpenAI-compatible REST API at api.groq.com/openai/v1/.

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+ or Python 3.8+
• Package manager (npm, pnpm, or pip)
• Groq account at console.groq.com
• API key from GroqCloud console (Settings > API Keys)

Instructions

Step 1: Install the SDK

set -euo pipefail
# TypeScript / JavaScript
npm install groq-sdk

# Python