venice-auth
Venice Authentication
Every Venice endpoint accepts one of two auth schemes, declared in the OpenAPI spec as BearerAuth and siwx. Both are first-class — pick whichever fits the deployment.
Use when
- You're making your first call to
api.venice.ai. - You're building a server-side integration (usually Bearer) or an agent / no-account wallet flow (x402).
- You hit
401 Authentication failedand need to check header format. - You're implementing SIWE signing manually instead of using the SDK.
Option A — Bearer API key
Authorization: Bearer <VENICE_API_KEY>
- Create keys at https://venice.ai/settings/api or via
venice-api-keys. - Keys carry
consumptionLimits(USD and/or DIEM caps) andapiKeyType(ADMINorINFERENCE).
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