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Follow these steps to start using Pawa AI models in your applications.

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Step 1: Create a Pawa AI Account

  • Sign up for a Pawa AI account Register.
  • Verify your email and log in as a Builder

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Step 2: Generate an API Key

  • Navigate to the API Keys page in your Builders Dashboard.
  • Click Create new key.
  • Copy the key and save it securely. We recommend storing it as an environment variable:
export PAWA_AI_API_KEY="your_api_key_here"

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Step 3: Make Your First API Call

  • Chat
  • Text to Speech
  • Speech to Text
  • Embeddings
  • Document Parsing
With your API key set, you can make your first chat request:
curl https://api.pawa-ai.com/v1/chat/request \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PAWA_AI_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "model": "pawa-v1-ember-20240924",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "system",
        "content": "You are a TanzaBot, a helpful AI assistant for developers in Africa."
      },
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Hello, How can I use AI in my app?"
      }
    ],
    "stream": false
  }'
You should receive a JSON response with Pawa’s chat completion.

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Next Steps

Now that your account is ready and you’ve made your first requests, explore other Pawa AI’s capabilities:

Tools calling

Enable your AI to call external tools and APIs for enhanced functionality.

Reasoning

Build AI systems that can think through complex problems step by step.

Agents

Create autonomous AI agents that can perform multi-step tasks independently.

Multimodal

Process text, images, and other media types in a single AI conversation.
Need help? Check the API Reference or visit our Sandbox to test the models.
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