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NVIDIA NIM Chat API

OpenAI-compatible chat completion operations

NVIDIA NIM Chat API is one of 11 APIs that NVIDIA NIM publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Chat. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2026-05-25.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://integrate.api.nvidia.com, http://localhost:8000.

1 operations 1 paths 6 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
2026-05-25
Base URL
https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

NVIDIA NIM Chat API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (nvapi-...) (BearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Chat 1

OpenAI-compatible chat completion operations

POST
/v1/chat/completions
Create A Chat Completion
createChatCompletion body → 200400401403404429500

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ChatCompletionRequest (14 properties), ChatCompletionResponse (6 properties), ChatMessage (5 properties), ToolCall (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ChatCompletionRequest
object
14 properties 2 required
ChatMessage
object
5 properties 1 required
ChatCompletionResponse
object
6 properties
ContentPart
object
3 properties 1 required
Tool
object
2 properties 2 required
ToolCall
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

nvidia-nim-chat-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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NVIDIA NIM Reranking API
NVIDIA NIM Models API
NVIDIA NIM Vision Language Models API
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