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Ollama Models API

List, show, create, copy, pull, push, and delete models.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Ollama Models API is one of 14 APIs that Ollama publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Models. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 9 operations across 9 paths, and defines 17 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 0.1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, http://localhost:11434.

9 operations 9 paths 17 schemas 1 DELETE3 GET5 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
0.1.0
Base URL
http://localhost:11434/api
Contact
Ollama Team
License
MIT
Terms of Service
View terms
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 9

Across 9 paths, the API surfaces 9 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET, 5 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Models 9

List, show, create, copy, pull, push, and delete models.

GET
/api/tags
Ollama List local models
listModels → 200
POST
/api/show
Ollama Show model information
showModelInfo body → 200404
POST
/api/create
Ollama Create a model
createModel body → 200400
POST
/api/copy
Ollama Copy a model
copyModel body → 200404
POST
/api/pull
Ollama Pull a model
pullModel body → 200400
POST
/api/push
Ollama Push a model
pushModel body → 200400401
DELETE
/api/delete
Ollama Delete a model
deleteModel body → 200404
GET
/models
Ollama List models
listModels → 200
GET
/models/{model}
Ollama Retrieve a model
retrieveModel 1 param → 200404

Schemas 17

The contract defines 17 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are CreateRequest (9 properties), ShowResponse (8 properties), ModelSummary (8 properties), ChatMessage (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

DeleteRequest
object
Request body for deleting a model from the local server.
1 property 1 required
ShowResponse
object
Detailed information about a model including its configuration, capabilities, and metadata.
8 properties
ChatMessage
object
A message in a chat conversation, containing a role, content, and optional images or tool calls.
5 properties 2 required
StatusEvent
object
A streaming status event returned during model creation, pull, or push operations.
4 properties
ModelSummary
object
Summary information about a locally available model.
8 properties
ListResponse
object
Response containing a list of all locally available models.
1 property
CreateRequest
object
Request body for creating a new model from an existing model with optional customizations.
9 properties 1 required
PushRequest
object
Request body for uploading a model to the registry.
3 properties 1 required
ErrorResponse
object
An error response returned when a request fails.
1 property
StatusResponse
object
A status response returned for non-streaming model operations.
1 property
ModelObject
object
Information about a model in OpenAI-compatible format.
4 properties
ModelListResponse
object
Response containing a list of available models in OpenAI format.
2 properties
PullRequest
object
Request body for downloading a model from the registry.
3 properties 1 required
ShowRequest
object
Request body for retrieving detailed model information.
2 properties 1 required
ToolCall
object
A tool call requested by the model during function calling.
1 property
CopyRequest
object
Request body for copying an existing model to a new name.
2 properties 2 required
ModelDetails
object
Detailed metadata about a model's format and architecture.
5 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

ollama-models-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
ollama:ollama-models-api
Base URL
http://localhost:11434/api
Docs
https://docs.ollama.com/api/introduction
Provider
Ollama
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