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Cortex Messages API

The Snowflake Cortex Messages API is a REST API that performs LLM text completion inference using the Cortex Messages (Anthropic-compatible) request format.

Cortex Messages API is one of 49 APIs that Snowflake publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Artificial Intelligence, Cortex, and Inference. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 0.1.0.

Requests are made against the base URL https://org-account.snowflakecomputing.com.

1 operations 1 paths 0 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
0.1.0
Base URL
https://org-account.snowflakecomputing.com
Authentication
custom, custom, custom, custom
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 4

Cortex Messages API declares 4 security schemes for authenticating requests. It defines a custom scheme (KeyPair). It defines a custom scheme (ExternalOAuth). It defines a custom scheme (SnowflakeOAuth). It defines a custom scheme (ProgrammaticAccessToken). 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.

cortex-generic-anthropic 1
POST
/api/v2/cortex/v1/messages
Perform LLM text completion inference using Cortex Messages API format.
cortexGenericAnthropicMessages body → 200400401403404405500503

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

snowflake-cortex-generic-anthropic-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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Snowflake Password Policy API
Snowflake Secret API
Snowflake Sequence API
Snowflake Spark Connect API
Snowflake Streamlit API
Snowflake Tag API
Cortex Agents API
Snowpipe REST API
Snowflake account API
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