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vLLM Tokenize API

vLLM-specific tokenize/detokenize utilities

vLLM Tokenize API is one of 7 APIs that vLLM publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Tokenize. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, http://{host}:{port}.

2 operations 2 paths 0 schemas 2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1
Base URL
http://localhost:8000/v1
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

vLLM Tokenize API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — API key supplied at server startup via --api-key

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Tokenize 2

vLLM-specific tokenize/detokenize utilities

POST
/tokenize
Encode text to tokens
tokenize body → 200
POST
/detokenize
Decode tokens to text
detokenize body → 200

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

vllm-tokenize-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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