ollama/docs/api/introduction.mdx
Eva H d48d790baf
docs: redesign docs landing and integrations overview (#16807)
Co-authored-by: Parth Sareen <parth.sareen@ollama.com>
2026-06-24 16:28:28 -04:00

47 lines
1.2 KiB
Text

---
title: Introduction
---
Use Ollama's API to run and interact with models.
## Get started
Follow the [quickstart](/quickstart) to install Ollama and make your first request.
## Base URL
After installation, Ollama's API is served by default at:
```
http://localhost:11434/api
```
For running cloud models on **ollama.com**, the same API is available with the following base URL:
```
https://ollama.com/api
```
## Example request
Once Ollama is running, its API is automatically available and can be accessed via `curl`:
```shell
curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d '{
"model": "gemma4",
"prompt": "Why is the sky blue?"
}'
```
## Libraries
Ollama has official libraries for Python and JavaScript:
- [Python](https://github.com/ollama/ollama-python)
- [JavaScript](https://github.com/ollama/ollama-js)
Several community-maintained libraries are available for Ollama. For a full list, see the [Ollama GitHub repository](https://github.com/ollama/ollama?tab=readme-ov-file#libraries-1).
## Versioning
Ollama's API isn't strictly versioned, but the API is expected to be stable and backwards compatible. Deprecations are rare and will be announced in the [release notes](https://github.com/ollama/ollama/releases).