Quickstart: first request

Send a single POST /v1/chat/completions request through Dahl to confirm everything works. You need:

Base URL: https://inference.dahl.global/v1
A Bearer API key (from an account or POST /tokens)
A current model ID from GET /v1/models

Before you start

An API key (see Authentication)
Each new key currently includes 100 million tokens
A fresh model ID from GET /v1/models — do not guess IDs or copy them from marketing pages

Store your key securely. Treat it like a password: do not commit it to git or paste it into public channels. If you create an account, also save the fingerprint — it cannot be recovered.

Step 1 — Get your API key

Option A — create an account (recommended)

Open inference.dahl.global → Create account
Pick a username and save the fingerprint you are shown once
Copy the first API key from the success screen (or from /account)

Option B — landing page (anonymous key) Open inference.dahl.global/#models, wait for the key to load, and copy it from the yellow API key field (or use Get API key in the header). Option C — API

curl -X POST https://inference.dahl.global/tokens

Example response:

{
  "token": "dahl_…",
  "available_tokens": 100000000
}

Export the token for the next steps:

export DAHL_API_KEY="dahl_…"

You can later link an anonymous key to an account with claim.

Step 2 — List available models

GET /v1/models is public — no API key required.

curl https://inference.dahl.global/v1/models

Pick an id from the data array. For most tasks, start with MiniMax M2.7: MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.7 If the list is empty or the service is still starting, retry with short bounded backoff.

Step 3 — Send your first request

curl https://inference.dahl.global/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DAHL_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.7",
    "messages": [
      { "role": "user", "content": "Hello, Dahl!" }
    ]
  }'

Expected result

A successful request returns 200 OK. The assistant text is in choices[0].message.content.

{
  "choices": [
    {
      "message": {
        "role": "assistant",
        "content": "..."
      }
    }
  ]
}

Common first failures

Response	What it usually means	What to check
`401` with `Missing API token`	No `Authorization` header	Add `Authorization: Bearer` with your token
`401` with `invalid API token` or `expired API token`	Key is wrong or revoked	Create a new key at /account or via `POST /tokens`
`402` with `available tokens exhausted`	Key allowance spent	Create another key (100M each)
`4xx` / `502` from upstream	Stale or unsupported `model` id	Call `GET /v1/models` and use an `id` from the response
`503` or timeouts	Network or node overload	Retry with short backoff

Getting started

Guides

Quickstart: first request

Before you start

Step 1 — Get your API key

Step 2 — List available models

Step 3 — Send your first request

Expected result

Common first failures

See also

​Before you start

​Step 1 — Get your API key

​Step 2 — List available models

​Step 3 — Send your first request

​Expected result

​Common first failures

​See also

Before you start

Step 1 — Get your API key

Step 2 — List available models

Step 3 — Send your first request

Expected result

Common first failures

See also