Send a single POST /v1/chat/completions request through Dahl to confirm everything works. You need:
Before you start
- An API key (see API keys)
- Each new key currently includes 100 million tokens — no account signup required
- 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.
Step 1 — Get your API key
Option A — landing page (recommended)
Open inference.dahl.global/#api-key, wait for the key to load, and copy it.
Option B — API
curl -X POST https://inference.dahl.global/tokens
{
"token": "your-api-token",
"available_tokens": 100000000
}
export DAHL_API_KEY="your-api-token"
Step 2 — List available models
GET /v1/models is public — no API key required.
curl https://inference.dahl.global/v1/models
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401 with invalid API token or expired API token | Key is wrong or no longer valid | Create a new key via inference.dahl.global/#api-key or POST /tokens |
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 |
See also
