Start with Palepale
Activate access, choose a model, and send your first streaming request.
Getting started
Use these steps to connect a local app after the Palepale team activates your access.
1. Activate your access
Choose API tokens or a plan, then contact Palepale on Discord. Confirm the allowance and models before payment. The team supplies your gateway address and a separate credential for each device.
2. Set your connection details
Use these names in the examples below. Replace the example address with your supplied gateway; it is not this website's address. The SDK base URL ends with /v1.
export PALEPALE_BASE_URL="https://YOUR_GATEWAY/v1"export PALEPALE_API_KEY="YOUR_DEVICE_CREDENTIAL"In Windows PowerShell:
$env:PALEPALE_BASE_URL = "https://YOUR_GATEWAY/v1"$env:PALEPALE_API_KEY = "YOUR_DEVICE_CREDENTIAL"Keep these values local. Your device credential is a secret, not your account name.
3. Choose an available model
Read your gateway's catalog before sending a request:
curl "$PALEPALE_BASE_URL/models"PowerShell can use Invoke-RestMethod "$env:PALEPALE_BASE_URL/models". Copy an id from the returned data array into PALEPALE_MODEL. Check the model's capabilities and limits in Models.
export PALEPALE_MODEL="REPLACE_WITH_APPROVED_MODEL_ID"On Windows, use $env:PALEPALE_MODEL = "REPLACE_WITH_APPROVED_MODEL_ID".
4. Send a short request
Use the curl, Python or TypeScript example below. The curl example uses Bash; on Windows, use Git Bash, WSL, or the Python example. For Python, install openai in your project environment. For TypeScript, install the openai package in your project.
A successful stream contains text, a finish reason and usage, followed by [DONE]. An HTTP success alone is not enough: read error events until the stream ends. API details and errors.
5. Connect your coding tool
Use the OpenCode setup for a custom provider, or the Palepale CLI guide for the native client. The CLI uses a gateway origin without /v1; SDK clients use the base URL with /v1.
Check account usage
curl "$PALEPALE_BASE_URL/account" -H "Authorization: Bearer $PALEPALE_API_KEY"Your devices share a token budget. This endpoint reports account usage and reservations; it is not a cash-wallet balance. See plans and activation or troubleshooting.
Need a hand?
Open Palepale Discord for activation or account support. Compare API offers or choose a plan.
Make your first request.
Use your own access details.
Set the address, key, and model from your activation details. These examples stream one short request.
Get API access