Use Hanzo AI with Hugging Face
Access Hugging Face models and use the HF Inference API through the Hanzo AI API. Also use Hanzo AI models with HuggingFace Hub tooling.
Get API key — Freepip install huggingface_hub
from huggingface_hub import InferenceClient
client = InferenceClient(
base_url="https://api.hanzo.ai/v1",
api_key="your-hanzo-api-key",
)
output = client.chat.completions.create(
model="meta-llama/llama-4-scout",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
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hf CLI with Hanzo endpoint
python
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# Use hf for model downloads, Hanzo for inference
hf download meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct
# Then serve via Hanzo API
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.hanzo.ai/v1",
api_key="your-hanzo-api-key",
)
JS InferenceClient
typescript
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import { InferenceClient } from "@huggingface/inference";
const client = new InferenceClient("your-hanzo-api-key");
const chatCompletion = await client.chatCompletion({
model: "meta-llama/llama-4-scout",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
provider: "hanzo",
endpointUrl: "https://api.hanzo.ai/v1",
});
cURL inference
bash
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curl https://api.hanzo.ai/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $HANZO_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"meta-llama/llama-4-maverick","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hi"}]}'
Created by Hugging Face
License: Apache-2.0 · View source on GitHub →
Hanzo AI is OpenAI-compatible, so existing Hugging Face code works with zero refactoring. We deeply appreciate the Hugging Face team for building and maintaining this open-source project.
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