AIWave Quickstart: First API Call in 5 Minutes

1 Sign Up (30 seconds)

Go to aiwave.live/console → click "Sign Up". Email + password. No phone number, no ID verification. You get $5 free credit immediately.

2 Get Your API Key (15 seconds)

In the console sidebar, go to Token Management → click Add Token. Copy your key (starts with sk-). Set your budget and model access preferences.

3 Install the OpenAI SDK

AIWave is 100% OpenAI-compatible. Use any OpenAI SDK or library.

# Python
pip install openai

# Node.js
npm install openai

4 Make Your First Call

Replace sk-your-key with your actual key. That's it.

Python

import openai

client = openai.OpenAI(
    base_url="https://aiwave.live/v1",
    api_key="sk-your-aiwave-key"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="deepseek-v4-pro",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello AIWave!"}]
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Node.js

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://aiwave.live/v1",
  apiKey: "sk-your-aiwave-key"
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "deepseek-v4-pro",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello AIWave!" }]
});

console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

cURL

curl https://aiwave.live/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-your-aiwave-key" \
  -d '{
    "model": "deepseek-v4-pro",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

5 Swap Models — Change One Parameter

The power of AIWave: try any model by changing model.