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# Getting Started
import QuickStart from '../src/components/QuickStart.js'
LiteLLM simplifies LLM API calls by mapping them all to the [OpenAI ChatCompletion format](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/chat).
## basic usage
By default we provide a free $10 key to try all providers supported on LiteLLM.
```python
from litellm import completion
## set ENV variables
os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"] = "sk-litellm-7_NPZhMGxY2GoHC59LgbDw" # [OPTIONAL] replace with your openai key
os.environ["COHERE_API_KEY"] = "sk-litellm-7_NPZhMGxY2GoHC59LgbDw" # [OPTIONAL] replace with your cohere key
messages = [{ "content": "Hello, how are you?","role": "user"}]
# openai call
response = completion(model="gpt-3.5-turbo", messages=messages)
# cohere call
response = completion("command-nightly", messages)
```
Next Steps 👉 [All supported models](./proxy_api.md)
More details 👉
* [Completion() function details](./completion/)
* [All supported models / providers on LiteLLM](./providers/)
## streaming
Same example from before. Just pass in `stream=True` in the completion args.
```python
from litellm import completion
## set ENV variables
os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"] = "openai key"
os.environ["COHERE_API_KEY"] = "cohere key"
messages = [{ "content": "Hello, how are you?","role": "user"}]
# openai call
response = completion(model="gpt-3.5-turbo", messages=messages, stream=True)
# cohere call
response = completion("command-nightly", messages, stream=True)
print(response)
```
More details 👉
* [streaming + async](./completion/stream.md)
* [tutorial for streaming Llama2 on TogetherAI](./tutorials/TogetherAI_liteLLM.md)
## exception handling
LiteLLM maps exceptions across all supported providers to the OpenAI exceptions. All our exceptions inherit from OpenAI's exception types, so any error-handling you have for that, should work out of the box with LiteLLM.
```python
from openai.errors import OpenAIError
from litellm import completion
os.environ["ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"] = "bad-key"
try:
# some code
completion(model="claude-instant-1", messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hey, how's it going?"}])
except OpenAIError as e:
print(e)
```
More details 👉
* [exception mapping](./exception_mapping.md)
* [retries + model fallbacks for completion()](./completion/reliable_completions.md)
* [tutorial for model fallbacks with completion()](./tutorials/fallbacks.md)