Codestral — Free API

⭐ Score: 49
mistral-ai/codestral
chat coding
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What is Codestral?

"Codestral, developed by Mistral AI, is a versatile LLM for text and coding tasks. Ideal for chat and coding scenarios, it excels with 256,000 tokens of context. Note its rate limit of 1 request per second and API compatibility with OpenAI." (99 words)

Model ID
codestral
Base URL
https://api.mistral.ai/v1

Codestral API Code Example

Paste your API key and run. See the config generator for Claude Code, Cursor, and more tools.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.mistral.ai/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="codestral",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)
import OpenAI from "openai";

const openai = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://api.mistral.ai/v1",
  apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY",
});

const completion = await openai.chat.completions.create({
  model: "codestral",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});

console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);
curl https://api.mistral.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "model": "codestral",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

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