API Documentation

Everything you need to integrate Continuum Inference. OpenAI-compatible API, sovereign Australian infrastructure.

OpenAI-compatible API

Continuum Inference uses the same API format as OpenAI. If you have an existing OpenAI integration, you already know how to use our API. Change your base URL, swap your API key, and everything else stays the same.

Base URL
https://api.continuum.au/v1
Authentication
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
Model
deepseek-v4-flash

Getting Started

Quickstart

First request in under 2 minutes. Python, TypeScript, and cURL examples.

Authentication

API keys, required headers, and how to manage access securely.

Rate Limits

Request limits, throttling behaviour, and how to handle 429 responses.

API Reference

Chat Completions

POST /v1/chat/completions — full parameter reference, request/response schema, error codes.

Streaming

Server-sent events format, handling partial responses, and streaming with thinking mode.

Features

Tool Calling

Function definitions, strict schema validation, parallel calls, and multi-turn tool use.

JSON Structured Output

Guaranteed valid JSON responses for extraction pipelines and structured data workflows.

Thinking Modes

Three reasoning levels (Non-think, Think High, Think Max), accessing reasoning chains, and billing.

Migration Guides

Migrate from OpenAI

Change two lines. Your prompts, tools, and response handling stay identical.

Migrate from Anthropic

Switch from the Anthropic SDK to the OpenAI SDK with Continuum as the base URL.

Use any OpenAI-compatible SDK

No proprietary SDK required. Use the official OpenAI libraries for your language, or make HTTP requests directly.

Python

$ pip install openai

Official OpenAI Python SDK. Works with Continuum out of the box.

TypeScript

$ npm install openai

Official OpenAI Node.js/TypeScript SDK. Full type safety included.

cURL / HTTP

$ curl api.continuum.au/v1/...

Standard REST API. Any HTTP client in any language works.

Ready to integrate?

Start with the quickstart guide. First request in under 2 minutes.

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