---
title: "Get a Model"
method: GET
path: "/v1/models/{model}"
tags: ["models"]
---

# Get a Model

`GET /v1/models/{model}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.cohere.com`
- URL: `https://api.cohere.com/v1/models/{model}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Returns the details of a model, provided its name.

## Path parameters

- `model` string, required

## Headers

- `X-Client-Name` string

## Response `200`

OK

- GetModelResponse: Contains information about the model and which API endpoints it can be used with.
  - `name` string: Specify this name in the `model` parameter of API requests to use your chosen model.
  - `is_deprecated` boolean: Whether the model is deprecated or not.
  - `endpoints` CompatibleEndpoint[]: The API endpoints that the model is compatible with.
  - `finetuned` boolean: Whether the model has been fine-tuned or not.
  - `context_length` number, double: The maximum number of tokens that the model can process in a single request. Note that not all of these tokens are always available due to special tokens and preambles that Cohere has added by default.
  - `tokenizer_url` string: Public URL to the tokenizer's configuration file.
  - `default_endpoints` CompatibleEndpoint[]: The API endpoints that the model is default to.
  - `features` string[]: The features that the model supports.
  - `sampling_defaults` GetModelResponseSamplingDefaults: Default sampling parameters for this model when omitted from API requests.
    - `temperature` number, double
    - `k` integer
    - `p` number, double
    - `frequency_penalty` number, double
    - `presence_penalty` number, double
    - `max_tokens_per_doc` integer

## Other responses

- `400`: This error is returned when the request is not well formed. This could be because: - JSON is invalid - The request is missing required fields - The request contains an invalid combination of fields
- `401`: This error indicates that the operation attempted to be performed is not allowed. This could be because: - The api token is invalid - The user does not have the necessary permissions
- `403`: This error indicates that the operation attempted to be performed is not allowed. This could be because: - The api token is invalid - The user does not have the necessary permissions
- `404`: This error is returned when a resource is not found. This could be because: - The endpoint does not exist - The resource does not exist eg model id, dataset id
- `422`: This error is returned when the request is not well formed. This could be because: - JSON is invalid - The request is missing required fields - The request contains an invalid combination of fields
- `429`: Too many requests
- `498`: This error is returned when a request or response contains a deny-listed token.
- `499`: This error is returned when a request is cancelled by the user.
- `500`: This error is returned when an uncategorised internal server error occurs.
- `501`: This error is returned when the requested feature is not implemented.
- `503`: This error is returned when the service is unavailable. This could be due to: - Too many users trying to access the service at the same time
- `504`: This error is returned when a request to the server times out. This could be due to: - An internal services taking too long to respond

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