Understand the API contract
Use the stable https://oppermind.com/api/v1 base, public Lato model identifiers, and modality-specific endpoints.
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Oppermind Developer API quickstart
Create a scoped API key, make your first Lato text request, read usage metadata, and handle failures safely from a backend.
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You will make a secure server-side API call and turn the response into a reliable application path.
Keep keys on the server Use the versioned v1 contract Build for retries, limits, and stable errors
5 min
Create a least-privilege key
Create an opmd_sk_ key in the Developer console, choose only the permissions needed, copy it once, and store it in a server secret.
Send your first text request
POST messages to /api/v1/messages with oppermind-lato-1, a bounded max_tokens value, and stream set to false or omitted.
Read the response and usage
Extract text content, capture the request ID, inspect normalized model metadata, and record input and output token usage.
Generate an image
POST a prompt to /api/v1/images and choose a URL or base64 response according to your storage and delivery path.
Generate a video
POST to /api/v1/videos with a generous client timeout; generation is synchronous and returns the finished authenticated proxy URL.
Handle the unhappy paths
Use idempotency keys, RateLimit headers, stable error codes, safe retries, billing checks, and structured logging.
Make the learning stick
Start with one real piece of work.
Open Oppermind beside the lesson, apply each step, and leave with something you can use.