# BeefAPI Global

Use https://global.beefapi.com/v1 with an API key created on https://global.beefapi.com. Anthropic clients use the host root. Global keys spend prepaid USD credit; domestic keys and wallets are separate.

## Sources

- Documentation: https://global.beefapi.com/docs
- Current USD prices: https://global.beefapi.com/pricing.usd.json
- Human price table: https://global.beefapi.com/pricing
- API schema: https://global.beefapi.com/openapi.json
- Full documentation: https://global.beefapi.com/llms-full.txt

- API reference: https://global.beefapi.com/docs/api — Call models with an API key, and read account credit with a separate system access token.
- Billing: https://global.beefapi.com/docs/billing — Understand USD credit, token and media charges, reserved credit, failed tasks, and usage records.
- Clients: https://global.beefapi.com/docs/clients — Point an OpenAI-compatible or Anthropic-compatible client at BeefAPI with a Base URL and an API key.
- Errors: https://global.beefapi.com/docs/errors — How to read BeefAPI HTTP errors and what to do when a request fails.
- Images: https://global.beefapi.com/docs/images — Generate and edit images with gpt-image-2, save the result, and handle long requests.
- Models: https://global.beefapi.com/docs/models — Match model IDs to text, image, and video endpoints and check current availability and USD prices.
- Quickstart: https://global.beefapi.com/docs/quickstart — Create a global API key, add USD credit, send your first request, and read the result.
- Videos: https://global.beefapi.com/docs/videos — Generate videos from text or images, poll the task, and download the completed MP4.

## Request shapes

Text uses Chat Completions, Responses, or Anthropic Messages. Images use /v1/images/generations or /v1/images/edits. Videos use POST /v1/videos, GET /v1/videos/{id}, then GET /v1/videos/{id}/content. A queued task is not a finished asset. Image jobs are optional and route-dependent. Global video editing is not offered.

Model listings do not guarantee immediate capacity. Use the USD pricebook, then check authenticated usage for final charges. The shared /pricing.json is a different catalog; do not use its currency conversion as global USD pricing.