> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Quickstart

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## Using the OpenAI SDK

<CodeGroup>
  ```typescript TypeScript theme={null}
  import OpenAI from 'openai';

  const openai = new OpenAI({
    baseURL: 'https://api.buycheap.ai/avocado',
    apiKey: '<API_KEY>'
  });

  async function main() {
    const completion = await openai.chat.completions.create({
      model: 'deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324',
      messages: [
        {
          role: 'user',
          content: 'Who is Joseph Stalin?',
        },
      ],
    });

    console.log(completion.choices[0].message);
  }

  main();
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  from openai import OpenAI

  client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.buycheap.ai/avocado",
    api_key="<API_KEY>",
  )

  completion = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324",
    messages=[
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Who is Joseph Stalin?"
      }
    ]
  )

  print(completion.choices[0].message.content)
  ```
</CodeGroup>