Creating a client (v1 API)

Creating Cohere API Client

To start using all features available in the Cohere SDK, you should create a client first.

1 import cohere
2 
3 co = cohere.ClientV2(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")

The Cohere API client initializes with the following parameters:

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`api_key`	`str/callable`	`None`	API key for authenticating requests to the Cohere V2 API.
`base_url`	`str`	`os.getenv("CO_API_URL")`	Base URL for the Cohere API.
`environment`	`ClientEnvironment`	`ClientEnvironment.PRODUCTION`	Specifies the API environment (e.g., production, staging).
`client_name`	`str`	`None`	Optional name for the client instance, useful for logging.
`timeout`	`float`	`None`	Timeout in seconds for API requests.
`httpx_client`	`httpx.Client`	`None`	Optional pre-configured `httpx.Client` for making HTTP requests.
`thread_pool_executor`	`ThreadPoolExecutor`	`ThreadPoolExecutor(64)`	Thread pool executor for concurrent operations, with 64 threads by default.
`log_experimental`	`bool`	`True`	Enables/disables warnings for experimental features.

1	import cohere
2
3	co = cohere.ClientV2(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")