Venice Chat
Chat with Venice.ai LLM models. Supports system prompts, image analysis (vision), reasoning mode, and web search. Auto-selects the best model based on the task.
Features
- Text chat with any Venice.ai LLM model
- Vision/image analysis -- describe, analyze, or ask questions about images
- Reasoning mode -- extended thinking for complex problems
- Web search -- augment responses with live web results
- Auto model selection -- picks the optimal model based on task type
Prerequisites
pip install requests
export VENICE_API_KEY="your_venice_api_key"
Usage
Simple chat
python scripts/chat.py "What is the capital of France?"
With system prompt
python scripts/chat.py "Write a haiku" --system "You are a poet"
Image analysis
python scripts/chat.py "What's in this image?" --image /path/to/image.png
Reasoning mode
python scripts/chat.py "Solve this complex math problem" --reasoning
Web search
python scripts/chat.py "What happened in tech news today?" --web_search
Options
| Option |
Short |
Default |
Description |
message |
-- |
(required) |
Your message |
--system |
-s |
None |
System prompt |
--model |
-m |
auto |
Model ID (auto-selected if not provided) |
--image |
-i |
None |
Image path for vision analysis |
--reasoning |
-r |
off |
Enable reasoning mode |
--temperature |
-t |
0.7 |
Temperature (0.0-2.0) |
--max_tokens |
-- |
None |
Max response tokens |
--web_search |
-w |
off |
Enable web search |
Default Models
| Task |
Model |
Notes |
| General chat |
zai-org-glm-4.7 |
GLM 4.7 -- most intelligent |
| Vision/image |
qwen3-vl-235b-a22b |
Qwen3 VL 235B -- 250K context |
| Reasoning |
qwen3-235b-a22b-thinking-2507 |
Extended thinking |
Python Import
from chat import chat
result = chat(
message="Explain quantum computing",
system="You are a physics professor",
temperature=0.5
)
print(result["response"])
Response Format
{
"success": True,
"model": "zai-org-glm-4.7",
"response": "The capital of France is Paris.",
"usage": {
"prompt_tokens": 12,
"completion_tokens": 8,
"total_tokens": 20
}
}
Environment Variables
| Variable |
Required |
Description |
VENICE_API_KEY |
Yes |
Venice.ai API key |
jae
c42cd9a062