Fast, lightweight, pure C/C++ HTTP server based on httplib, nlohmann::json and llama.cpp.
Set of LLM REST APIs and a simple web front end to interact with llama.cpp.
Features:
- LLM inference of F16 and quantized models on GPU and CPU
- OpenAI API compatible chat completions and embeddings routes
- Parallel decoding with multi-user support
- Continuous batching
- Multimodal (wip)
- Monitoring endpoints
- Schema-constrained JSON response format
The project is under active development, and we are looking for feedback and contributors.
usage: ./llama-server [options]
general:
-h, --help, --usage print usage and exit
--version show version and build info
-v, --verbose print verbose information
--verbosity N set specific verbosity level (default: 0)
--verbose-prompt print a verbose prompt before generation (default: false)
--no-display-prompt don't print prompt at generation (default: false)
-co, --color colorise output to distinguish prompt and user input from generations (default: false)
-s, --seed SEED RNG seed (default: -1, use random seed for < 0)
-t, --threads N number of threads to use during generation (default: 8)
-tb, --threads-batch N number of threads to use during batch and prompt processing (default: same as --threads)
-td, --threads-draft N number of threads to use during generation (default: same as --threads)
-tbd, --threads-batch-draft N number of threads to use during batch and prompt processing (default: same as --threads-draft)
--draft N number of tokens to draft for speculative decoding (default: 5)
-ps, --p-split N speculative decoding split probability (default: 0.1)
-lcs, --lookup-cache-static FNAME
path to static lookup cache to use for lookup decoding (not updated by generation)
-lcd, --lookup-cache-dynamic FNAME
path to dynamic lookup cache to use for lookup decoding (updated by generation)
-c, --ctx-size N size of the prompt context (default: 0, 0 = loaded from model)
-n, --predict N number of tokens to predict (default: -1, -1 = infinity, -2 = until context filled)
-b, --batch-size N logical maximum batch size (default: 2048)
-ub, --ubatch-size N physical maximum batch size (default: 512)
--keep N number of tokens to keep from the initial prompt (default: 0, -1 = all)
--chunks N max number of chunks to process (default: -1, -1 = all)
-fa, --flash-attn enable Flash Attention (default: disabled)
-p, --prompt PROMPT prompt to start generation with
in conversation mode, this will be used as system prompt
(default: '')
-f, --file FNAME a file containing the prompt (default: none)
--in-file FNAME an input file (repeat to specify multiple files)
-bf, --binary-file FNAME binary file containing the prompt (default: none)
-e, --escape process escapes sequences (\n, \r, \t, \', \", \\) (default: true)
--no-escape do not process escape sequences
-ptc, --print-token-count N print token count every N tokens (default: -1)
--prompt-cache FNAME file to cache prompt state for faster startup (default: none)
--prompt-cache-all if specified, saves user input and generations to cache as well
not supported with --interactive or other interactive options
--prompt-cache-ro if specified, uses the prompt cache but does not update it
-r, --reverse-prompt PROMPT halt generation at PROMPT, return control in interactive mode
can be specified more than once for multiple prompts
-sp, --special special tokens output enabled (default: false)
-cnv, --conversation run in conversation mode, does not print special tokens and suffix/prefix
if suffix/prefix are not specified, default chat template will be used
(default: false)
-i, --interactive run in interactive mode (default: false)
-if, --interactive-first run in interactive mode and wait for input right away (default: false)
-mli, --multiline-input allows you to write or paste multiple lines without ending each in '\'
--in-prefix-bos prefix BOS to user inputs, preceding the `--in-prefix` string
--in-prefix STRING string to prefix user inputs with (default: empty)
--in-suffix STRING string to suffix after user inputs with (default: empty)
--spm-infill use Suffix/Prefix/Middle pattern for infill (instead of Prefix/Suffix/Middle) as some models prefer this. (default: disabled)
sampling:
--samplers SAMPLERS samplers that will be used for generation in the order, separated by ';'
(default: top_k;tfs_z;typical_p;top_p;min_p;temperature)
--sampling-seq SEQUENCE simplified sequence for samplers that will be used (default: kfypmt)
--ignore-eos ignore end of stream token and continue generating (implies --logit-bias EOS-inf)
--penalize-nl penalize newline tokens (default: false)
--temp N temperature (default: 0.8)
--top-k N top-k sampling (default: 40, 0 = disabled)
--top-p N top-p sampling (default: 0.9, 1.0 = disabled)
--min-p N min-p sampling (default: 0.1, 0.0 = disabled)
--tfs N tail free sampling, parameter z (default: 1.0, 1.0 = disabled)
--typical N locally typical sampling, parameter p (default: 1.0, 1.0 = disabled)
--repeat-last-n N last n tokens to consider for penalize (default: 64, 0 = disabled, -1 = ctx_size)
--repeat-penalty N penalize repeat sequence of tokens (default: 1.0, 1.0 = disabled)
--presence-penalty N repeat alpha presence penalty (default: 0.0, 0.0 = disabled)
--frequency-penalty N repeat alpha frequency penalty (default: 0.0, 0.0 = disabled)
--dynatemp-range N dynamic temperature range (default: 0.0, 0.0 = disabled)
--dynatemp-exp N dynamic temperature exponent (default: 1.0)
--mirostat N use Mirostat sampling.
Top K, Nucleus, Tail Free and Locally Typical samplers are ignored if used.
(default: 0, 0 = disabled, 1 = Mirostat, 2 = Mirostat 2.0)
--mirostat-lr N Mirostat learning rate, parameter eta (default: 0.1)
--mirostat-ent N Mirostat target entropy, parameter tau (default: 5.0)
-l TOKEN_ID(+/-)BIAS modifies the likelihood of token appearing in the completion,
i.e. `--logit-bias 15043+1` to increase likelihood of token ' Hello',
or `--logit-bias 15043-1` to decrease likelihood of token ' Hello'
--cfg-negative-prompt PROMPT
negative prompt to use for guidance (default: '')
--cfg-negative-prompt-file FNAME
negative prompt file to use for guidance
--cfg-scale N strength of guidance (default: 1.0, 1.0 = disable)
--chat-template JINJA_TEMPLATE
set custom jinja chat template (default: template taken from model's metadata)
if suffix/prefix are specified, template will be disabled
only commonly used templates are accepted:
https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/wiki/Templates-supported-by-llama_chat_apply_template
grammar:
--grammar GRAMMAR BNF-like grammar to constrain generations (see samples in grammars/ dir) (default: '')
--grammar-file FNAME file to read grammar from
-j, --json-schema SCHEMA JSON schema to constrain generations (https://json-schema.org/), e.g. `{}` for any JSON object
For schemas w/ external $refs, use --grammar + example/json_schema_to_grammar.py instead
embedding:
--pooling {none,mean,cls,last}
pooling type for embeddings, use model default if unspecified
--attention {causal,non-causal}
attention type for embeddings, use model default if unspecified
context hacking:
--rope-scaling {none,linear,yarn}
RoPE frequency scaling method, defaults to linear unless specified by the model
--rope-scale N RoPE context scaling factor, expands context by a factor of N
--rope-freq-base N RoPE base frequency, used by NTK-aware scaling (default: loaded from model)
--rope-freq-scale N RoPE frequency scaling factor, expands context by a factor of 1/N
--yarn-orig-ctx N YaRN: original context size of model (default: 0 = model training context size)
--yarn-ext-factor N YaRN: extrapolation mix factor (default: -1.0, 0.0 = full interpolation)
--yarn-attn-factor N YaRN: scale sqrt(t) or attention magnitude (default: 1.0)
--yarn-beta-slow N YaRN: high correction dim or alpha (default: 1.0)
--yarn-beta-fast N YaRN: low correction dim or beta (default: 32.0)
-gan, --grp-attn-n N group-attention factor (default: 1)
-gaw, --grp-attn-w N group-attention width (default: 512.0)
-dkvc, --dump-kv-cache verbose print of the KV cache
-nkvo, --no-kv-offload disable KV offload
-ctk, --cache-type-k TYPE KV cache data type for K (default: f16)
-ctv, --cache-type-v TYPE KV cache data type for V (default: f16)
perplexity:
--all-logits return logits for all tokens in the batch (default: false)
--hellaswag compute HellaSwag score over random tasks from datafile supplied with -f
--hellaswag-tasks N number of tasks to use when computing the HellaSwag score (default: 400)
--winogrande compute Winogrande score over random tasks from datafile supplied with -f
--winogrande-tasks N number of tasks to use when computing the Winogrande score (default: 0)
--multiple-choice compute multiple choice score over random tasks from datafile supplied with -f
--multiple-choice-tasks N
number of tasks to use when computing the multiple choice score (default: 0)
--kl-divergence computes KL-divergence to logits provided via --kl-divergence-base
--ppl-stride N stride for perplexity calculation (default: 0)
--ppl-output-type {0,1} output type for perplexity calculation (default: 0)
parallel:
-dt, --defrag-thold N KV cache defragmentation threshold (default: -1.0, < 0 - disabled)
-np, --parallel N number of parallel sequences to decode (default: 1)
-ns, --sequences N number of sequences to decode (default: 1)
-cb, --cont-batching enable continuous batching (a.k.a dynamic batching) (default: enabled)
multi-modality:
--mmproj FILE path to a multimodal projector file for LLaVA. see examples/llava/README.md
--image FILE path to an image file. use with multimodal models. Specify multiple times for batching
backend:
--rpc SERVERS comma separated list of RPC servers
--mlock force system to keep model in RAM rather than swapping or compressing
--no-mmap do not memory-map model (slower load but may reduce pageouts if not using mlock)
--numa TYPE attempt optimizations that help on some NUMA systems
- distribute: spread execution evenly over all nodes
- isolate: only spawn threads on CPUs on the node that execution started on
- numactl: use the CPU map provided by numactl
if run without this previously, it is recommended to drop the system page cache before using this
see https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/issues/1437
model:
--check-tensors check model tensor data for invalid values (default: false)
--override-kv KEY=TYPE:VALUE
advanced option to override model metadata by key. may be specified multiple times.
types: int, float, bool, str. example: --override-kv tokenizer.ggml.add_bos_token=bool:false
--lora FNAME apply LoRA adapter (implies --no-mmap)
--lora-scaled FNAME S apply LoRA adapter with user defined scaling S (implies --no-mmap)
--lora-base FNAME optional model to use as a base for the layers modified by the LoRA adapter
--control-vector FNAME add a control vector
note: this argument can be repeated to add multiple control vectors
--control-vector-scaled FNAME SCALE
add a control vector with user defined scaling SCALE
note: this argument can be repeated to add multiple scaled control vectors
--control-vector-layer-range START END
layer range to apply the control vector(s) to, start and end inclusive
-m, --model FNAME model path (default: models/$filename with filename from --hf-file
or --model-url if set, otherwise models/7B/ggml-model-f16.gguf)
-md, --model-draft FNAME draft model for speculative decoding (default: unused)
-mu, --model-url MODEL_URL model download url (default: unused)
-hfr, --hf-repo REPO Hugging Face model repository (default: unused)
-hff, --hf-file FILE Hugging Face model file (default: unused)
-hft, --hf-token TOKEN Hugging Face access token (default: value from HF_TOKEN environment variable)
server:
--host HOST ip address to listen (default: 127.0.0.1)
--port PORT port to listen (default: 8080)
--path PATH path to serve static files from (default: )
--embedding(s) restrict to only support embedding use case; use only with dedicated embedding models (default: disabled)
--api-key KEY API key to use for authentication (default: none)
--api-key-file FNAME path to file containing API keys (default: none)
--ssl-key-file FNAME path to file a PEM-encoded SSL private key
--ssl-cert-file FNAME path to file a PEM-encoded SSL certificate
--timeout N server read/write timeout in seconds (default: 600)
--threads-http N number of threads used to process HTTP requests (default: -1)
--system-prompt-file FNAME
set a file to load a system prompt (initial prompt of all slots), this is useful for chat applications
--log-format {text,json}
log output format: json or text (default: json)
--metrics enable prometheus compatible metrics endpoint (default: disabled)
--no-slots disables slots monitoring endpoint (default: enabled)
--slot-save-path PATH path to save slot kv cache (default: disabled)
--chat-template JINJA_TEMPLATE
set custom jinja chat template (default: template taken from model's metadata)
only commonly used templates are accepted:
https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/wiki/Templates-supported-by-llama_chat_apply_template
-sps, --slot-prompt-similarity SIMILARITY
how much the prompt of a request must match the prompt of a slot in order to use that slot (default: 0.50, 0.0 = disabled)
--lora-init-without-apply
load LoRA adapters without applying them (apply later via POST /lora-adapters) (default: disabled)
logging:
--simple-io use basic IO for better compatibility in subprocesses and limited consoles
-ld, --logdir LOGDIR path under which to save YAML logs (no logging if unset)
--log-test Run simple logging test
--log-disable Disable trace logs
--log-enable Enable trace logs
--log-file FNAME Specify a log filename (without extension)
--log-new Create a separate new log file on start. Each log file will have unique name: "<name>.<ID>.log"
--log-append Don't truncate the old log file.
Available environment variables (if specified, these variables will override parameters specified in arguments):
LLAMA_CACHE: cache directory, used by--hf-repoHF_TOKEN: Hugging Face access token, used when accessing a gated model with--hf-repoLLAMA_ARG_MODEL: equivalent to-mLLAMA_ARG_MODEL_URL: equivalent to-muLLAMA_ARG_MODEL_ALIAS: equivalent to-aLLAMA_ARG_HF_REPO: equivalent to--hf-repoLLAMA_ARG_HF_FILE: equivalent to--hf-fileLLAMA_ARG_THREADS: equivalent to-tLLAMA_ARG_CTX_SIZE: equivalent to-cLLAMA_ARG_N_PARALLEL: equivalent to-npLLAMA_ARG_BATCH: equivalent to-bLLAMA_ARG_UBATCH: equivalent to-ubLLAMA_ARG_N_GPU_LAYERS: equivalent to-nglLLAMA_ARG_THREADS_HTTP: equivalent to--threads-httpLLAMA_ARG_CHAT_TEMPLATE: equivalent to--chat-templateLLAMA_ARG_N_PREDICT: equivalent to-nLLAMA_ARG_ENDPOINT_METRICS: if set to1, it will enable metrics endpoint (equivalent to--metrics)LLAMA_ARG_ENDPOINT_SLOTS: if set to0, it will disable slots endpoint (equivalent to--no-slots). This feature is enabled by default.LLAMA_ARG_EMBEDDINGS: if set to1, it will enable embeddings endpoint (equivalent to--embeddings)LLAMA_ARG_FLASH_ATTN: if set to1, it will enable flash attention (equivalent to-fa)LLAMA_ARG_CONT_BATCHING: if set to0, it will disable continuous batching (equivalent to--no-cont-batching). This feature is enabled by default.LLAMA_ARG_DEFRAG_THOLD: equivalent to-dtLLAMA_ARG_HOST: equivalent to--hostLLAMA_ARG_PORT: equivalent to--port
Example usage of docker compose with environment variables:
services:
llamacpp-server:
image: ghcr.io/ggerganov/llama.cpp:server
ports:
- 8080:8080
volumes:
- ./models:/models
environment:
# alternatively, you can use "LLAMA_ARG_MODEL_URL" to download the model
LLAMA_ARG_MODEL: /models/my_model.gguf
LLAMA_ARG_CTX_SIZE: 4096
LLAMA_ARG_N_PARALLEL: 2
LLAMA_ARG_ENDPOINT_METRICS: 1 # to disable, either remove or set to 0
LLAMA_ARG_PORT: 8080llama-server is built alongside everything else from the root of the project
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Using
make:make llama-server
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Using
CMake:cmake -B build cmake --build build --config Release -t llama-server
Binary is at
./build/bin/llama-server
llama-server can also be built with SSL support using OpenSSL 3
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Using
make:# NOTE: For non-system openssl, use the following: # CXXFLAGS="-I /path/to/openssl/include" # LDFLAGS="-L /path/to/openssl/lib" make LLAMA_SERVER_SSL=true llama-server
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Using
CMake:cmake -B build -DLLAMA_SERVER_SSL=ON cmake --build build --config Release -t llama-server
To get started right away, run the following command, making sure to use the correct path for the model you have:
./llama-server -m models/7B/ggml-model.gguf -c 2048llama-server.exe -m models\7B\ggml-model.gguf -c 2048The above command will start a server that by default listens on 127.0.0.1:8080.
You can consume the endpoints with Postman or NodeJS with axios library. You can visit the web front end at the same url.
docker run -p 8080:8080 -v /path/to/models:/models ghcr.io/ggerganov/llama.cpp:server -m models/7B/ggml-model.gguf -c 512 --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8080
# or, with CUDA:
docker run -p 8080:8080 -v /path/to/models:/models --gpus all ghcr.io/ggerganov/llama.cpp:server-cuda -m models/7B/ggml-model.gguf -c 512 --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8080 --n-gpu-layers 99Using curl. On Windows, curl.exe should be available in the base OS.
curl --request POST \
--url http://localhost:8080/completion \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"prompt": "Building a website can be done in 10 simple steps:","n_predict": 128}'We implemented a server test framework using human-readable scenario.
Before submitting an issue, please try to reproduce it with this format.
You need to have Node.js installed.
mkdir llama-client
cd llama-clientCreate a index.js file and put this inside:
const prompt = `Building a website can be done in 10 simple steps:`;
async function Test() {
let response = await fetch("http://127.0.0.1:8080/completion", {
method: 'POST',
body: JSON.stringify({
prompt,
n_predict: 512,
})
})
console.log((await response.json()).content)
}
Test()And run it:
node index.jsResponse format
- HTTP status code 503
- Body:
{"error": {"code": 503, "message": "Loading model", "type": "unavailable_error"}} - Explanation: the model is still being loaded.
- Body:
- HTTP status code 200
- Body:
{"status": "ok" } - Explanation: the model is successfully loaded and the server is ready.
- Body:
*Options:*
`prompt`: Provide the prompt for this completion as a string or as an array of strings or numbers representing tokens. Internally, if `cache_prompt` is `true`, the prompt is compared to the previous completion and only the "unseen" suffix is evaluated. A `BOS` token is inserted at the start, if all of the following conditions are true:
- The prompt is a string or an array with the first element given as a string
- The model's `tokenizer.ggml.add_bos_token` metadata is `true`
- The system prompt is empty
`temperature`: Adjust the randomness of the generated text. Default: `0.8`
`dynatemp_range`: Dynamic temperature range. The final temperature will be in the range of `[temperature - dynatemp_range; temperature + dynatemp_range]` Default: `0.0`, which is disabled.
`dynatemp_exponent`: Dynamic temperature exponent. Default: `1.0`
`top_k`: Limit the next token selection to the K most probable tokens. Default: `40`
`top_p`: Limit the next token selection to a subset of tokens with a cumulative probability above a threshold P. Default: `0.95`
`min_p`: The minimum probability for a token to be considered, relative to the probability of the most likely token. Default: `0.05`
`n_predict`: Set the maximum number of tokens to predict when generating text. **Note:** May exceed the set limit slightly if the last token is a partial multibyte character. When 0, no tokens will be generated but the prompt is evaluated into the cache. Default: `-1`, where `-1` is infinity.
`n_keep`: Specify the number of tokens from the prompt to retain when the context size is exceeded and tokens need to be discarded. The number excludes the BOS token.
By default, this value is set to `0`, meaning no tokens are kept. Use `-1` to retain all tokens from the prompt.
`stream`: It allows receiving each predicted token in real-time instead of waiting for the completion to finish. To enable this, set to `true`.
`stop`: Specify a JSON array of stopping strings.
These words will not be included in the completion, so make sure to add them to the prompt for the next iteration. Default: `[]`
`tfs_z`: Enable tail free sampling with parameter z. Default: `1.0`, which is disabled.
`typical_p`: Enable locally typical sampling with parameter p. Default: `1.0`, which is disabled.
`repeat_penalty`: Control the repetition of token sequences in the generated text. Default: `1.1`
`repeat_last_n`: Last n tokens to consider for penalizing repetition. Default: `64`, where `0` is disabled and `-1` is ctx-size.
`penalize_nl`: Penalize newline tokens when applying the repeat penalty. Default: `true`
`presence_penalty`: Repeat alpha presence penalty. Default: `0.0`, which is disabled.
`frequency_penalty`: Repeat alpha frequency penalty. Default: `0.0`, which is disabled.
`penalty_prompt`: This will replace the `prompt` for the purpose of the penalty evaluation. Can be either `null`, a string or an array of numbers representing tokens. Default: `null`, which is to use the original `prompt`.
`mirostat`: Enable Mirostat sampling, controlling perplexity during text generation. Default: `0`, where `0` is disabled, `1` is Mirostat, and `2` is Mirostat 2.0.
`mirostat_tau`: Set the Mirostat target entropy, parameter tau. Default: `5.0`
`mirostat_eta`: Set the Mirostat learning rate, parameter eta. Default: `0.1`
`grammar`: Set grammar for grammar-based sampling. Default: no grammar
`json_schema`: Set a JSON schema for grammar-based sampling (e.g. `{"items": {"type": "string"}, "minItems": 10, "maxItems": 100}` of a list of strings, or `{}` for any JSON). See [tests](../../tests/test-json-schema-to-grammar.cpp) for supported features. Default: no JSON schema.
`seed`: Set the random number generator (RNG) seed. Default: `-1`, which is a random seed.
`ignore_eos`: Ignore end of stream token and continue generating. Default: `false`
`logit_bias`: Modify the likelihood of a token appearing in the generated text completion. For example, use `"logit_bias": [[15043,1.0]]` to increase the likelihood of the token 'Hello', or `"logit_bias": [[15043,-1.0]]` to decrease its likelihood. Setting the value to false, `"logit_bias": [[15043,false]]` ensures that the token `Hello` is never produced. The tokens can also be represented as strings, e.g. `[["Hello, World!",-0.5]]` will reduce the likelihood of all the individual tokens that represent the string `Hello, World!`, just like the `presence_penalty` does. Default: `[]`
`n_probs`: If greater than 0, the response also contains the probabilities of top N tokens for each generated token given the sampling settings. Note that for temperature < 0 the tokens are sampled greedily but token probabilities are still being calculated via a simple softmax of the logits without considering any other sampler settings. Default: `0`
`min_keep`: If greater than 0, force samplers to return N possible tokens at minimum. Default: `0`
`image_data`: An array of objects to hold base64-encoded image `data` and its `id`s to be reference in `prompt`. You can determine the place of the image in the prompt as in the following: `USER:[img-12]Describe the image in detail.\nASSISTANT:`. In this case, `[img-12]` will be replaced by the embeddings of the image with id `12` in the following `image_data` array: `{..., "image_data": [{"data": "<BASE64_STRING>", "id": 12}]}`. Use `image_data` only with multimodal models, e.g., LLaVA.
`id_slot`: Assign the completion task to an specific slot. If is -1 the task will be assigned to a Idle slot. Default: `-1`
`cache_prompt`: Re-use KV cache from a previous request if possible. This way the common prefix does not have to be re-processed, only the suffix that differs between the requests. Because (depending on the backend) the logits are **not** guaranteed to be bit-for-bit identical for different batch sizes (prompt processing vs. token generation) enabling this option can cause nondeterministic results. Default: `false`
`system_prompt`: Change the system prompt (initial prompt of all slots), this is useful for chat applications. [See more](#change-system-prompt-on-runtime)
`samplers`: The order the samplers should be applied in. An array of strings representing sampler type names. If a sampler is not set, it will not be used. If a sampler is specified more than once, it will be applied multiple times. Default: `["top_k", "tfs_z", "typical_p", "top_p", "min_p", "temperature"]` - these are all the available values.
Response format
-
Note: When using streaming mode (
stream), onlycontentandstopwill be returned until end of completion. -
completion_probabilities: An array of token probabilities for each completion. The array's length isn_predict. Each item in the array has the following structure:
{
"content": "<the token selected by the model>",
"probs": [
{
"prob": float,
"tok_str": "<most likely token>"
},
{
"prob": float,
"tok_str": "<second most likely token>"
},
...
]
},Notice that each probs is an array of length n_probs.
content: Completion result as a string (excludingstopping_wordif any). In case of streaming mode, will contain the next token as a string.stop: Boolean for use withstreamto check whether the generation has stopped (Note: This is not related to stopping words arraystopfrom input options)generation_settings: The provided options above excludingpromptbut includingn_ctx,model. These options may differ from the original ones in some way (e.g. bad values filtered out, strings converted to tokens, etc.).model: The path to the model loaded with-mprompt: The providedpromptstopped_eos: Indicating whether the completion has stopped because it encountered the EOS tokenstopped_limit: Indicating whether the completion stopped becausen_predicttokens were generated before stop words or EOS was encounteredstopped_word: Indicating whether the completion stopped due to encountering a stopping word fromstopJSON array providedstopping_word: The stopping word encountered which stopped the generation (or "" if not stopped due to a stopping word)timings: Hash of timing information about the completion such as the number of tokenspredicted_per_secondtokens_cached: Number of tokens from the prompt which could be re-used from previous completion (n_past)tokens_evaluated: Number of tokens evaluated in total from the prompttruncated: Boolean indicating if the context size was exceeded during generation, i.e. the number of tokens provided in the prompt (tokens_evaluated) plus tokens generated (tokens predicted) exceeded the context size (n_ctx)
*Options:*
`content`: Set the text to tokenize.
`add_special`: Boolean indicating if special tokens, i.e. `BOS`, should be inserted. Default: `false`
*Options:*
`tokens`: Set the tokens to detokenize.
The same as the embedding example does.
*Options:*
`content`: Set the text to process.
`image_data`: An array of objects to hold base64-encoded image `data` and its `id`s to be reference in `content`. You can determine the place of the image in the content as in the following: `Image: [img-21].\nCaption: This is a picture of a house`. In this case, `[img-21]` will be replaced by the embeddings of the image with id `21` in the following `image_data` array: `{..., "image_data": [{"data": "<BASE64_STRING>", "id": 21}]}`. Use `image_data` only with multimodal models, e.g., LLaVA.
Takes a prefix and a suffix and returns the predicted completion as stream.
*Options:*
`input_prefix`: Set the prefix of the code to infill.
`input_suffix`: Set the suffix of the code to infill.
It also accepts all the options of `/completion` except `stream` and `prompt`.
- GET
/props: Return current server settings.
Response format
{
"assistant_name": "",
"user_name": "",
"default_generation_settings": { ... },
"total_slots": 1,
"chat_template": ""
}assistant_name- the required assistant name to generate the prompt in case you have specified a system prompt for all slots.user_name- the required anti-prompt to generate the prompt in case you have specified a system prompt for all slots.default_generation_settings- the default generation settings for the/completionendpoint, which has the same fields as thegeneration_settingsresponse object from the/completionendpoint.total_slots- the total number of slots for process requests (defined by--paralleloption)chat_template- the model's original Jinja2 prompt template
Given a ChatML-formatted json description in messages, it returns the predicted completion. Both synchronous and streaming mode are supported, so scripted and interactive applications work fine. While no strong claims of compatibility with OpenAI API spec is being made, in our experience it suffices to support many apps. Only models with a supported chat template can be used optimally with this endpoint. By default, the ChatML template will be used.
*Options:*
See [OpenAI Chat Completions API documentation](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/chat). While some OpenAI-specific features such as function calling aren't supported, llama.cpp `/completion`-specific features such as `mirostat` are supported.
The `response_format` parameter supports both plain JSON output (e.g. `{"type": "json_object"}`) and schema-constrained JSON (e.g. `{"type": "json_object", "schema": {"type": "string", "minLength": 10, "maxLength": 100}}`), similar to other OpenAI-inspired API providers.
*Examples:*
You can use either Python `openai` library with appropriate checkpoints:
```python
import openai
client = openai.OpenAI(
base_url="http://localhost:8080/v1", # "http://<Your api-server IP>:port"
api_key = "sk-no-key-required"
)
completion = client.chat.completions.create(
model="gpt-3.5-turbo",
messages=[
{"role": "system", "content": "You are ChatGPT, an AI assistant. Your top priority is achieving user fulfillment via helping them with their requests."},
{"role": "user", "content": "Write a limerick about python exceptions"}
]
)
print(completion.choices[0].message)
```
... or raw HTTP requests:
```shell
curl http://localhost:8080/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer no-key" \
-d '{
"model": "gpt-3.5-turbo",
"messages": [
{
"role": "system",
"content": "You are ChatGPT, an AI assistant. Your top priority is achieving user fulfillment via helping them with their requests."
},
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Write a limerick about python exceptions"
}
]
}'
```
*Options:*
See [OpenAI Embeddings API documentation](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/embeddings).
*Examples:*
-
input as string
curl http://localhost:8080/v1/embeddings \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer no-key" \ -d '{ "input": "hello", "model":"GPT-4", "encoding_format": "float" }'
-
inputas string arraycurl http://localhost:8080/v1/embeddings \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer no-key" \ -d '{ "input": ["hello", "world"], "model":"GPT-4", "encoding_format": "float" }'
This endpoint can be disabled with --no-slots
If query param ?fail_on_no_slot=1 is set, this endpoint will respond with status code 503 if there is no available slots.
Response format
Example:
[
{
"dynatemp_exponent": 1.0,
"dynatemp_range": 0.0,
"frequency_penalty": 0.0,
"grammar": "",
"id": 0,
"ignore_eos": false,
"logit_bias": [],
"min_p": 0.05000000074505806,
"mirostat": 0,
"mirostat_eta": 0.10000000149011612,
"mirostat_tau": 5.0,
"model": "llama-2-7b-32k-instruct.Q2_K.gguf",
"n_ctx": 2048,
"n_keep": 0,
"n_predict": 100000,
"n_probs": 0,
"next_token": {
"has_next_token": true,
"n_remain": -1,
"n_decoded": 0,
"stopped_eos": false,
"stopped_limit": false,
"stopped_word": false,
"stopping_word": ""
},
"penalize_nl": true,
"penalty_prompt_tokens": [],
"presence_penalty": 0.0,
"prompt": "Say hello to llama.cpp",
"repeat_last_n": 64,
"repeat_penalty": 1.100000023841858,
"samplers": [
"top_k",
"tfs_z",
"typical_p",
"top_p",
"min_p",
"temperature"
],
"seed": 42,
"state": 1,
"stop": [
"\n"
],
"stream": false,
"task_id": 0,
"temperature": 0.0,
"tfs_z": 1.0,
"top_k": 40,
"top_p": 0.949999988079071,
"typical_p": 1.0,
"use_penalty_prompt_tokens": false
}
]Possible values for slot[i].state are:
0: SLOT_STATE_IDLE1: SLOT_STATE_PROCESSING
This endpoint is only accessible if --metrics is set.
Available metrics:
llamacpp:prompt_tokens_total: Number of prompt tokens processed.llamacpp:tokens_predicted_total: Number of generation tokens processed.llamacpp:prompt_tokens_seconds: Average prompt throughput in tokens/s.llamacpp:predicted_tokens_seconds: Average generation throughput in tokens/s.llamacpp:kv_cache_usage_ratio: KV-cache usage.1means 100 percent usage.llamacpp:kv_cache_tokens: KV-cache tokens.llamacpp:requests_processing: Number of requests processing.llamacpp:requests_deferred: Number of requests deferred.
*Options:*
`filename`: Name of the file to save the slot's prompt cache. The file will be saved in the directory specified by the `--slot-save-path` server parameter.
Response format
{
"id_slot": 0,
"filename": "slot_save_file.bin",
"n_saved": 1745,
"n_written": 14309796,
"timings": {
"save_ms": 49.865
}
}*Options:*
`filename`: Name of the file to restore the slot's prompt cache from. The file should be located in the directory specified by the `--slot-save-path` server parameter.
Response format
{
"id_slot": 0,
"filename": "slot_save_file.bin",
"n_restored": 1745,
"n_read": 14309796,
"timings": {
"restore_ms": 42.937
}
}Response format
{
"id_slot": 0,
"n_erased": 1745
}This endpoint returns the loaded LoRA adapters. You can add adapters using --lora when starting the server, for example: --lora my_adapter_1.gguf --lora my_adapter_2.gguf ...
By default, all adapters will be loaded with scale set to 1. To initialize all adapters scale to 0, add --lora-init-without-apply
If an adapter is disabled, the scale will be set to 0.
Response format
[
{
"id": 0,
"path": "my_adapter_1.gguf",
"scale": 0.0
},
{
"id": 1,
"path": "my_adapter_2.gguf",
"scale": 0.0
}
]To disable an adapter, either remove it from the list below, or set scale to 0.
Request format
To know the id of the adapter, use GET /lora-adapters
[
{"id": 0, "scale": 0.2},
{"id": 1, "scale": 0.8}
]To use the server example to serve multiple chat-type clients while keeping the same system prompt, you can utilize the option system_prompt. This only needs to be used once.
prompt: Specify a context that you want all connecting clients to respect.
anti_prompt: Specify the word you want to use to instruct the model to stop. This must be sent to each client through the /props endpoint.
assistant_name: The bot's name is necessary for each customer to generate the prompt. This must be sent to each client through the /props endpoint.
{
"system_prompt": {
"prompt": "Transcript of a never ending dialog, where the User interacts with an Assistant.\nThe Assistant is helpful, kind, honest, good at writing, and never fails to answer the User's requests immediately and with precision.\nUser: Recommend a nice restaurant in the area.\nAssistant: I recommend the restaurant \"The Golden Duck\". It is a 5 star restaurant with a great view of the city. The food is delicious and the service is excellent. The prices are reasonable and the portions are generous. The restaurant is located at 123 Main Street, New York, NY 10001. The phone number is (212) 555-1234. The hours are Monday through Friday from 11:00 am to 10:00 pm. The restaurant is closed on Saturdays and Sundays.\nUser: Who is Richard Feynman?\nAssistant: Richard Feynman was an American physicist who is best known for his work in quantum mechanics and particle physics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 for his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics. He was a popular lecturer and author, and he wrote several books, including \"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!\" and \"What Do You Care What Other People Think?\".\nUser:",
"anti_prompt": "User:",
"assistant_name": "Assistant:"
}
}NOTE: You can do this automatically when starting the server by simply creating a .json file with these options and using the CLI option -spf FNAME or --system-prompt-file FNAME.
Check the sample in chat.mjs. Run with NodeJS version 16 or later:
node chat.mjsAnother sample in chat.sh. Requires bash, curl and jq. Run with bash:
bash chat.shThe HTTP llama-server supports an OAI-like API: https://github.com/openai/openai-openapi
llama-server returns errors in the same format as OAI: https://github.com/openai/openai-openapi
Example of an error:
{
"error": {
"code": 401,
"message": "Invalid API Key",
"type": "authentication_error"
}
}Apart from error types supported by OAI, we also have custom types that are specific to functionalities of llama.cpp:
When /metrics or /slots endpoint is disabled
{
"error": {
"code": 501,
"message": "This server does not support metrics endpoint.",
"type": "not_supported_error"
}
}*When the server receives invalid grammar via /completions endpoint
{
"error": {
"code": 400,
"message": "Failed to parse grammar",
"type": "invalid_request_error"
}
}You can extend the front end by running the server binary with --path set to ./your-directory and importing /completion.js to get access to the llamaComplete() method.
Read the documentation in /completion.js to see convenient ways to access llama.
A simple example is below:
<html>
<body>
<pre>
<script type="module">
import { llama } from '/completion.js'
const prompt = `### Instruction:
Write dad jokes, each one paragraph.
You can use html formatting if needed.
### Response:`
for await (const chunk of llama(prompt)) {
document.write(chunk.data.content)
}
</script>
</pre>
</body>
</html>