Authentication

Requires LM Studio 0.4.0 or newer.

LM Studio supports API Tokens for authentication, providing a secure and convenient way to access the LM Studio API.

By default, the LM Studio API runs without enforcing authentication. For production or shared environments, enable API Token authentication for secure access.

Providing the API Token

The API Token can be provided in two ways:

• Environment Variable (Recommended): Set the LM_API_TOKEN environment variable, and the SDK will automatically read it.
• Function Argument: Pass the token directly as the api_token parameter.

import lmstudio as lms

# Configure the default client with an API token
lms.configure_default_client(api_token="your-token-here")

model = lms.llm()
result = model.respond("What is the meaning of life?")
print(result)