NVIDIA NIM

NVIDIA NIM Models API

OpenAI-compatible model catalog endpoint (/v1/models) returning the list of models served by the NIM endpoint or container. Each entry includes id, owned_by, and created timestamp. Used by clients to discover the model name strings to pass to chat-completions / completions / embeddings.

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Documentation

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Documentation

https://docs.nvidia.com/nim/large-language-models/latest/api-reference.html

Specifications

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OpenAPI

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nvidia-nim/refs/heads/main/openapi/nvidia-nim-models-api-openapi.yml

OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: NVIDIA NIM Biology (BioNeMo) ASR Models API
  description: 'NVIDIA BioNeMo NIMs for drug discovery and structural biology. Each model is a containerized microservice with its own task-specific payload but a consistent JSON contract. Includes protein structure prediction (AlphaFold2, ESMFold, OpenFold), protein generation (ProtGPT2, RFDiffusion), molecular property prediction (MolMIM), small molecule generation, and molecular docking (DiffDock).

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  version: '2026-05-25'
  contact:
    name: NVIDIA Developer Support
    url: https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/c/ai-data-science/nemo-llm-service/
  license:
    name: NVIDIA AI Enterprise License
    url: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/products/ai-enterprise/
servers:
- url: https://integrate.api.nvidia.com
  description: NVIDIA-hosted NIM endpoint
- url: http://localhost:8000
  description: Self-hosted NIM container default
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Models
  description: Model discovery operations
paths:
  /v1/models:
    get:
      summary: List Available Models
      description: Return the list of models exposed by this NIM endpoint or container.
      operationId: listModels
      tags:
      - Models
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Model list.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ModelList'
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key.
  /v1/models/{model_id}:
    get:
      summary: Retrieve A Model
      description: Return metadata for a single model id.
      operationId: getModel
      tags:
      - Models
      parameters:
      - name: model_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Model object.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Model'
        '404':
          description: Model not found.
components:
  schemas:
    Model:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          example: meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct
        object:
          type: string
          example: model
        created:
          type: integer
        owned_by:
          type: string
          example: meta
        root:
          type: string
        permission:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
    ModelList:
      type: object
      properties:
        object:
          type: string
          example: list
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Model'
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: nvapi-...