Open WebUI Ollama API

The Ollama API from Open WebUI — 3 operation(s) for ollama.

Operations 3

GET /ollama/api/tags List Ollama models (passthrough)
POST /ollama/api/generate Generate completion via Ollama (passthrough)
POST /ollama/api/chat Chat via Ollama (passthrough)

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OpenAPI Specification

open-webui-ollama-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Open WebUI Anthropic Ollama API
  description: 'REST API exposed by a self-hosted Open WebUI instance. Endpoints include an

    OpenAI-compatible chat completions surface, an Anthropic-compatible messages

    endpoint, and a passthrough proxy for native Ollama endpoints. Authentication

    uses a Bearer token (Open WebUI session token or a per-user API key); each

    API key inherits the permissions of the user who created it.

    '
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Open WebUI Documentation
    url: https://docs.openwebui.com/
servers:
- url: http://localhost:3000
  description: Default local Open WebUI deployment
- url: https://{host}
  description: User-deployed Open WebUI instance
  variables:
    host:
      default: openwebui.example.com
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Ollama
paths:
  /ollama/api/tags:
    get:
      tags:
      - Ollama
      summary: List Ollama models (passthrough)
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of available Ollama models from the upstream daemon.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
  /ollama/api/generate:
    post:
      tags:
      - Ollama
      summary: Generate completion via Ollama (passthrough)
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              additionalProperties: true
              properties:
                model:
                  type: string
                prompt:
                  type: string
                stream:
                  type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Ollama generation response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
  /ollama/api/chat:
    post:
      tags:
      - Ollama
      summary: Chat via Ollama (passthrough)
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              additionalProperties: true
              properties:
                model:
                  type: string
                messages:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Message'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Ollama chat response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
components:
  schemas:
    Message:
      type: object
      properties:
        role:
          type: string
          enum:
          - system
          - user
          - assistant
          - tool
        content:
          type: string
      required:
      - role
      - content
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'Bearer token: Open WebUI session token or per-user API key. Each API key

        inherits the permissions of the user who created it.

        '