# Parallel Chat API (Beta) API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/parallel/parallel-chat-api-beta-api/  
**Provider:** Parallel — https://apis.io/providers/parallel/  
**Base URL:** https://api.parallel.ai  
**Documentation:** https://docs.parallel.ai/getting-started/overview

Parallel Chat API (Beta) API is one of 8 APIs that [Parallel](https://apis.io/providers/parallel/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Chat API (Beta). The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, a getting-started guide, and authentication docs.

The Chat API provides a programmatic chat-style text generation interface. It accepts a sequence of messages and returns model responses. Intended for assistant-like interactions and evaluation. Streaming responses are supported.

## Machine-readable artifacts (6)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/parallel/refs/heads/main/openapi/parallel-chat-api-beta-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://docs.parallel.ai/home
- **APIReference** — https://docs.parallel.ai/api-reference
- **GettingStarted** — https://docs.parallel.ai/getting-started/overview
- **Authentication** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/parallel/refs/heads/main/authentication/parallel-authentication.yml
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/parallel/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Parallel APIs (7)

- [Parallel Extract API](https://apis.io/apis/parallel/parallel-extract-api/)
- [Parallel FindAll API](https://apis.io/apis/parallel/parallel-findall-api/)
- [Parallel Monitor API](https://apis.io/apis/parallel/parallel-monitor-api/)
- [Parallel Search API](https://apis.io/apis/parallel/parallel-search-api/)
- [Parallel Tasks API](https://apis.io/apis/parallel/parallel-tasks-api/)
- [Parallel Memory API](https://apis.io/apis/parallel/parallel-memory-api/)
- [Parallel Responses API](https://apis.io/apis/parallel/parallel-responses-api-api/)

## Tags

Chat API (Beta)

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