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POST
/
v3
/
compat
/
v1
/
messages
/
count_tokens
Count Message tokens
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.opper.ai/v3/compat/v1/messages/count_tokens \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "max_tokens": 123,
  "messages": [
    {
      "content": "<unknown>",
      "role": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "model": "<string>"
}
'
{
  "input_tokens": 123
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

API key authentication. Pass your API key as a Bearer token.

Headers

X-Opper-Name
string

Function name for tracing and project-level guardrail function-scope filtering.

X-Opper-Parent-Span-Id
string<uuid>

Parent span ID for distributed tracing context.

Body

application/json
max_tokens
integer
required
messages
object[]
required
model
string
required
output_format
object
stop_sequences
string[]
stream
boolean
system
any

Any value

temperature
number
thinking
any

Any value

tool_choice
any

Any value

tools
object[]
top_k
integer
top_p
number

Response

Successful response

input_tokens
integer
required

The number of input tokens the request would consume.