Grok API quickstart
Set up your environment in 5 minutes and send your first request with Python, the OpenAI SDK, or cURL. A complete guide from beginner to expert.
14 lessons About 1 h Developer
What you'll learn
- Set up a working xAI development environment: API key, XAI_API_KEY variable, and base URL
- Send a first POST /v1/responses request in Python, with the OpenAI SDK, or with cURL
- Choose between the xAI SDK, the OpenAI SDK, and the Vercel AI SDK depending on the project
- Display answers progressively with SSE streaming
- Analyze an image with Grok and authenticate every call with a Bearer token
Course details
- Who it's for
- Developers, engineers, and integrators who want to use Grok through the API in their applications.
- Prerequisites
- Able to read Python (or TypeScript for the examples that use it) and JSON, plus basic command-line skills. An API key from the xAI console to try the examples.
- Length
- 1 h · 14 lessons
- Format
- 100% online and self-paced, available 24/7 from any browser. Your progress is saved, so you can pick up where you left off at any time. Estimated time: 1 h.
- Assessment
- Hands-on exercises throughout the lessons. Each lesson ends with key takeaways for self-assessment. A final quiz of 5 questions with answers, at the end of the last lesson, lets you check what you've learned.
- Accessibility
- This course is designed to be accessible to people with disabilities: text content compatible with screen readers, keyboard navigation, and compliant color contrast. For any accommodation request, email [email protected].
- Price
- Free
- Recognition
- Certificate of completion issued by Corsen AI, verifiable online.
- Syllabus
- Download the syllabus (PDF)