Build and host a production-ready AI backend
From my machine
From Replit
From my machine
From Replit
Install our low-code library
Steamship lets you chain prompts and other models with ease.
Customize api.py
Just a few lines of Flask-style Python that you can run and test locally.
Deploy and Share
Publish your API with a single command. Then share your prompt.. or keep it secret.
Featured Prompt APIs
Click to try on the web, then use as an API endpoint.
- Install our Python library
- From the folder containing
api.py, runpip install steamship. - Run ‘ship deploy’
- Installing our python library makes the
ship deploycommand available. Your first time, you will be walked through a few questions to configure your package. - Share the results
- When deployment succeeds, you”ll see a URL that lets anyone try your API on the web or use it over HTTP.
Hosting
- How do I host my API?
- Just follow the instructions in Replit to deploy your API to Steamship’s cloud.
- How can people use my API?
- Steamship auto-generates a web interface as well as HTTP endpoints anyone can call.
- How do I share my API?
- When you deploy your code to Steamship, we’ll generate a web page where others can try it.
- Can I use any Python?
- Just about. Please be reasonable and add your dependencies to requirements.txt.
- Do I have to pay?
- Our free introduction has a limit of 500 API calls and 200,000 characters / 40 MB of plugin (LLM) usage. Reach out to support@steamship.com to in
