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We support ALL Groq models, just set model=groq/<any-model-on-groq> as a prefix when sending litellm requests

API Key

# env variable
os.environ['GROQ_API_KEY']

Sample Usage

from litellm import completion
import os

os.environ['GROQ_API_KEY']=""
response = completion(
model="groq/llama3-8b-8192",
messages=[
{"role":"user","content":"hello from litellm"}
],
)
print(response)

Sample Usage - Streaming

from litellm import completion
import os

os.environ['GROQ_API_KEY']=""
response = completion(
model="groq/llama3-8b-8192",
messages=[
{"role":"user","content":"hello from litellm"}
],
stream=True
)

for chunk in response:
print(chunk)

Usage with LiteLLM Proxy

1. Set Groq Models on config.yaml

model_list:
-model_name: groq-llama3-8b-8192# Model Alias to use for requests
litellm_params:
model: groq/llama3-8b-8192
api_key:"os.environ/GROQ_API_KEY"# ensure you have `GROQ_API_KEY` in your .env

2. Start Proxy

litellm --config config.yaml

3. Test it

Make request to litellm proxy

  • Curl Request
  • OpenAI v1.0.0+
  • Langchain
curl --location 'http://0.0.0.0:4000/chat/completions' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data ' {
"model": "groq-llama3-8b-8192",
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": "what llm are you"
}
]
}
'
import openai
client = openai.OpenAI(
api_key="anything",
base_url="http://0.0.0.0:4000"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(model="groq-llama3-8b-8192", messages =[
{
"role":"user",
"content":"this is a test request, write a short poem"
}
])

print(response)

from langchain.chat_models import ChatOpenAI
from langchain.prompts.chat import(
ChatPromptTemplate,
HumanMessagePromptTemplate,
SystemMessagePromptTemplate,
)
from langchain.schema import HumanMessage, SystemMessage

chat = ChatOpenAI(
openai_api_base="http://0.0.0.0:4000",# set openai_api_base to the LiteLLM Proxy
model ="groq-llama3-8b-8192",
temperature=0.1
)

messages =[
SystemMessage(
content="You are a helpful assistant that im using to make a test request to."
),
HumanMessage(
content="test from litellm. tell me why it's amazing in 1 sentence"
),
]
response = chat(messages)

print(response)

Supported Models - ALL Groq Models Supported!

We support ALL Groq models, just set groq/ as a prefix when sending completion requests

Model NameUsage
llama-3.3-70b-versatilecompletion(model="groq/llama-3.3-70b-versatile", messages)
llama-3.1-8b-instantcompletion(model="groq/llama-3.1-8b-instant", messages)
meta-llama/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instructcompletion(model="groq/meta-llama/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct", messages)
meta-llama/llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instructcompletion(model="groq/meta-llama/llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct", messages)
meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12bcompletion(model="groq/meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b", messages)
qwen/qwen3-32bcompletion(model="groq/qwen/qwen3-32b", messages)
moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct-0905completion(model="groq/moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct-0905", messages)
openai/gpt-oss-120bcompletion(model="groq/openai/gpt-oss-120b", messages)
openai/gpt-oss-20bcompletion(model="groq/openai/gpt-oss-20b", messages)
openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-20bcompletion(model="groq/openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-20b", messages)

Groq - Tool / Function Calling Example

# Example dummy function hard coded to return the current weather
import json
defget_current_weather(location, unit="fahrenheit"):
"""Get the current weather in a given location"""
if"tokyo"in location.lower():
return json.dumps({"location":"Tokyo","temperature":"10","unit":"celsius"})
elif"san francisco"in location.lower():
return json.dumps(
{"location":"San Francisco","temperature":"72","unit":"fahrenheit"}
)
elif"paris"in location.lower():
return json.dumps({"location":"Paris","temperature":"22","unit":"celsius"})
else:
return json.dumps({"location": location,"temperature":"unknown"})




# Step 1: send the conversation and available functions to the model
messages =[
{
"role":"system",
"content":"You are a function calling LLM that uses the data extracted from get_current_weather to answer questions about the weather in San Francisco.",
},
{
"role":"user",
"content":"What's the weather like in San Francisco?",
},
]
tools =[
{
"type":"function",
"function":{
"name":"get_current_weather",
"description":"Get the current weather in a given location",
"parameters":{
"type":"object",
"properties":{
"location":{
"type":"string",
"description":"The city and state, e.g. San Francisco, CA",
},
"unit":{
"type":"string",
"enum":["celsius","fahrenheit"],
},
},
"required":["location"],
},
},
}
]
response = litellm.completion(
model="groq/llama3-8b-8192",
messages=messages,
tools=tools,
tool_choice="auto",# auto is default, but we'll be explicit
)
print("Response\n", response)
response_message = response.choices[0].message
tool_calls = response_message.tool_calls


# Step 2: check if the model wanted to call a function
if tool_calls:
# Step 3: call the function
# Note: the JSON response may not always be valid; be sure to handle errors
available_functions ={
"get_current_weather": get_current_weather,
}
messages.append(
response_message
)# extend conversation with assistant's reply
print("Response message\n", response_message)
# Step 4: send the info for each function call and function response to the model
for tool_call in tool_calls:
function_name = tool_call.function.name
function_to_call = available_functions[function_name]
function_args = json.loads(tool_call.function.arguments)
function_response = function_to_call(
location=function_args.get("location"),
unit=function_args.get("unit"),
)
messages.append(
{
"tool_call_id": tool_call.id,
"role":"tool",
"name": function_name,
"content": function_response,
}
)# extend conversation with function response
print(f"messages: {messages}")
second_response = litellm.completion(
model="groq/llama3-8b-8192", messages=messages
)# get a new response from the model where it can see the function response
print("second response\n", second_response)

Groq - Vision Example

Groq's Llama 4 models support vision. Check out their model list for more details.

  • SDK
  • PROXY
import os
from litellm import completion

os.environ["GROQ_API_KEY"]="your-api-key"

response = completion(
model ="groq/meta-llama/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct",
messages=[
{
"role":"user",
"content":[
{
"type":"text",
"text":"What's in this image?"
},
{
"type":"image_url",
"image_url":{
"url":"https://awsmp-logos.s3.amazonaws.com/seller-xw5kijmvmzasy/c233c9ade2ccb5491072ae232c814942.png"
}
}
]
}
],
)

  1. Add Groq models to config.yaml
model_list:
-model_name: groq-llama3-8b-8192# Model Alias to use for requests
litellm_params:
model: groq/llama3-8b-8192
api_key:"os.environ/GROQ_API_KEY"# ensure you have `GROQ_API_KEY` in your .env
  1. Start Proxy
litellm --config config.yaml
  1. Test it
import os 
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
api_key="sk-1234",# your litellm proxy api key
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
model ="gpt-4-vision-preview",# use model="llava-hf" to test your custom OpenAI endpoint
messages=[
{
"role":"user",
"content":[
{
"type":"text",
"text":"What’s in this image?"
},
{
"type":"image_url",
"image_url":{
"url":"https://awsmp-logos.s3.amazonaws.com/seller-xw5kijmvmzasy/c233c9ade2ccb5491072ae232c814942.png"
}
}
]
}
],
)

Speech to Text - Whisper

os.environ["GROQ_API_KEY"]=""
audio_file =open("/path/to/audio.mp3","rb")

transcript = litellm.transcription(
model="groq/whisper-large-v3",
file=audio_file,
prompt="Specify context or spelling",
temperature=0,
response_format="json"
)

print("response=", transcript)