Quickstart Guide

Attenval is an OpenAI-compatible API. Reserve access now. When you are invited, spend credits with standard OpenAI client libraries.

1. Reserve access

Reserve access at /reserve. We’ll email you when Attenval opens.
When you are invited, use the API with the key we send you:
- Live key format: atv_live_YOUR_KEY
- Test key format: atv_test_...

Security Note: The full key is shown only once. Store it yourself. Do not submit secrets in prompts. The steps below apply after you are invited.

2. Earn credits

Watch a verified spotlight in the app to earn 5,000 credits. You can complete up to 5 per day. Earned credits have a 30-day rolling expiry.

You can inspect your balance:

curl https://api.attenval.com/v1/credits \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer atv_live_YOUR_KEY"

Example Response

{
  "earned_available": 15000,
  "earned_expires_at": "2026-09-16T12:00:00Z",
  "purchased_available": 0,
  "total_available": 15000
}

3. Make Your First Chat Completion

Set the baseURL to https://api.attenval.com/v1 and use an alias: attenval-auto (Auto), attenval-fast (Fast), attenval-code (Code), or attenval-smart (Smart). The amount a request uses depends on the alias.

cURL

curl https://api.attenval.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer atv_live_YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "model": "attenval-auto",
    "messages": [
      { "role": "system", "content": "You are a concise technical assistant." },
      { "role": "user", "content": "Summarize how Attenval aliases work." }
    ],
    "temperature": 0.7,
    "max_tokens": 300
  }'

Python (OpenAI SDK)

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="atv_live_YOUR_KEY",
    base_url="https://api.attenval.com/v1"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="attenval-auto",
    messages=[
        {"role": "system", "content": "You are a concise technical assistant."},
        {"role": "user", "content": "Summarize how Attenval aliases work."}
    ],
    temperature=0.7,
    max_tokens=300
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Node.js / TypeScript (OpenAI SDK)

import OpenAI from 'openai';

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: 'atv_live_YOUR_KEY',
  baseURL: 'https://api.attenval.com/v1',
});

async function main() {
  const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({
    model: 'attenval-auto',
    messages: [
      { role: 'system', content: 'You are a concise technical assistant.' },
      { role: 'user', content: 'Summarize how Attenval aliases work.' },
    ],
    max_tokens: 300,
  });

  console.log(completion.choices[0]?.message.content);
}

main();

4. Response metadata

Successful completions include standard OpenAI fields plus an attenval object:

{
  "id": "chatcmpl-atv-9f8a3d12bc",
  "object": "chat.completion",
  "created": 1786845600,
  "model": "attenval-auto",
  "choices": [
    {
      "index": 0,
      "message": {
        "role": "assistant",
        "content": "Pick Auto, Fast, Code, or Smart. The amount a request uses depends on the alias."
      },
      "finish_reason": "stop"
    }
  ],
  "usage": {
    "prompt_tokens": 28,
    "completion_tokens": 84,
    "total_tokens": 112
  },
  "attenval": {
    "requested_model": "attenval-auto",
    "credits_used": 18,
    "balance_remaining": 145932
  }
}

attenval contains only requested_model, credits_used, and balance_remaining.

Next Steps

Explore Model aliases
Review the API Reference
Handle Errors
Read How you get credits