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Prerequisites

1

Register or Login

Access MiniMax API Platform, register or login .
2

Create an API Key

After generating an API key, we recommend you export it as an environment variable in terminal or save it to a .env file.
# Compatible Anthropic API (Recommended)
export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=https://api.minimax.io/anthropic
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=${YOUR_API_KEY}
3

Recharg Account

Access Billing/Balance page to top up if needed.

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Make your first call

1

Install Anthropic SDK

pip install anthropic
2

Call API

Python
import anthropic

client = anthropic.Anthropic()

message = client.messages.create(
    model="MiniMax-M2.1",
    max_tokens=1000,
    system="You are a helpful assistant.",
    messages=[
        {
            "role": "user",
            "content": [
                {
                    "type": "text",
                    "text": "Hi, how are you?"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
)

for block in message.content:
    if block.type == "thinking":
        print(f"Thinking:\n{block.thinking}\n")
    elif block.type == "text":
        print(f"Text:\n{block.text}\n")
3

Example output

{
  "thinking": "The user is just greeting me casually. I should respond in a friendly, professional manner.",
  "text": "Hi there! I'm doing well, thanks for asking. I'm ready to help you with whatever you need today—whether it's coding, answering questions, brainstorming ideas, or just chatting. What can I do for you?"
}

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Next steps

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