---
title: "Dashscope API (Qwen models)"
description: "**We support ALL Qwen models (from Alibaba Cloud), just set `dashscope/` as a prefix when sending completion requests**"
type: skill
canonical_url: https://claudary.paisolsolutions.com/skills/dashscope
source: "Claudary"
difficulty: intermediate
author: "Claude Code Knowledge Pack"
date: 2026-07-10T11:19:19.314Z
license: CC-BY-4.0
attribution: "Dashscope API (Qwen models) — Claudary (https://claudary.paisolsolutions.com/skills/dashscope)"
---

# Dashscope API (Qwen models)
**We support ALL Qwen models (from Alibaba Cloud), just set `dashscope/` as a prefix when sending completion requests**

## Overview

# Dashscope API (Qwen models)
https://dashscope.console.aliyun.com/

**We support ALL Qwen models (from Alibaba Cloud), just set `dashscope/` as a prefix when sending completion requests**

## API Key
```python
# env variable
os.environ['DASHSCOPE_API_KEY']
```

## API Base
You can optionally specify the API base URL depending on your region:

| Region | API Base |
|--------|----------|
| **International** | `https://dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1` |
| **China/Beijing** | `https://dashscope.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1` |

```python
# Set via environment variable
os.environ['DASHSCOPE_API_BASE'] = "https://dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1"

# Or pass directly in the completion call
response = completion(
    model="dashscope/qwen-turbo",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hello"}],
    api_base="https://dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1"
)
```

## Sample Usage
```python
from litellm import completion
import os

os.environ['DASHSCOPE_API_KEY'] = ""
response = completion(
    model="dashscope/qwen-turbo", 
    messages=[
       {"role": "user", "content": "hello from litellm"}
   ],
)
print(response)
```

## Sample Usage - Streaming
```python
from litellm import completion
import os

os.environ['DASHSCOPE_API_KEY'] = ""
response = completion(
    model="dashscope/qwen-turbo", 
    messages=[
       {"role": "user", "content": "hello from litellm"}
   ],
    stream=True
)

for chunk in response:
    print(chunk)
```


## All supported Models

[DashScope Model List](https://help.aliyun.com/zh/model-studio/compatibility-of-openai-with-dashscope?spm=a2c4g.11186623.help-menu-2400256.d_2_8_0.1efd516e2tTXBn&scm=20140722.H_2833609._.OR_help-T_cn~zh-V_1#7f9c78ae99pwz)

| Model Name               | Function Call                                                                                                                                                      |
|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| qwen-turbo | `completion(model="dashscope/qwen-turbo", messages)` | 
| qwen-plus | `completion(model="dashscope/qwen-plus", messages)` | 
| qwen-max | `completion(model="dashscope/qwen-max", messages)` | 
| qwen-turbo-latest | `completion(model="dashscope/qwen-turbo-latest", messages)` | 
| qwen-plus-latest | `completion(model="dashscope/qwen-plus-latest", messages)` | 
| qwen-max-latest | `completion(model="dashscope/qwen-max-latest", messages)` | 
| qwen-vl-plus | `completion(model="dashscope/qwen-vl-plus", messages)` |  
| qwen-vl-max | `completion(model="dashscope/qwen-vl-max", messages)` |  
| qwq-32b | `completion(model="dashscope/qwq-32b", messages)` |  
| qwq-32b-preview | `completion(model="dashscope/qwq-32b-preview", messages)` |  
| qwen3-235b-a22b | `completion(model="dashscope/qwen3-235b-a22b", messages)` |  
| qwen3-32b | `completion(model="dashscope/qwen3-32b", messages)` |  
| qwen3-30b-a3b | `completion(model="dashscope/qwen3-30b-a3b", messages)` |
```

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