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Azure OpenAI Embeddings

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Claude Code Knowledge Pack7/10/2026

Overview

Azure OpenAI Embeddings

API keys

This can be set as env variables or passed as params to litellm.embedding()


os.environ['AZURE_API_KEY'] = 
os.environ['AZURE_API_BASE'] = 
os.environ['AZURE_API_VERSION'] = 

Usage

from litellm import embedding
response = embedding(
    model="azure/<your deployment name>",
    input=["good morning from litellm"],
    api_key=api_key,
    api_base=api_base,
    api_version=api_version,
)
print(response)
Model NameFunction Call
text-embedding-ada-002embedding(model="azure/<your deployment name>", input=input)

h/t to Mikko for this integration

Usage - LiteLLM Proxy Server

Here's how to call Azure OpenAI models with the LiteLLM Proxy Server

1. Save key in your environment

2. Start the proxy

model_list:
  - model_name: text-embedding-ada-002
    litellm_params:
      model: azure/my-deployment-name
      api_base: https://openai-gpt-4-test-v-1.openai.azure.com/
      api_version: "2023-05-15"
      api_key: os.environ/AZURE_API_KEY # The `os.environ/` prefix tells litellm to read this from the env.

3. Test it

curl --location 'http://0.0.0.0:4000/embeddings' \\
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \\
  --data ' {
  "model": "text-embedding-ada-002",
  "input": ["write a litellm poem"]
  }'

from openai import OpenAI

# set base_url to your proxy server
# set api_key to send to proxy server
client = OpenAI(api_key="<proxy-api-key>", base_url="http://0.0.0.0:4000")

response = client.embeddings.create(
    input=["hello from litellm"],
    model="text-embedding-ada-002"
)

print(response)