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[Beta] Service Accounts
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Overview
[Beta] Service Accounts
Use this if you want to create Virtual Keys that are not owned by a specific user but instead created for production projects
Why use a service account key?
- Prevent key from being deleted when user is deleted.
- Apply team limits, not team member limits to key.
Usage
Use the /key/service-account/generate endpoint to generate a service account key.
curl -L -X POST 'http://localhost:4000/key/service-account/generate' \\
-H 'Authorization: Bearer sk-1234' \\
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \\
-d '{
"team_id": "my-unique-team"
}'
Example - require user param for all service account requests
1. Set settings for Service Accounts
Set service_account_settings if you want to create settings that only apply to service account keys
general_settings:
service_account_settings:
enforced_params: ["user"] # this means the "user" param is enforced for all requests made through any service account keys
2. Create Service Account Key on LiteLLM Proxy Admin UI
3. Test Service Account Key
curl --location 'http://localhost:4000/chat/completions' \\
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <sk-your-service-account>' \\
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \\
--data '{
"model": "gpt-3.5-turbo",
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": "hello"
}
]
}'
Expected Response
{
"error": {
"message": "BadRequest please pass param=user in request body. This is a required param for service account",
"type": "bad_request_error",
"param": "user",
"code": "400"
}
}
curl --location 'http://localhost:4000/chat/completions' \\
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <sk-your-service-account>' \\
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \\
--data '{
"model": "gpt-3.5-turbo",
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": "hello"
}
],
"user": "test-user"
}'
Expected Response
{
"id": "chatcmpl-ad9595c7e3784a6783b469218d92d95c",
"choices": [
{
"finish_reason": "stop",
"index": 0,
"message": {
"content": "\
\
Hello there, how may I assist you today?",
"role": "assistant",
"tool_calls": null,
"function_call": null
}
}
],
"created": 1677652288,
"model": "gpt-3.5-turbo-0125",
"object": "chat.completion",
"system_fingerprint": "fp_44709d6fcb",
"usage": {
"completion_tokens": 12,
"prompt_tokens": 9,
"total_tokens": 21,
"completion_tokens_details": null
},
"service_tier": null
}