Open API

The Reverie Open API exposes any character you can chat with on the platform — your own, or any public character — through an OpenAI-compatible chat completions endpoint. If your tool already talks to OpenAI, point it at Reverie instead and replace the model name with a character name. The character replies with their full personality, scenarios, and persistent memory intact.

What it gives you

• Use your characters anywhere. Discord bots, agent frameworks, IDE plugins, voice apps, anything that can call an HTTP endpoint.
• Server-side persistence. Chats from the API show up in your Reverie web UI like any other conversation. Memory, summaries, personas — all the same continuity.
• OpenAI client-drop-in. Change base_url and model; everything else is the same.
• One credit ledger. API usage spends from your Reverie credit balance just like web chat.

Quick start

from openai import OpenAI
 
client = OpenAI(
    api_key="rk_...",
    base_url="https://reverie.im/api/device/v1",
)
 
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="Luna",                       # character name (see "Model field" below)
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hi"},
    ],
)
 
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

import OpenAI from "openai";
 
const client = new OpenAI({
    apiKey: process.env.REVERIE_API_KEY,
    baseURL: "https://reverie.im/api/device/v1",
});
 
const reply = await client.chat.completions.create({
    model: "Luna",
    messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hi" }],
});
 
console.log(reply.choices[0].message.content);

The model field

This is the one place where Reverie's API differs from OpenAI: the model parameter isn't a model name, it's which character (or scenario) to talk to.

You can pass it in any of these shapes:

Resolution priority

When a request comes in, Reverie walks this list to figure out which character should reply:

1. Scenario from model — if the value matches a scenario ID
2. Character from model — if the value matches a character ID or short suffix
3. API key's default character — set when you created the key
4. Most recent chat — the last character this user chatted with on web or API

If none of these resolve (no chats at all, no default character, no valid model), the API returns:

{
  "error": {
    "message": "Please visit our website to start a conversation with a character first. ...",
    "type": "invalid_request_error",
    "code": "no_chat_history"
  }
}

Discovering valid model names

GET /v1/models returns the list of names valid for your API key:

curl https://reverie.im/api/device/v1/models \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer rk_..."

• If your API key has a default character, this returns its scenarios (so you can pick which one to chat under).
• Otherwise, this returns the characters you've chatted with most recently on web or API.

Each entry has the shape:

{
  "id": "Luna [abc12345]",
  "object": "model",
  "created": 1735689600,
  "owned_by": "character",          // or "scenario"
  "root": "clx9z3k0w0001...",       // full ID
  "parent": null                    // character ID, when this is a scenario
}

The id is what you pass back in the model field on /v1/chat/completions.

Request shape

POST /api/device/v1/chat/completions
Authorization: Bearer rk_...
Content-Type: application/json
 
{
  "model": "Luna [abc12345]",          // optional, see above
  "messages": [
    { "role": "user", "content": "Hi" }
  ],
  "stream": true,                       // default true
  "temperature": 0.8                    // 0 – 2, optional
}

Streaming

Streaming is on by default and emits OpenAI-format SSE chunks — data: {...}\n\n lines you parse the same way as any OpenAI client.

stream = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="Luna",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Tell me a story"}],
    stream=True,
)
for chunk in stream:
    print(chunk.choices[0].delta.content or "", end="")

Non-streaming

Set stream: false to get a single JSON response with the full message body.

Conversation history

You don't have to track conversation history client-side — Reverie persists it server-side per (API key, character). When you send a request:

• The last user message in messages is appended to the server-side conversation.
• The model sees the full server-side history (live messages + summaries + long-term memory), not just what you sent.
• If your local messages array is shorter than the server's record, Reverie tail-diff syncs — messages you removed locally cascade-delete server-side too. This is how you "regenerate" or "edit" from a client without forking the conversation.

Most integrations end up sending only [{role: "user", content: "..."}] and letting Reverie manage the rest.

Response shape

Standard OpenAI response object:

{
  "id": "chatcmpl-1735689600000",
  "object": "chat.completion",
  "created": 1735689600,
  "model": "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash",  // the underlying LLM, not your character name
  "choices": [
    {
      "index": 0,
      "message": {
        "role": "assistant",
        "content": "..."
      },
      "finish_reason": "stop"
    }
  ],
  "usage": {
    "prompt_tokens": 1234,
    "completion_tokens": 200,
    "total_tokens": 1434
  }
}

Errors

Standard OpenAI error envelope. Reverie-specific codes:

Free-model requests respond with Retry-After (seconds) when rate-limited.

What gets respected on the server side

Each chat run through the API uses the same engine the web app uses. That means:

• The user's preferred LLM for this character (if set under chat settings) — overrides model in model_settings.
• Memory tools — if the model supports tools, the AI can save / update / delete long-term memories during the reply.
• Summarization — long conversations roll older messages into summaries automatically.
• Token-budget trimming — context is trimmed to fit the chosen LLM's window.
• Credit accounting — input + output tokens × model multiplier debit your balance.
• Free model rate limit — Llama 3.1 8B is rate-limited per user across web, bots, and API combined.
• Scenario context — if a scenario was resolved, its system context layers onto the reply.
• NSFW intensity / narration style / response length — per-character preferences carry over.

Per-key default character

When creating an API key, you can pin it to a default character. With that set:

• GET /v1/models returns that character's scenarios (so model-aware OpenAI tools see useful options).
• Requests without a model field land on that character.
• Useful for single-character integrations (a Discord bot that's just one character, a tutoring chatbot, etc.).

Rate limits

• Free model: a dynamic per-user rate limit shared with web/bots; returns 429 with Retry-After when hit.
• Paid models: governed by your credit balance, not request count.
• Per-key concurrency: generous; if you're building something high-volume that hits a wall, email [email protected].

Where to find it in the app

• Labs tile: /app/labs → Open API card
• Key management: /app/settings/api-keys

Related

• Character Importer skill — port characters from Claude Projects, OpenClaw, etc. — uses the same v1 API under the hood
• Discord bot / Telegram bot — the same engine, exposed as bots instead of an API