OpenAI has launched the Usage API, an API that enables enterprises to trace their exercise throughout the OpenAI API. With the Usage API, OpenAI API utilization and prices could be assessed programmatically, the corporate mentioned.
Announced December 4, the OpenAI Usage API displays token utilization by minute, hour, or day and filters utilization knowledge by elements reminiscent of mannequin, API key, mission ID, and consumer ID. Users can examine each day spending through a prices endpoint for price range oversight. The Usage API, OpenAI mentioned, is constructed for scalability, safety, and compliance, for enterprise groups to handle prices, optimize workflows, and make faster selections.
While the Usage API delivers granular utilization knowledge, it could not all the time reconcile completely with prices because of minor variations in how utilization and spend are recorded, OpenAI mentioned. For monetary functions, OpenAI recommends utilizing the Costs endpoint or the Costs tab within the Usage Dashboard, which is able to reconcile again to a billing bill.
