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POST
/
v1
/
preview
/
models
Create Model
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.example.com/v1/preview/models \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "project": "<string>",
  "name": "<string>",
  "base_model": "<string>",
  "entity": "my-team",
  "return_existing": false
}
'
{
  "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "entity": "<string>",
  "project": "<string>",
  "name": "<string>",
  "base_model": "<string>"
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

application/json

Schema for creating a new Model.

​
project
string
required

Project name in W&B where the model will be stored

Example:

"my-awesome-project"

​
name
string
required

Unique name for the model within the project

Example:

"my-awesome-model"

​
base_model
string
required

Base model identifier or HuggingFace model path to fine-tune from

Example:

"OpenPipe/Qwen3-14B-Instruct"

​
entity
string | null

Team or username of the developer whose W&B API key is being used

Example:

"my-team"

​
return_existing
boolean
default:false

If true, return existing model if one with the same name already exists instead of creating a new one

Response

Successful Response

Schema for Model response.

​
id
string<uuid>
required
​
entity
string
required
​
project
string
required
​
name
string
required
​
base_model
string
required