Run models on Nebius Token Factory (via LiteLLM API)¶
References and Acknowledgements¶
Prerequisites¶
- Nebius API key. Sign up for free at Token Factory
- And complete the setup
1 - Install Dependencies¶
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%%capture
!pip install -q "litellm==1.96.2" "python-dotenv>=1,<2"
2 - Load Configuration¶
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import os, sys
## Recommended way of getting configuration
if os.getenv("COLAB_RELEASE_TAG"):
print("Running in Colab")
from google.colab import userdata
NEBIUS_API_KEY = userdata.get('NEBIUS_API_KEY')
else:
print("NOT running in Colab")
from dotenv import load_dotenv
this_dir = os.path.abspath('')
parent_dir = os.path.dirname(this_dir)
sys.path.append (os.path.abspath (parent_dir))
load_dotenv()
NEBIUS_API_KEY = os.getenv('NEBIUS_API_KEY')
## quick hack (not recommended) - you can hardcode the config key here
# NEBIUS_API_KEY = "your_key_here"
NEBIUS_BASE_URL = "https://api.tokenfactory.nebius.com/v1/"
NEBIUS_MODEL = os.getenv("NEBIUS_MODEL", "openai/gpt-oss-120b").strip()
if NEBIUS_API_KEY:
print ('✅ NEBIUS_API_KEY found')
os.environ['NEBIUS_API_KEY'] = NEBIUS_API_KEY
else:
raise RuntimeError ('❌ NEBIUS_API_KEY NOT found')
3 - Pick a Model¶
- Go to models tab in tokenfactory.nebius.com
- Copy the exact model ID. This notebook defaults to
openai/gpt-oss-120b, which was present in the public catalog on 2026-08-13. SetNEBIUS_MODELto override it if the catalog changes.

4 - Run the Model¶
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%%time
import os
from litellm import completion
response = completion(
model=f"nebius/{NEBIUS_MODEL}",
api_key=NEBIUS_API_KEY,
api_base=NEBIUS_BASE_URL,
messages=[
{
"role": "user",
"content": "What is the capital of Netherlands?",
}
],
temperature=0.1, # either set temperature or `top_p`
)
print ('----model answer -----')
print (response.choices[0].message.content)
print ('\n----- full response ----')
print(response.to_json())
print ('---------')
5 - Try Your Queries¶
Go ahead and experiment with your queries. Here are some to get you started.
Write python code to read a csv file
write a haiku about cats