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Get Started with Replicate
UnverifiedQuick Summary
“Run machine learning models in the cloud with a single API call.”
Best for: Developers prototyping with open-source ML models
Time to first integration: 10 minutes
📋Prerequisites
- ✓Node.js 18+ installed
- ✓A Replicate account — sign up here
- ✓An existing project (Next.js, React, or Node.js recommended)
Setup Steps
3 steps1
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Get API token
Sign up at replicate.com and copy your API token.
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Install client
Install the client for your language.
bash
npm install replicate
# or
pip install replicate3
3
Run a model
Call run with the model identifier and input.
typescript
replicate.run("stability-ai/sdxl", { input: { prompt: "..." } })Common Gotchas
Watch out for these issues in your first week.
Cold start latency
Fix:
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