Hub API Endpoints

We have open endpoints that you can use to retrieve information from the Hub as well as perform certain actions such as creating model, dataset or Space repos. We offer a wrapper Python library, huggingface_hub, that allows easy access to these endpoints. We also provide webhooks to receive real-time incremental info about repos. Enjoy!

The base URL for those endpoints below is https://huggingface.co. For example, to construct the /api/models call below, one can call the URL https://huggingface.co/api/models

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Repo listing API

The following endpoints help get information about models, datasets, Spaces, and metrics stored on the Hub.

GET /api/models

Get information from all models in the Hub. The response is paginated, use the Link header to get the next pages. You can specify additional parameters to have more specific results.

Payload:

params = {
    "search":"search",
    "author":"author",
    "filter":"filter",
    "sort":"sort",
    "direction":"direction",
    "limit":"limit",
    "full":"full",
    "config":"config"
}

This is equivalent to huggingface_hub.list_models().

GET /api/models/{repo_id} or /api/models/{repo_id}/revision/{revision}

Get all information for a specific model.

This is equivalent to huggingface_hub.model_info(repo_id, revision).

GET /api/models-tags-by-type

Gets all the available model tags hosted in the Hub.

This is equivalent to huggingface_hub.get_model_tags().

GET /api/datasets

Get information from all datasets in the Hub. The response is paginated, use the Link header to get the next pages. You can specify additional parameters to have more specific results.

Payload:

params = {
    "search":"search",
    "author":"author",
    "filter":"filter",
    "sort":"sort",
    "direction":"direction",
    "limit":"limit",
    "full":"full",
    "config":"config"
}

This is equivalent to huggingface_hub.list_datasets().

GET /api/datasets/{repo_id} or /api/datasets/{repo_id}/revision/{revision}

Get all information for a specific dataset.

Payload:

params = {"full": "full"}

This is equivalent to huggingface_hub.dataset_info(repo_id, revision).

GET /api/datasets/{repo_id}/parquet

Get the list of auto-converted parquet files.

GET /api/datasets/{repo_id}/parquet/{config}/{split}/{n}.parquet

Get the nth shard of the auto-converted parquet files.

GET /api/datasets-tags-by-type

Gets all the available dataset tags hosted in the Hub.

This is equivalent to huggingface_hub.get_dataset_tags().

GET /api/spaces

Get information from all Spaces in the Hub. The response is paginated, use the Link header to get the next pages. You can specify additional parameters to have more specific results.

Payload:

params = {
    "search":"search",
    "author":"author",
    "filter":"filter",
    "sort":"sort",
    "direction":"direction",
    "limit":"limit",
    "full":"full",
    "config":"config"
}

This is equivalent to huggingface_hub.list_spaces().

GET /api/spaces/{repo_id} or /api/spaces/{repo_id}/revision/{revision}

Get all information for a specific model.

This is equivalent to huggingface_hub.space_info(repo_id, revision).

Repo API

The following endpoints manage repository settings like creating and deleting a repository.

POST /api/repos/create

Create a repository. It’s a model repo by default.

Parameters:

Payload:

payload = {
    "type":"type",
    "name":"name",
    "organization": "organization",
    "private":"private"
}

This is equivalent to huggingface_hub.create_repo().

DELETE /api/repos/delete

Delete a repository. It’s a model repo by default.

Parameters:

Payload:

payload = {
    "type": "type",
    "name": "name",
    "organization": "organization",
}

This is equivalent to huggingface_hub.delete_repo().

PUT /api/repos/{repo_type}/{repo_id}/settings

Update repo visibility.

Payload:

payload = {
    "private": "private",
}

This is equivalent to huggingface_hub.update_repo_visibility().

POST /api/repos/move

Move a repository (rename within the same namespace or transfer from user to organization).

Payload:

payload = {
    "fromRepo" : "namespace/repo_name",
    "toRepo" : "namespace2/repo_name2"
}

This is equivalent to huggingface_hub.move_repo().

User API

The following endpoint gets information about a user.

GET /api/whoami-v2

Get username and organizations the user belongs to.

Payload:

headers = { "authorization" :  "Bearer $token" }

This is equivalent to huggingface_hub.whoami().

Collections API

Use Collections to group repositories from the Hub (Models, Datasets, Spaces and Papers) on a dedicated page.

You can learn more about it in the Collections guide. Collections can also be managed using the Python client (see guide).

POST /api/collections

Create a new collection on the Hub with a title, a description (optional) and a first item (optional). An item is defined by a type (model, dataset, space or paper) and an id (repo_id or paper_id on the Hub).

Payload:

payload = {
    "title": "My cool models",
    "namespace": "username_or_org",
    "description": "Here is a shortlist of models I've trained.",
    "item" : {
        "type": "model",
        "id": "username/cool-model",
    }
    "private": false,

}

This is equivalent to huggingface_hub.create_collection().

GET /api/collections/{namespace}/{slug}-{id}

Return information about a collection.

This is equivalent to huggingface_hub.get_collection().

PATCH /api/collections/{namespace}/{slug}-{id}

Update the metadata of a collection on the Hub. You can’t add or modify the items of the collection with this method. All fields of the payload are optional.

Payload:

payload = {
    "title": "My cool models",
    "description": "Here is a shortlist of models I've trained.",
    "private": false,
    "position": 0, // position of the collection on your profile
    "theme": "green",
}

This is equivalent to huggingface_hub.update_collection_metadata().

DELETE /api/collections/{namespace}/{slug}-{id}

Return a collection. This is a non-revertible operation. A deleted collection cannot be restored.

This is equivalent to huggingface_hub.delete_collection().

POST /api/collections/{namespace}/{slug}-{id}/item

Add an item to a collection. An item is defined by a type (model, dataset, space or paper) and an id (repo_id or paper_id on the Hub). A note can also be attached to the item (optional).

Payload:

payload = {
    "item" : {
        "type": "model",
        "id": "username/cool-model",
    }
    "note": "Here is the model I trained on ...",
}

This is equivalent to huggingface_hub.add_collection_item().

PATCH /api/collections/{namespace}/{slug}-{id}/items/{item_id}

Update an item in a collection. You must know the item object id which is different from the repo_id/paper_id provided when adding the item to the collection. The item_id can be retrieved by fetching the collection.

You can update the note attached to the item or the position of the item in the collection. Both fields are optional.

payload = {
    "position": 0,
    "note": "Here is the model I trained on ...",
}

This is equivalent to huggingface_hub.update_collection_item().

DELETE /api/collections/{namespace}/{slug}-{id}/items/{item_id}

Remove an item from a collection. You must know the item object id which is different from the repo_id/paper_id provided when adding the item to the collection. The item_id can be retrieved by fetching the collection.

This is equivalent to huggingface_hub.delete_collection_item().