Overview

Fikra API is an OpenAI-compatible AI inference API for developers and growing AI teams. It exposes chat completions and embeddings endpoints behind a single OpenAI-style base URL. Fikra API does not list a dedicated image generation endpoint. To generate images, use a chat model to return image source code such as SVG, or to produce a detailed prompt that you can pass to an image rendering service.

Prerequisites

A Fikra API key. Keys are scoped and revocable.
Set the key as the FIKRA_API_KEY environment variable.
Python with the openai SDK installed.
Use the API base URL https://api.fikraapi.co.ke/v1.

Step-by-step

Install the OpenAI SDK:

pip install openai

Create a chat completion that asks the model to generate an SVG image.

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.fikraapi.co.ke/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["FIKRA_API_KEY"],
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="deepseek-v4-flash-0731",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Generate an SVG image of a sunset over Nairobi skyline."}
    ],
)

svg = response.choices[0].message.content
print(svg)

Save the returned SVG string to a file and open it in a browser or image viewer.

Verify it works

Check that response.choices[0].message.content contains valid SVG markup, usually starting with <svg. The response follows the OpenAI chat-completions format, so standard OpenAI SDK handling applies.

Costs

Fikra API charges per 1M tokens for chat models. For example, deepseek-v4-flash-0731 costs 0.09 USD per 1M input tokens and 0.15 USD per 1M output tokens. Other models have different rates; see the pricing page for the full list.

Common errors

401: bad or inactive API key. Check that FIKRA_API_KEY is set correctly.
400: unsupported model. Use a model listed in the Fikra API documentation.
429: rate limit exceeded. Unverified keys get 30 requests/min; trusted keys get 100 requests/min.
503: upstream busy. Retry with exponential backoff.

Generate images with Fikra API

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