import SambaNova from 'sambanova';
const client = new SambaNova({
apiKey: process.env['SAMBANOVA_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted
});
const messageCountTokensResponse = await client.messages.countTokens({
messages: [{ content: 'Hello, Claude!', role: 'user' }],
model: 'DeepSeek-V3.1',
});
console.log(messageCountTokensResponse.input_tokens);import os
from sambanova import SambaNova
client = SambaNova(
api_key=os.environ.get("SAMBANOVA_API_KEY"), # This is the default and can be omitted
)
message_count_tokens_response = client.messages.count_tokens(
messages=[{
"content": "Hello, Claude!",
"role": "user",
}],
model="DeepSeek-V3.1",
)
print(message_count_tokens_response.input_tokens)curl --request POST \
--url https://api.sambanova.ai/v1/messages/count_tokens \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"model": "DeepSeek-V3.1",
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Hello, Claude!"
}
]
}
'<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.sambanova.ai/v1/messages/count_tokens",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'model' => 'DeepSeek-V3.1',
'messages' => [
[
'role' => 'user',
'content' => 'Hello, Claude!'
]
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.sambanova.ai/v1/messages/count_tokens"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"model\": \"DeepSeek-V3.1\",\n \"messages\": [\n {\n \"role\": \"user\",\n \"content\": \"Hello, Claude!\"\n }\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.sambanova.ai/v1/messages/count_tokens")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"model\": \"DeepSeek-V3.1\",\n \"messages\": [\n {\n \"role\": \"user\",\n \"content\": \"Hello, Claude!\"\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.sambanova.ai/v1/messages/count_tokens")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"model\": \"DeepSeek-V3.1\",\n \"messages\": [\n {\n \"role\": \"user\",\n \"content\": \"Hello, Claude!\"\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"input_tokens": 123
}{
"type": "error",
"error": {
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"message": "<string>"
},
"request_id": "<string>"
}{
"type": "error",
"error": {
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"message": "<string>"
},
"request_id": "<string>"
}{
"type": "error",
"error": {
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"message": "<string>"
},
"request_id": "<string>"
}{
"type": "error",
"error": {
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"message": "<string>"
},
"request_id": "<string>"
}{
"type": "error",
"error": {
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"message": "<string>"
},
"request_id": "<string>"
}{
"type": "error",
"error": {
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"message": "<string>"
},
"request_id": "<string>"
}{
"type": "error",
"error": {
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"message": "<string>"
},
"request_id": "<string>"
}{
"type": "error",
"error": {
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"message": "<string>"
},
"request_id": "<string>"
}Count tokens for a message request
Anthropic count_tokens compatible endpoint. Returns the number of input tokens that would be consumed by a POST /messages call with the same prompt content (system, messages, tools, tool_choice). Authentication accepts either the bearer Authorization: Bearer <key> header (SambaNova SDK default) or the x-api-key header (Anthropic SDK default); the same API key is used in both cases.
import SambaNova from 'sambanova';
const client = new SambaNova({
apiKey: process.env['SAMBANOVA_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted
});
const messageCountTokensResponse = await client.messages.countTokens({
messages: [{ content: 'Hello, Claude!', role: 'user' }],
model: 'DeepSeek-V3.1',
});
console.log(messageCountTokensResponse.input_tokens);import os
from sambanova import SambaNova
client = SambaNova(
api_key=os.environ.get("SAMBANOVA_API_KEY"), # This is the default and can be omitted
)
message_count_tokens_response = client.messages.count_tokens(
messages=[{
"content": "Hello, Claude!",
"role": "user",
}],
model="DeepSeek-V3.1",
)
print(message_count_tokens_response.input_tokens)curl --request POST \
--url https://api.sambanova.ai/v1/messages/count_tokens \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"model": "DeepSeek-V3.1",
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Hello, Claude!"
}
]
}
'<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.sambanova.ai/v1/messages/count_tokens",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'model' => 'DeepSeek-V3.1',
'messages' => [
[
'role' => 'user',
'content' => 'Hello, Claude!'
]
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.sambanova.ai/v1/messages/count_tokens"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"model\": \"DeepSeek-V3.1\",\n \"messages\": [\n {\n \"role\": \"user\",\n \"content\": \"Hello, Claude!\"\n }\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.sambanova.ai/v1/messages/count_tokens")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"model\": \"DeepSeek-V3.1\",\n \"messages\": [\n {\n \"role\": \"user\",\n \"content\": \"Hello, Claude!\"\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.sambanova.ai/v1/messages/count_tokens")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"model\": \"DeepSeek-V3.1\",\n \"messages\": [\n {\n \"role\": \"user\",\n \"content\": \"Hello, Claude!\"\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"input_tokens": 123
}{
"type": "error",
"error": {
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"message": "<string>"
},
"request_id": "<string>"
}{
"type": "error",
"error": {
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"message": "<string>"
},
"request_id": "<string>"
}{
"type": "error",
"error": {
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"message": "<string>"
},
"request_id": "<string>"
}{
"type": "error",
"error": {
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"message": "<string>"
},
"request_id": "<string>"
}{
"type": "error",
"error": {
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"message": "<string>"
},
"request_id": "<string>"
}{
"type": "error",
"error": {
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"message": "<string>"
},
"request_id": "<string>"
}{
"type": "error",
"error": {
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"message": "<string>"
},
"request_id": "<string>"
}{
"type": "error",
"error": {
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"message": "<string>"
},
"request_id": "<string>"
}Authorizations
Headers
Body
Token counting parameters (subset of message creation parameters).
Request body for POST /messages/count_tokens. Returns the input token count for a prompt without generating output. Same prompt shape as MessageCreateRequest minus generation-time parameters (max_tokens, stream, sampling, stop_sequences, metadata, service_tier, etc.).
System prompt for the conversation. Accepts either a single string (most common) or an array of text blocks (used when individual segments need cache_control markers). Multiple text blocks are joined with newlines and prepended to the conversation as a role: system message.

