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Venice AI Python SDK v1.2.0

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@sethbang sethbang released this 22 Jun 19:01
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🎉 Venice AI Python SDK v1.2.0

Major Features

💰 Cost Management & Estimation

  • New venice_ai.costs module for calculating and estimating API usage costs
  • Support for both USD and VCU (Venice Compute Units)
  • get_model_pricing() method to fetch model pricing information

🧠 Enhanced Chat Completions

  • Web search integration with citation support
  • Reasoning/thinking controls for supported models
  • Advanced sampling parameters (logit_bias, parallel_tool_calls, dynamic temperature)

📦 Dependency Optimization

  • tiktoken is now optional (install with pip install venice-ai[tokenizers])
  • Moved heavy dependencies to dev-only, resulting in a leaner production package

Breaking Changes

  • Model type structure refactored (metadata consolidated under model_spec)
  • Chat responses now use Pydantic models instead of TypedDict

Other Improvements

  • Project status upgraded to Production/Stable
  • Complete test suite overhaul
  • Enhanced type safety throughout

See the CHANGELOG for complete details.

Installation

# Lean install (recommended)
pip install venice-ai==1.2.0

# With token counting
pip install venice-ai[tokenizers]==1.2.0
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