Moonshot AI: Kimi V1 8K Vision Preview
moonshotai/kimi-v1-8k-vision-preview
Access Kimi V1 8K Vision Preview from Moonshot AI using Puter.js AI API.
Get Started// npm install @heyputer/puter.js
import { puter } from '@heyputer/puter.js';
puter.ai.chat("Explain quantum computing in simple terms", {
model: "moonshotai/kimi-v1-8k-vision-preview"
}).then(response => {
document.body.innerHTML = response.message.content;
});
<html>
<body>
<script src="https://js.puter.com/v2/"></script>
<script>
puter.ai.chat("Explain quantum computing in simple terms", {
model: "moonshotai/kimi-v1-8k-vision-preview"
}).then(response => {
document.body.innerHTML = response.message.content;
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
# pip install openai
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.puter.com/puterai/openai/v1/",
api_key="YOUR_PUTER_AUTH_TOKEN",
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="moonshotai/kimi-v1-8k-vision-preview",
messages=[
{"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum computing in simple terms"}
],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)
curl https://api.puter.com/puterai/openai/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_PUTER_AUTH_TOKEN" \
-d '{
"model": "moonshotai/kimi-v1-8k-vision-preview",
"messages": [
{"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum computing in simple terms"}
]
}'
Model Card
Kimi V1 8K Vision Preview is a multimodal chat model from Moonshot AI, the company behind the Kimi assistant, accepting image and text input within an 8,192-token context window. This route uses the kimi-v1 name for the model line Moonshot's platform lists as moonshot-v1-8k-vision-preview; the context window and pricing match.
Moonshot's vision models recognize text in images (OCR), colors, and object shapes, which covers screenshots, charts, and scanned documents. Images are passed as base64-encoded image_url blocks in the OpenAI-compatible content array format; URL-referenced images are not supported. Multi-turn conversation, streaming, and tool calling are all supported.
The 8K tier is the smallest, lowest-cost context size in the V1 vision line, suited to single images with short prompts, such as captioning, visual Q&A, and light document extraction. As a preview route, behavior may change before a stable release.
Context Window 8K
tokens
Max Output 8K
tokens
Input Cost $0.2
per million tokens
Output Cost $2
per million tokens
Input text, image
modalities
Tool Use Yes
Release Date Jan 15, 2025
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Frequently Asked Questions
You can access Kimi V1 8K Vision Preview by Moonshot AI through Puter.js AI API. Include the library in your web app or Node.js project and start making calls with just a few lines of JavaScript — no backend and no configuration required. You can also use it with Python or cURL via Puter's OpenAI-compatible API.
Yes, it is free if you're using it through Puter.js. With the User-Pays Model, you can add Kimi V1 8K Vision Preview to your app at no cost — your users pay for their own AI usage directly, making it completely free for you as a developer.
| Price per 1M tokens | |
|---|---|
| Input | $0.2 |
| Output | $2 |
Kimi V1 8K Vision Preview was created by Moonshot AI and released on Jan 15, 2025.
Kimi V1 8K Vision Preview supports a context window of 8K tokens. For reference, that is roughly equivalent to 16 pages of text.
Kimi V1 8K Vision Preview can generate up to 8K tokens in a single response.
Kimi V1 8K Vision Preview accepts the following input types: text, image. It produces: text.
Yes, Kimi V1 8K Vision Preview supports tool use (function calling), allowing it to interact with external tools, APIs, and data sources as part of its response flow.
Yes — the Kimi V1 8K Vision Preview API works with any JavaScript framework, Node.js, or plain HTML through Puter.js. Just include the library and start building. See the documentation for more details.
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