Document the /v1/models endpoint #42588
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LysandreJik
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Dec 3, 2025
| The easiest way to download models to your cache is with the `hf download` command: | ||
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| hf download <model_id> |
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Actually this will download all the files (even "original" files), so there is probably a better way
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Maybe it would make sense to expose a utility that would only download the transformers-specific files
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do you mean something like transformers download ? If only it existed... 😛
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| hf download <model_id> | |
| transformers download <model_id> |
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| The easiest way to download models to your cache is with the `hf download` command: | ||
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| hf download <model_id> |
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| hf download <model_id> | |
| transformers download <model_id> |
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| The `/v1/models` endpoint scans your local cache for generative models. It checks for LLMs as well as VLMs. | ||
| The easiest way to download models to your cache is with the `hf download` command: |
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| The easiest way to download models to your cache is with the `hf download` command: | |
| The easiest way to download models to your cache is with the `transformers download` command: |
| hf download <model_id> | ||
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| As long as it's a transformers-compatible LLM/VLM, it will now show up under `/v1/models` |
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| As long as it's a transformers-compatible LLM/VLM, it will now show up under `/v1/models` | |
| Once downloaded, the model will show up under `/v1/models`. |
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