DeepSeek Chat (Fallback)

DeepSeek is FocalAPI's only user-facing general-text fallback. Use it to support creative work: shape prompts, organize storyboards, draft narration, or summarize assets. It is not the product's primary surface.

Request

First call GET /v1/models to find the DeepSeek model IDs available to your key, then use the unified chat endpoint:

curl https://api.focalapi.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOCALAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "deepseek-v4-flash",
    "messages": [
      {"role": "user", "content": "Turn this product description into a six-shot video storyboard"}
    ]
  }'

The current production catalog includes deepseek-v4-flash and deepseek-v4-pro. If your key returns a different set, use the exact listed ID. Requests support stream: true for long prompts and script drafts.

Boundary

• Treat chat output as a supporting input to a creative workflow, not as the product catalog.
• Use the dedicated model APIs for creative work.
• Do not assume other general chat, coding, or text models are available.