Kimi K2.5 API - Complete Developer Guide

What is Kimi K2.5 API?

Kimi K2.5 is the latest flagship large language model from Moonshot AI, the company behind the popular Kimi chatbot. As a significant upgrade over earlier Kimi models, K2.5 delivers breakthrough performance across reasoning, code generation, and multilingual tasks, making it one of the most capable models available through the Kimi API ecosystem.

The Kimi K2.5 API provides developers with programmatic access to this state-of-the-art model through a standard OpenAI-compatible interface. With a massive 200K token context window, K2.5 can process entire codebases, lengthy documents, and complex multi-turn conversations without losing context.

Whether you are building AI-powered coding assistants, document analysis tools, or conversational agents, the Kimi K2.5 API offers the performance and flexibility you need. Access it through the official platform.moonshot.cn or through our proxy service at a fraction of the cost.

Kimi K2.5 API Features

Kimi K2.5 introduces significant improvements over its predecessors. Here are the core capabilities that make the Kimi K2.5 API stand out:

How to Access Kimi K2.5 API

There are two ways to access the Kimi K2.5 API: through the official Moonshot platform or through our discounted proxy service.

Kimi K2.5 API Pricing Comparison

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Kimi K2.5 API Code Example

The Kimi K2.5 API is fully compatible with the OpenAI Python SDK. Simply point the base URL to our proxy endpoint and use the kimi-k2.5 model name.

Python (OpenAI SDK)

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="your_api_key",
    base_url="https://kimi-api.com/v1"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="kimi-k2.5",
    messages=[
        {
            "role": "system",
            "content": "You are a helpful AI assistant with expertise in coding and reasoning."
        },
        {
            "role": "user",
            "content": "Write a Python function that implements binary search on a sorted list. Include type hints and docstrings."
        }
    ],
    temperature=0.7,
    max_tokens=4096
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

cURL

curl -X POST "https://kimi-api.com/v1/chat/completions" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer your_api_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "kimi-k2.5",
    "messages": [
      {"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant."},
      {"role": "user", "content": "Explain the differences between TCP and UDP."}
    ],
    "temperature": 0.7,
    "max_tokens": 2048
  }'

Kimi K2.5 vs Competitors

How does Kimi K2.5 stack up against other leading large language models? Here is a detailed comparison:

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