GLM 5.3 Flash

    z-ai/glm-5.3-flash
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    Flash tier of GLM-5.3: native multimodal inputs, suited for efficient coding and long-horizon agents with stable long-context behavior in production.

    VisionCost EffectiveCodingMultimodal UnderstandingAgent CodingAgent
    Modality
    Input / Output Pricing
    $0.15 / $0.5M tokens
    Context
    1M
    Release date
    2026-08-26

    Pricing

    SpecificationPrice
    Input$0.15/ M tokens
    Output$0.5/ M tokens
    Cache read$0.03/ M tokens
    Cache write--

    Quick Start

    Paste and run the sample code below. The Gate.AI API is OpenAI-compatible—most SDKs only need a new base URL. To switch models, change the model ID.

    1

    Get your API key

    Sign in to the Gate.AI console and create a new key under "API Keys". Keep it safe and send it via the Authorization header on every request.

    Create a key in the console
    2

    Make a request

    Send a POST request to the Chat Completions endpoint with a model ID and an array of messages to get a reply.

    POSThttps://api.gate.ai/openai/v1/chat/completions
    curl --location "https://api.gate.ai/openai/v1/chat/completions" \
      --header "Authorization: Bearer {API_KEY}" \
      --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
      --data '{
      "model": "glm-5.3-flash",
      "messages": [
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}
      ]
    }'
    3

    Handle the response \\\\\& streaming

    By default a full JSON response is returned. Add "stream": true to the request body to receive incremental chunks over SSE.

    POSThttps://api.gate.ai/openai/v1/chat/completions
    curl --no-buffer --location "https://api.gate.ai/openai/v1/chat/completions" \
      --header "Authorization: Bearer {API_KEY}" \
      --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
      --data '{
      "model": "glm-5.3-flash",
      "messages": [
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}
      ],
      "stream": true
    }'

    Endpoint

    Base URL, method, and required headers are rendered from the active protocol template for this model.

    POSThttps://api.gate.ai/openai/v1/chat/completions
    Field
    Value
    Authorization
    Authentication header containing the API key in the format Bearer {API_KEY}
    Content-Type
    Request content type, fixed to application/json
    model
    Model ID; the current model is glm-5.3-flash
    messages
    Ordered array of conversation messages
    stream
    Whether to return the result as an SSE stream

    Create streaming or non-streaming responses with the OpenAI Responses API.

    POSThttps://api.gate.ai/openai/v1/responses
    Field
    Value
    Authorization
    Authentication header containing the API key in the format Bearer {API_KEY}
    Content-Type
    Request content type, fixed to application/json
    model
    Model ID; the current model is glm-5.3-flash
    input
    Text or structured input submitted to the model
    max_output_tokens
    Maximum number of output tokens the model may generate
    stream
    Whether to return the result as an SSE stream

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