Nova Lite 1.0 API

amazon/nova-lite-v1
Nova Lite 1.0 on AIMLAPI.
Context
300K tokens
Input
$0.082524 / 1M tokens
Output
$0.330096 / 1M tokens

How to use Nova Lite 1.0 API

Install any OpenAI-compatible SDK, point it at api.aimlapi.com/v1, and set the model to amazon/nova-lite-v1.
import requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + AIMLAPI_KEY},
    json={
      "model": "amazon/nova-lite-v1",
      "messages": [
        {
          "role": "user",
          "content": "Hello!"
        }
      ]
    },
)
print(r.json())
const r = await fetch("https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.AIMLAPI_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "model": "amazon/nova-lite-v1",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Hello!"
      }
    ]
  }),
});
console.log(await r.json());
curl -X POST https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIMLAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"amazon/nova-lite-v1","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello!"}]}'

OpenAI-compatible — swap the base URL and it works with your existing SDK.

Nova Lite 1.0 API Pricing

TypePrice
Input
$0.082524 / 1M tokens
Output
$0.330096 / 1M tokens

Nova Lite 1.0 vs other models

ModelInputOutputContextBest for
Nova Lite 1.0
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$0.082524 / 1M tokens
$0.330096 / 1M tokens
300K tokens
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$6.5 / 1M tokens
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$3.9 / 1M tokens
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$0.65 / 1M tokens
$3.9 / 1M tokens
1.05M tokens
Reasoning + agents

Frequently asked questions

Nova Lite 1.0 has a 300,000 tokens context window and can return up to 5,120 tokens.

Nova Lite 1.0 takes image, text as input and returns text.

Use amazon/nova-lite-v1 as the model id. Requests go to https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions.

Nova Lite 1.0 is priced at input $0.082524 / 1M tokens, output $0.330096 / 1M tokens.

Yes, Nova Lite 1.0 can stream responses as they are generated.

Yes, Nova Lite 1.0 accepts image input alongside text.

Yes, it supports function calling and parallel tool calls.

Yes, web search is one of its listed capabilities.

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