name: Claude Text Completions API
description: Legacy API for generating text completions - deprecated in favor of the Messages API.
image: https://www.anthropic.com/images/icons/anthropic-icon.png
humanURL: https://docs.anthropic.com/en/api/complete
baseURL: https://api.anthropic.com/v1
tags:
- AI
- Large Language Models
- Legacy
- Text Completion
properties:
- type: Documentation
url: https://docs.anthropic.com/en/api/complete
contact:
- type: Support
url: https://support.anthropic.com
endpoints:
- name: Create Text Completion
method: POST
path: /complete
description: Generate a text completion from Claude (legacy - use Messages API instead)