Using o3 on OpenAI API

Implementation guide · o3 · OpenAI

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OpenAI API exposes o3 through model ID o3. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

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Quick Start

  1. 1
    Create an account at OpenAI API and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the OpenAI API SDK or REST API to call o3 — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $2.00/1M input, $8.00/1M output tokens. See full pricing.

Code Examples

Install
pip install openai
API key
OPENAI_API_KEY
Model ID
o3

Use the model slug directly, e.g. "gpt-4o" or "gpt-4.1-mini".

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI()  # reads OPENAI_API_KEY from env
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="o3",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Pricing on OpenAI API

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$2.00
Output tokens$8.00

Capabilities

VisionMultimodalReasoningJSON / Tool useStructured OutputsCode ExecutionPrompt CachingBatch API

About o3

OpenAI o3 reasoning model with advanced multi-step problem-solving capabilities.

Model Specs

Released2025-04-16
Context200k
ArchitectureDecoder Only
Knowledge cutoff2024-06

Provider

OpenAI API

OpenAI

San Francisco, California, United States