Using text-embedding-ada-002 on OpenAI API
Implementation guide · text-embedding-ada · OpenAI
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OpenAI API exposes text-embedding-ada-002 through model ID text-embedding-ada-002. 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
- 2Use the OpenAI API SDK or REST API to call
text-embedding-ada-002— see the documentation for request format. - 3
Code Examples
Install
pip install openaiAPI key
OPENAI_API_KEYModel ID
text-embedding-ada-002Use 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="text-embedding-ada-002",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Pricing on OpenAI API
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.10 |
Capabilities
No model capability flags are currently sourced.
About text-embedding-ada-002
OpenAI's Ada-002 text embedding model. Legacy but widely deployed; succeeded by text-embedding-3 series. 1536 output dimensions.
Model Specs
Released2022-12-15
Context8k
Knowledge cutoff2021-09