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Cloud Hosting FAQ

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Hosting

How do I host my API?
Just run ship deploy to deploy your API to Steamship's cloud.
How can people use my API?
Steamship auto-generates endpoints protected by key-based authentication.
How can I publish a demo?
For certain project types, we will auto-generate a web page where others can try it.
Can I use any Python?
Just about. Please be reasonable and add your dependencies to requirements.txt.
How do I debug?
Debug like regular Python on Localhost or Replit. If you're stuck, just reach out to hello@steamship.com.
Where are my logs?
Create an instance of your deployed package click the View Logs button from web page.

Limits

Are there usage limits?
Our free introduction has a limit of 500 API calls and 200,000 characters / 40 MB of plugin (LLM) usage. Reach out to support@steamship.com to increase your limit.
What happens when I hit usage limits?
You'll get an error message from our API. Reach out to support@steamship.com for an increase.
Why don't you charge?
We're working on it! Right now we're just iterating as fast as possible on the platform.

Response Types

How do I return JSON?
Just return a Python dict object. This recipe shows how.
How do I return an image?
Just return raw bytes plus a MIME type as shown by this recipe.
How do I return audio?
Just return raw bytes plus a MIME type as shown by this recipe.

How to Deploy

Need more help? Reach out over email or join our Discord.

Install our Python library
From the folder containing api.py, run pip install steamship.
Run 'ship deploy'
Installing our python library makes the ship deploy command available. Your first time, you will be walked through a few questions to configure your package.
Share the results
When deployment succeeds, you"ll see a URL that lets anyone try your API on the web or use it over HTTP.