Make your first Qabas request.

Get your secret key

Copy the key from your Qabas dashboard. Keep it private, just like a password.

Save it for this terminal window

Paste this line into Terminal. Replace the words after the equals sign with your real key.

export QABAS_API_KEY="your-key-here"

This keeps the key out of the request code you will paste next.

Send one message

Copy the full example into the same Terminal window and press Return.

curl https://api.qabas.ae/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $QABAS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "qwen-2.5-7b",
    "messages": [
      {"role": "user", "content": "Say marhaba in one short sentence."}
    ]
  }'