1

Create an account + Generate an API Key

Log into Helicone or create an account. Once you have an account, you can generate an API key.
2

Modify the API base and add the `Helicone-Auth` header

curl -X POST https://llama.helicone.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LLAMA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Helicone-Auth: Bearer $HELICONE_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "model": "Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct-FP8",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Hello, how are you?"
      }
    ],
    "max_completion_tokens": 1024,
    "temperature": 0.7
  }'
3

Verify your requests in Helicone

With the above setup, any calls to the Llama API will automatically be logged and monitored by Helicone. Review them in your Helicone dashboard.