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Use the Qwen API without an Alibaba Cloud account.
Qwen-Max, Qwen-Plus, Qwen-Turbo, Qwen-VL, and Qwen-Coder β China's strongest open-weight family, accessible through one OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
Latest models as of 2026-05-23
See all models βWhy use JJAPI for this API
Best-in-class for Chinese-language tasks
Qwen consistently leads benchmarks for Chinese reasoning, translation, and summarization.
No Alibaba Cloud setup
Skip Aliyun account creation, real-name verification, and the DashScope dashboard.
Open-weight compatibility
If you switch from Qwen-API to a self-hosted Qwen later, the prompt format is identical.
OpenAI-compatible interface
Same SDK, same request shape β no Qwen-specific quirks.
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.jjapi.net/v1",
api_key="sk-jjapi-...",
)
r = client.chat.completions.create(
model="qwen3-max", # current as of 2026-05-23
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hi"}],
)
print(r.choices[0].message.content) Frequently asked
Can I use Qwen for Chinese-first apps?
Yes β Qwen is one of the best models for Chinese tasks. It significantly outperforms Western models on idiom comprehension and code-switching.
Does Qwen support vision?
qwen-vl-max accepts image_url and base64 image inputs in OpenAI vision format.
Is Qwen-Coder faster than GPT-4o for code?
On code-specific benchmarks Qwen-Coder is roughly equivalent to GPT-4o at a fraction of the price.