# Create an Azure OpenAI inference endpoint

**PUT /_inference/{task_type}/{azureopenai_inference_id}**

Create an inference endpoint to perform an inference task with the `azureopenai` service.

The list of chat completion models that you can choose from in your Azure OpenAI deployment include:

* [GPT-4 and GPT-4 Turbo models](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/concepts/models?tabs=global-standard%2Cstandard-chat-completions#gpt-4-and-gpt-4-turbo-models)
* [GPT-3.5](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/concepts/models?tabs=global-standard%2Cstandard-chat-completions#gpt-35)

The list of embeddings models that you can choose from in your deployment can be found in the [Azure models documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/concepts/models?tabs=global-standard%2Cstandard-chat-completions#embeddings).

## Required authorization

* Cluster privileges: `manage_inference`



## Servers
- http://api.example.com: http://api.example.com ()


## Authentication methods
- Api key auth
- Basic auth
- Bearer auth


## Parameters

### Path parameters
- **task_type** (string)
  The type of the inference task that the model will perform.
  NOTE: The `chat_completion` task type only supports streaming and only through the _stream API.
- **azureopenai_inference_id** (string)
  The unique identifier of the inference endpoint.

### Query parameters
- **timeout** (string)
  Specifies the amount of time to wait for the inference endpoint to be created.

### Body: application/json (object)

- **chunking_settings** (object)
  The chunking configuration object.
- **service** (string)
  The type of service supported for the specified task type. In this case, `azureopenai`.
- **service_settings** (object)
  Settings used to install the inference model. These settings are specific to the `azureopenai` service.
- **task_settings** (object)
  Settings to configure the inference task.
  These settings are specific to the task type you specified.


## Responses
### 200


#### Body: application/json (object)
- **chunking_settings** (object)
  Chunking configuration object
- **service** (string)
  The service type
- **service_settings** (object)
  Settings specific to the service
- **task_settings** (object)
  Task settings specific to the service and task type
- **inference_id** (string)
  The inference Id
- **task_type** (string)
  The task type


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