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✨ Temporary Budget Increase

Set temporary budget increase for a LiteLLM Virtual Key. Use this if you get asked to increase the budget for a key temporarily.

HeirarchySupported
LiteLLM Virtual Key✅
User❌
Team❌
Organization❌
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✨ Temporary Budget Increase is a LiteLLM Enterprise feature.

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  1. Create a LiteLLM Virtual Key with budget
curl -L -X POST 'http://localhost:4000/key/generate' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer LITELLM_MASTER_KEY' \
-d '{
    "max_budget": 0.0000001
}'

Expected response:

{
    "key": "sk-your-new-key"
}
  1. Update key with temporary budget increase
curl -L -X POST 'http://localhost:4000/key/update' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer LITELLM_MASTER_KEY' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
    "key": "sk-your-new-key",
    "temp_budget_increase": 100, 
    "temp_budget_expiry": "2025-01-15"
}'
  1. Test it! 
curl -L -X POST 'http://localhost:4000/chat/completions' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer sk-your-new-key' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
    "model": "gpt-4o",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello, world!"}]
}'

Expected Response Header:

x-litellm-key-max-budget: 100.0000001