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Ive searched this subreddit for answers and I’ve also asked Google, Copilot, and free Claude. I’m sure the answers are out there, so please forgive me that I can’t find them.
Hence I ask for your help. What’s the easiest way for a programming noob to use the Claude API? All I want initially is to ask questions via the API, similar to the subscription version. I want to use the API vs subscription because maybe it’ll be cheaper and I also just want experience with it.
I signed up for an account and have purchased API tokens. I have an API key. But I’m struggling finding concise directions on how to use it.
I’m familiar with the $20/month subscription and want to become familiar with the API as well.
I’ve been using claude for a while now and I’ve always used the chat version but every other post/comment I see on this sub has people using it through an API. What exactly is it? What are the differences or benefits compared to using the chat version? Is it hard to set it up?
TIA