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Use Claude Haiku 3.5 with Django
Updated 2026-05-21 · By XALEN
How to use Claude Haiku 3.5 (Compact, ~20B) with Django. Install, authenticate, and make your first API call in minutes. Working code example included.
Model
Claude Haiku 3.5
~20B · 200K context · $0.008 input
Framework
Django
backend · pip install xalen django
1. Install
pip install xalen django
2. Code
# views.py
from django.http import JsonResponse
from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
import json
from xalen import XALEN
client = XALEN(api_key="xln_test_YOUR_KEY")
@csrf_exempt
def chat(request):
data = json.loads(request.body)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="claude-haiku-3-5",
messages=data["messages"]
)
return JsonResponse({"reply": response.choices[0].message.content})
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