feat: disabling openai compatile endpoints for non in app chat usage

[amirparsadd]

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Problem Description

Currently, Open WebUI lacks the ability to track model usage when requests are made directly via the API rather than through the chat interface. We need a way to monitor all model activity to ensure comprehensive usage tracking.

Desired Solution you'd like

It would be highly beneficial to add an option to restrict access to the OpenAI-compatible API, ensuring that models can only be accessed through the Open WebUI interface.

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[TheMasterFX]

You can disable the API key in the Admin-Panel under Users => Groups => Default Permissions. Or you can set this for each group. The /api/models will still show the models but output but when using /api/chat/completions you will geht {"detail":"Use of API key is not enabled in the environment."}

[amirparsadd]

You can disable the API key in the Admin-Panel under Users => Groups => Default Permissions. Or you can set this for each group. The /api/models will still show the models but output but when using /api/chat/completions you will geht {"detail":"Use of API key is not enabled in the environment."}

but we need api keys for some other stuff and users can just use their JWT token

[TheMasterFX]

but we need api keys for some other stuf

That could be managed via Group Permissions (New Group with API Permission)

users can just use their JWT token

Thats true. But only "advanced users" know how to get it ;-)

[amirparsadd]

if "advanced users" find out they can make us bankrupt :p

[Classic298]

Duplicate, there are open issues discussing the same thing.

Plus can't disable the open ai endpoint. That would literally make the frontend unusable

[amirparsadd]

not fully disable, only disable it in openai compatible mode
like the chat mode gives a task id but openai compatible mode gives... openai compatible data