diff --git a/clients/python/llmengine/api_engine.py b/clients/python/llmengine/api_engine.py
index 16fd3a72..b80c83eb 100644
--- a/clients/python/llmengine/api_engine.py
+++ b/clients/python/llmengine/api_engine.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ def _get(cls, resource_name: str, timeout: int) -> Dict[str, Any]:
             os.path.join(LLM_ENGINE_BASE_PATH, resource_name),
             timeout=timeout,
             headers={"x-api-key": api_key},
+            auth=(api_key, ""),
         )
         if response.status_code != 200:
             raise parse_error(response.status_code, response.content)
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ def put(
             json=data,
             timeout=timeout,
             headers={"x-api-key": api_key},
+            auth=(api_key, ""),
         )
         if response.status_code != 200:
             raise parse_error(response.status_code, response.content)
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ def _delete(cls, resource_name: str, timeout: int) -> Dict[str, Any]:
             os.path.join(LLM_ENGINE_BASE_PATH, resource_name),
             timeout=timeout,
             headers={"x-api-key": api_key},
+            auth=(api_key, ""),
         )
         if response.status_code != 200:
             raise parse_error(response.status_code, response.content)
@@ -87,6 +90,7 @@ def post_sync(cls, resource_name: str, data: Dict[str, Any], timeout: int) -> Di
             json=data,
             timeout=timeout,
             headers={"x-api-key": api_key},
+            auth=(api_key, ""),
         )
         if response.status_code != 200:
             raise parse_error(response.status_code, response.content)
@@ -103,6 +107,7 @@ def post_stream(
             json=data,
             timeout=timeout,
             headers={"x-api-key": api_key},
+            auth=(api_key, ""),
             stream=True,
         )
         if response.status_code != 200:
diff --git a/clients/python/llmengine/data_types.py b/clients/python/llmengine/data_types.py
index b3fcbf58..3242ad08 100644
--- a/clients/python/llmengine/data_types.py
+++ b/clients/python/llmengine/data_types.py
@@ -131,17 +131,27 @@ class CreateLLMEndpointRequest(BaseModel):
     # LLM specific fields
     model_name: str
     source: LLMSource = LLMSource.HUGGING_FACE
-    inference_framework: LLMInferenceFramework = LLMInferenceFramework.DEEPSPEED
+    inference_framework: LLMInferenceFramework = LLMInferenceFramework.TEXT_GENERATION_INFERENCE
     inference_framework_image_tag: str
-    num_shards: int
+    num_shards: int = 1
     """
-    Number of shards to distribute the model onto GPUs.
+    Number of shards to distribute the model onto GPUs. Only affects behavior for text-generation-inference models
+    """
+
+    quantize: Optional[Quantization] = None
+    """
+    Quantization for the LLM. Only affects behavior for text-generation-inference models
+    """
+
+    checkpoint_path: Optional[str] = None
+    """
+    Path to the checkpoint to load the model from. Only affects behavior for text-generation-inference models
     """
 
     # General endpoint fields
     metadata: Dict[str, Any]  # TODO: JSON type
     post_inference_hooks: Optional[List[str]]
-    endpoint_type: ModelEndpointType = ModelEndpointType.SYNC
+    endpoint_type: ModelEndpointType = ModelEndpointType.STREAMING
     cpus: CpuSpecificationType
     gpus: int
     memory: StorageSpecificationType
@@ -156,7 +166,10 @@ class CreateLLMEndpointRequest(BaseModel):
     high_priority: Optional[bool]
     default_callback_url: Optional[HttpUrl]
     default_callback_auth: Optional[CallbackAuth]
-    public_inference: Optional[bool] = True  # LLM endpoints are public by default.
+    public_inference: Optional[bool] = True
+    """
+    Whether the endpoint can be used for inference for all users. LLM endpoints are public by default.
+    """
 
 
 class CreateLLMEndpointResponse(BaseModel):
diff --git a/clients/python/llmengine/model.py b/clients/python/llmengine/model.py
index 1b6c9dba..1c854eba 100644
--- a/clients/python/llmengine/model.py
+++ b/clients/python/llmengine/model.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     LLMSource,
     ModelEndpointType,
     PostInferenceHooks,
+    Quantization,
 )
 
 
@@ -28,12 +29,15 @@ class Model(APIEngine):
     @assert_self_hosted
     def create(
         cls,
+        name: str,
         # LLM specific fields
         model: str,
         inference_framework_image_tag: str,
         source: LLMSource = LLMSource.HUGGING_FACE,
         inference_framework: LLMInferenceFramework = LLMInferenceFramework.TEXT_GENERATION_INFERENCE,
         num_shards: int = 4,
+        quantize: Optional[Quantization] = None,
+        checkpoint_path: Optional[str] = None,
         # General endpoint fields
         cpus: int = 32,
         memory: str = "192Gi",
@@ -53,8 +57,11 @@ def create(
         """
         Create an LLM model. Note: This feature is only available for self-hosted users.
         Args:
+            name (`str`):
+                Name of the endpoint
+
             model (`str`):
-                Name of the model
+                Name of the base model
 
             inference_framework_image_tag (`str`):
                 Image tag for the inference framework
@@ -68,6 +75,15 @@ def create(
             num_shards (`int`):
                 Number of shards for the LLM. When bigger than 1, LLM will be sharded
                 to multiple GPUs. Number of GPUs must be larger than num_shards.
+                Only affects behavior for text-generation-inference models
+
+            quantize (`Optional[Quantization]`):
+                Quantization for the LLM. Only affects behavior for text-generation-inference models
+
+            checkpoint_path (`Optional[str]`):
+                Path to the checkpoint for the LLM. For now we only support loading a tar file from AWS S3.
+                Safetensors are preferred but PyTorch checkpoints are also accepted (model loading will be slower).
+                Only affects behavior for text-generation-inference models
 
             cpus (`int`):
                 Number of cpus each worker should get, e.g. 1, 2, etc. This must be greater
@@ -157,12 +173,14 @@ def create(
                     post_inference_hooks_strs.append(hook)
 
         request = CreateLLMEndpointRequest(
-            name=model,
+            name=name,
             model_name=model,
             source=source,
             inference_framework=inference_framework,
             inference_framework_image_tag=inference_framework_image_tag,
             num_shards=num_shards,
+            quantize=quantize,
+            checkpoint_path=checkpoint_path,
             cpus=cpus,
             endpoint_type=ModelEndpointType(endpoint_type),
             gpus=gpus,