Download a model via REST API — lms_download • rlmstudio

Download a model via REST API

Usage

lms_download(model, quantization = NULL, host = "http://localhost:1234", ...)

Arguments

model: Character. The model to download. Accepts model catalog identifiers (e.g., "openai/gpt-oss-20b") and exact Hugging Face links.
quantization: Character. Optional. Quantization level of the model to download (e.g., "Q4_K_M"). Only supported for Hugging Face links.
host: Character. The host address of the local server. Defaults to "http://localhost:1234".
...: Additional arguments passed to the request.

Value

A character string containing the download job_id, or "already_downloaded" if already downloaded.

See also

LM Studio Download Model API

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
lms_server_start()

# Download a model by its HuggingFace identifier
job_id <- lms_download("google/gemma-3-1b")

# Download with a specific quantization level
lms_download("google/gemma-3-1b", quantization = "4bit")
} # }