---
title: "Qwen3.8 27B DarkIdol API pricing"
canonical: https://uplinkswitch.ai/models/qwen3.8-27b-darkidol
generated: 2026-10-20T19:41:53.883Z
source: https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/catalog
base_url: https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1
---

# Qwen3.8 27B DarkIdol API pricing

Qwen3.8 27B DarkIdol API at $0.30/M input and $1.80/M output tokens. Same SDK, one key, one URL.

## Price per million tokens (USD)

| Tokens | Qwen (community tune) list price | UplinkSwitch | Under list |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Input | — | $0.30 | — |
| Cached input | — | billed at the input rate | — |
| Output | — | $1.80 | — |

## Model

- Model id: `qwen3.8-27b-darkidol`
- Formats: OpenAI SDK
- Base URL: https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1
- Context window: 262,144 tokens
- Input: text
- Daily real-model check: Same fingerprint since Oct 20, no answer since Oct 20 (https://uplinkswitch.ai/proof#qwen3.8-27b-darkidol)

## Request

### Python · OpenAI SDK

```python
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1",
    api_key="sk-uplink-live-...",
)

completion = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="qwen3.8-27b-darkidol",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Summarize this in one line."}],
)
print(completion.choices[0].message.content)
```

### TypeScript · OpenAI SDK

```typescript
import OpenAI from 'openai';

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: 'https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1',
  apiKey: 'sk-uplink-live-...',
});

const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: 'qwen3.8-27b-darkidol',
  messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Summarize this in one line.' }],
});
console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);
```

### curl

```bash
curl https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "authorization: Bearer sk-uplink-live-..." \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"qwen3.8-27b-darkidol","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'
```

## Questions

### What is Qwen3.8 27B DarkIdol?

Qwen3.8 27B DarkIdol is a model from Qwen (community tune), with a 262,144-token context window, taking text input. Through UplinkSwitch it answers the OpenAI SDK on one key as qwen3.8-27b-darkidol.

### How much does the Qwen3.8 27B DarkIdol API cost?

$0.30 per million input tokens and $1.80 per million output tokens.

### Is Qwen3.8 27B DarkIdol free?

It is pay as you go: prepaid credit from $10, with no subscription or monthly fee, billed per token. A 1,000-token prompt with a 500-token reply costs about $0.0012.

### What is the Qwen3.8 27B DarkIdol context window?

Qwen3.8 27B DarkIdol has a 262,144-token context window. It takes text input.

### What is the Qwen3.8 27B DarkIdol model id?

qwen3.8-27b-darkidol. Send it as the model through the OpenAI SDK with base URL https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1.

### How do I get a Qwen3.8 27B DarkIdol API key?

Create one in the console at uplinkswitch.ai/console: prepaid credit from $10, no subscription, and the key is live at once. The same key calls Qwen3.8 27B DarkIdol and every other model in the catalog; send it as the bearer token with base URL https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1.

### Is it the real Qwen3.8 27B DarkIdol?

Every day each model gets the same test prompt, and a model always counts that prompt the same way; a swapped one would not. Qwen3.8 27B DarkIdol's latest result: Same fingerprint since Oct 20, no answer since Oct 20.

### Is there a Qwen3.8 27B DarkIdol API?

Yes: qwen3.8-27b-darkidol on the OpenAI format at https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1, $0.30 input and $1.80 output per million tokens. No weights to download and no GPU of your own; the key also runs every other model in the catalog.

### What is Qwen3.8 27B DarkIdol based on?

Qwen’s Qwen3.8 27B, tuned by aifeifei798 as DarkIdol v1.1 for interactive fiction, per its card.

### What license does Qwen3.8 27B DarkIdol have?

The card lists Apache-2.0, the license of Qwen3.8 27B.

### What does Qwen3.8 27B DarkIdol cost per 100 messages?

$0.15 for 100 chat turns of 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each, at $0.30 input and $1.80 output per million tokens, from prepaid credit with no subscription.

### Qwen3.8 27B DarkIdol or Qwen3.8 27B Obliterated?

DarkIdol is tuned for fiction; Obliterated keeps Qwen3.8’s general skills with the refusals removed. Qwen3.8 27B DarkIdol is $0.30 / $1.80 per million tokens in / out, $1.50 for 1,000 chat turns; Qwen3.8 27B Obliterated is $0.75 / $5.25 per million tokens in / out, $4.13 for 1,000 chat turns. Both run on the same key, so send the same prompt to each.

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