The simplest API to get structured data from any LLM
l1m is the easiest way to get structured data from unstructured text or images using LLMs. No prompt engineering, no chat history, just a simple API to extract structured json from text or images.
Hello hunters!
After struggling with complex prompt engineering and unreliable parsing, we built L1M, a simple API that lets you extract structured data from unstructured text and images.
This is actually a component we unbundled from our larger because it was so useful on its own.
It's fully open source (MIT license) and you can:
- Use with text or images (recognizes menu items, receipts, etc.)
- Bring your own model (OpenAI, Anthropic, or any compatible API)
- Run locally with Ollama for privacy
- Cache responses with customizable TTL
The code is at https://github.com/inferablehq/l1m with SDKs for Node.js, Python, and Go.
Would love to hear if this solves a pain point for you or how you might use it!
