Best Code Generation APIs in 2024

What is Code Generation API?

A Text to Code Generator API allows developers to automate and programmatically control code creation operations. Developers may use this technology to construct code templates, generate source code from models, and configure the code generation process. It allows developers to incorporate code creation into their processes via programmable interfaces, which increases efficiency, reduces human error, and ensures consistency in software development.

Eden AI's Code Generation APIs use cutting-edge deep learning models that have been trained on massive volumes of high-quality code from diverse programming languages and paradigms. These models excel at understanding developer intent, interpreting natural language queries, and creating exact code snippets, functions, or even whole programs.

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Code Generation APIs Use Cases

You can use Code Generation in numerous fields, here are some examples of common use cases:

1. Rapid Prototyping: Thanks to code generating APIs, developers may quickly generate prototypes or proof-of-concept apps. These APIs helps construct fundamental code structures and user interfaces automatically, saving time and effort in the early phases of development.
2. Data Modeling: APIs for code generation are frequently used to create code for data models, assisting developers in mapping database schemas to code classes. This streamlines database interaction and minimizes the likelihood of data layer mistakes.
3. API Documentation: API documentation can be generated automatically by code generation APIs based on code annotations or comments. This keeps API documentation in sync with the source, making it easier for other developers to understand and utilize the API.
4. Code Standardization: By creating code that complies with preset parameters, code generation APIs can enforce coding standards and best practices. This helps a development team maintain uniformity and decreases the risk of code bugs.
5. Test Automation: Code generation APIs can assist in the creation of test automation scripts, lowering the amount of time and effort necessary for manual testing. Predefined test scenarios can be used to produce test cases and scripts.

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Best Code Generation APIs on the market

While comparing Code Generation APIs, it is crucial to consider different aspects, among others, cost security and privacy. Code Generation experts at Eden AI tested, compared, and used many Code Generation APIs of the market. Here are some actors that perform well (in alphabetical order):

• CodePal
• Google Generative AI
• NLPCloud
• OpenAI

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1. CodePal

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The AI Code Generator from CodePal is a program that assists in creating functional code from simple text. By choosing their preferred programming language and adding the operation they wish to carry out, users may utilize this tool to rapidly produce the necessary code.

A large number of programming languages, including Python, Java, Bash, C++, C#, and others, are supported by the tool. The Code Generator is intended for usage by both experienced and inexperienced developers. It is the ideal option for honing one's coding technique and talents.

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2. Google Generative AI - Available on Eden AI

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One of Google's newly developed and released basic model is called Codey. It is a fine-tuned model of the PaLM 2 Large Language Model. Codey has been refined using a sizable corpus of excellent codes and coding documentation.

Given the prompt, it can produce fully functional code in more than 20 different programming languages, including Python, C, Javascript, and Java. It is also used to improve Google products like Android Studio and Google Colab, among others.

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3. NLPCloud - Available on Eden AI

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You can do code generation right out of the box using NLP Cloud's proposed code generation API, which is based on GPT and produces amazing results. If the default generative model is insufficient, you may alternatively train and fine-tune your own generative model on it, which will then be immediately deployed to production with just a single click.

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4. OpenAI - Available on Eden AI

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Codex is an AI system that converts spoken words into code, and it was created by OpenAI. They have trained their GPT-3 series, which is a descendant of the Codex model series, on both billions of lines of code and plain language. In addition to being adept in more than a dozen languages, including JavaScript, Go, Perl, PHP, Ruby, Swift, TypeScript, SQL, and even Shell, it excels in Python.

It can comprehend basic orders given to it in natural language and carry them out on the user's behalf, enabling the creation of a natural language user interface for already existing applications.

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Performance variations of Code Generation API

The performance of Code Generation APIs can vary depending on a number of variables, including the technology used by the provider, the underlying algorithms, the amount of the dataset, the server architecture, and network latency. Listed below are a few typical performance differences between Code Generation APIs:

• Complexity of the Generated Code: The complexity of the code being generated can have a substantial impact on performance. Generating simple code snippets or basic templates will typically be faster than generating complex, intricate code with many dependencies and layers.
• Programming Language: Different programming languages have different levels of complexity, and code generation for some languages may be more straightforward and faster than for others. The capabilities of the code generation API might also vary depending on the languages it supports.
• Codebase Size: The size of the codebase being generated can affect performance. Generating code for a small project or individual files might be faster than generating code for a large-scale enterprise application.

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Why choose Eden AI to manage your Code Generation APIs

Companies and developers from a wide range of industries (Social Media, Retail, Health, Finances, Law, etc.) use Eden AI’s unique API to easily integrate multiple Code Generation models and providers in their cloud-based applications, without having to build their own solutions.

Eden AI offers multiple AI APIs on its platform among several technologies: Text-to-Speech, Language Detection, Sentiment Analysis, Face Recognition, Question Answering, Data Anonymization, Speech Recognition, and so forth.

We want our users to have access to multiple Code Generation engines and manage them in one place so they can reach high performance, optimize cost and cover all their needs. There are many reasons for using multiple APIs :

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• ‍Fallback provider is the ABCs: You need to set up a provider API that is requested if and only if the main Code Generation API does not perform well (or is down). You can use confidence score returned or other methods to check provider accuracy.
• ‍Performance optimization: After the testing phase, you will be able to build a mapping of provider’s to optimise performance by selecting the right provider for each field (programming language, code prompt, instructions, etc.) Each data that you need to process will then be sent to the Best Code Generation API.
• ‍Cost - Performance ratio optimization: You can choose the cheapest Code Generation provider that performs well for your data.
• ‍Combine multiple AI APIs: This approach is required if you look for extremely high accuracy. The combination leads to higher costs but allows your AI service to be safe and accurate because Code Generation APIs will validate and invalidate each other for each piece of data.

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How Eden AI can help you?

‍Eden AI has been made for multiple AI APIs use. Eden AI is the future of AI usage in companies.

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• Centralized and fully monitored billing on Eden AI for all Code Generation APIs.
• Unified API for all providers: simple and standard to use, quick switch between providers, access to the specific features of each provider.
• Standardized response format: the JSON output format is the same for all suppliers thanks to Eden AI's standardization work. The response elements are also standardized thanks to Eden AI's powerful matching algorithms.
• The best Artificial Intelligence APIs in the market are available: big cloud providers (Google, AWS, Microsoft, and more specialized engines).
• Data protection: Eden AI will not store or use any data. Possibility to filter to use only GDPR engines.

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You can see Eden AI documentation here.

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Next step in your project

The Eden AI team can help you with your Code Generation integration project. This can be done by :

• Organizing a product demo and a discussion to better understand your needs. You can book a time slot on this link: Contact
• By testing the public version of Eden AI for free: however, not all providers are available on this version. Some are only available on the Enterprise version.
• By benefiting from the support and advice of a team of experts to find the optimal combination of providers according to the specifics of your needs.
• Having the possibility to integrate on a third-party platform: we can quickly develop connectors.

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