feat: add huggingface inferece provider endpoint

api/services/configuration/check_validity.py

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class UserConfigurationValidator:
             ServiceProviders.CAMB.value: self._check_camb_api_key,
             ServiceProviders.AWS_BEDROCK.value: self._check_aws_bedrock_api_key,
             ServiceProviders.SPEACHES.value: self._check_speaches_api_key,
+            ServiceProviders.HUGGINGFACE.value: self._check_huggingface_api_key,
             ServiceProviders.GOOGLE_VERTEX.value: self._check_google_vertex_llm_api_key,
             ServiceProviders.OPENAI_REALTIME.value: self._check_openai_api_key,
             ServiceProviders.GROK_REALTIME.value: self._check_grok_realtime_api_key,
@@ -360,6 +361,14 @@ class UserConfigurationValidator:
             raise ValueError("base_url is required for Speaches services")
         return True
 
+    def _check_huggingface_api_key(self, model: str, api_key: str) -> bool:
+        if not api_key.startswith("hf_"):
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Invalid Hugging Face API token format. Use a token that starts with "
+                "'hf_' and has Inference Providers permission."
+            )
+        return True
+
     def _check_google_vertex_realtime_api_key(self, model: str, service_config) -> bool:
         if not getattr(service_config, "project_id", None):
             raise ValueError("project_id is required for Google Vertex Realtime")

api/services/configuration/registry.py

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ class ServiceProviders(str, Enum):
     CAMB = "camb"
     AWS_BEDROCK = "aws_bedrock"
     SPEACHES = "speaches"
+    HUGGINGFACE = "huggingface"
     ASSEMBLYAI = "assemblyai"
     GLADIA = "gladia"
     RIME = "rime"
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ class BaseServiceConfiguration(BaseModel):
         ServiceProviders.DOGRAH,
         ServiceProviders.AWS_BEDROCK,
         ServiceProviders.SPEACHES,
+        ServiceProviders.HUGGINGFACE,
         ServiceProviders.ASSEMBLYAI,
         ServiceProviders.GLADIA,
         ServiceProviders.RIME,
@@ -255,6 +257,11 @@ SPEACHES_PROVIDER_MODEL_CONFIG = provider_model_config(
     ),
     provider_docs_url="https://github.com/speaches-ai/speaches",
 )
+HUGGINGFACE_PROVIDER_MODEL_CONFIG = provider_model_config(
+    "Hugging Face",
+    description="Hosted Hugging Face Inference Providers API for usage-based inference.",
+    provider_docs_url="https://huggingface.co/docs/inference-providers/en/index",
+)
 AZURE_SPEECH_PROVIDER_MODEL_CONFIG = provider_model_config(
     "Azure Speech Services",
     description="Azure Cognitive Services Speech — TTS and STT via the Azure Speech SDK.",
@@ -471,6 +478,35 @@ class SpeachesLLMConfiguration(BaseLLMConfiguration):
     )
 
 
+HUGGINGFACE_LLM_MODELS = [
+    "openai/gpt-oss-120b:cerebras",
+    "deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1:fastest",
+    "Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct:fastest",
+]
+
+
+@register_llm
+class HuggingFaceLLMConfiguration(BaseLLMConfiguration):
+    model_config = HUGGINGFACE_PROVIDER_MODEL_CONFIG
+    provider: Literal[ServiceProviders.HUGGINGFACE] = ServiceProviders.HUGGINGFACE
+    model: str = Field(
+        default="openai/gpt-oss-120b:cerebras",
+        description="Hugging Face chat-completion model identifier, optionally with provider suffix.",
+        json_schema_extra={
+            "examples": HUGGINGFACE_LLM_MODELS,
+            "allow_custom_input": True,
+        },
+    )
+    base_url: str = Field(
+        default="https://router.huggingface.co/v1",
+        description="Hugging Face OpenAI-compatible chat-completions router base URL.",
+    )
+    bill_to: str | None = Field(
+        default=None,
+        description="Optional Hugging Face organization or user to bill using X-HF-Bill-To.",
+    )
+
+
 MINIMAX_MODELS = [
     "MiniMax-M2.7",
     "MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed",
@@ -741,6 +777,7 @@ LLMConfig = Annotated[
         DograhLLMService,
         AWSBedrockLLMConfiguration,
         SpeachesLLMConfiguration,
+        HuggingFaceLLMConfiguration,
         MiniMaxLLMConfiguration,
         SarvamLLMConfiguration,
     ],
@@ -1334,6 +1371,38 @@ class SpeachesSTTConfiguration(BaseSTTConfiguration):
     )
 
 
+HUGGINGFACE_STT_MODELS = [
+    "openai/whisper-large-v3-turbo",
+    "openai/whisper-large-v3",
+]
+
+
+@register_stt
+class HuggingFaceSTTConfiguration(BaseSTTConfiguration):
+    model_config = HUGGINGFACE_PROVIDER_MODEL_CONFIG
+    provider: Literal[ServiceProviders.HUGGINGFACE] = ServiceProviders.HUGGINGFACE
+    model: str = Field(
+        default="openai/whisper-large-v3-turbo",
+        description="Hugging Face ASR model identifier served through Inference Providers.",
+        json_schema_extra={
+            "examples": HUGGINGFACE_STT_MODELS,
+            "allow_custom_input": True,
+        },
+    )
+    base_url: str = Field(
+        default="https://router.huggingface.co/hf-inference",
+        description="Hugging Face Inference Providers router base URL.",
+    )
+    bill_to: str | None = Field(
+        default=None,
+        description="Optional Hugging Face organization or user to bill using X-HF-Bill-To.",
+    )
+    return_timestamps: bool = Field(
+        default=False,
+        description="Request timestamp chunks when supported by the selected provider/model.",
+    )
+
+
 ASSEMBLYAI_STT_MODELS = ["u3-rt-pro"]
 ASSEMBLYAI_STT_LANGUAGES = ["en", "es", "de", "fr", "pt", "it"]
 
@@ -1406,6 +1475,7 @@ STTConfig = Annotated[
         SpeechmaticsSTTConfiguration,
         SarvamSTTConfiguration,
         SpeachesSTTConfiguration,
+        HuggingFaceSTTConfiguration,
         AssemblyAISTTConfiguration,
         GladiaSTTConfiguration,
         AzureSpeechSTTConfiguration,

api/services/pipecat/service_factory.py

@@ -39,8 +39,17 @@ from pipecat.services.google.vertex.llm import (
     GoogleVertexLLMSettings,
 )
 from pipecat.services.groq.llm import GroqLLMService, GroqLLMSettings
+from pipecat.services.huggingface.llm import (
+    HuggingFaceLLMService,
+    HuggingFaceLLMSettings,
+)
+from pipecat.services.huggingface.stt import (
+    HuggingFaceSTTService,
+    HuggingFaceSTTSettings,
+)
 from pipecat.services.minimax.llm import MiniMaxLLMService
 from pipecat.services.minimax.tts import MiniMaxTTSSettings
+from pipecat.services.openai._constants import OPENAI_SAMPLE_RATE
 from pipecat.services.openai.base_llm import OpenAILLMSettings
 from pipecat.services.openai.llm import OpenAILLMService
 from pipecat.services.openai.stt import (
@@ -218,6 +227,22 @@ def create_stt_service(
             ),
             sample_rate=audio_config.transport_in_sample_rate,
         )
+    elif user_config.stt.provider == ServiceProviders.HUGGINGFACE.value:
+        base_url = (
+            getattr(user_config.stt, "base_url", None)
+            or "https://router.huggingface.co/hf-inference"
+        )
+        _validate_runtime_service_url(base_url, "base_url")
+        return HuggingFaceSTTService(
+            api_key=user_config.stt.api_key,
+            base_url=base_url,
+            bill_to=getattr(user_config.stt, "bill_to", None),
+            settings=HuggingFaceSTTSettings(
+                model=user_config.stt.model,
+                return_timestamps=getattr(user_config.stt, "return_timestamps", False),
+            ),
+            sample_rate=audio_config.transport_in_sample_rate,
+        )
     elif user_config.stt.provider == ServiceProviders.ASSEMBLYAI.value:
         language = getattr(user_config.stt, "language", None)
         settings_kwargs = {"model": user_config.stt.model, "language": language}
@@ -320,6 +345,7 @@ def create_tts_service(
             kwargs["base_url"] = base_url
         return OpenAITTSService(
             api_key=user_config.tts.api_key,
+            sample_rate=OPENAI_SAMPLE_RATE,
             settings=OpenAITTSSettings(model=user_config.tts.model),
             text_filters=[xml_function_tag_filter],
             skip_aggregator_types=["recording_router", "recording"],
@@ -581,6 +607,7 @@ def create_llm_service_from_provider(
     location: str | None = None,
     credentials: str | None = None,
     temperature: float | None = None,
+    bill_to: str | None = None,
 ):
     """Create an LLM service from explicit provider/model/api_key.
 
@@ -663,6 +690,15 @@ def create_llm_service_from_provider(
             api_key=api_key or "none",
             settings=SpeachesLLMSettings(model=model),
         )
+    elif provider == ServiceProviders.HUGGINGFACE.value:
+        base_url = base_url or "https://router.huggingface.co/v1"
+        _validate_runtime_service_url(base_url, "base_url")
+        return HuggingFaceLLMService(
+            api_key=api_key,
+            base_url=base_url,
+            bill_to=bill_to,
+            settings=HuggingFaceLLMSettings(model=model, temperature=0.1),
+        )
     elif provider == ServiceProviders.MINIMAX.value:
         base_url = base_url or "https://api.minimax.io/v1"
         _validate_runtime_service_url(base_url, "base_url")
@@ -875,6 +911,9 @@ def create_llm_service(user_config, correlation_id: str | None = None):
         kwargs["endpoint"] = user_config.llm.endpoint
     elif provider == ServiceProviders.SPEACHES.value:
         kwargs["base_url"] = user_config.llm.base_url
+    elif provider == ServiceProviders.HUGGINGFACE.value:
+        kwargs["base_url"] = user_config.llm.base_url
+        kwargs["bill_to"] = user_config.llm.bill_to
     elif provider == ServiceProviders.AWS_BEDROCK.value:
         kwargs["aws_access_key"] = user_config.llm.aws_access_key
         kwargs["aws_secret_key"] = user_config.llm.aws_secret_key