diff --git a/src/chat_context.rs b/src/chat_context.rs
index 1f6e63a..64561e0 100644
--- a/src/chat_context.rs
+++ b/src/chat_context.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{error::Error, ops::Add};
+use std::{error::Error};
 
 use openai_rs::{chat::{ChatMessage, Role, ChatHistoryBuilder}, context::Context, edits::EditRequestBuilder};
 use tiktoken::{CoreBPE, model::{model_cl100k_base, cl100k_base}};
diff --git a/src/message.rs b/src/message.rs
index 9865ebc..fd85f94 100644
--- a/src/message.rs
+++ b/src/message.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::{ptr::NonNull, marker::PhantomPinned, pin::Pin, cmp::min, num::NonZeroUsize, fmt::Display, error::Error};
 
 use openai_rs::{chat::{ChatMessage, Role, ChatHistoryBuilder}, context::Context as OpenAIContext};
-use tiktoken::CoreBPE;
+use tiktoken::{CoreBPE, model::{model_cl100k_base, cl100k_base}};
 
 const PROMPT_COMPRESS: &str = "Summarize the chat history precisely and concisely";
 
@@ -35,6 +35,71 @@ impl ContextOverrunError {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct MissingModelError {
+    model: String
+}
+
+impl Display for MissingModelError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        f.write_str(&format!("Missing model information for {}", self.model))?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl Error for MissingModelError {}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct InvalidModelTokenInformation {
+    model: String
+}
+
+impl Display for InvalidModelTokenInformation {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        f.write_str(&format!("Max tokens for model \"{}\" misreported as 0", self.model))?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl Error for InvalidModelTokenInformation {}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+enum ContextCreationError {
+    ContextOverrunError(ContextOverrunError),
+    MissingModelError(MissingModelError),
+    InvalidModelTokenInformation(InvalidModelTokenInformation),
+}
+
+impl Display for ContextCreationError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            ContextCreationError::ContextOverrunError(inner) => inner.fmt(f),
+            ContextCreationError::MissingModelError(inner) => inner.fmt(f),
+            ContextCreationError::InvalidModelTokenInformation(inner) => inner.fmt(f)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Error for ContextCreationError {}
+
+impl From<ContextOverrunError> for ContextCreationError {
+    fn from(value: ContextOverrunError) -> Self {
+        Self::ContextOverrunError(value)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<MissingModelError> for ContextCreationError {
+    fn from(value: MissingModelError) -> Self {
+        Self::MissingModelError(value)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<InvalidModelTokenInformation> for ContextCreationError {
+    fn from(value: InvalidModelTokenInformation) -> Self {
+        Self::InvalidModelTokenInformation(value)
+    }
+}
+
 pub struct UserList {
     pub users: Vec<UserAliases>,
     _pin: PhantomPinned
@@ -110,7 +175,20 @@ impl UserList {
 }
 
 impl Context {
-    fn new(max_tokens: NonZeroUsize, model: String, encoding: CoreBPE, openai_context: OpenAIContext, summary_budget: NonZeroUsize, history_target: NonZeroUsize, alias_budget: NonZeroUsize) -> Result<Self, impl Error> {
+    async fn new_from_api(model: String, openai_api_key: String, summary_budget: NonZeroUsize, history_target: NonZeroUsize, alias_budget: NonZeroUsize) -> Result<Self, ContextCreationError> {
+        let encoding = get_model(&model).await.ok_or(MissingModelError { model: model.clone() })?;
+        Ok(Context::new(
+            NonZeroUsize::new(get_max_tokens(&model).ok_or(MissingModelError { model: model.clone() })? as usize).ok_or(InvalidModelTokenInformation { model: model.clone() })?,
+            model,
+            encoding,
+            OpenAIContext::new(openai_api_key),
+            summary_budget,
+            history_target,
+            alias_budget
+        )?)
+    }
+
+    fn new(max_tokens: NonZeroUsize, model: String, encoding: CoreBPE, openai_context: OpenAIContext, summary_budget: NonZeroUsize, history_target: NonZeroUsize, alias_budget: NonZeroUsize) -> Result<Self, ContextOverrunError> {
         let summary_instruction_budget = count_message_tokens(&get_summary_instruction(), &encoding, &model) as usize;
         let summary_budget = summary_budget.get() + count_message_tokens(&get_summary_message(None), &encoding, &model) as usize;
         if history_target.get() + summary_budget + alias_budget.get() + summary_instruction_budget >= max_tokens.get() {
@@ -315,4 +393,29 @@ fn count_message_tokens(message: &ChatMessage, encoding: &CoreBPE, model: &str)
     return tpm + encoding.encode_ordinary(&message.content).len() as i64 + encoding.encode_ordinary(role_str(&message.role)).len() as i64 + if let Some(ref name) = message.name {
         tpn + encoding.encode_ordinary(name).len() as i64
     } else { 0i64 };
+}
+
+async fn get_model(model: &str) -> Option<CoreBPE> {
+    return match model {
+        "gpt-4" | "gpt-4-32k" | "gpt-3.5-turbo" | "text-embedding-ada-002" => {
+            let model = model_cl100k_base().await;
+            assert!(model.is_ok(), "Could not download model (model_cl100k_base): {:?}", model);
+
+            let model = cl100k_base(model.unwrap());
+            assert!(model.is_ok(), "Could not load model (cl100k_base): {:?}", model.err().unwrap());
+            
+            return Some(model.unwrap());
+        }
+        _ => None
+    }
+}
+
+fn get_max_tokens(model: &str) -> Option<i64> {
+    match model {
+        "gpt-4" => Some(8192),
+        "gpt-4-32k" => Some(32768),
+        "gpt-3.5-turbo" => Some(4096),
+        "code-davinci-002" => Some(8001),
+        _ => None
+    }
 }
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