diff --git a/g4f/api/__init__.py b/g4f/api/__init__.py
index 4bb4d52e..b78768bd 100644
--- a/g4f/api/__init__.py
+++ b/g4f/api/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import typing
+from .. import BaseProvider
 import g4f; g4f.debug.logging = True
 import time
 import json
@@ -26,10 +28,12 @@ class Api:
     __default_ip   = '127.0.0.1'
     __default_port = 1337
     
-    def __init__(self, engine: g4f, debug: bool = True, sentry: bool = False) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, engine: g4f, debug: bool = True, sentry: bool = False,
+                 list_ignored_providers:typing.List[typing.Union[str, BaseProvider]]=None) -> None:
         self.engine    = engine
         self.debug     = debug
         self.sentry    = sentry
+        self.list_ignored_providers     = list_ignored_providers
         self.log_level = logging.DEBUG if debug else logging.WARN
         
         hook_logging(level=self.log_level, format='[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s in %(module)s: %(message)s')
@@ -102,7 +106,8 @@ class Api:
         logger.info(f'model: {model}, stream: {stream}, request: {messages[-1]["content"]}')
 
         response = self.engine.ChatCompletion.create(model=model, 
-                                                     stream=stream, messages=messages)
+                                                     stream=stream, messages=messages,
+                                                     ignored=self.list_ignored_providers)
 
         completion_id        = ''.join(random.choices(string.ascii_letters + string.digits, k=28))
         completion_timestamp = int(time.time())
diff --git a/g4f/cli.py b/g4f/cli.py
index 3dbe10b7..cb19dde1 100644
--- a/g4f/cli.py
+++ b/g4f/cli.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import argparse
+from enum import Enum
+
 import g4f
+from g4f import Provider
 
 from g4f.api import Api
 from g4f.gui.run import gui_parser, run_gui_args
@@ -10,14 +13,22 @@ def run_gui(args):
 
 
 def main():
+    IgnoredProviders = Enum("ignore_providers", {key: key for key in Provider.__all__})
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Run gpt4free")
     subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(dest="mode", help="Mode to run the g4f in.")
-    subparsers.add_parser("api")
+    api_parser=subparsers.add_parser("api")
+    api_parser.add_argument("--bind", default="127.0.0.1:1337", help="The bind string.")
+    api_parser.add_argument("--debug", type=bool, default=False, help="Enable verbose logging")
+    api_parser.add_argument("--num-threads", type=int, default=8, help="The number of threads.")
+    api_parser.add_argument("--ignored-providers", nargs="+", choices=[provider.name for provider in IgnoredProviders],
+                            default=[], help="List of providers to ignore when processing request.")
     subparsers.add_parser("gui", parents=[gui_parser()], add_help=False)
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
     if args.mode == "api":
-        Api(g4f).run('127.0.0.1:1337', 8)
+        controller=Api(g4f, debug=args.debug)
+        controller.list_ignored_providers=args.ignored_providers
+        controller.run(args.bind, args.num_threads)
     elif args.mode == "gui":
         run_gui_args(args)
     else: