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Getting started

Quickstart

Go from zero to your first routed request in about five minutes.

TokenRouter is one OpenAI-compatible endpoint in front of 13 AI providers, with budgets, rate limits, and analytics enforced at the gateway. This quickstart takes you from a fresh account to your first routed request.

1. Create an account

Sign up and pick a plan — every plan starts with a 14-day free trial. You’ll land in the console with a default organization and team.

2. Add a provider key

TokenRouter is BYOK: you bring your own provider keys and pay providers directly, with zero markup. In the console, go to Provider Keys and add a key for at least one provider (for example your OpenAI or Anthropic key). Keys are AES-encrypted at rest and never logged.

3. Create a TokenRouter API key

Go to API Keys and create a key. Gateway keys look like tr_... and are shown once — store yours somewhere safe. Best practice: one key per app, so usage and budgets attribute cleanly.

4. Make your first request

bash
curl https://api.tokenrouter.io/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer tr_your_key_here" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "openai/gpt-5-mini",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello, TokenRouter!"}]
  }'

That’s the whole integration: point any OpenAI-compatible client at https://api.tokenrouter.io/v1 with your tr_ key. Anthropic clients work too — see the Messages API.

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