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Route your OpenAI requests through the Inference Catalyst gateway to get cost tracking, latency monitoring, and analytics. You keep your existing OpenAI API key — just point the SDK at the gateway and add a few headers.
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Setup

1

Get your API keys

You need two keys:
  • Inference Catalyst project API key — from your dashboard under API Keys
  • OpenAI API key — from your OpenAI account
2

Set environment variables

3

Update your code

Point the SDK at the gateway. Your project API key goes in apiKey to authenticate with the gateway, and your OpenAI key goes in x-inference-provider-api-key so the gateway can forward it to OpenAI.