Client setup · minirouter

Copy the two values

Every OpenAI-compatible client takes the same base URL and adds /chat/completions itself.

Base URLhttps://api.minirouter.sh/v1

API keyGet a key →Starts with mr-live-

Configure Aider

Environment variables + command line

OPENAI_API_BASEhttps://api.minirouter.sh/v1
OPENAI_API_KEYmr-live-… (your key)Use your full key. Placeholders will not authenticate.
--modelopenai/zai/glm-5.3-flash

Shell

export OPENAI_API_BASE=https://api.minirouter.sh/v1
export OPENAI_API_KEY=mr-live-YOUR-KEY-HERE
aider --model openai/zai/glm-5.3-flash

Full Aider guide →

Check the connection

Run this after saving. A reply confirms the base URL, key, and model together.

Terminal

# bash / zsh: enter the full key at the hidden prompt
printf 'MiniRouter API key: '
read -rs MINIROUTER_KEY
export MINIROUTER_KEY
printf '\n'
curl https://api.minirouter.sh/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MINIROUTER_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"meta/llama-3.3-70b","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"ping"}]}'

SDK examples

Calling from code instead? The base URL stays the same.

Anthropic SDK

import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";

const client = new Anthropic({
  apiKey: process.env.MINIROUTER_KEY,
  baseURL: "https://api.minirouter.sh",
});

const result = await client.messages.create({
  model: "meta/llama-3.3-70b",
  max_tokens: 256,
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "ping" }],
});
console.log(result.content);

Models and errors

Model IDs are author/name from the model catalog. Failed requests are explained in the error reference.