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Quickstart

Access Claude through any SDK in minutes. Get a key, set one base URL, and ship. One key works across every format — OpenAI Chat Completions, OpenAI Responses, and the Anthropic Messages API. Using a coding editor instead? See the IDE integration guide.

Step 1: Get an API key

Create an account on the customer console, then generate a key from your dashboard. Keep it secret — it authenticates every request.

Step 2: Choose your SDK and set the base URL

Use whichever SDK your project already uses. Set the base URL and your key — no other changes needed.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.drawbridge-tech.com/v1",
    api_key="your-api-key",
)

Note: The Anthropic SDK uses base_url="https://api.drawbridge-tech.com" (no /v1 suffix). The OpenAI SDK uses base_url="https://api.drawbridge-tech.com/v1".

Step 3: Send your first request

Use smart to let Drawbridge pick the best model, or name a specific model like claude-sonnet-4-6.

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="smart",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
    stream=True,
)

for chunk in response:
    print(chunk.choices[0].delta.content or "", end="")

Streaming

Server-Sent Events streaming works across all supported formats. Set "stream": true and use the SSE pattern from whichever SDK you chose above — they all stream identically. See the API reference for the full request and response shapes.

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