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You’ll get an API key, pick an API, and run one call. The rest of the docs build on this.

Make your first call

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Get an API key

Sign in at platform.opper.ai and create a key. Each key belongs to one project, so make a new project for each app or environment.Sign-up needs no card, and the free models work right away. To call a premium model such as openai/gpt-5-mini below, add a card and credits under Billing.Put the key in your shell:
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Run your first call

Point your SDK at the gateway and make a call. Here it is with the OpenAI SDK — the same base-URL trick works with the Anthropic and Google AI SDKs too.
The same trick works with the Anthropic and Google AI SDKs. See Drop-in SDKs for all three. Want typed JSON back instead of free text? Add response_format — see Structured output.
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See it in the platform

Open platform.opper.ai to see your call, the model that ran it, the cost, and the latency. With tracing turned on (a Control Plane feature), click into the most recent trace to also see the inputs, outputs, and any rules that fired.

What to do next

Build on Opper

A short guide to text, multimodal, and voice.

Models

Browse the 700+ models Opper supports and how to call them.

Drop-in SDKs

Use the OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google AI SDK against Opper.

Observe & Control

Inspect calls, set rules, and manage routing.
Last modified on October 2, 2026