> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.kontinent.ai/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.kontinent.ai/features/unified-api.md).

# One API for every model

Kontinent puts one OpenAI-compatible endpoint in front of every model it serves. You integrate once and reach the whole catalog. No per-provider SDKs, no bespoke auth, no request reshaping. **The OpenAI SDK works without changes.**

## How it works

Point your existing OpenAI client at Kontinent by changing two things: the base URL and the API key. Everything else, including messages, tools, streaming, and the response shape, stays exactly as you already wrote it.

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="TypeScript" %}

```typescript
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://api.kontinent.ai/v1", // only this
  apiKey: process.env.KONTINENT_API_KEY,  // and this (sk-kt-...)
});

const res = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "anthropic/claude-opus-4.8",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hallo!" }],
});
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.kontinent.ai/v1",  # only this
    api_key=os.environ["KONTINENT_API_KEY"], # and this
)
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="curl" %}

```bash
curl https://api.kontinent.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KONTINENT_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"anthropic/claude-opus-4.8",
       "messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hallo!"}]}'
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### One model id, many provider routes

A model is addressed as `provider/model`, e.g. `anthropic/claude-opus-4.8`. Behind that single id, Kontinent can route to more than one upstream provider: a **primary** with **standby** routes that take over on failure. You pick the model; Kontinent picks the healthiest route.

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><h4><i class="fa-aws" style="color:$primary;">:aws:</i></h4></td><td><strong>Bedrock</strong></td><td><strong>Primary</strong>: the default route for <code>anthropic/claude-opus-4.8</code>.</td></tr><tr><td><h4><i class="fa-google" style="color:$primary;">:google:</i></h4></td><td><strong>Vertex</strong></td><td><strong>Standby</strong>: takes over automatically if the primary is unavailable.</td></tr><tr><td><h4><i class="fa-microsoft" style="color:$primary;">:microsoft:</i></h4></td><td><strong>Azure</strong></td><td><strong>Standby</strong>: a second failover route for the same logical model.</td></tr></tbody></table>

Your request never has to know which provider answered. Same model id, same request shape, same response, regardless of the route underneath. See [Maximum availability](/models-and-routing/availability.md) for how failover works.

### Discover what you can use

List every model available to your organization, with EUR pricing and its sovereignty tier, in one call:

```bash
curl https://api.kontinent.ai/v1/models \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KONTINENT_API_KEY"
```

{% hint style="info" %}
Model ids follow the `provider/model` convention. Sending a chat model to the embeddings endpoint (or vice versa) is rejected; an unknown or disabled id returns `404 model_not_found`. See [Models & sovereignty](/models-and-routing/models.md).
{% endhint %}

## Next

{% content-ref url="/pages/AMjrYb6Jgzk2l2v9SVgU" %}
[Maximum availability](/models-and-routing/availability.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="/pages/QESs3zvtebNO6KUdpRpD" %}
[Price & performance](/models-and-routing/price-performance.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="/pages/S87kmqk1v7J693l2ZOBs" %}
[Maximum privacy](/privacy/data-privacy.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}


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