Quickstart

Send your first request

The API is OpenAI-compatible. Point your existing code at this base URL and keep everything else.

Anthropic-style clients are the one exception — see Base URL below.

Try it with curl

# replace YOUR_KEY with the key from your dashboard
curl https://apiclan.us/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "model": "gpt-5.6-sol",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Say hello in five words."}]
  }'

A JSON response means you are done. Anything else — read Something went wrong, it covers every case we have seen.

Get an API key

• Sign in, open API Keys in the dashboard, and create a key.
• A key belongs to one group. The group decides which models it can reach and at what rate, so a key created for one plan will not work on another.
• Keys are shown once. Store it somewhere safe — we cannot recover it, only replace it.

Base URL

Every request has to arrive at a path starting with /v1. Whether you put /v1 in the base URL depends on your client, because some of them append it for you and some do not.

Code samples

Python — OpenAI SDK

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_KEY",
    base_url="https://apiclan.us/v1",   # the only line that changes
)

resp = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-5.6-sol",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)

Node — OpenAI SDK

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: "YOUR_KEY",
  baseURL: "https://apiclan.us/v1",
});

const r = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "claude-opus-5",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
});
console.log(r.choices[0].message.content);

Streaming

Streaming works exactly as it does upstream — pass stream: true. We do not buffer responses, so tokens reach you as they are produced.

Desktop & CLI tools

Claude Code

Set two environment variables. Note the base URL carries no /v1 — Claude Code adds /v1/messages itself.

export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL="https://apiclan.us"
export ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN="YOUR_KEY"

Codex

Add a custom provider in ~/.codex/config.toml and select it:

model_provider = "apiclan"
model = "gpt-5.6-sol"

[model_providers.apiclan]
name = "APICLAN"
base_url = "https://apiclan.us/v1"
env_key = "APICLAN_API_KEY"

Then put your key in the APICLAN_API_KEY environment variable.

Cherry Studio, Chatbox, LobeChat and similar

Add a provider of type OpenAI, paste https://apiclan.us/v1 as the API host and your key as the API key, then add the model names you want from the list below. These apps do not discover models automatically.

Models

Use these exact strings as the model value. Current prices are on the homepage — we keep them there rather than here so you always see live numbers.

You can also fetch the list your key can reach:

curl https://apiclan.us/v1/models -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"

Credits & top-ups

• Pay as you go. No subscription, no monthly minimum, no commitment.
• Top up with USDT — 1 USDT gives you 2 credits of API balance.
• Prices are per million tokens, charged separately for input and output.

Redeem codes

Fixed amounts are also sold as redeem codes at /buy. No account is needed to buy one, the code works on any APICLAN account, and you can pass it on. Redeem it in the dashboard under Redeem code.

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