Quickstart

BVE Gateway is a drop-in replacement for the OpenAI API. Point your SDK’s base URL at https://api.bve.me/v1 and use your sk-bve- key.

TypeScript / Node.js

import OpenAI from 'openai';

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: 'sk-bve-YOUR_KEY',
  baseURL: 'https://api.bve.me/v1',
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: 'gpt-4o',
  messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Hello!' }],
});

console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

Python

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="sk-bve-YOUR_KEY",
    base_url="https://api.bve.me/v1",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-4o",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

cURL

curl https://api.bve.me/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-bve-YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "gpt-4o",
    "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello!" }]
  }'

Health check

curl https://api.bve.me/health

{
  "status": "ok",
  "service": "bve-gateway",
  "timestamp": "2026-05-21T12:00:00.000Z"
}

List models

curl https://api.bve.me/v1/models \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-bve-YOUR_KEY"

Next steps

• Authentication — key format, schemes, and error codes
• Chat Completions — full request/response reference with streaming
• OpenAI SDK guide — TypeScript and Python examples for every endpoint
• Rate Limits & Quotas — per-key limits and quota windows