routerbase-client 0.1.0

Dependency-free Python client for the RouterBase OpenAI-compatible API.

RouterBase Python Client

RouterBase provides an OpenAI-compatible API for calling many AI models through https://routerbase.com/v1.

routerbase-client is a small dependency-free Python client for chat completions and model listing. It uses the Python standard library, so it is easy to test in server, CLI, and notebook environments.

Install

After publishing to PyPI:

python -m pip install routerbase-client

For local testing:

python -m pip install -e .

Usage

from routerbase import RouterBase

client = RouterBase()
response = client.chat_completion(
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Write a short RouterBase tagline."}]
)
print(response["choices"][0]["message"]["content"])

CLI

export ROUTERBASE_API_KEY="sk-rb-..."
routerbase-chat "Write a five-word launch tagline"

Print the full JSON response:

routerbase-chat --json "List three product positioning ideas"

Configuration

Variable	Purpose
ROUTERBASE_API_KEY	RouterBase API key used for requests
ROUTERBASE_BASE_URL	Optional base URL override; defaults to https://routerbase.com/v1

Links

• RouterBase
• RouterBase docs: https://docs.routerbase.com/
• Chat completions docs: https://docs.routerbase.com/api-reference/chat-completions
• npm quickstart package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/routerbase-quickstart

License

MIT