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How It Works
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cashuAeyJ0b2tlbiI6W3sicH...Get a token
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base_url="https://api.routstr.com/v1"Ship
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model="deepseek/deepseek-r1"Pay with Bitcoin
No card. No account. Works from anywhere.
cashuAeyJ0b2tlbiI6W3sicH...Get a token
Your token IS your API key. No account. No password.
base_url="https://api.routstr.com/v1"Ship
OpenAI-compatible. Change one line of code. When your balance hits zero, you stop. No surprises.
model="deepseek/deepseek-r1"Why developers switch
Works from anywhere
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API
Direct API Access
curl -X POST https://api.routstr.com/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer " \
-d '{
"model": "qwen/qwen3-14b",
"messages": [
{"role": "user", "content": "Hello Nostr"}
]
}'
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Drop-in replacement for OpenAI clients
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