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How to check an OpenAI-compatible API relay against the official API (with a Python script)
Community description: Cheap OpenAI-compatible relays are everywhere: you swap base_url, keep your code, and pay less. What...
Dev.to | Oct 30, 2026 | Pat Z
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Every check below sends the same request to the relay and to the official API, then compares the two responses. A relay that "supports tools" might: If the official API completes this and the relay doesn't, the relay is not ready for agent workloads, whatever its landing page says. It prints one line per check, relay next to official.
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