OpenRouter

OpenRouter Credits API

Account credit balance and usage.

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Operations 1

GET /credits Get credit balance #

Documentation

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https://openrouter.ai/
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https://openrouter.ai/docs/api/reference/overview
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https://openrouter.ai/docs/api/reference/parameters
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https://openrouter.ai/docs/api/reference/streaming
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https://openrouter.ai/docs/api/api-reference/models/get-models
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https://openrouter.ai/docs/guides/overview/models
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https://openrouter.ai/docs/guides/overview/auth/provisioning-api-keys
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https://openrouter.ai/docs/guides/overview/auth/management-api-keys

Specifications

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openrouter/refs/heads/main/openapi/openrouter-credits-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openrouter/refs/heads/main/json-schema/openrouter-chat-message-schema.json

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JSONLDContext
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openrouter/refs/heads/main/json-ld/openrouter-context.jsonld

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OpenAPI Specification

openrouter-credits-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: OpenRouter Chat Credits API
  description: OpenRouter provides unified access to hundreds of AI models through a single API endpoint. It implements the OpenAI API specification for chat completions, allowing developers to use any model with the same request and response format. The API also exposes model discovery, generation statistics, credits and balance information, and provisioning endpoints for programmatic key management.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: OpenRouter
    url: https://openrouter.ai/
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://openrouter.ai/terms
servers:
- url: https://openrouter.ai/api/v1
  description: OpenRouter production API
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Credits
  description: Account credit balance and usage.
paths:
  /credits:
    get:
      operationId: getCredits
      summary: Get credit balance
      description: Returns the current credit balance and usage for the account.
      tags:
      - Credits
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Credit balance.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
components:
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: OPENROUTER_API_KEY
externalDocs:
  description: OpenRouter API Reference
  url: https://openrouter.ai/docs/api/reference/overview