Quickstart

1. Create an API key

Visit Tikway, sign in, and create an API key in the console. Keep the key on your server. Do not put it in browser code, a public repository, or a screenshot.

2. Send a request

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your key and choose a model available to your account:

curl https://api.tikway.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "openai/gpt-5.6-terra",
    "messages": [
      {"role": "user", "content": "Which animal would you interview first, and why?"}
    ]
  }'

3. Read the response

For Chat Completions, the generated text is usually in choices[0].message.content. You can change model to use another compatible model and pass earlier turns in messages.

Keep API keys in server-side environment variables. See Gateway and authentication for the OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini headers.

Next steps

Request protocols

Choose an OpenAI, Anthropic, or Gemini request format.

Errors and retries

Learn how to handle status codes, rate limits, and stream errors.

Getting started

Developer guides

Request protocols

1. Create an API key

2. Send a request

3. Read the response

Next steps

Request protocols

Errors and retries

​1. Create an API key

​2. Send a request

​3. Read the response

​Next steps

Request protocols

Errors and retries

1. Create an API key

2. Send a request

3. Read the response

Next steps