Anthropic SDK with idapt
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Set up Anthropic SDK against idapt's compatible APIs with the steps below. This article and the AI Gateway quickstarts lander render the same shared steps, so they never drift.
Anthropic SDK with idapt
The Anthropic-compatible surface: Messages API code unchanged, routed through idapt.
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Install
bashnpm i @anthropic-ai/sdk # or: pip install anthropic - 2
Point it at idapt
tsimport Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk"; const client = new Anthropic({ baseURL: "https://idapt.app/api/anthropic/v1", apiKey: process.env.IDAPT_API_KEY, }); const reply = await client.messages.create({ model: "anthropic/claude-opus-5", max_tokens: 512, messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Three facts about ravens." }], });Python: Anthropic(base_url=..., api_key=...) takes the same two arguments.
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