KiosAPI API Base URL: Configure Your SDK Endpoints

The KiosAPI base URL is https://kiosapi.com/v1/. Learn how to configure it in the OpenAI Python SDK, OpenAI Node.js SDK, and Anthropic SDK.

All requests to KiosAPI go to the base URL https://kiosapi.com/v1/. Depending on the endpoint format you’re using, you append the appropriate path to this base. Configure this URL in your SDK once and all subsequent requests will route through KiosAPI.

Endpoint URLs

Endpoint	Full URL
OpenAI chat completions	https://kiosapi.com/v1/chat/completions
OpenAI responses	https://kiosapi.com/v1/responses
Claude native	https://kiosapi.com/v1/messages
Gemini native	https://kiosapi.com/v1beta/models/{model}:generateContent

The Dashboard > Console page always shows the current authoritative API base URL. If the address ever changes, the dashboard reflects the update first — check there before debugging connectivity issues.

Configuring Your SDK

Set the base URL once when you initialize the client. The examples below show how to do this in the most common SDKs.

Python (OpenAI SDK)

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://kiosapi.com/v1/",
    api_key="sk-kilo-xxxxxxxxxxxx"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-4o",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
)

Node.js (OpenAI SDK)

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://kiosapi.com/v1/",
  apiKey: "sk-kilo-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "gpt-4o",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});

Python (Anthropic SDK)

import anthropic

client = anthropic.Anthropic(
    base_url="https://kiosapi.com/v1/",
    api_key="sk-kilo-xxxxxxxxxxxx"
)

message = client.messages.create(
    model="claude-sonnet-4-20250514",
    max_tokens=1024,
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
)

Your KiosAPI key only works with the KiosAPI base URL. Here’s what works and what doesn’t:

• ✅ KiosAPI key → https://kiosapi.com/v1/
• ❌ KiosAPI key → https://api.openai.com/v1/ (will fail)
• ❌ OpenAI key → https://kiosapi.com/v1/ (will fail)

Double-check both values in your dashboard before debugging authentication errors.

Environment Variables

Avoid hardcoding the base URL or API key directly in your source code. Store them in a .env file and load them at runtime:

# .env
KIOSAPI_BASE_URL=https://kiosapi.com/v1/
KIOSAPI_API_KEY=sk-kilo-xxxxxxxxxxxx

KiosAPI is designed as a drop-in replacement for OpenAI, Claude, and Gemini APIs. By setting the base URL to kiosapi.com, you can use any existing OpenAI-compatible SDK without changing your application logic — just swap the URL and key.