Migration Guide

Switching to AIOrouter from any OpenAI-compatible API is a one-line change. No new SDKs, no refactoring, no breaking changes.

From OpenAI

# Before (OpenAI)
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(api_key="sk-...")

# After (AIOrouter)
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aiorouter.ca/v1",
    api_key="aiorouter_..."
)

// Before (OpenAI)
import OpenAI from 'openai';
const client = new OpenAI({ apiKey: 'sk-...' });

// After (AIOrouter)
import OpenAI from 'openai';
const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: 'https://api.aiorouter.ca/v1',
  apiKey: 'aiorouter_...'
});

From GitHub Copilot (via API)

If you're using Copilot's API features, switching to AIOrouter gives you:

• Full API access (not IDE-locked)
• 7 models instead of one
• Predictable monthly billing instead of usage-based
• Canada-resident infrastructure for PIPEDA compliance

# Instead of Copilot's limited API
# Use the full OpenAI-compatible API:
client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aiorouter.ca/v1",
    api_key="aiorouter_..."
)

From OpenRouter

# Before (OpenRouter)
client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
    api_key="sk-or-..."
)

# After (AIOrouter)
client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aiorouter.ca/v1",
    api_key="aiorouter_..."
)

Key differences:

• Billing: Monthly subscription vs per-token
• Data residency: Canada (Montreal) vs US
• PIPEDA: Compliant vs not applicable

From Any OpenAI-Compatible API

If your current provider uses the OpenAI API format:

1. Change the base_url to https://api.aiorouter.ca/v1
2. Change the api_key to your AIOrouter key
3. Update the model name to one of our models

That's it. All existing code, prompts, and parameters continue to work.

Environment Variables

Recommended approach for CI/CD and production:

# .env
OPENAI_BASE_URL=https://api.aiorouter.ca/v1
OPENAI_API_KEY=aiorouter_your_key_here

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url=os.getenv("OPENAI_BASE_URL", "https://api.aiorouter.ca/v1"),
    api_key=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")
)

Framework Compatibility

LangChain

from langchain_openai import ChatOpenAI

llm = ChatOpenAI(
    model="deepseek-v4-pro",
    openai_api_key="aiorouter_...",
    openai_api_base="https://api.aiorouter.ca/v1"
)

LlamaIndex

from llama_index.llms.openai import OpenAI

llm = OpenAI(
    model="deepseek-v4-pro",
    api_key="aiorouter_...",
    api_base="https://api.aiorouter.ca/v1"
)

Need Help?

• API Reference — all endpoints
• Model Catalog — choose the right model
• support@aiorouter.ca — email support