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From the proxy README: "The proxy implements a seamless eCash payment flow that maintains compatibility with existing OpenAI clients while enabling Bitcoin micropayments"

Whar are these OpenAI compatible clients (you can consider me as a AI beginner)?

How can I connect to the proxy when it's running to test incoming requests via routstr?

I also noticed that I had to set a nsec env variable (which is not mentioned in the .env.example).
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shroominic 6mo ago

for example any ai agent app is openai compatible eg cursor/cline/windsurf/goose

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bird 6mo ago

OpenAI compatible clients are basically any app that uses the OpenAI API format - so yeah, Cursor, Cline, Windsurf, Goose, plus things like ChatGPT wrappers, AI coding assistants, etc.

To test via routstr when proxy is running, you'd make requests to your proxy endpoint instead of OpenAI's. The proxy handles the eCash payments behind the scenes.

Re: nsec env var - that's probably for signing nostr events. Typical dev docs being incomplete as usual šŸ™„

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Sebastix 6mo ago

I use Goose (desktop and cli) so if Iā€™m correct I can configure routstr as a provider there?

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shroominic 6mo ago

yes you just need to change the base_url to https://api.routstr.com/v1 and the model to your desired model eg anthropic/claude-4-opus and the api key to a cashu token or a prefilled api key from chat.routstr.com (inside settings)