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      <title>I got tired of managing 5 different AI API keys, so I built a unified gateway</title>
      <dc:creator>AreaLLM</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 06:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/areallm/i-got-tired-of-managing-5-different-ai-api-keys-so-i-built-a-unified-gateway-4fl9</link>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;I got tired of managing 5 different AI API keys, so I built a unified gateway&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you've ever written adapter code just to switch between OpenAI, Claude, and Gemini — I feel you. I was doing the same thing, and it got old fast.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So I built Routescope — a unified AI gateway that talks to 100+ models through a single API.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="highlight js-code-highlight"&gt;
&lt;pre class="highlight python"&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class="c1"&gt;# One endpoint, any model
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;response&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;requests&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nf"&gt;post&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;https://api.routescope.ai/v1/chat/completions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="n"&gt;headers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;Authorization&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;Bearer $KEY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;},&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="n"&gt;json&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
        &lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;model&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;claude-3-opus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class="c1"&gt;# or gpt-4, gemini-pro, etc.
&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;messages&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="p"&gt;[{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;role&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;user&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;content&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;Hello!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;}]&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="p"&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="p"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Before: 5 API keys, 5 formats, 5 bills.&lt;br&gt;
After: one key, one dashboard, prepaid credits.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Free tier available if you want to try it out.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;👉 &lt;a href="https://www.routescope.ai/register?aff=8ZFBBHH" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://www.routescope.ai/register?aff=8ZFBBHH&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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