Request formats

Three request formats cover the whole catalogue. One ChinaAPI key and one Base URL work across all of them, so send whichever one your client already speaks.

OpenAI

/v1/chat/completions

Use with OpenAI SDKs, Cherry Studio, Cline, Open WebUI, and most tool clients.

Claude

/v1/messages

Route Claude-style message payloads while keeping the same gateway key and quota controls.

OpenAI

/v1/responses

Use with Codex and other clients built on the Responses API. The console marks which models accept it.

Gemini models only Native Gemini requests go to POST /v1beta/models/{model}:generateContent. Only gemini-* models offer it, and not all of them do — each model's entry in Models lists the formats it accepts. Everything else takes one of the three formats above.

Multi-turn Responses conversations point at an earlier reply with previous_response_id. If a follow-up comes back with previous_response_not_found, the earlier reply has not been lost: wait ten to twenty seconds and send the same request again rather than rebuilding the conversation from scratch.