Bring Your Own Key (BYOK)

Use your own API keys for providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Groq through apitree. You get caching, monitoring, MCP integration, and health tracking — without sharing credentials with apitree.

How It Works

1. Go to Dashboard → My API Keys
2. Click a provider from Quick Add (OpenAI, Groq, etc.) or enter a custom API slug
3. Paste your provider API key
4. Call the API through apitree proxy — your key is injected automatically

API Endpoint

# Add a key
POST /api/v1/byok
{
  "apiSlug": "openai-chat",
  "providerName": "OpenAI",
  "keyValue": "sk-...",
  "authMethod": "bearer"
}

# List your keys (masked)
GET /api/v1/byok

# Remove a key
DELETE /api/v1/byok/openai-chat

Auth Methods

• • bearer — Key sent as Authorization: Bearer <key> (default, most APIs)
• • header — Key sent as custom header (e.g., X-API-Key)
• • query — Key appended as query parameter

SDK Usage

// After adding your OpenAI key via BYOK:
const apitree = new ApitreeClient('nxs_live_YOUR_KEY');
const result = await apitree.call('openai-chat', {
  messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Hello' }]
}, { method: 'POST' });
// → Uses YOUR OpenAI key, through apitree proxy

Priority Order

1. Your BYOK key (if set for this API)
2. apitree system key (if configured by admin)
3. No-auth call (for free/public APIs)