Introduction

This guide walks through the minimum path from signup to a successful API call.

1. Create an account

Open Sign in from this site, then register with your work email. Every account starts with an organization that owns credits, keys, and usage.

2. Add credits

Prepaid credits fund every request. Top up from Billing in the console. Credits are ledgered as append-only facts; the gateway budget is the enforcement layer.

3. Create an API key

In API keys, create a key for your app or environment. Copy the secret now or reveal it again from the key list until it is revoked.

4. Send a request

Call Tokener through either the OpenAI-compatible API or the Anthropic-compatible /messages API. This example uses Chat Completions:

curl https://api.tokener.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKENER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "YOUR_MODEL_ID",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
  }'

Next: First API request for SDK snippets.