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Getting Started

Lynx Api is an OpenAI-compatible public-benefit aggregator — one endpoint, every one of 40+ model families. This page walks you from zero to your first request in five minutes.

1. Sign in with linux.do

Open lynxapi.co, click login in the top right, and authorize with your linux.do account. New users get \(50** of credit on sign-up, plus another **\)50 every day after (free tier, free forever).

2. Create an API token

After signing in, go to Console → API Token and click "Add Token" to generate an sk-... key. Copy and save it — it's shown only once.

3. Send your first request

The endpoint is fully OpenAI-compatible. The Base URL is https://lynxapi.co/v1:

curl https://lynxapi.co/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-your-token" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "gpt-4o",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
  }'

Replace sk-your-token with the key from step 2, and model with any model from the model list. The JSON response is identical to OpenAI's — any OpenAI SDK works unchanged.

4. Plug into your tools

Because it's fully OpenAI-compatible, most AI tools work once you set two things — Base URL to https://lynxapi.co/v1 and API Key to your sk- token. Full setup for each tool is in its integration guide:

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