generated: '2026-07-28'
method: searched
source:
  - https://zotgpt.uci.edu/services/gateway/clients/
  - https://zotgpt.uci.edu/services/migrate-azure-api/
provider: ZotGPT (UC Irvine)
providerId: zotgpt
description: >-
  Code and configuration examples published by UC Irvine for the ZotGPT Gateway,
  captured verbatim where UCI shows code and reconstructed faithfully from UCI's
  prose where it describes configuration in words. Every value below —
  base URLs, header names, provider aliases, model slugs — is quoted from UCI's
  own documentation.
tags:
  - Examples
  - Code Samples
  - Migration
examples:
  - name: Migrate a Python OpenAI client from the Azure API to the Gateway
    language: python
    method: searched
    source: https://zotgpt.uci.edu/services/migrate-azure-api/
    verbatim: true
    before: |
      client = OpenAI(
          api_key="YOUR_AZURE_API_KEY",
          base_url="https://api.azureapi.zotgpt.uci.edu/v1"
      )
    after: |
      client = OpenAI(
          api_key="YOUR_VIRTUAL_KEY",
          base_url="https://app.portkey.ai/v1"
      )
    note: >-
      UCI states that model names and request structures are unchanged — only the
      host and the credential move.
  - name: Route a chat completion to Claude Opus on AWS Bedrock
    language: python
    method: generated
    source: https://zotgpt.uci.edu/services/gateway/clients/
    note: >-
      Reconstructed from UCI's documented base URL, header name, provider alias,
      and the exact model slug UCI publishes
      (@zotgpt-api-bedrock/us.anthropic.claude-opus-4-7). Not copied from a UCI
      code block.
    code: |
      from openai import OpenAI

      client = OpenAI(
          api_key="YOUR_VIRTUAL_KEY",
          base_url="https://api.portkey.ai/v1",
      )

      resp = client.chat.completions.create(
          model="@zotgpt-api-bedrock/us.anthropic.claude-opus-4-7",
          messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Summarize this syllabus in five bullets."}],
      )
  - name: Point Claude Desktop at the Gateway
    language: configuration
    method: searched
    source: https://zotgpt.uci.edu/services/gateway/clients/
    steps:
      - Enable Developer Mode from the Help menu.
      - Set the Gateway auth scheme to bearer.
      - 'Add the header x-portkey-provider: @zotgpt-api-bedrock/'
      - Turn off model discovery and add models manually from the Model Catalog.
      - Test the connection with the in-app verification.
  - name: Point VS Code at the Gateway
    language: json
    method: searched
    source: https://zotgpt.uci.edu/services/gateway/clients/
    file: chatLanguageModels.json
    steps:
      - Use https://api.portkey.ai/v1 as the URL.
      - Include the x-portkey-api-key header carrying your virtual key.
  - name: Point opencode at the Gateway
    language: json
    method: searched
    source: https://zotgpt.uci.edu/services/gateway/clients/
    file: opencode.json
    steps:
      - Configure globally or per project.
      - Register either an Anthropic-style or an OpenAI-compatible provider.
      - Optionally add a local provider for on-device testing alongside it.
  - name: The three-step setup pattern UCI documents for any client
    method: searched
    source: https://zotgpt.uci.edu/services/gateway/clients/
    steps:
      - Point the base URL at the ZotGPT Gateway instead of the vendor default.
      - Replace the vendor API key with your self-managed virtual key.
      - Select a model slug from the Model Catalog and restart.
base_urls:
  openai_compatible: https://api.portkey.ai/v1
  anthropic_style: https://api.portkey.ai
  migration_guide_states: https://app.portkey.ai/v1
provider_aliases:
  - '@zotgpt-api-bedrock'
  - '@openai-prod'
model_slugs_documented:
  - '@zotgpt-api-bedrock/us.anthropic.claude-opus-4-7'
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com