SDKs

Python and Node.js, ready in 5 lines.

Install the package, import the client, make your first call. No boilerplate, no mystery — same OpenAI-compatible surface in both languages.

Install

pip install northgate-sdk

Install

npm install northgate-sdk

Your first call — 5 lines

from northgate import NorthgateClient client = NorthgateClient(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY") response = client.chat.completions.create( model="gpt-4o-mini", messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]) print(response["choices"][0]["message"]["content"])

Your first call — 5 lines

const { NorthgateClient } = require("northgate-sdk"); const client = new NorthgateClient({ apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY" }); const response = await client.chat.completions.create({ model: "gpt-4o-mini", messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }] }); console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

Quick API reference

Method	Parameters	Return type
Python · NorthgateClient(api_key, base_url="...", route="balanced")	api_key (str, required), base_url (str), route (str)	Client instance exposing client.chat.completions
Node · new NorthgateClient({ apiKey, baseUrl, route })	apiKey (string, required), baseUrl (string), route (string)	Client instance exposing client.chat.completions
client.chat.completions.create(...)	model (str, required), messages (list, required), plus any **kwargs (temperature, max_tokens, stream, route, …)	Parsed JSON dict / object: { choices: [{ message: { content: … } }], usage: { … } }

Routing strategies

Default is balanced. Pass route to the constructor or per-call.

cheapest

Together AI → Groq → Fireworks AI → OpenAI → Anthropic

fastest

Groq → Fireworks AI → Together AI → OpenAI → Anthropic

balanced

Together AI → Fireworks AI → Groq → OpenAI → Anthropic

best_quality

Together AI → Fireworks AI → Anthropic → OpenAI → Groq

Full examples

Streaming, function calling, error handling, and per-call route overrides — in the repo.

Python examples on GitHub Full docs

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