GPT-6 Astra Fast API setup guide
Call gpt-6-astra-fast through TokenRex's OpenAI-compatible chat endpoint. This guide uses a small priority technical analysis example and explains what to verify before production.
gpt-6-astra-fast1. Prepare your account and private key
Create a TokenRex account, verify it, fund your wallet and create an API key with permission for gpt-6-astra-fast. Store the key privately as TOKENREX_API_KEY on the server running your application. Never embed it in a public website, repository or browser script.
Python: install the official openai package. Node.js: add the openai package and run the example from a server-side module. Shell examples assume the private environment variable is already set.
2. Use the correct address and exact ID
- OpenAI-compatible SDK base URL
- https://tokenrex.ai/api/public/v1
- HTTP request
- POST https://tokenrex.ai/api/public/v1/chat/completions
- Model ID
- gpt-6-astra-fast
Do not append /v1 twice. The short model ID selects the exact catalog row; naming a provider is not a substitute for choosing a model.
3. Send a small text request
The prompt below exercises priority technical analysis. Begin with model and messages only. Add streaming after the basic request succeeds; built-in web search can be added with web_search_options (billed per search), but do not assume other provider-native settings, hosted tools such as code interpreter, or a public Responses endpoint are supported.
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["TOKENREX_API_KEY"],
base_url="https://tokenrex.ai/api/public/v1",
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="gpt-6-astra-fast",
messages=[{"role":"user","content":"Identify key risks in deploying a new payment integration. Keep the answer concise."}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)
print(response.usage)4. Verify the response and recorded usage
- Confirm a successful response includes a usable answer; HTTP 200 alone is not a quality or compatibility test.
- Check the returned model identifier and usage counts, then confirm the request appears in your account's recorded usage.
- Try representative inputs, validate the output in your own code and check costs before increasing traffic.
- For tools, authorize and execute functions in your application, validate arguments and send the result back. TokenRex does not execute customer tools for you.
Troubleshooting
- 401 or 403
- Check that the key is active, is a TokenRex key and permits this exact model. Do not print it while debugging.
- 402
- Check wallet funding; changing the display currency does not add balance.
- 404 or model unavailable
- Check the enabled catalog and URL. Avoid duplicate /v1 segments and wrong model spelling.
- 429 or a temporary service error
- Respect the returned wait period and use bounded retries. A retry is a new attempt; do not silently switch models or replay consequential tools.
Model-specific checks
Budget priority serving from this exact row, not from Astra's standard price. Latency depends on actual traffic and request length.
- Context capacity
- 1,050,000 tokens
- Maximum output
- 128,000 tokens
- Current usage price
- $20.00 in / $100.00 out per 1M tokens
Limits are provider-published where a source exists, not independently tested TokenRex request limits. Exact-version benchmarks remain on the model page; scores from another variant are not copied here.
Sources and verification
TokenRex's live catalog determines availability and charges. Provider documents describe upstream behavior; they do not prove that every native feature is exposed here. These examples are not a claim of a completed live API test.
- TokenRex enabled catalog and prices
- TokenRex endpoint and billing documentation
- Official OpenAI Python SDK: custom client configuration
- Official OpenAI Node SDK: custom client configuration
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