Your AI API key is the first integration test, not the last setup step

Short summary

Test your AI API integration with a bare-minimum setup before touching complex frameworks: create a project-scoped key, set only the base URL and model ID, then run a simple cURL request to validate. Always check the request log for actual latency, token usage, and cost before scaling. This approach identifies configuration failures—wrong headers, old keys, missing endpoints, client-side exposure—early, avoiding costly production surprises.

• •Start with a minimal cURL test: just base URL, key, and model ID—no SDKs or frameworks yet
• •Always check the request log for actual latency, tokens, and cost before scaling
• •Catch configuration failures early—wrong headers, old keys, missing endpoints—instead of in production

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