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title: "Discussion on \"Use Open WebUI with an OpenAI-compatible base URL for route smoke tests\" | Hashnode"
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A practical checklist for verifying an OpenAI-compatible base URL, API key, model route, logs, latency, and cost in Open WebUI.

Jul 19 · 4 min read · modelrouter.hashnode.dev  
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Practical notes on OpenAI-compatible API routing, first-call smoke tests, LangChain, n8n, Open WebUI, and cost per successful task. ModelRouter is an independent third-party API gateway.

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